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"Birdland" is a jazz/pop song written by Joe Zawinul of the band Weather Report as a tribute to the Birdland nightclub in New York City, which appeared on the band's 1977 album Heavy Weather. The Manhattan Transfer won a Grammy Award with their 1979 version of the song, which had lyrics by Jon Hendricks . [ 1 ]
Rich was born in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York, to Jewish parents Bess Skolnik and Robert Rich, both American vaudevillians. [5]: 6 At 18 months old, he became part of his parents' vaudeville act, dressed in a sailor suit playing an arrangement of "The Stars and Stripes Forever" behind a large bass and snare drum - an act which concluded with him emerging from behind the drums tap-dancing ...
Inglewood Jam, also known as Bird and Chet and Live at the Trade Winds, is a live album by jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker, recorded in California in 1952 with trumpet player Chet Baker and Sonny Criss. It was released by the Jazz Showcase label in 1978.
The first side of the album, recorded in 1951, includes Parker with sidemen Dizzy Gillespie on trumpet, Bud Powell on piano, Tommy Potter on bass, and Roy Haynes on drums. A March 1953 club date with Parker and the Milt Buckner Trio produced one track, "Groovin' High".
Bellavia" was used by WHAS-TV in Louisville, Kentucky as background music for school closings starting with the Blizzard of 1978. [12] Mangione's composition "Chase the Clouds Away" was used at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec. His composition "Give It All You Got" was the theme to the 1980 Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid, New ...
Carnival is the 11th album by Canadian jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson on Columbia Records. [1] This is yet another attempt to replicate the success of Conquistador.Another big theme song ("Battlestar Galactica"), a couple of originals, a blast from the past ("Stella by Starlight"), and a cover of "Birdland", which was well received.
Mambo Birdland was recorded at Birdland. [9] Ray Vega played trumpet on the album. [ 10 ] Puente, whose previous album was also a live recording, enjoyed live albums as they allowed him to expand and improvise on songs he had played for decades.
David Anthony Guy (born December 9, 1978) is an American trumpet player. Since 2014, he has played with The Roots , including on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon . [ 1 ] Over his more than two decade career, he has been part of the groups Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings , Menahan Street Band , The Budos Band , and Lee Fields & The ...