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George Michael

Born: June 25, 1963

November 2022: Novel Noël: A Jingle Jazz Celebration

by C. Michael Bailey
November 16, 2022

Lyn Stanley Novel Noël: A Jingle Jazz Celebration A. T. Music 2022 Vocalist Lyn Stanley ironically calls her ensemble the Big Band Jazz Maverick when it is she who is the maverick, the evidence being how seamlessly she expands the holiday canon on Novel Noël: A Jingle Jazz Celebration. Over ...

George Michael, A Life

by C. Michael Bailey
July 30, 2022

George Michael: A Life James Gavin 528 Pages ISBN-13: # 978-1419747946 Harry N. Abrams 2022 Music biographer, James Gavin, summed up his approach to picking biography subjects during his discussion* with Jamie Brickouse in Interview magazine: “With all that I write, my antennae vibrate from miles away ...

David Finck: Bassically Jazz

by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
October 11, 2019

It's hardly news that David Finck is an eloquent, inventive, and swinging bassist, with a long line of illustrious projects and collaborators. Finck has been on hundreds of top recordings and stages, performing with everyone from Rosemary Clooney to Ivan Lins and George Michael, and was the favorite bassist of the great Andre Previn. While Finck ...

David Finck: The Bass, Scatting Offenses, and the Back Hoe

by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
May 19, 2017

David Finck is not only a first-call bassist with a long resume of high-profile recordings and gigs, but he's one of the most versatile musicians on any instrument. Finck has been in the studio, touring, and/or sharing the world's greatest stages with everyone from Andre Previn to Ivan Lins, Woody Herman to Natalie Cole and Kenny ...

Symphonica

By George Michael

Label: Island / Def Jam
Released: 2014
Track listing: Through; My Baby Just Cares for Me; A Different Corner; Praying for Time; Let Her Down Easy; The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face; Feeling Good; John and Elvis are Dead; One More Try; Cowboys and Angels; Idol; Brother Can You Spare a Dime; Wild is the Wind; You’ve Changed.

George Michael: Symphonica

by Tyran Grillo
December 13, 2014

The tireless controversy surrounding George Michael has been tempered by a consistent and intense fandom, which has sustained his creative drive through even the darkest hours. As with many great popular artists, Michael Jackson not least of all, it seems fame has also been a curse. Yet through it all, he has sustained an uncompromising integrity, ...

The E Family To Release Their Highly Anticipate Album "Now & Forever" Today

September 20, 2011

The Musical Family Dynasty Pete Escovedo, Sheila E., Juan Escovedo and Peter Michael Escovedo Will Celebrate This Album of a Lifetime With A Star-Studded Affair At The World-Renowned Conga Room in Los Angeles tonight. After years of playing on each other's projects, The E Family came together to produce this ultimate, long overdue and highly anticipated ...

Corky Hale to Make Kennedy Center Debut in 16th Annual Mary Lou Williams Women In Jazz Festival

May 16, 2011

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts 16th Annual Mary Lou Williams Women In Jazz Festival will present “Corky Hale And Friends," featuring Corky Hale, the critically acclaimed and renowned jazz harpist, pianist and vocalist on Saturday, May 21, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. in the Terrace Theater of The John F. Kennedy Center for ...

George Michael at Madison Square Garden

by Mike Perciaccante
August 2, 2008

George MichaelMadison Square GardenNew York, New YorkJuly 23, 2008Absence does, indeed, make the heart grow fonder. After 17 years, George Michael returned to the New York concert stage with a show referencing the highlights of his almost 30-year career. Featuring songs from Wham! ("Careless Whisper," “Everything She Wants" and “I'm Your ...