Results for "Isaac Hayes"

Isaac Hayes

Born: August 20, 1942

Isaac Lee Hayes (born August 20, 1942, in Covington, Tennessee) is an actor, soul singer, Academy Award- winning songwriter, musician, and arranger. He voiced the character "Chef", a singing ladies' man and elementary school cook, on the animated sitcom South Park. In 1972, Hayes won an Oscar for Best Original Song for the film Shaft. Hayes became the first African American to win an Academy Award in a non-acting category. After Hattie McDaniel, James Baskett and Sidney Poitier, he became only the fourth performer of African descent to ever receive an Academy Award. He was also nominated in the Best Original Score category (for Shaft) as well. Hayes won Grammy awards for: Best Instrumental Arrangement, "Theme From Shaft" (arranged with Johnny Allen) in 1971 Best Original Score Written For A Motion Picture Or A Television Special,"Theme From Shaft" in 1971 Best Pop Instrumental Performance By An Arranger, Composer, Orchestra and/or Choral Leader, "Black Moses" in 1972 In 1992, Hayes was crowned an honorary king of Ghana's Ada district thanks to his humanitarian deeds. On June 9, 2005, Hayes was inducted into the Songwriters' Hall of Fame alongside Bill Withers, Steve Cropper, Robert B

Born Under A Bad Sign (SACD)

Label: Stax Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Born Under A Bad Sign; Crosscut Saw; Kansas City; Oh, Pretty Woman; Down Don’t Bother Me; The Hunter; I Almost Lost My Mind; Personal Manager; Laundromat Blues; As The Years Go Passing by; The Very Thought Of You.

David Rodriguez

by Lawrence Peryer
July 1, 2023

Today, the Spotlight shines On David Rodriguez, Executive Vice President and Executive Producer at NJPAC--the New Jersey Performing Arts Center. David works in his hometown of jny: Newark, New Jersey, and has led a fascinating life in the performing arts. He was a full-time musician on the road with groups ranging from Isaac Hayes ...

Bacharach to the Future - Part 2

by Ludovico Granvassu
March 11, 2023

As a young adult, Burt Bacharach used fake IDs to get into 52nd Street jazz clubs to have his mind blown by heroes of the bebop revolution like Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. Those early impressions could not but leave a mark in his sophisticated pop songs, seeds that would later make those very same songs ...

Booker T. Jones At Freight & Salvage

by Walter Atkins
December 31, 2022

Booker T. Jones Freight & SalvageBerkeley, CADecember 9, 2022Lifetime Grammy winner Booker T. Jones presented an evening of vintage Booker T & the MGs compositions and more to a holiday crowd at downtown Berkeley's Freight & Salvage. The band included Jones, keyboards, guitars and vocals: Ted Jones-guitars, vocals; Ty Dennis-drums; and ...

Gyedu-Blay Ambolley: Gyedu-Blay Ambolley And Hi-Life Jazz

by Chris May
November 7, 2022

In the beginning, that is to say the 1950s and 1960s, there were two main strands of highlife, Ghana's national dance music. One was rural based, played by ensembles using acoustic guitars and traditional percussion instruments. The other was urban based, played by bands using kit drums as well as traditional percussion, and with large horn ...

Why Jazz?

by Dom Minasi
October 26, 2021

This is my first All About Jazz article since 2015. So much has happened to the world around us. I've been thinking a lot lately about my career choice and why I chose jazz and I wanted to hear why some of the best chose to devote themselves to a career in jazz. Here are their ...

Dionne Warwick: Déjà Vu: The Arista Recordings (1979-1994)

by Jakob Baekgaard
April 10, 2020

Every artist, even great ones, experiences peaks and valleys. When Dionne Warwick signed with Arista Records in 1979, she had nothing to prove, but her glory also seemed like a thing of the past. She was already a part of pop history with an unparalleled string of hits penned by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. In ...

Various Artists: Sunny Side Up

by Chris May
July 30, 2019

London DJ Gilles Peterson's worldwide touring produces some singular jazz and near-jazz experiences, the best of which he documents on his Brownswood Recordings label. Modern Cuban music figures prominently in the catalogue, and there have been several Japanese jazz albums, most memorably the Toshio Matsuura Group's Loveplaydance: 8 Scenes From The Floor (Brownswood, 2018). The label ...

The Holy Trinity of Soul: Three Craft Reissues

By Isaac Hayes

Label: Craft Recordings
Released: 2018