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Woody Shaw
Woody Shaw, Jr. (* 24. Dezember 1944 in Laurinburg, North Carolina; † 10. Mai 1989 in New York, N.Y.) war ein US-amerikanischer Jazz-Trompeter.
Der Sohn des Gospel-Sängers Woody Brown, Sr. wuchs in Newark, New Jersey auf, wo er im Alter von elf Jahren an der Arts High School Trompete und Musiktheorie bei Jerome Ziering zu studieren begann. Stark beeindruckt war er zu dieser Zeit von dem Trompeter Clifford Brown, dessen Spiel er erlebt hatte. Weiter waren für ihn Dizzy Gillespie, Fats Navarro, Miles Davis, Kenny Dorham und Lee Morgan von Bedeutung. Im Alter von sechzehn Jahren verließ er...
The only album of this british group is one of the most interesting and less known items in the progressive rock catalogue. It is hard to believe that such a fantastic piece of music, released at the beggining of 1969, had to wait so long to be transfered onto compact disc. Originally released on Pye, Awful Disclosures is a very colorful album. The sourcesof ispiration clearly stand out: blues, jazz, and psycedelic rock. The result of this blend is an aural feast: tasty guitar work, nice flutes and saxophones, occasional hammond organ and swinging, powerful rhythm section. Woody Kern liked...
DJ ESP aka Woody McBride is a techno pioneer and influence to thousands of people worldwide. One of the founding fathers of acid and midwest techno, Woody has composed hundreds of seminal techno anthems. As the man behind Communique records and former promotional group Mile High, Woody is known the world over for legendary parties, mental mans techno, and unmatched sound systems. With releases on Blueline, Primevil, Bush, Communiqué, Synewave, Kobayashi, Holzplatten & Missle. .
'A stunning find.’ - SUNDAY TIMES
"Musically and emotionally, it’s belting." – BBC.CO.UK
‘Enchanting solo masterpieces are laced with lo-fi murder folk and droning harps which are more like P J Harvey’s foray into the autoharp than Joanna Newsom’s twee fixations.’ - THE INDEPENDENT
Woodpecker Wooliams is the musical project of Brighton-based Gemma Williams.
After leaving her midwifery training due to a bought of serious illness in 2009, Gemma retreated to the Devonshire countryside to recuperate and taught herself to play a hired harp.
The following few years saw Woodpecker touring all over Europe, The Baltics and Russia, and playing...
