"The immensely gifted and prolific Van de Vate was born in Plainfield, New Jersey. She studied piano at Eastman School of Music and music theory at Wellesley College and completed graduate degrees in music composition at the University of Mississippi and Florida State University. She later pursued further studies in electronic music at Dartmouth College and the University of New Hampshire and is known worldwide for her music in the large forms. She also founded the League of Women Composers (later renamed the International League of Women Composers, now part of the International Alliance for Women in Music).She lives in Vienna. - wiki"
Steele is a Brit composer who joined with John Cage on this little known project. It was the 5th release on Brian Eno's label. Bass [Guitar] - Steve Beresford Guitar - Fred Frith Guitar [Solo] - Stuart Jones Lyrics By [Text] - James Joyce Percussion - Phil Buckle Vibraphone - Kevin Edwards Voice - Janet Sherbourne
Time:
4:08
Artist:
Thomas Bloch [Johann Gottlieb NAUMANN (1741-1801)]
"Bloch is a french musician specializing in rare linstruments ondes Martenot, glass harmonica, and Cristal Baschet. Theglass harmonica s a type of musical instrument that uses a series of glass bowls or goblets graduated in size to produce musical tones. It was invented by Benjamin Franklin in England in 1761. It's first public performance was by Englishwoman Marianne Davis, an accomplished singer, flautist and harpsichordist. Her life took a turn after meeting Franklin, and she devoted her attention exclusively to the glass harmonica"
"Michael Small (born May 30, 1939, New York City, New York, USA – died November 24, 2003, New York City, New York, USA) was an American film score composer best known for his scores to thriller movies. His credits include Klute, The Parallax View, Marathon Man, and The Star Chamber. Picked this up from ITMOTO listener Laura W's instagram feed."
"Hiroshi Fujiwara, a leading figure in the Tokyo culture scene, and K.U.D.O., formerly of Melon, carefully selected and remixed a number of Michael Jackson's greatest songs, including those from his Jackson 5 days. - musicdirect.com"
This is taken from one in a series of YouTube videos made by an artist calling themselves Slight Sounds. She has a number of collections designed to induce ASMR…tingly feeling sensation of well-being.
"Michael Small (born May 30, 1939, New York City, New York, USA – died November 24, 2003, New York City, New York, USA) was an American film score composer best known for his scores to thriller movies. His credits include Klute, The Parallax View, Marathon Man, and The Star Chamber. Picked this up from ITMOTO listener Laura W's instagram feed."
"Zevon was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Beverly Cope (née Simmons) and William Zevon. His father was a Jewish immigrant from Ukraine, whose original surname was Zivotofsky.[2] William Zevon worked as a bookie who handled volume bets and dice games for the notorious Los Angeles mobster Mickey Cohen.[3] He worked for years in the Cohen crime family, in which he was known as Stumpy Zevon, and was best man at Cohen's first wedding.[4] Warren's mother was from a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints family and was of English descent.[5][6][7] They moved to Fresno, California. By the age of 13, Zevon was an occasional visitor to the home of Igor Stravinsky, where he briefly studied modern classical music alongside Robert Craft. - wiki He died of a rare form of lung cancer caused by aesbestos exposure at age 56,"
"This loop, taken from the movie Kill Bill -- a scene where Elle Driver (Darryl Hannah is whistling as she walks) -- was actually taken from the soundtrack of a 1968LBritish horror movie, Twisted Nerve. The composer is Bernard Herrmann. The promo poster for the movie read: Cleaver Cleaver Chop Chop. First the Mom, then the Pop. Then we'll get the pretty girl. We'll get her right between the girl. (!)"
