Artist: Dave Liebman and Richie Beirach
Genre(s):
Jazz
Discography:
Omerta
Year: 2001
Tracks: 8
Michael Jackson To Release New King Of Pop Album
Saturday 9 August 2008
Dave Liebman and Richie Beirach
Artist: Dave Liebman and Richie Beirach
Genre(s):
Jazz
Discography:
Omerta
Year: 2001
Tracks: 8
Michael Jackson To Release New King Of Pop Album
Tuesday 1 July 2008
Mickey Hart Band drums up US tour
Grateful Dead drummer/percussionist Mickey Hart [ tickets ] has plans to take his band out for a 20-city spin this summer.The musicians will start early next month with festival performances in Santa Rosa, CA, and Lawrence, KS, and then move into July, when they'll play a host of US theaters and festivals across the East Coast and Midwest. Details are listed below.The Mickey Hart Band features guitarist Steve Kimock, bassist George Porter Jr., vocalist Jen Durkin, drummer Walfredo Reyes Jr. and talking-drum master Sikiru Adepoju. On the road, the group will perform the Robert Hunter-penned songs debuted by the Rhythm Devils in 2006--including "Fountains of Wood," "The Center" and "Your House"--in addition to Grateful Dead staples such as "New Speedway Boogie" and "Fire on The Mountain," according to a press release.The outing comes just as the Rhythm Devils, co-founded by Hart and fellow Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann, are getting ready to drop a two-disc DVD collection, "Rhythm Devils Concert Experience." The set was filmed in Chicago during the band's 2006 tour and includes interviews and behind-the-scenes footage.Last year, Hart reunited with Adepoju, Indian tabla virtuoso Zakir Hussain and conga player Giovanni Hidalgo to record "Global Drum Project," a follow-up to 1991's "Planet Drum," which won the first-ever Grammy for Best World Music Album. Other performers on the October release include Taufiq Qureshi (percussion/vocals), Niladari Kumar (sitar) and Dilshad Khan (sarangi). Sampled vocals are provided by the late West African percussionist Olatunji, who also played on "Planet Drum."In March and April, the Shout! Factory label reissued a series of titles from Hart's catalog, including "Planet Drum," "At The Edge," "Diga Rhythm Band," "Superlingua" and "Mystery Box." The albums are also available as digital downloads for the first time.
Monday 23 June 2008
Kate Middleton Turns Down Queen's Ascot Offer
Kate Middleton has turned down the Queen’s offer of a Royal Ascot table because she doesn’t want to become boyfriend Prince William’s “stand in”.
The 26-year-old “politely declined” the Queen’s invitation to host a private table at the famous horse racing meeting’s Royal Enclosure on Thursday.
Middleton reportedly is reluctant to “stand in for Prince William again and using her Royal status” after representing the absent heir to the throne at his cousin Peter Phillips’ wedding.
A friend explains to the Mail on Sunday, “Kate was all set to take the table after having been personally invited by the Queen. She then had second thoughts and politely declined the offer.
“She loves the races and would have so enjoyed to host her own table, but she said she doesn’t want to be standing in for William again and using her so-called Royal status.
“She knows that if she goes in William’s place as a guest of the Queen the engagement rumours will gather momentum and it’s not what she or William want.”
“Kate’s also been advised to take a back seat publicity-wise, so she’ll only really step out in any sort of Royal capacity when she absolutely has to and when she’s with William.
“She stood in for William at Peter Phillips’s wedding because he asked her to, but Kate is wary of being seen as William’s official stand-in.”
The 26-year-old “politely declined” the Queen’s invitation to host a private table at the famous horse racing meeting’s Royal Enclosure on Thursday.
Middleton reportedly is reluctant to “stand in for Prince William again and using her Royal status” after representing the absent heir to the throne at his cousin Peter Phillips’ wedding.
A friend explains to the Mail on Sunday, “Kate was all set to take the table after having been personally invited by the Queen. She then had second thoughts and politely declined the offer.
“She loves the races and would have so enjoyed to host her own table, but she said she doesn’t want to be standing in for William again and using her so-called Royal status.
“She knows that if she goes in William’s place as a guest of the Queen the engagement rumours will gather momentum and it’s not what she or William want.”
“Kate’s also been advised to take a back seat publicity-wise, so she’ll only really step out in any sort of Royal capacity when she absolutely has to and when she’s with William.
“She stood in for William at Peter Phillips’s wedding because he asked her to, but Kate is wary of being seen as William’s official stand-in.”
Monday 16 June 2008
An emotional send-off for Seattle Symphony's principal cellist
When you encounter Ernest Bloch's "Schelomo," you're struck by an immediate feeling of profundity and deep emotional vulnerability. As cellist Joshua Roman recalls, "The first recording I heard was of Leonard Rose on vinyl, and it struck me as one of the most beautiful pieces in the repertoire."
Now "Schelomo" will be Roman's swan song as Seattle Symphony's principal cellist. The 24-year-old string phenom is leaving at the end of this season to pursue a solo career.
