"Nous Alpha is a collaboration by electonic music pioneer Gareth Jones and composer Christopher Bono. Blossoming from the basis of a special friendship, the two artists set an intention to bless the new Our Silent Canvas barn studio in upstate New York with a personal shamanic ritual lasting the course of 6 days.-bandcamp"
"Fred Katz was an innovative American composer, songwriter, conductor, cellist, piano player and teacher (born 25 February 1919, Brooklyn, New York, New York, died 7 September, 2013, Santa Monica, California). Classically trained, Katz studied with Pablo Casals and won scholarships and fellowships in cello and piano. Katz was a professor of ethnomusicology at the University of San Fernando. He was the music director for the 7th Army Headquarters, Lena Horne, Mindy Carson, Vic Damone, Ken Nordine and Frankie Laine. He played the cello and composed for the Chico Hamilton Quintet (1955-1958) and was Artists-and-repertoire director for Decca Records and Pacific Jazz label. - discogs"
"English electronic music duo, formed in 1999 in London. The duo consists of Alison Goldfrapp (vocals, synthesizer) and Will Gregory (synthesizer), joined here by John Parish, drums and Stuart Gordon, Violin, Viola - discogs"
"Fox is born in rural Canada, who has a distinguished career in music, leading her through competitions, Juilliard, Peabody, and finally to BYU, where she is the first and only female full professor on the School of Music piano faculty. - virtualconcerthalls.com"
Maurice Louca is an Egyptian composer and performer of experimental music. In Groups: Alif (3), Bikya, Karkhana, Orchestra Omar, Praed Orchestra!, The Dwarfs of East Agouza. For this one, Louca teams up with an extraordinary Lebanese outfit called the “A” Trio, who create an unholy racket with acoustic instruments. Mazen Kerbaj plays his trumpet through various tubes and hosepipes, moving kitchen paraphernalia around the bell of his instrument to create unearthly effects. Double bassist Raed Yassin and guitarist Sharif Sehnaoui strike and mute the strings of their instruments with detritus including pegs and paperclips. The trio’s creaks, howls and drones resemble a faulty electric power generator, or a steampunk synth band. - from Guardian review (see link)
"Sally Ann Richards was born in 1947 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. She was an actress, known for That Girl (1966), Breaking Point (1963) and The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1969). She was married to John Kelso a writer dubbed by some 'the bard of South Austin'. She died on 9 August 2005 in Austin, Texas, USA."
"Ayers (1944-2013) was an English singer-songwriter who was active in the English psychedelic music movement. Ayers was a founding member of the psychedelic band Soft Machine in the mid-1960s, and was closely associated with the Canterbury scene. A 10-disc set of his music is set to be released next week. (see link)"
"Okkervil River is an American rock band led by singer-songwriter Will Sheff. Formed in Austin, Texas, in 1998, the band takes its name from a short story by Russian author Tatyana Tolstaya set on the river Okkervil in Saint Petersburg. This is from their 2nd full studio release"
"Born in Hamburg, West Germany,Martin (aka Brigit Dieckmann) grew up near Reeperbahn, St. Pauli, in the city's red-light district. She lived with her working-class grandparents, who exposed her to Elvis Presley and German schlager music ('hit' pop music with catchy instrumentals). More from Opiates click link"
"Philly born William Ballard Doggett was an American jazz and rhythm and blues pianist and organist. Best known for his instrumental rock compositions 'Honky Tonk' and 'Hippy Dippy', he worked with the Ink Spots, Johnny Otis, Wynonie Harris, Ella Fitzgerald, and Louis Jordan."
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Trudy Pitts ["Ronnie Gilbert, Fred Hellerman, Lee Hays"]
"Gertrude E. 'Trudy' Pitts (1932-2010) was an American soul jazz keyboardist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was known primarily for playing the Hammond B3 organ. Click link to read more about her daughter Anysha Jacobs' remembrances of her legend of a mother. "
Jon Raskin & Myles Boisen created this collection of solo improvisations meant to be played along with by improvisers. Click link to go to bandcamp page & listen to more.
"Chicago-based indie rock group formed in 1992. The album's title is a reference to drummer Todd Trainer's Italian Greyhound, Uffizi, who appears on the album's cover. ANother Chicagoan, Word Poet Ken Nordine makes a strange appearanc in his exchange with the fictitional animated Homestar Runner character Strong Bad. "
"This is an interpretation from Part II of the Rite of Spring, and the 3rd to last section of the composition and a depiction of two young girls invoking the ancestors in a brief dance. The Rite was conceived, according to Stravinsky, in his 1936 autobiography as follows: 'One day [in 1910], when I was finishing the last pages of L'Oiseau de Feu in Saint Petersburg, I had a fleeting vision ... I saw in my imagination a solemn pagan rite: sage elders, seated in a circle, watching a young girl dance herself to death. They were sacrificing her to propitiate the god of Spring. Such was the theme of the Sacre du printemps.' "
Emilíana Torrini (born 16 May 1977) is an Icelandic singer and songwriter. She is best known for her 2009 single 'Jungle Drum', her 1999 album Love in the Time of Science, and her performance of 'Gollum's Song' for the 2002 film The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.
"Live at The Strollers in Long Beach, CA. Hamilton started his career in a band with Charles Mingus, Illinois Jacquet, Ernie Royal, Dexter Gordon, Buddy Collette and Jack Kelso before he had finished high school.. A version of the quintet including flutist Paul Horn was featured in the film Sweet Smell of Success in 1957 and one including Eric Dolphy appeared in the film Jazz on a Summer's Day (1960), set at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival. The New York Times Magazine listed Chico Hamilton among hundreds of artists whose material was reportedly destroyed in the 2008 Universal fire"
American musician (guitar, synthesizer) and 'mail order mystic'. Born in 1939 in California (USA). Found dead in 2023 (aged 84) in the home he shared with his brother Kenneth (also found dead, aged 76) in El Cajon near San Diego (USA). Burchette was a largely self-taught guitarist and self-taught mystic, whose fascination with the occult began around the age of 12 when he 'had been transfixed by the parapsychological, spending as much time reading books on Tibetan mysticism fundamentals as he did practicing guitar, the vibrations of which he used to create tonal pictures and patterns.' After time spent teaching classical guitar, he constructed an Impro guitar with 6 different woods, with mahogany for the base, soft pine, elder, and rosewood. The neck was inlaid with abalone shells. Then, in the 7 years between 1971 and 1977, he released 7 albums of guitar and synthesizer music, mostly via his Burchette Brothers label (run jointly with his brother Kenneth, a chemist). He advertised these albums via mail order ads, hidden in the back pages of Fate Magazine, Beyond Reality, and Gnostica News. On offer: Burchett’s seven-part, block-printed “Psychic Meditation Course,” designed to teach people how to listen to music. To go along with his lessons: his instrumental guitar and electronic records featuring ornate hand-drawn cover designs, complete with listening instructions from the master himself. After 1977, he abruptly burnt and discarded everything related to his musical explorations. - discogs
"Originally released as BERL OLSWANGER AND THE OLSWANGER BEAT in 1961. Berl Olswanger, dubbed 'Mr. Music of Memphis' by the local press, grew up in Memphis in the 1920s and 1930s where he heard music that would later influence him as a composer. He quickly developed an affinity for the piano and began playing professionally at the age of 12. After a stint on WMC radio in his twenties, he joined the tour of the George Olsen Orchestra, which led him across the country from New York to Hollywood as he accompanied legendary acts like Bing Crosby and Jack Benny. Back up singer is Jeanie Page."
