Lou Marini, Jr. (aka "Blue Lou") (born May 13, 1945) is an
AmericanThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
saxophonist, arranger and composer. He is noted for his work in the
jazzJazz is a musical art form which originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions....
,
rockRock music is a genre of popular music that entered the mainstream in the 1960s. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, rhythm and blues, country music and also drew on folk music, jazz and classical music....
,
bluesBlues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre created within the African-American communities in the Deep South of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
and
soul musicSoul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...
traditions.
Marini graduated from
Fairless High SchoolFairless High School is a public high school in Brewster, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Fairless Local School District. The high school combines students from the villages of Brewster, Beach City, Navarre, Wilmot and some surrounding townships. It serves grades 9 through 12 and its...
in
Navarre, OhioNavarre is a village in Stark County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,440 at the 2000 census...
. His father, Lou Marini, Sr., was the head band director at Fairless and created the school's "Alma Mater" (official song). Each year, Fairless High still bestows the
Lou Marini Award in honor of his father's work.
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Lou Marini, Jr. (aka "Blue Lou") (born May 13, 1945) is an
AmericanThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
saxophonist, arranger and composer. He is noted for his work in the
jazzJazz is a musical art form which originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions....
,
rockRock music is a genre of popular music that entered the mainstream in the 1960s. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, rhythm and blues, country music and also drew on folk music, jazz and classical music....
,
bluesBlues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre created within the African-American communities in the Deep South of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
and
soul musicSoul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...
traditions.
Early life & a broad range of musical experience
Marini graduated from
Fairless High SchoolFairless High School is a public high school in Brewster, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Fairless Local School District. The high school combines students from the villages of Brewster, Beach City, Navarre, Wilmot and some surrounding townships. It serves grades 9 through 12 and its...
in
Navarre, OhioNavarre is a village in Stark County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,440 at the 2000 census...
. His father, Lou Marini, Sr., was the head band director at Fairless and created the school's "Alma Mater" (official song). Each year, Fairless High still bestows the
Lou Marini Award in honor of his father's work. Lou Marini, Sr. died in May 2008.
Lou Jr. attended the
University of North TexasThe University of North Texas is a public university located in Denton, Texas. UNT is the flagship of the University of North Texas System, which also includes the UNT Health Science Center at Fort Worth, the University of North Texas at Dallas and the soon to be established University of North...
, where he played in the famed
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. Following graduation, he gigged as a professional musician and eventually became a member of Blood, Sweat and Tears. He was a member of the Saturday Night LiveSaturday Night Live is a weekly late-night sketch comedy and variety show filmed in New York City. It made its debut on October 11, 1975, under a slightly different title. The show features a regular cast of comedy actors, joined by a guest host and musical act...
house band from 1975 to 1983 and appeared in the movie The Blues BrothersThe Blues Brothers are an American blues and soul revivalist band founded in 1978 by comedians Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi as part of a musical sketch on Saturday Night Live. Belushi and Aykroyd, respectively in character as lead vocalist "Joliet" Jake Blues and harpist/vocalist Elwood Blues,...
and in the sequel, Blues Brothers 2000Blues Brothers 2000 is a 1998 musical/comedy film and sequel to the 1980 film The Blues Brothers. Directed by John Landis, the film featured Dan Aykroyd and John Goodman, with cameos by many musicians.-Plot:...
, playing the part of "Blue Lou" (a name given to him by Dan AykroydDaniel Edward "Dan" Aykroyd, CM is an Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning Canadian-American comedian, actor, screenwriter, musician, winemaker and ufologist...
). He also played on Frank ZappaFrank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, electric guitarist, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, electronic, orchestral, and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed album...
's 1977 album Zappa in New YorkZappa in New York is a live album by Frank Zappa. It was recorded at a series of concerts at New York City's Palladium in December 1976,Zappa had originally intended to release the album in 1977, but the release was delayed over disagreements between Zappa's DiscReet Records label and the...
, and has worked with a diverse range of artists such as Dionne WarwickDionne Warwick is an American singer, actress, activist, United Nations Global Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization, former United States Ambassador of Health, and humanitarian. She is best known for her partnership with songwriters and producers Burt Bacharach and Hal David...
