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The Benson Orchestra of Chicago - The Chicago Hot Bands CBC1-041 Goofus Five (1924–1925) CBC1-042, 2000 (audio restoration by John R. T. Davis, liner notes Marc Berresford) Eddie Lang – The Quintessential Eddie Lang CBC1-043, (audio restoration by John R. T. Davis, liner notes Sally-Ann Worsford)
WSB in Atlanta, Georgia claims it was the first station to sound a musical identification at the end of programs, using a four-bar xylophone given to station manager Lambdin Kay by a performer, Nell Pendly. A three note signature, E-G-C, was developed, based on the first three notes from the chorus of the World War One classic "Over There". [5]
Fantasy on Japanese Woodprints, Op. 211 (1965), is a concerto in one movement written for xylophone and orchestra by the Armenian-American composer Alan Hovhaness. [1] The work was given its world premiere by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Seiji Ozawa, at the Ravinia Festival on July 4, 1965.
Lionel Leo Hampton (April 20, 1908 – August 31, 2002) was an American jazz vibraphonist, percussionist, and bandleader.He worked with jazz musicians from Teddy Wilson, Benny Goodman, and Buddy Rich, to Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus, and Quincy Jones.
Like the glockenspiel, the xylophone is a transposing instrument: its parts are written one octave below the sounding notes. [5] Concert xylophones have tube resonators below the bars to enhance the tone and sustain. Frames are made of wood or cheap steel tubing: more expensive xylophones feature height adjustment and more stability in the stand.
In this, and in their name, the Memphis Nighthawks prefigured the later Nighthawks Orchestra of New York City, led by Vince Giordano. Personnel included Dewar on soprano saxophone and clarinet , Steve Jensen on cornet , Joel Helleny on trombone , Dave Feinman on the above-mentioned bass sax, Mike Miller on banjo and guitar and sometimes Bob ...
The J. C. Deagan company originally headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, until it moved to Chicago, Illinois, in the early 20th century. Deagan was unsatisfied with the intonation of the glockenspiels used in theater orchestras, with which he had performed. He experimented with the instrument's acoustics and tuning, and developed the first ...
Ruth Underwood (born Ruth Komanoff; May 23, 1946) is an American musician best known for playing xylophone, marimba, vibraphone, and other percussion instruments in Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention. She collaborated with the Mothers of Invention from 1968 to 1977.