Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton Jelly roll Morton (Ferdinand Joseph LeMothe Mouton) seems to have been born in New In his youth he worked mainly as a solo pianist in New Orleans and http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/5135/Morton.html
Extractions: Originator of Jazz - Stomp - Swing. World's greatest Hot Tune Writer " Jelly Roll Morton's business card "Jelly Roll" Morton (Ferdinand Joseph LeMothe Mouton) seems to have been born in New Orleans in 1890. In his youth he worked mainly as a solo pianist in New Orleans and cities of the Gulf Coast. He traveled widely in North America in the 1910s as a vaudevillian, musician, entertainer, nightclub owner, and other non-musical pursuits. In Chicago in the early 1920s, jazz had become a commercial proposition. Morton published his compositions, both old and new. In 1923 he began recording, at first mostly as a piano soloist, and some with pick up groups and sitting in with other bands. His talent as an orchestrator became fully revealed when he had a chance to record for Victor with a well rehearsed band. The "Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers" sides made in Chicago in 1926-1927 are some of the most highly regarded records in jazz history.
Baker Workshop Faculty Mr. Kompanek has performed as pianist with Mel Torme, Chuck Mangione, and BuddyDeFranco PREY FOR ROCK roll was released theatrically in the US by MAC http://education.nyu.edu/music/mfilm/BAKERfaculty.html
Extractions: As prolific as ever, Snow went on to score Carter's Millennium series while maintaining the pace on The X-Files. In addition, he also provided themes and scores for other series, TV movies, and low-budget features. While not seen as a major film and television composer, Snow certainly made his mark with The X-Files, and in 1999 released The Snow Files: Film Music IRA NEWBORN SONNY KOMPANEK SONNY KOMPANEK, composer, orchestrator, and NYU film scoring faculty His Pops Orchestra arrangements and compositions have been performed by the orchestras of Boston, Montreal, Milwaukee, Denver, Rochester (NY), Augusta, and New Orleans. He has served as Conductor/orchestrator of film scores and/or CD recordings for composers: Wynton Marsalis, Carter Burwell, Michael Kamen, Elliot Goldenthal, Howard Shore, John Powell, Stephen Endelman, Michael Small, and Cy Coleman. Mr. Kompanek has performed as pianist with Mel Torme, Chuck Mangione, and Buddy DeFranco. His book on film scoring, FROM SCORE To SCREEN was published by Schirmer Trade Books in September 2004. DAVID SPEAR
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Extractions: For You, for Me, Forevermore MICHAEL FEINSTEIN piano and vocals by Adrian Tan I've always admired musicians who can play the piano and sing at the same time. What we need here in Singapore is a piano bar with its resident pianist crooning old love songs, novelties, humorous tunes and satirical numbers... an ice-cold cocktail, lush lighting, the occasional laugh from the table behind... Enough fantasizing on Café Casablanca...this is a CD Review. Michael Feinstein (left) celebrates the music of George and Ira Gershwin who together ruled an entire generation of American music with their wonderful songs; with such "whistle-able" melodies and witty lyrics, that still has audiences tapping their toes and singing along today. George, whose symphonic works were considered "amateurish" until