, Maureen McGovernMaureen Therese McGovern is an American singer and Broadway actress, well-known for her premier rendition of the song, "We May Never Love Like This Again" for the movie The Towering Inferno .-Early life:...
, Deodato, Steely DanSteely Dan is an American jazz-rock band centered on core members Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. The band reached a peak of popularity in the late 1970s, with the release of seven albums blending elements of jazz, rock, funk, R&B, and pop...
, James TaylorJames Vernon Taylor is an American singer–songwriter and guitarist born in Boston, Massachusetts, and raised in Carrboro, North Carolina...
, AerosmithAerosmith is an American hard rock band, sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston" and seen by some as America's greatest rock and roll band. Their style, which is rooted in blues-based hard rock, has come to also incorporate elements of pop, heavy metal, and rhythm and blues,, and has...
, the Buddy RichBernard "Buddy" Rich was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. Rich was billed as "the world's greatest drummer" and was known for his virtuosic technique, power, groove, and speed.-Early life:...
Big Band, and the Woody HermanWoodrow Charles Herman , better known as Woody Herman, was an American jazz clarinetist, alto and soprano saxophonist, singer, and big band leader. Leading various groups called "The Herd," Herman was one of the most popular of the 1930s and '40s bandleaders...
Orchestra.
His first recording as a leader
Lou Marini has spent most of his professional life working as a sideman and arranger. In 2001, Marini released his first recording as a leader, with Ray ReachRaymond Everett Reach, Jr. is an American pianist, vocalist and educator residing in Birmingham, Alabama, now serving as Director of Student Jazz Programs for the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame, director of the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame All-Stars and President and CEO of Ray Reach Music and Magic City...
and the Magic City Jazz OrchestraThe Magic City Jazz Orchestra is an American jazz ensemble which was founded in 1999 as a spin-off of the SuperJazz Big Band by Birmingham, Alabama jazz pianist and vocalist Ray Reach...
, titled "Lou's BluesLou's Blues is an album by saxophonist Lou Marini and the Magic City Jazz Orchestra recorded at Bates Brothers Recording in Hueytown, Alabama . This CD was the first recording as a leader by Marini...
" (released 2003). This recording features his arrangements and compositions, many of which have become favorites for the Lab Bands at the University of North TexasThe University of North Texas is a public university located in Denton, Texas. UNT is the flagship of the University of North Texas System, which also includes the UNT Health Science Center at Fort Worth, the University of North Texas at Dallas and the soon to be established University of North...
. The liner notes of the CD were written by Grammy Award winning composer / arranger / producer Bob BeldenJames Robert Belden is an American saxophonist, arranger, composer, bandleader and producer. He is noted for his Grammy Award winning jazz orchestral recording titled The Black Dahlia. He is also a past head of A & R for Blue Note Records.Belden was born in Evanston, Illinois, and raised in...
. Lou is currently working on a new CD project, again collaborating with Ray ReachRaymond Everett Reach, Jr. is an American pianist, vocalist and educator residing in Birmingham, Alabama, now serving as Director of Student Jazz Programs for the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame, director of the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame All-Stars and President and CEO of Ray Reach Music and Magic City...
, with vocals by his son, Lou Marini III.
Compositions and arrangements
Marini's works as an arranger and composer display many influences, including the work of Gil EvansGil Evans was a jazz pianist, arranger, composer, and bandleader, active in the United States...
, Bob BrookmeyerRobert Brookmeyer is an American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, and arranger.-Biography:Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Brookmeyer first gained widespread public attention as a member of Gerry Mulligan's quartet from 1954 to 1957...
, Thad JonesThaddeus Joseph Jones was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader.-Biography:Thad Jones was born in Pontiac, Michigan to a musical family of ten . Thad Jones was a self taught musician, performing professionally by the age of sixteen. He served in U.S...
and Don EllisDon Ellis was an American jazz trumpeter, drummer, composer and bandleader. He is best known for his extensive musical experimentation, particularly in the area of unusual time signatures...
, as well as rock, pop and avant garde stylistic elements. For example, his composition, "Hip Pickles," originally written for Blood, Sweat and Tears, is described by reviewer Jack Bowers of AllAboutJazz.com, as follows: "Marini's unorthodox notions surface on “Hip Pickles,” whose ”free” intro gives way to a melody played by screaming trumpets and Clapton-like guitar, prefacing a stormy interchange between Marini (alto) and Tom Wolfe [on guitar]."
