Blogcritics.org: Blues Pianist Detroit Junior Dies Blogcritics Iconic blues pianist, vocalist and songwriter Emery Detroit Junior Williams, Jr. died yesterday at his Chicago home of heart failure http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/08/10/171544.php
Extractions: Link to Blogcritics! var site="s11blogcritics" Home CD Review: Patti Smith - Land (1975-2002) NEWS Posted by Eric Olsen on August 10, 2005 05:15 PM (See all posts by Eric Olsen Filed under: Music Music: Blues Music: News Scroll down to read comments on this story and/or add one of your own. Living Chicago Blues, Vol. 4 Various Artists Music from Alligator Records Release date: 12 July, 1991 Iconic blues pianist, vocalist and songwriter Emery "Detroit Junior" Williams, Jr. died yesterday at his Chicago home of heart failure at the age of 73. Junior was a raspy-voiced, rambunctious performer who gigged constantly and recorded on scores of other artists' albums, as well as five albums under his own name. Two of his songs have become blues standards - "Call My Job," which was a hit for Albert King, and evergreen favorite "Money Tree." Koko Taylor recorded his "Tired Of That," "Thanks, But No Thanks," and "Never Trust A Man."
Blogcritics.org: 'Art Tatum - 20th Century Piano Genius' for advising the rest of the world to listen to Mr. Tatum, the greatest pianistever lived. On Special Agent Nanny by Jeff anderson Nanny more http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/01/30/130858.php
Extractions: Link to Blogcritics! var site="s11blogcritics" Home Posted by bookofjoe on January 30, 2004 01:08 PM (See all posts by bookofjoe Filed under: Music Scroll down to read comments on this story and/or add one of your own. 20th Century Piano Genius Art Tatum Music from Polygram Records Release date: 30 July, 1996 This 2-CD set is today's all-day, repeat ad infinitum music selection. Trouble is, I'm so mesmerized by disc 1, which has been playing since 6:44 am Eastern time (it's now 1:03 pm), that I can't bring myself to change discs. It's that wonderful. On both the Verve Records website and amazon, you can listen to the album: go ahead, do it and then tell me you didn't buy it. Dare ya.
Critical Acclaim The ³Piano Concerto² demonstrated especially well that Beth anderson has developed a Its loose scenario treats Christina s coronation, her love life, http://users.rcn.com/beand/quotes.html
Extractions: "The premiere of Beth Anderson's THREE SWALES was staggering, an over-the-top, exuberant set of flamboyant pieces in a post-Dvorak vein, played for all they were worth with collective virtuosity and much adored by the audience. In a programme note about this composer, in connection with her text Beauty is Revolution, Michael Sahl applauds Beth Anderson's 'conspiracy to commit beauty'. THREE SWALES was 'beautiful music' with a vengeance! from CHAMBER MUSIC MAGAZINE, February 2001 By Kyle Gann, pages 46-47 "Is there such a thing as "too pretty" music? Future historians will certainly think we thought so. Our late 20th century critical rhetoric extols composers who are "tough" with the audience. "Beauty in music is too often confused with something that lets the ears lie back in the easy chair," wrote Charles Ives, little guessing how rare musical easy chairs would someday become. We now associate prettiness with New Age music, mindless tripe to be played in the background by yuppies with no taste. And prettiness is further linked with effeminacy, dissonance with masculinity and strength. "Stand up and use your ears like a man!", Ives once shouted. In an age which disdains most sexual stereotypes, "dissonance = masculinity = good" and "prettiness = effeminacy = bad" still survive in professional music circles. Beth Anderson writes pretty music - the prettiest music I know of, after Schubert, Faure, Debussy, and a few long-dead white males. Her prettiness is not an intellectual deficiency, but a political stance. "To make something beautiful," Anderson likes to say, "is revolutionary." Her web page (http://users.rcn.com/beand/) lists her as a "neo-romantic, avant-garde composer," and she may be the only composer in the world who could justify both contradictory labels. Her music has the simplicity of that of Erik Satie or, even more, Virgil Thomson. It is listenable, melodic, fun to play. Such qualities often bring her into conflict with other composers. On one 12-tone-heavy musical festival, she says, after her lullaby was performed "everyone quit speaking to me." And yet her music is no throwback to an easy past, but radical on its own terms.
Welcome To Jazz Standard As a sideman, Maurice has recorded with Curtis Fuller, Fred anderson, and RoyHargrove; in August 2004, he released Hip To Bop, his debut album as a leader. http://www.jazzstandard.net/red/secondary/jazzCalendar.html
Extractions: Adam Cruz - drums Jazz Standard welcomes Danilo Perez - "a brilliant pianist who has combined the bebop tradition with his Panamanian heritage, African elements, and a willingness to take chances," according to AllMusic.com. Danilo worked with Jon Hendricks, Claudio Roditi, Dizzy Gillespie, and Paquito D'Rivera before releasing his self-titled debut in 1992. In 2004, Danilo Perez served as Panama's Goodwill Ambassador to UNICEF; The Danilo Perez Trio Live at the Jazz Showcase is his latest CD, released through ArtistShare. Tickets: $20, $25 Friday and Saturday
Christina Aguilera Biography : Celebrity Gossip Christina Aguilera Profile;Name Christina Maria Aguilera (Also referred to asXtina)Born 18 Pamela anderson brands fur lover Jennifer Lopez an idiot http://www.celebrity-gossip.tv/celebrity_gossip/1071.html
Extractions: Finally settling in Wexford, Pittsburgh, Aguilera began performing at school talent shows, before making her first professional appearance at the age of eight on the nationally syndicated Star Search show. When she was 10 she sang the national anthem for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Pirates. She joined Disney's Mickey Mouse Club at the age of 12, appearing alongside JC Chasez and Justin Timberlake former N Sync band members, and Britney Spears. She spent two years with the Mickey Mouse Club (about the same lenght Britney starred on the show) before moving to Japan to record "All I Wanna Do", a hit duet with local pop star Keizo Nakanishi.