Extractions: is reproduced here courtesy of the author. by Tony Gualtieri The usual line about Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924) is that his ideas were more important than his music, yet the more of his music I hear, the more I'm inclined to question that notion. The monumental works are well known, indeed the Fantasia Contrappuntistica (1910) has spawned an entire sub-genre of all-encompassing compositions such as Kaikhosru Sorabji's Opus Clavicembalisticum and Roland Stevenson's Passacaglia on DSCH . Equally impressive, if less influential, is Busoni's gigantic Piano Concerto (1904) which was recently recorded by Marc-André Hamelin on Hyperion These works, important as they are, give a false impression of Busoni's achievement. He was a skilled performer, remarkable even in an era rich in great pianists. He produced important editions of the music of Bach and Liszt. He was the teacher of such varied talents as Kurt Weill, Oscar Luening, and Edgar Varèse. He was an inspiration to the composers of the Second Viennese School. He was an important theorist, his classic work, Outline of a New Aesthetic of Music (1907), remains in print to this day. His operas
Michael Feinstein: Now And Then michael started playing piano by ear when he was five. Through the widow oflegendary concert pianistactor Oscar Levant, he was introduced to Ira http://www.carnegiehall.org/textSite/box_office/events/evt_5306.html
Extractions: Andy Ezrin, Piano Chris Fenwick, Piano John Oddo, Piano Randolph Herr, Pianola David Finck, Bass Produced for Carnegie Hall by Michael A. Kerker/ASCAP. Sponsored by North Fork Bank. This presentation is made possible by a generous grant from The Alice Tully Foundation. Program Notes: Irving Caesar (1895â1996) Irving Caesar was born Isidore Caesar to Morris and Sofia Selinger Caesar on July 4, 1895, in the Henry Street Settlement of Manhattanâs Lower East Side. His father ran a second-hand bookstore, which inspired a six-year-old Irving to compose his first poem. Caesar studied at the Chappaqua Mountain Institute and graduated from Townsend Harris High School in New York. He attended the City College of New York for a year before heading to Detroit in 1915 to work for the Ford Motor Company as a mechanic. Once there, Caesar answered a newspaper ad and joined âHenry Fordâs Peace Shipââan unsuccessful effort to bring home the American forces fighting in Europe during the First World Warâas a secretary. He was still working for Ford when his songs first gained acceptance on Broadway, beginning with the 1918 edition of Raymond Hitchcockâs
Extractions: With very few exceptions, the career of Harry Connick, Jr. can be divided in half his first two albums encompassed straight-ahead New Orleans jazz and stride piano while his later career (which paralleled his rising celebrity status) alternated between more contemporary New Orleans music and pop vocals with a debt to Frank Sinatra. Born in... Read More Enjoying great success in music, film, television and the stage, Dean Martin was less an entertainer than an icon, the eternal essence of cool. A member of the legendary Rat Pack, he lived and died the high life of booze, broads and bright lights, always projecting a sense of utter detachment and serenity; along with Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis,... Read More
Mike Wofford Trio | Live At Athenaeum Jazz pianist Mike Wofford has been a mainstay of the West Coast jazz scene for many Congressional roll Call. Track Listing My Old Flame, Take the Coltrane, http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=15733
Extractions: All American Ragtime Midi files sequenced by Truman L. Jayne and others. Bernie's MIDI's This site provides fingerpicking (fingerstyle), flatpicking etc. acoustic/electric MIDI Ragtime, Country, Bluegrass etc. music guitar tunes sequenced by "The Guitar Guy", Bernie Schemitsch. Bienvenue chez Jean-Claude Boudrant Ragtime and stride pianist at Disneyland-Paris since1992 Blue Grass and Ragtime This site by Hamish Davidson of Yinnar, Victoria - Australia has his original midi files The Greenfield Bowie Piano Page This web site features midi sequences of compositions by Greenfield Bowie , a pianist and music composer from Austin, Texas, USA. Cornucopia Concert Band This is a Seattle based band that plays music of circa 1890-1930. The site includes *.WAV files that can be downloaded. DECOY's Scott Joplin Page This page by David Coy contains nearly 50 Joplin pieces sequenced by David and others.