Partial discography
Since the early 1970s, Lou Marini has been, and continues to be, one of the most sought-after session musicians on the New York scene. He is admired and respected by his peers as a master of many styles, including jazzJazz is a musical art form which originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions....
, R&BRhythm and blues is the name given to a wide-ranging genre of popular music created by African Americans in the late 1940s and early 1950s...
, soulSoul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...
and classicalClassical music is the mainstream music produced in, or rooted in the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 9th century to present times...
. The following is an abbreviated listing of some of the many recording projects in which he has participated.
- 1967 One O'clock Lab Band
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(University of North Texas)
- 1972 Blood, Sweat & Tears
Blood, Sweat & Tears is an American music group, originally formed in 1967 in New York City. Since its beginnings in 1967, the band has gone through numerous iterations with varying personnel and has encompassed a multitude of musical styles...
- New Blood; SunshineSunshine is sunlight, the electromagnetic radiation emitted by the Sun, especially in the visible wavelengths.Sunshine may also refer to:-Film and television:* Sunshine , a historical film directed by István Szabó...
- Sunshine
- 1973 Blood, Sweat & Tears
Blood, Sweat & Tears is an American music group, originally formed in 1967 in New York City. Since its beginnings in 1967, the band has gone through numerous iterations with varying personnel and has encompassed a multitude of musical styles...
- No sweat; B.J. Thomas - Songs
- 1974 B. J. Thomas
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- Longhorn & London Bridges (Flute, sax); Lou ReedLewis Allan "Lou" Reed is an American rock musician best known as the guitarist, vocalist and principal songwriter of The Velvet Underground as well as a successful solo artist whose career has spanned several decades. The Velvet Underground gained little mainstream attention during their career,...
- Sally Can't Dance
- 1976 Elliott Murphy
Elliott James Murphy is an American rock singer-songwriter, novelist, producer and journalist living in Paris.-Biography:...
- Night Lights; Walter MurphyWalter Anthony Murphy, Jr. is a pianist, composer, and arranger who had a massive hit with the instrumental, "A Fifth of Beethoven", a disco adaptation of some passages of the first movement of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, in 1976, when disco was at the height of its popularity.Murphy was born in...
- Fifth of Beethoven; Ringo StarrRichard Starkey, MBE , better known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an English musician, singer-songwriter, and actor who gained worldwide fame as the drummer for the rock group The Beatles. When The Beatles formed in 1960, Starr belonged to another Liverpool band, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes....
- Ringo's Rotogravure
- 1977 D. C. Larue
D.C. LaRue was a disco artist. His music was successful in dance/disco clubs and on dance music charts worldwide during the late '70s and early '80s.-History:...
- Ten Dance; Laso - Laso; Andy Pratt - Shiver in the Night; Jess Band Roden - Player Not the Game; Neil SedakaNeil Sedaka is an American pop singer, pianist, and songwriter often associated with the Brill Building...
- Song (clarinet, sax); John TropeaJohn Tropea is a guitarist with extensive experience in the rock, pop, and jazz genres. Tropea has written for and played with major recording artists from around the world...
- Short Trip to Space; Patti AustinPatti Austin is an American Grammy-winning R&B and jazz music singer.-Career:She made her debut at the Apollo Theater at age four and had a contract with RCA Records when she was only five...
- Havana Candy
- 1978 The Blues Brothers
The Blues Brothers are an American blues and soul revivalist band founded in 1978 by comedians Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi as part of a musical sketch on Saturday Night Live. Belushi and Aykroyd, respectively in character as lead vocalist "Joliet" Jake Blues and harpist/vocalist Elwood Blues,...
- Briefcase Full of Blues (sax, voice); Cindy BullensCindy Bullens is an American singer and songwriter. She released two albums in the late 1970s on United Artists and Casablanca and several others beginning in the 1980s....
- Desire Wire; Boyzz - Too Wild to Tame; Mike Mandel - Sky Music; Kate TaylorKate Taylor is an American folk singer and singer-songwriter, originally from Boston, Massachusetts. She grew up in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where her father was Dean of the medical school at the University of North Carolina...
- Kate Taylor; Thijs Vanleer - Nice To Have Met You; T. life - That's Life; Frank ZappaFrank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, electric guitarist, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, electronic, orchestral, and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed album...