Described by Bloch as a rhapsody for cello and orchestra, the piece is loosely based on Ecclesiastes, sometimes attributed to King Schelomo (Solomon). From approximately 1912 to 1926, Bloch turned his attention to his Jewish roots. Other composers may have referred to Jewish themes, but Bloch was one of the first composers to fully integrate Jewish material into his compositions.
As the composer wrote in program notes for a 1933 performance of "Schelomo," "I was saturated with the Biblical text and, above all, with the misery of the world, for which I have always had so much compassion."
This feeling flows through the piece. Five times the music rises quietly from the cello to spectacular orchestral culminations. Each time new emotions are engaged, ending in the famous outcry in Ecclesiastes "vanity of vanities" before finally fading away.
"Schelomo" is Bloch's most famous and most performed piece of music. Its durability, when most of Bloch's other major works are seldom heard on the concert stage, can be attributed to the range and sound required of the cello part.
As Roman explained, "It's very passionate, very songful, very much a 'cello piece.' I think it is one of those pieces that personifies the popular conception of what the cello sound is. It's both mellow and operatic at the same time."
Roman will perform the piece as part of a concert that also features Paul Hindemith's Concert Music for Strings and Brass — a lush, melodic work that combines dissonance and consonance — and Cesar Franck's final orchestral work, Symphony in D Minor.
In the immediate future, Roman plans to perform, record and direct TownMusic, the "exploratory classical music series" he inaugurated at Town Hall last year. He will return to Seattle Symphony next season to perform David Stock's Cello Concerto under the direction of former Oregon Symphony Maestro James DePriest.
Meanwhile, "Schelomo" is an appropriate send-off. The emotional variety and the music's transformation into a subdued ending suggest both lamentation and something bigger yet to come.
As the cellist says, "My goal with my music is to be an open and honest communicator, and I hope that people hear that. People shouldn't think of this as a goodbye or that they can forget me, because I'll be back."
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Sunday 1 June 2008
Fox launches venture to discover animation talent
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - News Corp. is drawing up big small-screen animation plans. 20th Century Fox TV and Fox Broadcasting Co. have teamed to launch Fox Inkubation, a joint venture designed to discover new animation talent and develop animated projects outside of the traditional model.
Additionally, 20th TV has formed a new animation department focused on more conventional development of cartoon series and has tapped Jennifer Howell, executive vice president of "South Park" creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker's Important Films, to run it.
"So much of our success has been driven by animated shows, and we have been contemplating how to step up our efforts in the area," 20th TV chairman Gary Newman said. "We believe it is critical to our future success."
Separately, Fox entertainment president Kevin Reilly had been looking to do the same on the network side, so the sister companies joined forces to create Inkubation, which also will be overseen by Howell.
The initiative will give aspiring writer/animators funding to make two-minute shorts in lieu of penning a script.
If the shorts are successful, Fox and 20th TV may order additional shorts or take the concepts to pilot, possibly pairing the newcomers with experienced producers.
"A lot of the greatest voices in that arena came from outside the system, like Matt Groening, Matt Stone and Trey Parker and Seth MacFarlane," Reilly said. "We want to let these voices be produced in a pure way."
Instead of a script order, young animator MacFarlane famously was given $50,000 by Fox and 20th TV a decade ago to produce a 15-minute presentation of a show based on characters from his college thesis. The show became "Family Guy."
Additionally, 20th TV has formed a new animation department focused on more conventional development of cartoon series and has tapped Jennifer Howell, executive vice president of "South Park" creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker's Important Films, to run it.
"So much of our success has been driven by animated shows, and we have been contemplating how to step up our efforts in the area," 20th TV chairman Gary Newman said. "We believe it is critical to our future success."
Separately, Fox entertainment president Kevin Reilly had been looking to do the same on the network side, so the sister companies joined forces to create Inkubation, which also will be overseen by Howell.
The initiative will give aspiring writer/animators funding to make two-minute shorts in lieu of penning a script.
If the shorts are successful, Fox and 20th TV may order additional shorts or take the concepts to pilot, possibly pairing the newcomers with experienced producers.
"A lot of the greatest voices in that arena came from outside the system, like Matt Groening, Matt Stone and Trey Parker and Seth MacFarlane," Reilly said. "We want to let these voices be produced in a pure way."
Instead of a script order, young animator MacFarlane famously was given $50,000 by Fox and 20th TV a decade ago to produce a 15-minute presentation of a show based on characters from his college thesis. The show became "Family Guy."
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Court now orders Spears psych exam
Court now orders Spears psych exam
A judge has ruled that troubled pop star Britney Spears must be examined by a court-appointed head-shrinker to decide if she understands the legal minutes involving her.
Reuters reports that Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner Scott Gordon ordered on Monday that the head-shrinker file a report on the 26-year-old's mental condition by 13 Feb.
On 14 February it will be decided how a great deal yearner Spears' assets should stay under the temporary control of her male parent and his attorney.
Commissioner Gordon besides said that a restraining order against Spears' self-styled handler and intimate, Surface-to-air missile Lutfi, forbids him from any form of contact with her.
Spears was taken to the UCLA Medical Center for a 72-hour psychiatric rating final stage hebdomad; her continue has now been extended to deuce weeks.
