Mallorca Lee and James Allan & other: June 2008

Spectrum Vs Dimitri

Artist: Spectrum Vs Dimitri

   Genre(s):
Trance: Psychedelic

Discography:

N.N

Year: 2003
Tracks: 1

The Red Paintings

Artist: The Red Paintings

   Genre(s):
Rock

Discography:

Cinema Love EP

Year: 2002
Tracks: 6

Wire

Andres Roca

Artist: Andres Roca

   Genre(s):
New Age

Discography:

Whispers In The Night

Year: 1996
Tracks: 6

Magic Sound Fabric

Artist: Magic Sound Fabric

   Genre(s):
Electronic

Discography:

Freedom Star

Year: 2004
Tracks: 9

Uplift Drift

Year: 2002
Tracks: 9

Elodie Frege

Fats Waller

Artist: Fats Waller

   Genre(s):
Jazz
   Other

Discography:

I Got Rhythm

Year: 1996
Tracks: 23

Greatest Hits

Year: 1996
Tracks: 14

Aint Misbehavin

Year: 1990
Tracks: 20

Fats Waller - The Early Years Part II (cd2)

Year: 1935
Tracks: 1

Fats Waller - The Early Years Part II (cd1)

Year: 1935
Tracks: 1

Breakin' the Ice, Early Years I (cd2)

Year: 1935
Tracks: 1

Breakin' the Ice, Early Years I (cd1)

Year: 1935
Tracks: 1

Your Feet's Too Big

Year:
Tracks: 14

The Joint is Jumpin' (1929-43 RCA)

Year:
Tracks: 1

Classic Jazz Archive (CD1)

Year:
Tracks: 24

Not only was Fats Waller one of the greatest pianists jazz has of all time known, he was as well one of its most expansively funny entertainers -- and as so often happens, matchless facet tends to apart the other. His inordinately light-colored and whippy touch belied his ample physical cinch; he could swing as hard as any piano player alive or stagnant in his classic James P. Johnson-derived tread fashion, with a powerful left hand hand delivering the octaves and tenths in a hardworking, rapid, seamless stream. Waller also pioneered the use of the pipe organ and Hammond organ in idle words -- he called the pipe organ the "Deity box" -- adapting his irresistible gumption of swing to the pedals and a disconnected right hand patch making imaginative changes of the registration. As a composer and improviser, his melodic invention seldom flagged, and he contributed fistfuls of joyous yet paradoxically winsome songs like "Honeysuckle Rose," "Ain't Misbehavin,'" "Keepin' Out of Mischief Now," "Risque Turning Grey Over You" and the extraordinary "Jitterbug Waltz" to the malarky repertory.

During his lifetime and later on, though, Fats Waller was best known to the macrocosm for his oversized comic personality and guileful vocals, where he would send off up trashy tunes that Victor Records made him track record with his neat combo, Fats Waller & His Rhythm. Yet on virtually any of his records, whether the strain is an evergreen plant criterion or the most shopworn bit of jingle that a Tin Pan Alley taxi could serve up, you testament try a fetching combination of good knockabout sense of humour, foot-tapping cycle and fantastical piano playing. Today, virtually all of Fats Waller's studio recordings stern be base on RCA's on-again-off-again series The Complete Fats Waller, which commenced on LPs in 1975 and was static in progress during the 1990s.

Lowell Jackson Thomas "Fats" Waller came from a Harlem house where his church Father was a Baptist place preacher man and his mother played piano and organ. Waller took up the forte-piano at age 6, playing in a school orchestra light-emitting diode by Edgar Sampson (of Chick Webb renown). After his mother died when he was 14, Waller stirred into the home of piano player Russell Brooks, where he met and studied with James P. Johnson. Later, Waller also received classical lessons from Carl Bohm and the noted piano player Leopold Godowsky. After making his first record at eld 18 for Okeh in 1922, "Brummagem Blues"/"'Muscle Shoals Blues,"" he backed several blues singers and worked as house pianist and organist at split parties and in flick theaters and clubs. He began to appeal care as a composer during the early and mid-'20s, forming a most fruitful alliance with lyrist Andy Razaf that resulted in three Broadway shows in the late '20s, Keep Shufflin', Load of Coal, and Hot Chocolates.