- Zappa in New York; Levon HelmMark Lavon Helm , better known as Levon Helm, is an American rock musician and actor most famous as the drummer for the rock group The Band...
- Levon Helm & The RCO All-stars; WizWiz may refer to:In entertainment:*W.I.Z., director of music videos*Wiz or Darren Brown , British musician*Wiz Kudowor , Ghanaian contemporary artist*DJ Disco Wiz, a Latino Hip-Hop DJ...
- Wiz
- 1979 Magnet
A magnet is a material or object that produces a magnetic field. This magnetic field is invisible but is responsible for the most notable property of a magnet: a force that pulls on other ferromagnetic materials and attracts or repels other magnets.A permanent magnet is an object made from a...
- Worldwide Attraction; Robben FordRobben Ford is an American blues, jazz and rock guitarist.-Biography:Ford was born in Woodlake but raised in Ukiah, California, and began playing the saxophone at age 10, picking up the guitar at age 13...
- Inside Story; John TropeaJohn Tropea is a guitarist with extensive experience in the rock, pop, and jazz genres. Tropea has written for and played with major recording artists from around the world...
- To Touch You Again; Larry Applewhite - Larry Applewhite (flute, sax); Bobbi HumphreyBarbara Ann Humphrey is an American jazz flautist and singer who plays fusion, jazz-funk and soul-jazz styles. Bobbi Humphrey has performed for audiences around the world.-Biography:...
- Good Life; AerosmithAerosmith is an American hard rock band, sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston" and seen by some as America's greatest rock and roll band. Their style, which is rooted in blues-based hard rock, has come to also incorporate elements of pop, heavy metal, and rhythm and blues,, and has...
- Night In The Ruts; Michael FranksMichael Franks is a smooth jazz singer and songwriter from the United States. He has recorded with a Who's Who of artists, such as Patti Austin, Brenda Russell, Art Garfunkel, and David Sanborn...
- Tiger In The Rain; Peter ToshPeter Tosh, born Winston Hubert McIntosh was a reggae musician who was a core member of The Wailers who then went on to have a successful solo career as well as being a trailblazer for the Rastafari movement....
- Mystic Man
- 1980 Cameo
Cameo is a funk-influenced R&B group that was formed in the early 1970s. Cameo was initially a 13-member group known as the New York City Players; this name was later changed to Cameo to avoid a lawsuit from The Ohio Players, a more successful group of that era. Since then, Cameo has recorded...
- Feel Me; Deodato - Night Cruiser; The Blues BrothersThe Blues Brothers are an American blues and soul revivalist band founded in 1978 by comedians Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi as part of a musical sketch on Saturday Night Live. Belushi and Aykroyd, respectively in character as lead vocalist "Joliet" Jake Blues and harpist/vocalist Elwood Blues,...
- Made in America; Manu DibangoManu Dibango is a Cameroonian saxophonist and vibraphone player. He developed a musical style fusing jazz, funk and traditional Cameroonian music. He is a member of the Yabassi ethnic group, though his mother was a Duala...
- Gone Clear; Brecker BrothersThe Brecker Brothers was the musical duo of Michael and Randy Brecker , who recorded commercially successful jazz fusion albums together in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. They had a notable hit single with "East River" in 1979...
- Don't Stop the Music; The Blues BrothersThe Blues Brothers are an American blues and soul revivalist band founded in 1978 by comedians Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi as part of a musical sketch on Saturday Night Live. Belushi and Aykroyd, respectively in character as lead vocalist "Joliet" Jake Blues and harpist/vocalist Elwood Blues,...
- Blues Brothers (film soundtrack) (sax, voce)
- 1981 The Blues Brothers
The Blues Brothers are an American blues and soul revivalist band founded in 1978 by comedians Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi as part of a musical sketch on Saturday Night Live. Belushi and Aykroyd, respectively in character as lead vocalist "Joliet" Jake Blues and harpist/vocalist Elwood Blues,...
- Best of the Blues Brothers; The J. Geils Band - Freeze Frame, Meat Loaf Michael Lee Aday , better known by his stage names Meat Loaf and Meat Loaf Aday, is an American rock musician and actor...
