Cross post to Writing Jazz There's an interesting give and take between vocal and instrumental jazz, beginning with Armstrong who was both the first great recorded jazz singer per se and the greatest soloist of the earliest period of recorded jazz. Really great horn players listen to singers and often model themselves after vocal stylings. (I've heard classical wind and brass players say the same thing...
How amazing would it have been if Radiohead, Dizzee and Elbow had contributed to Everybody Hurts? Sadly, they are too cool to return Simon Cowell's phonecalls There's nothing like a charity single for making musicians pull together – as long as they're American. The lineup that recorded We are the World 25 Years for Haiti in LA this week is impressive no matter how you look at it. Proper legends...
This is the story of the best ten dollars I ever spent... In October of 1999, I was living in Las Vegas, working as a supervisor at the Virgin Megastore. One afternoon I was upstairs in the office when one of my managers came in and announced that The Who were playing the next weekend at MGM Grand Garden Arena, and tickets were only ten bucks. Now I should admit that if the tickets had been regular...
Grammy Award-winning singer Patti Austin was instrumental in helping mentor Quincy Jones and Lionel Richie make "We Are the World – 25 for Haiti," and she shares insightful moments on the historic re-recording of the classic song! "Here we are 25 years later; sadly we have this horrible thing happen in Haiti, but fortunately we have this great piece of music to represent and hopefully...
If you haven't heard, just about all of the great music stars are coming together to re-record Michael Jackson's "We Are The World" as another way to raise money for Haiti. No really... It seems like everyone is in this freakin' song. Look: Pink, Lil Wayne, Eminem, Kanye West, Jonas Brothers, LL Cool J, Robin Thicke, Celine Dion, Akon, Rob Thomas, Wyclef Jean, Barbra Streisand, Jordin Sparks,...
Some of the biggest stars in the music industry gathered in Hollywood on the day after the Grammys for an even bigger occasion: to record a new version of “We Are the World,” designed to benefit Haiti in the wake of that country’s devastating earthquake, as well as mark the 25th anniversary of the original collaboration. “It’s no accident this happened,” said producer...
Tony Bennett, Justin Bieber, three Jonas Brothers, two Beach Boys, Pink, Jeff Bridges, Vince Vaughn, Usher, Akon, T-Pain, Lil Wayne, Toni Braxton, Snoop Dogg and Josh Groban. And oh yes, BARBRA. What could bring all that star power together, for a video filmed by award-winning director Paul Haggis? A desire to help the people of Haiti. This is the rebirth of " We Are the World ," a song...
Over 80 stars from the music and entertainment world gathered in Los Angeles on Monday to remake the classic benefit recording 'We Are the World,' and this time the victims of the Haitian earthquake will receive aid as a result of this song's sale and download. What makes this remake so exciting is that here it is 25 years later and an entire new group of musicians took part, including Barbra Streisand,...
Legendary performer and 15-time Grammy Winner Tony Bennett graced the stage at the New Orleans Jazz Festival in 2009 to the delight of fans that attended that exhilarating performance. This year, the singer who paints under his family name Benedetto, will participate as the official visual artist of the Festival by painting the image to be displayed on the Festival's annual poster. Bennett's portrait...
“ We Are The World ” is being re-made, Quincy Jones and Lionel Richie are working together on a 25th anniversary release of the song Michael Jackson penned together with Lionel Richie to raise money for Africa. Yesterday, many artists arrived yesterday at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. Grammy producer Ken Ehrlich will produce the event, which will then be turned into a video and single...
A 25th anniversary version of We Are the World, recorded yesterday, Monday, in Los Angeles, will feature quite a mix of voices, spanning generations, genres and styles – including from Kanye West, Pink, Jamie Foxx, and the Jonas Brothers, to Barbra Streisand, Tony Bennett, Brian Wilson and Natalie Cole. Others include… Jay Z and Beyonce, [...]
More than 75 mega-stars gathered Monday to re-record the 1985 charity anthem "We are the World" in the same Hollywood recording studio where the original was cut 25 years ago. Pink, Celine Dion, Natalie Cole, the Jonas Brothers, Kanye West, Tony Bennett, Jennifer Hudson, Akon and other musical luminaries stood shoulder to shoulder on risers at Henson Recording studios, singing their hearts...
"The Insider" has the latest... The Who's Who of the music, movie and TV world, including everyone from Barbra Streisand to Will.i.am to Kanye West to Celine Dion , gathered together in a Los Angeles studio on Monday to re-record the inspirational song, "We Are the World" to raise money for Haiti Earthquake relief and we have the video from inside! The all-star roster also includes...
ET has the latest... The Who's Who of the music, movie and TV world, including everyone from Barbra Streisand to Will.i.am to Kanye West to Celine Dion , gathered together in a Los Angeles studio on Monday to re-record the inspirational song, "We Are the World" to raise money for Haiti Earthquake relief and we have the video from inside! The all-star roster also includes Snoop Dogg, Miley...
Tony Bennett is an American singer of popular music, standards, show tunes, and jazz. Tony Bennett (birth-name: Anthony Dominick Benedetto) was born on 3 August 1926 at Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, US. Tony Bennett is the son of Ann (née Suraci) and John Benedetto. Tony Bennett has released over 70 albums during his career, with I Left My Heart in San Francisco, MTV Unplugged: Tony Bennett,
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