Results for "Lyricist"

AmandaStevenson

Born: October 24, 1943

Started writing songs in 1970's when I joined the Songwriters Guild of America. Devoted 20 years to writing my musical. In 1996 switched to writing all kinds of popular music from smooth jazz to light rock, cabaret, and holiday songs. I consider myself to be a very commercial lyricist following traditional methods of songwriting. I have never written any song less than 100 times. I am very dedicated to writing a good lyric first.

Soweto Kinch

Award winning alto-saxophonist and MC Soweto Kinch is one of the most exciting and versatile young musicians in both the British jazz and hip hop scenes. Undoubtedly, one of the few artists in either genre with a degree in Modern History from Oxford University he has amassed an impressive list of accolades and awards on both sides of the Atlantic – including a Mercury Music Prize nomination, two UMA Awards and a MOBO for best Jazz Act in 2003. In October 2007, he won his second MOBO Award, at the O2 Arena, London where he was announced as the winner in the Best Jazz Act category- fending off stiff competition from the likes of Wynton Marsalis. His skills as a hip hop MC and producer have also garnered him recognition in the urban music world: having supported the likes of KRS ONE, Dwele and TY, and being championed by the likes of Mos Def, Rodney P and BBC 1-Xtra’s Twin B. Kinch’s projects also extend beyond recorded albums

Albert Hammerman

A composer, radiologist, Washington University educator, collector of antique musical instruments and beach sand, Al Hammerman is a modern day Renaissance man who is never bored and rarely at a loss for inspiration.

Although a composer for many years, only recently has Al Hammerman\'s music become accessible to the general public. On faculty at Washington University, Hammerman has worked on projects with the performing arts department as well as lent assistance to area theater groups and one Off Broadway musical theater production. He even did a short free lance advertising stint as a jingle writer.

Pippi Ardennia

Born: October 22, 1953

The following testimonials are examples that demonstrate how Pippi is more than a singer, song writer & song stylist... “Thank you for the CD! WOW!!! You are an incredibly gifted musician. So, you actually gave me 2 gifts! Ha Ha! I was a little stressed when I started the CD, and by „Black Coffee‟ I was groovin‟ as I was cruisin‟ to get to my lunch date”... Gretchen. Another admirer says, “Her voice has been described as an instrument; another master has emerged, as Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn and Dinah Washington.” Pippi is a natural entertainer, sultry at times, always powerful and exciting, but what sweeps you away is the electric and sensual emotion that emanates from her to you, telling a story in song like you’ve never heard before; a natural power in nature. Pippi Ardennia…a Chicago native, singing since she was 13 years old, has performed at many of Chicago's most respected music and jazz clubs from the Burning Spear, High Chaparral, Capitol Theater, Redhead, Green Dolphin, Chicago Symphony Center, the Taste of Chicago, Dakota Jazz Club in Minneapolis, MN and on Chicago’s internationally famous Rush Street

Wayne Wolfson

California based author.

Lorraine Feather

Born: September 10, 1948

Lorraine Feather was born in Manhattan. Her parents named her Billie Jane Lee Lorraine after godmother Billie Holiday, her mother Jane (formerly a big band singer), her mother’s ex-roommate Peggy Lee, and the song “Sweet Lorraine.” She is the daughter of the late jazz writer Leonard Feather.

The Feathers moved to L.A. when Lorraine was 12; at 18, after two years as a theater arts major at L.A. City College, she returned to New York to pursue an acting career.

Some touring, off-Broadway work and the Broadway show Jesus Christ Superstar followed, interspersed with countless waitressing jobs up and down Manhattan’s West Side.

Bruce Heckman

Born: August 21, 1942

I have been writing poems and stories since age nine. I won some awards and was published when I was nineteen. Two and a half years ago my son got engaged and I wrote a lyric to which a friend and guitarist, Jeff Brown, wrote a tune. Melissa Walker sang it at the engagement party and I was hooked. Been writing many lyrics and a few tunes since. We did a demo and were offered a publishing contract, but turned it down due to loss of control. Wrote lyrics to eight psalms composed by Loren Stillman, a Downbeat rising star saxophonist. We recorded a CD live in a chapel with Kate McGarry vocals

The Royal Bopsters

Fresh from their successful debut at the Newport Jazz Festival, The Royal Bopsters is a jazz vocal quartet made up of New York’s finest jazz singers/music educators that specializes in Bebop and Swing music. Their highly acclaimed break out release on Motema Records allowed them to sell out a week at NY’s Birdland Jazz Club and garnered them 4 ½ stars from Downbeat Magazine as well as making many top picks for 2015. Their eagerly awaited second recording will be released this Spring and once again features the true jazz royalty of Sheila Jordan and the late Bob Dorough, each lending their iconic voices and stylings (not to mention their writing) that has garnered such praise as, “If this disc featured just the quartet, it would be sensational

Gyle Waddy

Born: November 16, 1943

"Homme a tout Faire" That's the title that has been earned by this media man, GYLE WADDY PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA: Gyle Waddy was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He participated in different singing projects connected with his high school. At the age of sixteen he sang around in different clubs in Philly, while studing singing privately. NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: After finishing high school he moved to New York City. On and off, during one year, he studied acting and singing when his studies were temporarily interrupted. Despite his obligation to enter the U.S. military service, for a four year period, he continued to act in different theater productions and sing around the cities where he was stationed. LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: He moved to Los Angeles after his discharge from the military, where, at the Los Angeles City College he majored in drama and studied dance as a minor

Jan Leder

Born: May 19, 1958

A born-and-raised New Yorker, Jan Leder decided to pursue her love for improvisation after twelve years of studying classical music. She studied for three years with the late pianist Lennie Tristano and then continued her jazz studies with pianist Connie Crothers for over ten years. A self-styled course of study in jazz history at SUNY Purchase led to her compilation of the first comprehensive history of women in jazz entitled Women in Jazz: A Discography of Instrumentalists 1913-1968 (Greenwood Press 1985). Ms. Leder has enjoyed teaching jazz improvisation, although teaching has not figured prominently in her career. In 1999 Jan recorded Nonchalant (A-Records 2000), a collection of mostly original melodies