- Dead Ringer; Lena HorneLena Mary Calhoun Horne is an American singer and actress. She has recorded and performed extensively, independently and with other jazz notables, including Artie Shaw, Teddy Wilson, Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington, Charlie Barnet, Benny Carter and Billy Eckstine...
- Live On Broadway; Peter ToshPeter Tosh, born Winston Hubert McIntosh was a reggae musician who was a core member of The Wailers who then went on to have a successful solo career as well as being a trailblazer for the Rastafari movement....
- Wanted Dread & Alive; Manu DibangoManu Dibango is a Cameroonian saxophonist and vibraphone player. He developed a musical style fusing jazz, funk and traditional Cameroonian music. He is a member of the Yabassi ethnic group, though his mother was a Duala...
- Ambassador
- 1982 Luther Vandross
Luther Ronzoni Vandross was an American R&B and soul singer-songwriter, and record producer. During his career, Vandross sold over twenty-five million albums and won eight Grammy Awards including Best Male R&B Vocal Performance four times...
- Forever, For Always, For Love
- 1983 Garland Jeffreys
Garland Jeffreys is an African-American and Puerto Rican singer-songwriter. His music is a unique blend of rock and roll, reggae, blues, and soul....
- Guts For Love; Marvin StammMarvin Stamm is an American bebop trumpeter.Stamm began on trumpet at age 12, and attended college at North Texas State University where he was a member of the world renowned One O'Clock Lab Band. Following this he played with Stan Kenton's Mellophonium Orchestra from 1961 to 1963, and with Woody...
- Stampede; Carly SimonCarlene Elisabeth Simon is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and children's author. She rose to fame in the 1970s with a string of hit records, and has since been the recipient of a Grammy Award, an Academy Award, and a Golden Globe Award for her work.She is the former wife of another...
- Hello, Big Man; Spyro GyraSpyro Gyra is an American jazz fusion band that was originally formed in the mid-1970s in Buffalo, New York, USA. With over 25 albums released and 10 million copies sold, they are among the most prolific as well as commercially successful groups of the scene...
- City Kids
- 1985 John Tropea
John Tropea is a guitarist with extensive experience in the rock, pop, and jazz genres. Tropea has written for and played with major recording artists from around the world...
- NYC Cats Direct (flute, arrangements, sax)
- 1987 Claude Nougaro
Claude Nougaro was a French songwriter and singer.Claude Nougaro was born in Toulouse to a respected French opera singer, Pierre Nougaro, and an Italian piano teacher, Liette Tellini. He was raised by his grandparents in Toulouse where he heard Glenn Miller, Édith Piaf and Louis Armstrong on the...
- Nougayrock
- 1988 Various Artists - Great Outdoors; Love & Money - Strange Kind of Love; B. B. King
Riley B. King , known by the stage name B.B. King, is an American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter acclaimed for his expressive singing and guitar playing....
- King of Blues; Cornell DupreeCornell Dupree is an influential R&B/soul jazz guitarist.He has worked with Donny Hathaway, King Curtis and Steve Gadd, appeared on David Letterman, and written a book on soul and blues guitar: Rhythm and Blues Guitar ISBN 0-634-00149-3...
- Coast to Coast; Michael GibbsMichael Gibbs is the name of:* Michael Gibbs , Newfoundland lawyer and politician* Michael Gibbs aka Mike Gibbs, jazz composer and arranger* Michael McCausland Gibbs , Dean of Cape Town and Dean of Chester...
- Big Music (flute, sax)
- 1989 Jimmy Buffett
James William "Jimmy" Buffett is a singer, songwriter, author, businessman, and recently a movie producer best known for his "island escapism" lifestyle and music including hits such as "Margaritaville" , and "Come Monday". He has a devoted base of fans known as "Parrotheads"...
- Off To See The Lizard; Phoebe Snow - Something Real; Dionne WarwickDionne Warwick is an American singer, actress, activist, United Nations Global Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization, former United States Ambassador of Health, and humanitarian. She is best known for her partnership with songwriters and producers Burt Bacharach and Hal David...
- Sings Cole Porter; Maureen McGovernMaureen Therese McGovern is an American singer and Broadway actress, well-known for her premier rendition of the song, "We May Never Love Like This Again" for the movie The Towering Inferno .-Early life:...
