Search results for "Zubin Mehta"

Zubin Mehta: Rhapsody in Blue – as heard in Woody Allen's Manhattan (1979) (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music April 05, 08

In 1924 bandleader Paul Whiteman, the reigning "King of Jazz," introduced his unruly domain to Gotham highbrows, prem...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: THE JAZZ SIDE OF WOODY ALLEN

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Cummings, Richard (Richard Ainsworth Cummings, Jr.) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Cummings, Richard [Richard Ainsworth Cummings, Jr.], pianist, composer, songwriter, producer; b. St. Albans, NY, 16 J...

Demsey, David B. posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Demsey, David B., saxophonist, author, educator; b. 7 April 1955. He was married in 1980 and has one daughter, born 1...

Alstrom, Edward posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Alstrom, Edward , piano, organ, synthesizers, guitar, bass, vocals; b. Paterson, NJ, 12 October 1957. While an infant...

Fletcher Henderson: Whiteman Stomp (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music November 06, 07

Like an ace reporter, Fletcher Henderson always got there first. Three months before self-crowned "King of Jazz" Paul...

Willie 'The Lion' Smith: Echoes of Spring (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music April 16, 08

The Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s is justly celebrated for its flowering of African-American artistic and intellect...

Jason Kao Hwang: Cloud Call (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music April 16, 08

Jason Kao Hwang explicitly refers to storytelling in the title and accompanying notes to his new CD Stories Before Wi...

Paul Whiteman: Blue Belles of Harlem (Rating: 75/100) posted in Music January 10, 09

Paul Whiteman's final "Experiment in Modern Music" featured Artie Shaw, Whiteman's large orchestra, and a lot of...

Ferde Grofé: Mississippi Suite (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music May 09, 09

What Billy Strayhorn was to Duke Ellington, Ferde Grofé (1892-1972) was to George Gershwin and Paul Whiteman—a brilli...

Hanna, Sir Roland (Pembroke) posted in Encyclopedia September 16, 09

Pianist Roland Hanna's playing highlights the relationship between the rhythmic components of swing and the melodic c...

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