Ivan Wyschnegradsky (1893-1979) is typically acknowledged as a microtonal composer who spent most of his creative life in Paris and Germany developing his theories and "ultrachromatic scales." He actually experienced something like an epiphany after hearing Scriabin's works and thereafter became a mystic, abandoned his Wagnerian approach to music, and emulated the "scriabinesque." Just prior to the composition of La journée, Wyschnegradsky experienced a flash of what he called "cosmic consciousness," leading him onto a lifelong investigation of microtonal resources as a means of making tactile mystical, unseen universal forces. In 1918 he tuned the two pianos in his family home a quartertone apart and placed them in a "L" shape so he could play them both.
This German Krautrock rock fusion band was formed in late-1968 in Munich with Hennes Herring on keyboards (mainly the Hammond organ), Remigius Drechsler on guitars, Moran (his civil name is Hans-Georg Neumüller) on vocals and winds, Klaus Spöri on drums and Stefan Wisheu on bass.
Jazz organist born in Newark, died in NYC (1940-1978). He played with a lot of greats -- Hank Mobly, Elvin Jones, Grant Green…On this one, Jimmie Smith, drums; Thornel Schwartz, gtr; and Wendell Marshall, bass.
"Carl Craig on vocals and Marcus Hemphill on bass & occasionally on drums. The Texas based duo recorded four albums, three of them live. Active 1965 - 1967. This is from a live performance, 1966. "
"He's considered by some to be the _undisputed virtuoso_ of the minimoog, and has made many recordings -- quite a number improvised like this one -- blending minimoog with on-site church organs. He's attracted a rather cult following of Minimoog lovers. "
"Mike Melvoin was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. He served as chairman and president of The Recording Academy and worked as a prolific studio musician, recording with Frank Sinatra, John Lennon, The Jackson 5, Natalie Cole, and The Beach Boys"
"From the soundtrack of _Time_, a fantastic film by Garrett Bradley. Guebrou is an Ethiopian nun born in 1923. She had a fantastical life -- as a refuge of a Italo-Ethiopian War imprisoned w/her family, then serving as musical director of Ethiopia's Imperial Body Guard, as well as singer to Haile Selassie. She speaks 7 languages fluently. For three decades she lived a reclusive life with only rare performances including one at the Jewish Community Center in Washington, D.C. on July 12, 2008. There's a 2017 BBC radio documentary about her called _The Honky Tonk Nun_ She lives in Jerusalem."
"Nina Live in Philaharmonic Hall in NYC. She got a 1971 nomination for a Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance with this album, but lost to Aretha Franklin. -- wiki Backing up Nina are Tom Smith on guitar, Weldon Irvine, organ."
The composition incorporates the soundscapes of habitats northwards from Antarctica to the Arctic captured by Watson processed and diffused live over a multi channel set up brought in specially for the event with a live score from Singer echoing a musical response to the sound and spirit of each location. Together the music featuring brass, strings, voice, electronics and organ located around the chapel and Watson’s field recordings interweave taking the listener on an immersive aural journey from Pole to Pole. Joining them is the London Contemporary Orchestra & Choir
He's recorded himself piping this national anthem, which has particular resonance with Vladimir Putin's tragic invasion of Ukraine and the drama that is playing out across the world as a result.
"One of the most successful British female singers of the 1960s, she had three UK number one singles with _(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me_ (1964), _Long Live Love_ (1965) and _Puppet on a String_ (1967). This was Shaw's first time producing an album herself and she chose to cover songs made popular by more alternative artists who she felt had had a big impact on the music of the 1960s - wiki"
An extraordinarily rare Piedmont Blues player from Johnson County, NC. Her porch parties were captured by Alan Lomax and some are now posted to YouTube.
"Tabbert lives in Essen, Germany and here he is playing a regal, which is a small portable organ, furnished with beating reeds and having two bellows. The instrument enjoyed its greatest popularity during the Renaissance. -wiki"
Impressions is a mail order compilation album music of this British composer . He came to prominance via The Exorcist. According to British film critic Mark Kermode, the decision to include the music was the result of pure chance – director William Friedkin had decided to scrap the original score by Lalo Schifrin and was looking for music to replace it. Friedkin was visiting the offices of Ahmet Ertegun, president of Atlantic Records (which distributed Tubular Bells in the US), and picking up a white label of the album from the selection of records in Ertegun's office, he put it on the record player and instantly decided that the music would be perfect for the movie In May 2021, Virgin Orbit, the commercial rocket launch provider subsidiary of the Virgin Group, announced the first operational mission of their LauncherOne air-launched rocket would be named after the first track of the album, Tubular Bells, Part One - wiki
"Ziporyn is the Kenan Sahin Distinguished Professor of Music at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as well as director of MIT's Center for Art, Science & Technology (CAST). At MIT he directs Gamelan Galak Tika, an ensemble he founded in 1993, a group of 30 MIT students, staff and community members, devoted to the study and performance of new works for Balinese Gamelan."
"He's considered by some to be the _undisputed virtuoso_ of the minimoog, and has made many recordings -- quite a number improvised like this one -- blending minimoog with on-site church organs. He's attracted a rather cult following of Minimoog lovers. "
"Final studio album he released in his lifetime. Martyn died at age 60 on 29 January 2009, in hospital in Thomastown, County Kilkenny, Ireland, from acute respiratory distress syndrome. He had been living in Thomastown with his partner Theresa Walsh. Martyn's health was affected by his life-long abuse of drugs and alcohol. The album was dedicated to _the surgical team & nurses of Orthopaedic Ward One at Waterford Hospital, Waterford, Ireland. Scott Steiner is on the Hammond organ. - wiki"