- Naughty Baby; GRP-Biochemistry:* Gastrin Releasing Peptide* glucose-regulated protein* Good Research Practice-Other:* Gross Regional Product* Gibraltar Reform Party* Glass-reinforced plastic* Good Recruitment Practice* Gross Rating Point in television...
- Grp: On The Cutting Edge
- 1990 Closer Than Ever
Closer Than Ever is a musical revue in two acts, with words by Richard Maltby, Jr. and music by David Shire. The revue contains no dialogue, and Maltby and Shire have described this show as a "bookless book musical"...
- Closer Than Ever; Eddie PalmieriEddie Palmieri , is a Grammy Award winning Puerto Rican pianist, bandleader and musician, best known for combining jazz piano and instrumental solos with Latin rhythms.-Early years:...
- Unfinished Masterpiece; Hank CrawfordBennie Ross "Hank" Crawford, Jr. was an American R&B, hard bop, jazz-funk, soul jazz alto saxophonist, arranger and songwriter...
- Groove Master
- 1992 The J. Geils Band - Houseparty: Anthology; Ray Simpson
Ray Simpson has been the lead singer and "Cop" of noted musical group the Village People since 1980. Like his predecessor, Victor Willis, Simpson is straight. His most memorable recordings with the group are from the days of the Village People film, Can't Stop the Music, a film which hastened the...
- Ray Simpson; Maureen McGovernMaureen Therese McGovern is an American singer and Broadway actress, well-known for her premier rendition of the song, "We May Never Love Like This Again" for the movie The Towering Inferno .-Early life:...
- Baby I'm Yours (flute, sax); Various artists - Love Songs; One O'clock Lab Bandstyle="float: right; margin: 0 0 1em 2em; width: 25em; text-align: right; font-size: 0.86em; font-family: lucida grande, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">
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- Best of One O'clock; Hank CrawfordBennie Ross "Hank" Crawford, Jr. was an American R&B, hard bop, jazz-funk, soul jazz alto saxophonist, arranger and songwriter...
- South Central; Frank ZappaFrank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, electric guitarist, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, electronic, orchestral, and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed album...
- You Can't do That On Stage Anymore, Vol. 6; The Blues BrothersThe Blues Brothers are an American blues and soul revivalist band founded in 1978 by comedians Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi as part of a musical sketch on Saturday Night Live. Belushi and Aykroyd, respectively in character as lead vocalist "Joliet" Jake Blues and harpist/vocalist Elwood Blues,...
- The Definitive Collection
- 1993 Dina Carroll
Dina Carroll is an English singer of Scottish and African American descent.-Early career:Carroll started singing at age of five, primarily at home with her sister...
- So Close; Donald FagenDonald Jay Fagen is an American musician and songwriter, best known as the co-founder, lead singer, and the principal songwriter of the jazz-influenced rock band Steely Dan. Fagen is known for his use of complex jazz harmonies, elaborate arrangements, and exacting attention to detail––all...
- Kamakiriad (clarinet, flute, sax); Laura NyroLaura Nyro was an American composer, lyricist, singer, and pianist. Her style was a hybrid of Brill Building-style New York pop, jazz, gospel, rhythm and blues, show tunes and rock....
- Walk The Dog & Lite The Lite (fluteo, arrangements); Joe RoccisanoJoseph Lucian "Joe" Roccisano was an American jazz saxophonist and arranger.Roccisano received his BS in music education from SUNY-Potsdam in 1963...
- Shape I'm In (flute, sax); Jill O'Hara- Jill O'Hara
- 1994 Tribute to Curtis Mayfield
Curtis Lee Mayfield was an American soul, R&B, and funk singer, songwriter, and record producer best known for his anthemic music with The Impressions and composing the soundtrack to the blaxploitation film Super Fly. From these works and others, he is highly regarded as a pioneer of funk and of...
(flute, sax); Milton NascimentoMilton Nascimento is a prominent Brazilian singer, songwriter, and guitarist.-Biography:Nascimento's mother was the maid Maria do Carmo Nascimento...
- Angelus (flute); Aretha FranklinAretha Louise Franklin is an American singer, songwriter and pianist commonly referred to as "The Queen of Soul". Although renowned for her soul recordings, Franklin is also adept at jazz, rock, soul, blues, pop, R&B and Gospel music...
