On August 5, 2022, Michael Anthony Lang died aged 80. He was musician (piano, keyboards, organ, synthesizer) and composer, recorded more than 2500 film scores, and worked with some of the biggest names of modern music such as Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, John Lennon, Marvin Gaye, Ray Charles, Vince Gill, Milt Jackson, Lee Konitz, Diana Krall, Arturo Sandoval, Josh Groban, Frank Zappa, Lee Ritenour, Oliver Nelson, Bud Shank, Kenny Rogers, Barbra Streisand, Solomon Burke, Tom Waits, Peggy Lee, Vanessa Williams, Jose Feliciano, Bette Midler, Russell Watson, Michael Bolton, Don Ellis, Robbie Williams, Paul Anka, Sarah Vaughan, Amy Grant, Willie Nelson, Natalie Cole, Dusty Springfield, Melissa Manchester, Neil Diamond, Shelly Manne and Stan Kenton.
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Dizzy Gillespie
On January 6, 1993, John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie died aged 75. He was musician (trumpet), singer, composer and bandleader, trumpet virtuoso and improviser, regarded as one of the greatest jazz trumpeters of all time. Together with Charlie Parker, Gillespie was major figure in the development of bebop and modern jazz. He has recorded and performed with some of the most important musicians in the jazz history, including Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus, Max Roach, Stan Getz, Sonny Stit,Coleman Hawkins, Sonny Rollins,Benny Golson, Bobby Hackett, Mary Lou Williams, Willie Ruff, Dwike Mitchell, Art Blakey, Al McKibbon, Thelonious Monk, Kai Winding, Joe Turner, Roy Eldridge, Harry “Sweets” Edison, Clark Terry, Oscar Peterson, John Lewis, Hank Jones, Percy Heath, Roy Eldridge, Machito, Benny Carter, Lalo Schifrin, Count Basie, Freddie Hubbard, Arturo Sandoval, Phil Woods, Moe Koffman, United Nation Orchestra, Jackie McLean, Percy Heath, Ron Holloway, Ed Cherry, John Lee, Ignacio Berroa, Duke Ellington, Quincy Jones, Gene Krupa, Buddy Rich, Mike Longo, Manhattan Transfer, Carmen McRae, Katie Bell Nubin, Mongo Santamaria, Woody Shaw, Lillian Terry and Randy Weston.
Lou Reed: The Raven
On January 28, 2003, “Sire” label released “The Raven”, the nineteenth Lou Reed album. It was recorded in 2002, and was produced by Hal Willner and Lou Reed. “The Raven” is concept album recounting the short stories and poems of Edgar Allan Poe through word and song. The album also features new versions of two of Lou Reed’s songs, “The Bed” and “Perfect Day”.
Personnel:
- Lou Reed – vocals, guitar
- Mike Rathke – guitar
- Russ DeSalvo- guitar, keyboards
- Friedrich Paravicini – piano, keyboards
- Fernando Saunders- bass, guitar, backing vocals
- Tony “Thunder” Smith- drums
- Patrick Carroll- bass, drum programming
- Laurie Anderson – vocals
- Antony Hegarty, David Bowie- vocals
- Doug Wieselman – baritone and tenor saxophone
- Paul Shapiro- tenor saxophone
- Steve Bernstein- trumpet, horn arrangement
- Art Baron- trombone
- Ornette Coleman- alto saxophone
- Frank Wulff- oboe, hurdy-gurdy
- Shelly Woodworth – English horn
- Antoine Silverman, Marti Sweet – violin
- Rob Mathes- string arrangements
- Jane Scarpantoni- cello, string arrangement
- Willem Dafoe, Steve Buscemi, Elizabeth Ashley, Amanda Plummer- voice
- Kate & Anna McGarrigle – backing vocals
- The Blind Boys of Alabama- backing vocals
- Julian Schnabel – art cover
All tracks by Lou Reed.
- Overture
- Edgar Allan Poe
- Call On Me
- The Valley Of Unrest
- A Thousand Departed Friends
- Change
- The Bed
- Perfect Day
- The Raven
- Balloon
- Broadway Song
- Blind Rage
- Burning Embers
- Vanishing Act
- Guilty
- I Wanna Know (The Pit And The Pendulum)
- Science Of The Mind
- Hop Frog
- Tripitena’s Speech
- Who Am I? (Tripitena’s Song)
- Guardian Angel
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