“Caravan” is an American jazz standard by Juan Tizol and Duke Ellington, first performed by Ellington in 1936. Irving Mills wrote lyrics, but they are rarely sung. The song has regained popularity since being featured prominently in the 2014 film Whiplash. Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters introduced “Caravan” on the Variety label in December, 1936. […]
Alicia Witt
Alicia Roanne Witt an American actress and musician. She first came to fame as a child actress after being discovered by David Lynch in 1980, when he heard her recite Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet on the television show That’s Incredible! at age five. He cast her in Dune (1984) and Twin Peaks (1990). Witt was […]
Tal Wilkenfield
Tal Wilkenfeld is an Australian bassist, singer and songwriter. While playing at a club in New York in 2006, Wilkenfeld met some members of the Allman Brothers Band. She credits Oteil Burbridge and Derek Trucks with encouraging her to join them at the Beacon Theatre, her first time on a large stage. The jam was […]
Begin The Beguine
“Begin the Beguine” is a popular song written by Cole Porter. Porter composed the song during a 1935 Pacific cruise aboard the Cunard ocean liner Franconia from Kalabahi, Indonesia to Fiji. In October 1935, it was introduced by June Knight in the Broadway musical Jubilee, produced at the Imperial Theatre in New York City. The […]
Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
“Goodbye Pork Pie Hat” is a jazz instrumental composed by Charles Mingus, originally recorded by his sextet in 1959 and released on his album Mingus Ah Um. One of Mingus’s best-known compositions, “Goodbye Pork Pie Hat” became a jazz standard, recorded by other jazz and jazz fusion artists. Charles Mingus was one of the all-time […]
Kinnfolk
Kinnfolk are the husband and wife duo of Josh and Julie Kinn. They weave octave mandolin, bodhrán (Irish drum), and smooth vocal harmonies into their Celtic folk music from the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains. From sea shanties and working songs, to trad tunes and Old Time favourites, Kinnfolk’s fresh take on classics blends […]
Osaka Toin Symphonic Band
In 2005, the Osaka Toin Symphonic Band was inaugurated to support the baseball team and now has 182 members. From April 2006 it has been led by director Takashi Umeda. They participated in the national tournament of the All Japan Wind Orchestra Competition a total of fifteen times and won the “Gold Award” seven times. […]
Haydn – Trumpet Concerto (E-flat major)
Joseph Haydn composed the Concerto per il Clarino (Trumpet Concerto in E-flat major) in 1796 for the trumpet virtuoso Anton Weidinger. Joseph Haydn was 64 years of age. A favourite of the trumpet repertoire, it has been cited as “possibly Haydn’s most popular concerto”. Although written in 1796, Weidinger first performed the concerto four years […]
I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)
“I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)” is a song recorded by American singer Whitney Houston, released in April 1987 by Arista Records as the leading single from her second studio album, Whitney. By the late summer of 1986, Houston had achieved global success with her self titled debut album. Released in February 1985, […]
I Only Want To Be With You
“I Only Want to Be with You” is a song written by Mike Hawker and Ivor Raymonde. According to Jean Ryder, the ex-wife of songwriter Mike Hawker, “I Only Want to Be With You” was written soon after she and Hawker married in December 1961, being inspired by Hawker’s intense romantic feelings for his new […]