Waller started qualification records for Victor in 1926; his most significant early records for that label were a series of vivid 1929 solo pianoforte sides of his own compositions like "Handful of Keys" and "Shattering Thirds." After finally sign language an sole Victor contract in 1934, he began the long-running, prolific series of records with His Rhythm, which won him great celebrity and produced several hits, including "Your Feet's Too Big," "The Joint Is Jumpin'" and "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter." He began to come along in films like Hooray for Love and King of Burlesque in 1935 patch chronic regular appearances on radiocommunication that dated back to 1923. He toured Europe in 1938, made organ recordings in London for HMV, and appeared on one of the number one telecasting broadcasts. He returned to London the following spring to record his to the highest degree extensive composition, "London Suite" for pianissimo and percussion, and ship on an extended continental tour (which, unfortunately, was canceled by fears of impending war with Germany). Well aware of the popularity of big bands in the '30s, Waller tried and true to form his have, simply they were ephemeral.

Into the forties, Waller's touring schedule of the U.S. escalated, he contributed music to another musical, Early to Bed, the photographic film appearances unbroken approaching (including a memorable stretch out of Stormy Weather where he lED an all-star band that included Benny Carter, Slam Stewart and Zutty Singleton), the recordings continued to period, and he continued to eat and boozing in super clayey quantities. Years of exhausting alimony squabbles, plus excess and, no doubtfulness, frustration over non organism taken more seriously as an artist, began to wear the piano player down. Finally, after becoming ill during a gig at the Zanzibar Room in Hollywood in December, 1943, Waller boarded the Santa Fe Chief prepare for the long trip back to New York. He never made it, dying of pneumonia aboard the coach during a catch at Union Station in Kansas City.

Patch every buffoon longs to play Hamlet as per the cliche -- and Waller did ingest so-called serious musical pretensions, longing to follow in George Gershwin's footsteps and write concert music -- it likely was not in the card game anyhow due to the racial barriers of the number one half of the 20th c. Besides, granted the fact that Waller influenced a long agate line of pianists of and after his time, including Count Basie (wHO studied with Fats), Teddy Wilson, Art Tatum, Thelonious Monk, Dave Brubeck and countless others, his shock has been rightfully profound.

R Kelly trial: Day Three

LiveDaily Sessions: Joseph Arthur

Ohio native Joseph Arthur [ tickets ] has English musician Peter Gabriel to thank for the advancement of his musical career. After hearing Arthur's first EP "Cut and Blind" in the mid-1990s and the lyrics to "History" in particular, the "In Your Eyes" crooner felt Arthur would do well on Gabriel's Real World Records label and signed him. Just two years later in 1999, Arthur accepted a Grammy nomination for best artistic packaging for his EP "Vacancy."Arthur has hit the tour trail hard with an array of artists over the last 10 years, including Ben Harper, Gomez, Tracy Chapman, Joan Wasser, and R.E.M. When he's not engaged in musical pursuits, Arthur turns his focus to visual art, including his Brooklyn art gallery, The Museum of Modern Arthur, or MOMAR.Arthur is currently wrapping a UK tour in support of his recently released EP, "Vagabond Skies," before playing July dates on both the East and West coasts.

'The City of David Gospel Fest & Car Show' Features Top Gospel Artists, Classic Cars, and Great Food in a 'Free' Outdoor Summer Festival

ONLY IN DETROIT! The mix of gospel music & classic cars draws big
crowds to a favorite Motor City summertime tradition

DETROIT, June 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- It's a full day of non-stop
gospel music, food, and fun! The CITY OF DAVID GOSPEL FEST & CAR SHOW is
the biggest outdoor gospel concert event of the summer in Detroit. It
happens Saturday, June 28th at God's Graceland Park, just in front of
Greater Grace Temple and admission is FREE! Start time is 9:00 a.m. A big
crowd is expected to bring their lawn chairs and blankets to the park to
hear "Gospel Legend" Rance Allen. Plus, Ernest Lee & Spirit of David,
Detroit Saxman Montee Jefferson, and many more. All together more than a
dozen of the city's top gospel artists will join them for this mega-gospel
blowout!

