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In 2012, James put out a record under the band name James Levy and The Blood Red Rose, which features Allison Pierce of The Pierces. [6] Their album, Pray To Be Free , was released by Heavenly Recordings (2012) and received critical acclaim, including being included in the list of the top 100 albums of 2012 by French publication Les Inrocks .
V.S.O.P. is a 1977 double live album by keyboardist Herbie Hancock, featuring acoustic jazz performances by the V.S.O.P. Quintet (Hancock, trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, saxophonist Wayne Shorter, bassist Ron Carter and drummer Tony Williams), along with jazz fusion/jazz-funk performances by the ‘Mwandishi’ band (trumpeter Eddie Henderson, trombonist Julian Priester, flautist Bennie Maupin ...
James Levine (1954 – August 9, 2016) was an American R&B songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. He was born in San Francisco, [1] and learned to play saxophone before the age of ten. He studied at Richmond High School, and joined a local band, Black Pain & Co.
In the 1970s, he founded Bill Summers & Summers Heat together with Bo Freeman, Calvin Tillery, Carla Vaughn, Claytoven Richardson, Earl Freeman, Freddie Washington, George Spencer, Hadley Caliman, James Levi, Jeff Lewis, Larry Batiste, Leo Miller, Lori Ham, Michael Sasaki, Munyungo Jackson, Paul Van Wageningen, Ray Obiedo, Rodney Franklin, Scott Roberts and Tom Poole.
James Lawrence Levine (/ l ɪ ˈ v aɪ n / liv-EYEN; June 23, 1943 – March 9, 2021) [1] was an American conductor and pianist. He was music director of the Metropolitan Opera from 1976 to 2016. He was terminated from all his positions and affiliations with the Met on March 12, 2018, over sexual misconduct allegations, which he denied.
The Arista contract provided an opportunity to pair Levi Stubbs with fellow Arista artist, another R&B vocalist from Detroit, Aretha Franklin, who was at the height of her own 1980s hit streak. This pairing resulted in the 1988 song " If Ever a Love There Was ", which became a popular R&B and Adult Contemporary hit, as well as being featured on ...
A planned follow-up single in 2005 entitled "Kissed Her Sister" was shelved along with the album "Foxwatch", [11] and Levi formed The Emergencies [12] with organ player Jake Field and Zukanican members, rhythm guitarist Dominic Lewington (AKA Domino), bass player Harry Sumnall and drummer James Pagella.
Secrets is a jazz-funk fusion album by keyboard player Herbie Hancock.It is also Hancock's seventeenth album overall. Participating musicians include saxophonist Bennie Maupin and guitarist Wah Wah Watson.