"The Dave Brubeck Quartet was a jazz quartet founded in 1951 by Dave Brubeck on piano together with Paul Desmond on saxophone. The Dave Brubeck Quartet was important in establishing a distinctive, west coast jazz style. They disbanded in 1967, and only met again for its 25th anniversary in 1976. The band name would later be used by the pianist for other groups that he led. - wiki"
"Davis was interviewed in 1972 and said he hated this song. His greatest fear was that he would turn into Mr. Bojangles. He'd be 70 years old and just be talking about how life used to be...that _culmination of black performers_…he saw them _disappear,_ he said, into drugs or alcohol, or _wiped out by the changing of times._"
"Bloch is a french musician specializing in rare linstruments ondes Martenot, glass harmonica, and Cristal Baschet. The glass harmonica s a type of musical instrument that uses a series of glass bowls or goblets graduated in size to produce musical tones. It was invented by Benjamin Franklin in England in 1761. It's first public performance was by Englishwoman Marianne Davis, an accomplished singer, flautist and harpsichordist. Her life took a turn after meeting Franklin, and she devoted her attention exclusively to the glass harmonica"
"Two years before his death, this recording captures a performance from his first visit to Europe as part of the successful Amercia Folk Blues Festival tour. " -- click link for more.
"Landrus is improvising on the Bass Saxophone. He studied at NEC, and now lives in Brooklyn. Besides his active playing career, Landrus is an Assistant Professor of Jazz Studies at CSUS (California State University Sacramento) where he teaches jazz improvisation, composition, jazz arranging, jazz ensembles, and private studio."
"The 1968 British horror movie, Twisted Nerve composer was Bernard Herrmann. The promo poster for the movie read: Cleaver Cleaver Chop Chop. First the Mom, then the Pop. Then we'll get the pretty girl. We'll get her right between the girl. (!)"
Redd Foxx (1922-1991) was an African American comedian. Don't know Moody's relationship to him, or the inspiration for the tune. One anecdote -- when Foxx died in 1991, there was no money for his funeral…the IRS had seized his assets. Eddie Murphy stepped in the pick up the tab. Link connects to Foxx "uncensored"
Egoyan was born in Victoria, British Columbia.[1] Her Armenian parents, Shushan and Joseph, both painters, ran an art gallery/furniture store in Cairo, Egypt, before emigrating to Canada in 1962. They settled in Victoria, where they took over a home furnishings/design store...didn't own a piano, but as a young girl, Eve began to see the piano as a “safe, private place”. Egoyan took lessons from an elderly neighbour.
Calvin Coolidge Hernton (April 28, 1932 — September 30, 2001), born in Chattanooga, was an American sociologist, poet and author, particularly renowned for his 1965 study Sex and Racism in America, which has been described as "a frank look at the role sexual tensions played in the American racial divide, and it helped set the tone for much African-American social criticism over the following decade. From his Oberlin College obit, colleague Yakubu Saaka wrote: In the 30 years or so that I knew Calvin, I was always fascinated with what seemed to an obsession with dark glasses. The guy wore those shades all the time—sometimes even at night. Although I never had the courage to ask him why myself, I think I overheard Maya Angelou or one or other of his famous female writer friends explain the riddle of the dark glasses. Apparently he simply wore them because it made him look cool. With a middle name like Coolridge, I guess that explanation makes sense.
"Davis is a Canadian born jazz pianist (1980). She teaches at the Maine Jazz Camp and at the Queens College. Here, she's in duet with drummer Terri Lynne Carrington (teaches at Berklee). "
From wiki: This is the fifth studio album by the English band Pink Floyd...The cover was designed by Hipgnosis (artists' collective), and was the band's first not to feature their name, or have photographs of them on any part of it (see link). This was a trend that would continue on subsequent covers throughout the 1970s...Although it was commercially successful on release, the band — particularly Roger Waters and David Gilmour — have expressed negative opinions of the album._A really awful and embarrassing record,_ said Waters.
Time:
5:28
Artist:
Bex Burch ["Rebecca Joy Burch, Erin Mackenzie Stewart, Mikel Patrick Avery, Anton Hatwich, Rob Frye"]
"Sounds captured and created from and in various places, including Chicago's Center for Search & Research, Chicali Outpost and Bronson Canyon in LA, Stanglehof in Italy, Jamie Linwood's house plus Yorkshire, The Baltic Sea, SudTirol, and Wyoming."