Talkin' Broadway - The Two Of Clubs - Column #4 - 3/11/05 Each evening is also driven by the pianist; he or she chooses the music that We re thrilled to recommend Jorane a rock n roll cellist you read that http://www.talkinbroadway.com/toc/4.html
Extractions: Here's the Plan ... Periodically over the next several months we will be surveying the piano bar scene in the various clubs around town. A successful piano bar can oftentimes pay the bills that will keep a club's cabaret room open. Many of these clubs have singing bartenders and waiters/waitresses who could sing circles around a very high percentage of the folks who put on shows in cabaret rooms. When it comes to learning how to grab and hold an audience, performing at a piano bar is to singing what working on a soap opera is to an up-and-coming actor: it's a great place to make a living and learn your craft at the same time. It's also a place where you can make a reputation. We should first explain that piano bars have different staffs on different nights. One staff might concentrate on pop music. Another might do more show tunes. Each evening is also driven by the pianist; he or she chooses the music that will be played, calls up the hired talent (the waiters and waitresses) to sing, and controls the access to the open mike. It's the pianist, therefore, who provides the spark of personality to any piano bar evening. This survey is more about the people who work in piano bars rather than the random folks who take advantage of a piano bar's open mike opportunities. The point is, there is an amazing array of talent that can be seen for the price of a beer and we'd like to tell you where, when, and how to find that talent. And our first stop on our tour will be the Friday night crew that works the piano bar at Helen's in Chelsea ...
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MSN Money - Bios michael studied at Columbia Business School in the KnightBagehot She is aclassical pianist, and worked as an accompanist before becoming a writer. http://moneycentral.msn.com/Content/contributors.asp
Extractions: is a long-time partner of MSN Money and one of the Webs leading aggregators of information on more than 100 financial products including mortgages, credit cards, automobile loans, money market accounts, certificates of deposit and banking fees. Bankrate.com is part of Bankrate Inc. of North Palm Beach, Fla. which operates several personal finance Web sites. Click here to go to Bankrate.com's home page. On the Internet since early 1995, insure.com is a leader in providing insurance information and is unequalled in its breadth and depth. The site currently hosts more than 20,000 pages of content, including interactive tools to assist consumers in their insurance decisions, and adds 30 to 40 new items each week. insure.com is regularly ranked as one of the Web's best providers of consumer insurance information and guidance. is the Boston Stock Exchange reporter for Bostons WBZ-TV and co-host of Live Money, a weekday radio talk show on Bostons Business 1060 WBIX-AM. A certified financial planner, she is also president of Applegarth Advisory Group, Inc., a financial advisory and media company. She has written three books including
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Extractions: T he John Bolton mess tells us a lot about the current debate over U.S. foreign policy, and about the differences between the two political parties. James Taranto, at OpinionJournal.com the other day, had a great catch. Washington Post reporter Dana Milbank had written, Democrats . . . assailed Boltons knack for making enemies and disparaging the very organization he would serve. I believe that Bolton will be confirmed, in large part because Bush is the kind of president to stick by a Bolton. If anything, Democratic behavior has made Bush more pro-Bolton than ever, I wager. Years ago, I often said about Bush 41, No matter what you think of his presidency, he must be hailed for two things: the Gulf War and sticking by Clarence Thomas. I once said this in the presence of several men who had worked in the Bush (41) administration. They said, No, no: Dont credit Bush with the Thomas victory. He was ready to bail, but Thomas stood tall and immovable, in effect saving himself. Oh, well.
Extractions: Darren Holden, original Movin' Out understudy for the lead vocalist, will be the show's piano man on Broadway during Michael Cavanaugh's upcoming vacation, according to the singer's publicist. Holden, who has performed with the show sporadically since 2003 and starred in the national tour, will play on Broadway for five performances, Aug. 23-27, at the Richard Rodgers Theatre. (More on Holden can be found on the web at www.darrenholden.com) The dance musical collaboration between pop legend Billy Joel and choreographer Twyla Tharp boasts most of its original cast who have taken breaks here and there, but returned including Tony Award nominees John Selya, Elizabeth Parkinson, Keith Roberts, Ashley Tuttle, Michael Cavanaugh as well as Scott Wise and Benjamin G. Bowman. Producers of the Broadway run James L. Nederlander, Hal Luftig, Scott E. Nederlander, Terry Allen Kramer, Clear Channel Entertainment and Emanuel Azenberg also present the still-running national tour which launched Jan. 26, 2004. The tour recently earned the 2005 Touring Broadway Award for Best New Musical, also giving Tharp another win for Best Choreography. The bookless show, currently residing at Broadway's Richard Rodgers Theatre, uses Joel's song lyrics and Tharp's choreography to tell the story of five friends and lovers across three decades through love, war and loss. There is no dialogue and all songs are performed by the pianist-singer, who sings non-stop and heads an on-stage band during the show.