Celebrity Hijack nominations revealed
Celebrity Hijack nominations revealed
Jade, Jeremy and Winner have been nominated to face the low gear public eviction voter turnout in 'Big Comrade: Famous person Hijack'.
According to the show's forum poll, beauty queen Hussy is presently ducky to be booted come out of the house.
Politician John the Evangelist was immune from the dispossession work on because he won a guaranteed place in the final examination subsequently completing a job set by highjacker Matte Lucas.
Delay come out of the closet the 'Big Comrade: Fame Hijack' housemates' profiles here.
Read our 'Big Comrade: Celebrity Hijack' blog hither.
Oscar winner charged after fatal crash
Oscar winner charged after fatal crash
Roger Avary, the Oscar-winning co-writer of 'Pulp Fiction', has been charged with vehicular manslaughter and driving under the influence later on a fatal gondola doss down northwest of Los Angeles.
Reuters reports that the go down occurred in the city of Ojai, 80 miles (130 km) northwest of Los Angeles, at around 1am on Sunday.
Thirty-four-year-old Andreas Zedini, a rider in Avary's railway car, died of his injuries at a local hospital, Captain Monica McGrath of the Ventura County Sheriff's Department said.
Avary's 40-year-old wife, Gretchen, was taken to hospital with serious injuries.
Captain McGrath said Avary was released from poky afterward posting $50,000 bail.
The madness of perfection
The madness of perfection
The eponymous 1991 debut album by the La's is ace of the nigh mythologised records of modern multiplication. That's non just because of the sublimate timbre of the music - the album includes the indie standard At that place She Goes - only because of the circumstances surrounding its recording. Tales burst of chemical group leader Robert E. Lee Mavers' bizarre obsessions: refusing to use equipment because it wasn't covered in authentic "sixties dust", and fire producer afterwards producer. A adaptation of the album was at last salvaged by the producer Steve Lillywhite and released to universal joint acclaim, only for Mavers to instantly disinherit it.
For years, because of Mavers' insistence that the "official" album was non the one he had been imagining, fans take wondered how else the La's power give birth sounded. They scoured the Doomed La's record album of demos for clues a few age back; they admired the roughly and cook versions of the songs on last year's BBC Roger Sessions CD. Now they've got a opportunity to hear a finish exhaust of one of the discarded versions, produced by Mike Hedges and released as role of a fresh "deluxe" reprint.Hedges had worked with Siouxsie and the Banshees, so he wasn't the obvious pick, presumption Mavers desire to make a record that sounded like the first base side of the Who's 60s digest Meaty, Beaty, Vauntingly and Bouncy. However, the band's label, Go! Discs, learned that Hedges had late acquired a 1967 mixing console and a 1968 multitrack, both from Abbey Road, which might explicate wherefore they view Hedges would appeal to Mavers. The manufacturer, meanwhile, heard the La's demos and thinking they were birthday suit, simply "brilliant. The more you listened, the more you loved."Their import recording together began in unusual circumstances - at Go! Discs supremo Andy Macdonald's parents' house, overlooking the Devonshire cliffs. "The console was in the bread and butter room," remembers Hedges.Hedges and the La's recorded 35 songs - albeit about of them rough, with scarcely a microphone on the dining room board - enough for non one only deuce albums. "The band were rattling positive degree, even Richard Henry Lee, until the end brace of years, thinking it was sledding to be great," he says. "Everyone else thought it was the topper thing they'd done."So what went wrong? The record album never still reached the admixture desk. According to Hedges, Mavers fell come out of the closet with drummer Chris Sharrock, and wanted to rerecord the songs. However, there were other factors, notably that the La's leader was entering what Hedges describes as a "drug-induced psychosis. He'd either be actually on it, or the opposite word. I can't in truth state what drugs were involved, but let's tell he had ups and downs."The request for equipment scattered with 1960s dust may or english hawthorn non be an urban myth, merely Hedges remembers mass of similarly case incidents. At one point, Mavers insisted bassist King John Power's musical instrument was come out of line, so he retuned it - merely tuned the damage string section. Yet, Hedges insists that a rumor that Mavers later on destroyed the professional tapes of their roger Huntington Sessions is untrue - the record caller lost them. Hedges' possess copy was stolen by a roadie, and the record album emerging now has been mastered from a cassette, and stands as an eerie, well-nigh ghostly, unmixed papers of how the La's sounded at the time.Hedges still regards Henry Lee Mavers as a wizardry, simply as well his have worst enemy. "His standards were so high that you're ne'er going to reach them," he says. "At some point you have to say, 'That's it, it's finished,' and affect on to something else. I've never been 100% on anything I've e'er done. I don't think you nates be, because how do you measurement flawlessness?" Still, Hedges has few regrets, pointing come out that the Steve Lillywhite-produced album that lastly emerged rather is a great album, if "non necessarily how they sounded when I was with them".For a moment, he sounds rueful."I suppose [Mavers] got so stuck on what they should sound like that he didn't fuck what they should sound like. Only hardly listening to them play in that room sent the tingles shoot down my spur."· The La's - Deluxe Edition is out directly on Universal proposition
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