In addition to the music, there will be fabulous food, a train ride &
inflatables for the kids, plus THE GGT CLASSIC & NEW CAR SHOW. It features
dozens of antique cars, hotrods, and even new cars straight from the
dealers' showroom floors. Nearly 60-70 classics and hotrods are expected
along with many new cars both domestic and foreign models.

The gospel fest is sponsored by The Master's Commission of Greater
Grace Temple, Comerica Bank, and Happy's Pizza. For more information, call
313-543-6000 or visit http://www.greatergrace.org God's Graceland Park is located
in front of Greater Grace Temple at 23500 W. Seven Mile Road in Detroit,
MI.

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Mehida

Artist: Mehida

   Genre(s):
Rock

Discography:

Blood and Water

Year: 2007
Tracks: 11

ThanksUSA Announces Washington Concert to Benefit Military Families

Part of a fundraising drive to provide scholarships for military
spouses and dependents

WASHINGTON, June 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- ThanksUSA, a charitable
effort to mobilize Americans to "thank" the nation's active-duty troops,
will present a benefit concert on Saturday, July 26, 2008, at the Warner
Theatre in Washington, D.C., at 7:00 PM EDT.

Headlining the event will be Stephen Cochran, a former U.S. Marine and
country newcomer, and international recording artist Mylin, whose father
served in the U.S. Navy. The concert is part of a broad fundraising drive
to provide college scholarships to the spouses and dependents of
active-duty troops.

The show is produced by National Events Inc. Media, and partners
include WMZQ radio, WRC4 television, Capitol File magazine, and Military
Times Media Group. American Airlines is the official airline for the
concert.

Over the past two years, ThanksUSA has awarded nearly $4 million in
need-based, post-secondary scholarships to more than 1,350 spouses and
children of military members serving on active-duty status; scholarships
have been presented to recipients in all 50 states and the District of
Columbia.

Tickets for the concert are on sale today for $25 each and can be
purchased through Ticketmaster or by visiting http://www.ThanksUSA.org and
clicking on ThanksUSA Benefit Concert.

"Mylin and Stephen Cochran have been active supporters of ThanksUSA.
This benefit concert allows us to show appreciation for the sacrifices our
troops make in serving our country while raising money to fund scholarships
for their families," said Michele Stork, executive director of ThanksUSA.

Mylin, daughter of a U.S. Navy sailor, has released four albums on an
international major label, topped international charts, and played recent
shows on Nick Lachey's tour, with Five for Fighting and Patti LaBelle. She
has played 11 shows at U.S. military bases over the past 18 months in
support of the troops, and has recently been invited on a USO Tour to
Romania and an AFE Tour to Asia.

Stephen Cochran joined the Marines after the events of 9/11 and
completed two tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, returning home injured
from his second tour. Cochran used his recovery time to reignite his
passion for songwriting and released his debut country album in the fall of
2007.

Both artists are currently featured in a ThanksUSA "PSA" for the troops
airing on radio and television across the country through availability by
the National Association of Broadcasters

"A lot of well-intentioned organizations are working to help the
troops," said Mylin. "What ThanksUSA has done is so practical, impactful,
and lasting in the lives of the troops and their families, and is the most
effective I've seen. I'm honored to be a part of what they're doing."

"I love the Marine Corps -- everything they did for me gave me the
drive to know that I can do anything I want to do," added Cochran. "I'm
proud to be able to give back with this benefit concert and with this
organization that is doing so much for all the men and woman serving in the
military."

ThanksUSA's need-based scholarships are awarded on a competitive basis
to the spouses and children of active-duty military personnel who plan to
pursue a post-secondary education, including vocational and technical
training. Recipients are selected based on financial need, academic record,
demonstrated leadership and participation in school and community
activities.

ThanksUSA is in the midst of a fundraising drive to raise $1 million by
July 4, 2008. Interested individuals, organizations and corporations are
encouraged to make a direct donation to the ThanksUSA scholarship fund at
http://www.ThanksUSA.org.

About ThanksUSA

Founded in the fall of 2005, ThanksUSA, a non-partisan 501(c)(3)
organization, is an effort to thank the men and women of our armed forces
and their families for their service to the country with the gift of
education. The organization provides need-based, posts-secondary education
opportunities to the children and spouses of active-duty status military
personnel through competitive scholarships. For more information, visit
http://www.ThanksUSA.org.

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