Extractions: 18 Aug 2005 Twyla Tharp and Billy Joel Musical Movin' Out of Broadway; Final Performance Dec. 11 04 Jan 2005 Big Shot: Tharp-Joel Musical Movin' Out Recoups Broadway Investment 28 Jul 2004 Fosse Tony Nominee To Be New Tony in Movin' Out, Aug. 21 28 Jun 2004 Original Tony-Nommed Cast Member Returns to Movin' Out on Broadway, June 29 07 Jun 2004 Billy Joel Working on New Musical About the Music Business Key Change: Broadway and National Tour Piano Men of Movin' Out to Trade Places By Ernio Hernandez Movin' Out 's Broadway lead vocalist Michael Cavanaugh and national tour frontman Darren Holden will swap piano gigs in the Billy Joel-Twyla Tharp musical in February, according to Holden's publicist. Holden, who was understudy to Cavanaugh and has performed with the touring show for more than a year, will rejoin the Broadway cast at the Richard Rodgers Theatre for 10 performances, Feb. 9-20. His Tony Award-nominated counterpart Cavanaugh joins the tour to play his hometown of Cleveland, Ohio at the Palace Theatre from Feb. 8. The national tour for Movin' Out , the new Broadway musical collaboration between pop legend Billy Joel and choreographer Twyla Tharp launched from Detroit's Fisher Theatre, Jan. 26, 2004.
Music | Surprise Party Local pianist Myette proved he had a flair for melody and arranging on his recent STOCK AND roll. A new local organization with an innovative idea is http://www.providencephoenix.com/music/top/documents/03879184.asp
Extractions: BY BOB GULLA Willie Myette, John Funkhouser, and Mike Connors have the kind of jazz and rock pedigree that lends itself to extraordinary and unexpected results. Local pianist Myette proved he had a flair for melody and arranging on his recent solo outing, This Is Jazz . Funkhouser, whose name couldnt be more appropriate for a bass player, also leads his own band FunkHouse and has toured the US, Asia, and elsewhere in pursuit of the perfect groove. Drummer Mike Connors has played with the likes of Joe Hunt and Alan Dawson, as well as erstwhile local neo-loungers Combustible Edison. Their adventurous debut together as Katahdins Edge is a lot like nothing youve heard before. Step Away brings drama and depth and forward movement to what can often be a pretty pat jazz formula. The title cut begins with an almost acid-jazz rhythm track running under everything like a rushing current, while Myette swims atop it with his fleet and beautiful piano hooks. The piece demands the listeners attention, and keeps it for the entire disc, through cinematic tunes like "Enigma" and the Guaraldi-esque "Zargonic Effect." Throughout the album, the performances often extend into the sublime.
Extractions: by Jared Johnson Ive come to expect new and wonderful things from these four fellows, and as you can hear for yourself, its not in their dispositions to prove disappointing. Jon Schmidt, Paul Cardall, David Tolk, and Michael R. Hicks have each painted a few strokes on a new age canvas emerging as the newest masterpiece among LDS instrumentalists. Piano Portraits is a brilliant compilation from those who can now be labeled the top four contemporary LDS pianists. The Fab Four Jon, Paul, David, and Michael each lent two songs from previous albums and included a new one. The result is magic. In Covey terms, there is some serious synergy going on the whole is assuredly greater than the sum of the parts. Each song is at the same time a lullaby, a hymn, and an anthem of introspection. Lets dissect what makes this a winning album.
The Haverford School - Arts Valerie Conway Case, pianist Lower School Music Teacher michael Riley hasperformed more than 150 roles with opera companies and orchestras across the http://www.haverford.org/arts/music_faculty.htm
