Musician, DJ, producer, orchestral arranger/conductor – each of these words describes Pirahnahead. Real Talk. Not just modern day music business hype. From the age of two, it was clear to everyone that music would play a major role in his life. At that young age his mother taught him to play the piano, and shortly [...]
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Among the most influential musicians, especially amongst pianists, of the twentieth century. Monk had a idiosyncratic improvisational style, both musically and visually, and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire. He is often regarded as one of the founders of bebop, though his playing later evolved away from that style.
Both his prolific compositions and [...]
Jones secured a record deal with Island Records in 1977, which resulted in a string of dance-club hits. In the late 1970s, she adapted the emerging electronic music style and adopted a severe, androgynous look with square-cut hair and angular, padded clothes. In 1981, her “Pull Up to the Bumper” spent seven weeks at #2 [...]
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Born in 1919, Art Blakey began his musical career, as did many jazz musicians, in the church. The foster son of a devout Seventh Day Adventist Family, Art learned the piano as he learned the Bible, mastering both at an early age.
But as Art himself told it so many times, his career on the piano [...]
may have studied formally at Juilliard and at Philadelphia’s Combe College of Music, but there’s nothing fancy about his music. It’s basic to the bone, always swinging and steeped in blues and gospel. McGriff’s brand of jazz is about feeling. “That’s the most important thing,” he says.
Blues has been the backbone of most of the [...]
This US male rap outfit originally comprised Q-Tip (b. Jonathan Davis ―later changed to Kamaal Ibn John Fareed, in the mid-1990’s, on conversion to Islam― 20 November 1970, New York, USA), DJ Ali Shaheed Muhammad (b. 11 August 1970, Brooklyn, New York City, USA), Jarobi and Phife Dog (b. Malik Taylor, 10 April 1970, Brooklyn, [...]
Soundway set sail for Colombia once again, delving deeper into the South American country’s rich musical past. 55 tracks spread over two triple vinyl releases. The Original Sound of Cumbia is Soundway’s definitive guide to the origins of Colombian cumbia and porro and the result of five years pain staking re-search by Will ‘Quantic’ Holland. [...]
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