American Bandstand premiered locally in late March 1952 as Bandstand on Philadelphia television station WFIL-TV Channel 6. Philly native Charlie O'Donnell (who we hear here) was the announcer. He contiued on after the show went national and moved to LA. O'Donnell was the contemporary and pehaps more familiar voice on Wheel of Fortune. Click link for more on the original studios for American Bandstand.
"Monk b: 1942 in NYC. composer, performer, director, vocalist, filmmaker, and choreographer. At the age of three, Monk was diagnosed with strabismus and her mother signed her up to a Dalcroze eurhythmics programme, a technique which integrates music with movement. Monk says that it _has influenced everything I've done. It's why dance and movement and film are so integral to my music. It's why I see music so visually. (see link for more on the condition) - wiki"
"William Parker: doson ngoni, shakuhachi, bass duduk, Serbian flute in F#, Ney flute Cooper-Moore: ashimba, hoe-handle harp; Hamid Drake: frame drum, drum kit. Heart Trio features three lifelong-devoted fellow travelers on the path of healing through sound. They have been 'core' collborators since 2012. Heart Trio creates balancing music in a world which day to day is more evidently filled with the exponential effect of increasingly grotesque inequity, a world where wars continue to be started and maintained by men adept at manipulation and a thorough disregard for the sanctity of life -- work that is antithetical to destruction. - bandcamp notes. "
"Duke (1946-2013) was an American keyboardist, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer born in San Rafael, CA. He worked with numerous artists as arranger, music director, writer and co-writer, record producer and as a professor of music. He worked with Zappa, Cannonball Adderly, and was a member of Mothers of Invention for a time. On this recording (off his 4th studio release) we hear: Voice, George Duke; Bass, John Heard; Drums; Leon 'Ndugu' Chnacler; Percussion, Airto Moreira"
"Walter Norris (piano), Billy Bean (guitar), Hal Gaylor (bass). I'm takn with Billy Bean. Wiki sez....In October, 1959, Bean returned to New York City after accepting Tony Bennett's offer to join his band. He remained with Bennett's band for less than one year. Hal Gaylor, who had been Bennett's bassist, assembled a trio with Bean and pianist Walter Norris; they called themselves The Trio and recorded this album. Gaylor said the trio had great difficulty in finding work and disbanded shortly after recording. Bean performed with Stan Getz, Herbie Mann, and John Lewis, recording albums with Mann and Lewis.He returned to his hometown of Philadelphia, retiring in 1986."
Ros Sereysothea is widely considered the greatest female vocalist from the Cambodian “Golden Age” of film and music, a period from 1955 - 1975. She was born in Battambang, Cambodia on November 6th, 1948 and is presumed to have died during the Khmer Rouge genocide, between 1975 and 1979. - Youtube. This recording was likely from the early 60s. Continuing with a review by Deanne Sole 'Electric Cambodia may be one of the saddest and most enraging compilations released this year — not for the music, but for the history. The performers are dead, all dead, or “vanished” into the Killing Fields — murdered, presumably, although the how is a mystery. ' Click link for full article.