- Greatest Hits (1980-1994); Ann Hampton CallawayAnn Hampton Callaway is a multiplatinum-selling singer, composer, lyricist, pianist, and actress. She is best known for writing and singing the theme to the TV series The Nanny, writing songs for Barbra Streisand and starring in the Broadway musical Swing!. She performed for President Clinton in...
- Bring Back Romance (flute, sax)
- 1995 Repercussions - Earth and Heaven (flute, sax); Joe Roccisano
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- Leave Your Mind Behind (flute, sax); Raw stylusRaw Stylus was a London-based dance music outfit whose core members were Donna Gardier, Jules Brookes and Ron Aslan. In 1995 they released the single, "Believe In Me", which reached #1 on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart. It was a minor success in the UNited Kingdom reaching #66 on the UK...
- Pushing Against the Flow (flute, sax); Denise JannahDenise Jannah, real name: Denise Johanna Zeefuik - Dutch Suriname-born jazz vocalist, first Dutch jazz soloist to be signed by the Blue Note recording label.She was born in Paramaribo...
- I Was Born In Love With You; Jesse "wild bill" Austin - Baby's Back (sax, arrangements); Harvey Thomas - Highways of Gold (sax)
- 1996 Harolyn Blackwell
Harolyn Blackwell is an African-American lyric coloratura soprano who has graced many of the world's finest opera houses, concert halls, and theaters in operas, oratorios, recitals, and Broadway musicals...
Sings Bernstein (flute, sax); Tom Pierson - Planet of Tears; Frank ZappaFrank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, electric guitarist, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, electronic, orchestral, and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed album...
- Läther; Freddy ColeLionel Frederick Cole is an American musician and a younger brother of Nat King Cole. He is part of the Freddy Cole Quartet who regularly tour the US, Europe, the Far East and South America. Freddy Cole was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in 2007.Cole began with piano at age six and...
- It's Crazy, But I'm In Love; Family Thing - Family Thing; Michael GibbsMichael Gibbs is the name of:* Michael Gibbs , Newfoundland lawyer and politician* Michael Gibbs aka Mike Gibbs, jazz composer and arranger* Michael McCausland Gibbs , Dean of Cape Town and Dean of Chester...
- Big Music (flute, sax); Maureen McGovernMaureen Therese McGovern is an American singer and Broadway actress, well-known for her premier rendition of the song, "We May Never Love Like This Again" for the movie The Towering Inferno .-Early life:...
- Out of This World (flute, sax)
- 1997 Laura Nyro
Laura Nyro was an American composer, lyricist, singer, and pianist. Her style was a hybrid of Brill Building-style New York pop, jazz, gospel, rhythm and blues, show tunes and rock....
- Stoned Soul Picnic: The Best of Lauura Nyro (fute, percussion); Maureen McGovernMaureen Therese McGovern is an American singer and Broadway actress, well-known for her premier rendition of the song, "We May Never Love Like This Again" for the movie The Towering Inferno .-Early life:...
- Music Never Ends (flute, sax); Eddie KingEdgar Frederick 'Eddie' King was an English professional footballer who played for Tottenham Juniors, Tufnell Park, Northfleet United and Tottenham Hotspur. - Football career :...
- Another Cow's Dead (arrangements, sax); Frank ZappaFrank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, electric guitarist, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, electronic, orchestral, and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed album...
- Have I Offended Someone?
- 2000 Steely Dan
Steely Dan is an American jazz-rock band centered on core members Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. The band reached a peak of popularity in the late 1970s, with the release of seven albums blending elements of jazz, rock, funk, R&B, and pop...
- Two Against NatureTwo Against Nature is an album by Steely Dan, released in 2000. The album won the group four Grammy Awards including Album of the Year, and marked the first major collaboration between Walter Becker and Donald Fagen since the album Gaucho, released 20 years earlier...
(sax)
- 2001 Lou Marini and the Magic City Jazz Orchestra
The Magic City Jazz Orchestra is an American jazz ensemble which was founded in 1999 as a spin-off of the SuperJazz Big Band by Birmingham, Alabama jazz pianist and vocalist Ray Reach...
- Lou's Blues (sax, arrangements, compositions)
- 2005 Amy Drinkwater. "With All My Heart - A Journey to the Soul." (sax)
- 2006 Eric Essix and the Night Flight Big Band. "SuperBlue." (sax)
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