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Andrew Jay Laster (born May 25, 1961 in Bethpage, New York) is an American jazz saxophonist. Laster studied early in his career with Joe Dixon and Dave Burns , both in the 1970s; he lived in Seattle in the early 1980s, where he attended Cornish College of the Arts and played local gigs.
Visually, Jazz was in the same style as Ken Burns' previous works: slowly panning and zooming shots of photographs are mixed with period movie sequences, accompanied by music of, and commentary on, the period being examined. Between these sequences, present-day jazz figures provided anecdotes and explained the defining features of the major ...
As of 2021, Kessler has occasionally accompanied Chicago country-music singer-songwriter Jane Baxter Miller, in performance and on record. In the 1990s, Baxter Miller, who is also Kent Kessler's wife, had performed and recorded with his sister Kelly Kessler, as the Texas Rubies country-music duo. [4] [5] [6] [7]
Beyond Music was an American record label group based in Los Angeles, California. It was founded in August 1998 by Allen Kovac. It was founded in August 1998 by Allen Kovac. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The label group operated as an arm of Kovac's Left Bank Management firm (founded in 1983), which he jointly ran with Jeffrey Sydney.
Kenneth Lee Ascher (born October 26, 1944, in Washington, D.C.) is an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger who is active in jazz, rock, classical, and musical theater genres — in live venues, recording studios, and cinema production. [1] With Paul Williams, he wrote the song "Rainbow Connection" for The Muppet Movie.
A contrafact is a musical composition built using the chord progression of a pre-existing song, but with a new melody and arrangement.Typically the original tune's progression and song form will be reused but occasionally just a section will be reused in the new composition.
Live at Visiones (Concord Jazz, 1995) Chris Potter/Kenny Werner (Concord Jazz, 1996) A Delicate Balance (RCA Victor, 1997) Remembrance (SYDA, 1998) Unprotected Music (Double-Time, 1998) Beauty Secrets (RCA/BMG, 1999) Hope with Dave Schroeder (Laurel Tree, 2000) Heart to Heart with Betty Buckley (KO, 2000) Old Friends (Laurel Tree, 2000)
Well-established jazz musicians, such as Dave Brubeck, Wynton Marsalis, Sonny Rollins, Wayne Shorter, Jessica Williams and George Benson, continue to perform and record. In the 1990s, punk jazz and jazzcore began to reflect the increasing awareness of elements of extreme metal (particularly thrash metal and death metal ) in hardcore punk.