"Group from Llanfyllin, UK/Wales, with a population of about 1600 people. Playing on this album are: Sioned Camlin Drums/Vocals/Ukelele; Iris Gordijn - Vocals/Accordion; Eric Heath - Ondes Martenot; Rob Harrison - Flute/Saxophone; Jack Hunter - Bass/Vocals/Keys/Noise; Gavin Williamson-King - Synths; David Thomas - Guitar/Vocals/Viola/Violin I emailed the group via Bandcamp and rec 'd a reply from Jack Hunter with creds as Honorary Research Fellow, Religious Experience Research Centre, Tutor, Sophia Centre for the Study of Cosmology in Culture, University of Wales Trinity Saint David. Click link to learn more about this interesting fella. """
"Peccinetti is from Mendoza, Argentina (b: 1985) aka Las Luces Primeras, Trasvorder and The Bright Lights. He is a bit of a sypher. He's made 2 record albums, as far as I can tell, and more recently has delved into vusial arts as a muralist (see link). He operates an on-line store, and touts the benefits of Psilocybin"
"Started in March of 2016, Trendafilka is a musical exploration of harmony, polyphony, and sisterhood. Ten women perform three, four, and five part songs from Bulgaria, Georgia, Ukraine, and Roma diaspora with their own unique aesthetic and arrangements. Based in New Orleans, LA, Trendafilka performs regularly for a wide variety of audiences, both as a standalone act as well as in collaboration with regional and national artists. - bandcamp"
"Zodiac Suite is a series of 12 pieces of jazz music written by the American jazz pianist and composer Mary Lou Williams (1910-1981) and first performed in 1945. The suite makes use of elements of classical music alongside jazz, and Williams was influenced by modernism when writing and arranging it. Each song in the suite is inspired by an astrological sign and musicians or performers who were born under it. Williams began writing music for Zodiac Suite in 1942 and finished the composition in 1945. The second of eleven children, Williams was born in Atlanta, Georgia, and grew up in the East Liberty neighborhood of Pittsburgh. A musical prodigy, at the age of two, she was able to pick out simple tunes and by the age of three, she was taught piano by her mother.Mary Lou Williams played piano out of necessity at a very young age; her white neighbors were throwing bricks into her house until Williams began playing the piano in their homes. At the age of six, she supported her ten half-brothers and sisters by playing at parties.She began performing publicly at the age of seven when she became known admiringly in Pittsburgh as _The Little Piano Girl_. She became a professional musician at the age of 15, citing Lovie Austin as her greatest influence.- wiki"
"A duo formed in 1985 in Bath UK, aka Will White and Alex Gifford's inDecksandrumsandrockandroll is their only studio album. It was originally released by Wall of Sound on 26 January 1998 in the United Kingdom. In the United States, it was released by DreamWorks Records with a different track listing. They gained famein 1997 by providing a remix for James Bond movie composer David Arnold's Bond tribute album Shaken & Stirred: The David Arnold James Bond Project covering John Barry's _On Her Majesty's Secret Service_, the theme song to the sixth James Bond film, re-orchestrated by Arnold.- wiki"
"This taken from Seeger's first solo album, released in 1953 on Folkways. Seeger selected the eleven songs for the album from an anthology of folk songs for children that had been published by his stepmother, Ruth Crawford Seeger. "
"Ingrid Laubrock, cellist Erik Friedlander and pianist Angelica Sanchez. Serpa is a native of Lisbon, Portugal. I first encountered her at the Lilypad many years ago in a performance with Ran Blake. She's produced and released 11 studio albums to date. "
A trove, just released. This cut was found stashed away in Mitchell’s own personal collection, this tape was labelled Save Magic by engineer Henry Lewy, recording Mitchell from the control room when she was mid-improvisational flow. The expansive, classically inflected piano piece would become the bedrock of Paprika Plains, the visionary centrepiece of 1977 release of Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter. (see link for more) From Tom Moon/Echolocater: 'Maybe its noodling, maybe its just eavesdropping as she tests out textures....' I'This and many more rare, unreleased gems can be found on the forthcoming ‘Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 4 - The Asylum Years (1976-1980)’ out October 4, 2024 via Rhino. - youtube notes.
"Rani (b: 1990) is a Polish pianist, singer, and composer. Ghosts, the third album by the Berlin-based Polish composer, Hania Rani, is a haunting, ethereal collection. Full of delightful surprises, it's an album that marks something of a progression in Rani's career arc."
"British space rock band founded in 1990 in Rugby, Warwickshire. Spiritualized has always been Jason Pierce (b 1965) plus a rotating cast of supporting musicians. As of 2023, Spiritualized have released nine studio albums. This tune was first released as a single in 1991 on the Dedicated label, predating their first studio album by one year. "
"Sure on this shining night, Of starmade shadows round, Kindness must watch for me this side of the ground. The late year lies down the north. All is healed, all is health. High summer holds the earth. Hearts all whole.Sure on this shining night I weep for wonder wandering far alone. Of shadows on the stars. Sure on this shining night."
