Scott Joplin opera showcases young soloist’s voice
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- Scott Joplin opera showcases young soloist’s voice
- Henri Salvador; Singing Blues To Bossa Nova
- … TAYLR PRESENT TW UNIQUE STYLES F BLUES IN FALLS CHURCH…
Scott Joplin opera showcases young soloist’s voice
Providence Journal – Feb 14, 2008
The weekend’s performances mark the Rhode Island premiere of Treemonisha which was completed in 1910 but not performed in its entirety until 1970 when the piano score was rediscovered. The only previous performance was a concert read-through at a Harlem theater in 1915 that was described as little more than a rehearsal. This charming folk opera offers a blend of ragtime spirituals a sort of pre-blues music and European operetta that is both “beautiful and very moving” said Lokensgard. pera Providence had originally cast someone else for the lead in Treemonisha but that person had to drop out because of health reasons said Lokensgard. Lokensgard was told about the opening by Timothy Steele music director for pera Providence who worked with her at New England Conservatory. It’s a big opportunity for someone who has not been center stage outside of college productions. Lokensgard grew up in a musical family in Ann Arbor Mich.
Henri Salvador; Singing Blues To Bossa Nova
Washington Post – Feb 14, 2008
He exposed French audiences to bossa nova and early rock sounds after tours in South America in the 1940s and the United States in the 1950s. His venture in rock was done for humor as much as anything. He formed the riginal Rock and Roll Boys with songwriter Boris Vian and composer-pianist Michel Legrand and introduced hit songs such as “Le Blues du Dentiste” and “Rock and Roll Mops. ” The trio adopted pseudonyms — Mr. Salvador was Henry Cording Vian was Vernon Sullivan and Legrand was Big Mac. Salvador’s whimsical touch was further underscored with such 1960s releases as the novelty songs “Juanita Banana” and “Le Lion Est Mort Ce Soir” (a version of “The Lion Sleeps Tonight”)… Entertainment Weekly simply called the album “nifty for necking. “Henri Gabriel Salvador was born July 18 1917 in Cayenne French Guiana where his father was a tax collector. He was drawn to music at 12 after a cousin played American jazz records of Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington. He spent 100 francs on a guitar and practiced by mimicking the jazz virtuoso Django Reinhardt. He was 17 when he first auditioned professionally and the bandleader was dazzled. “He asked me ‘Where did you come from?’ and I told him ‘From my room’ ” Mr.
… TAYLR PRESENT TW UNIQUE STYLES F BLUES IN FALLS CHURCH…
Free Lance-Star – The Free Lance-Star – Feb 14, 2008
This was no cry-in-your-beer blues; it was super-funky guitar licks stabs of brass and blue-eyed soul blended into a groove that brought a smile to everybody’s face. I was delighted to see the band as musical guests on NBC’s “Late Night With Conan ‘Brien” a few nights later and saw the performance as proof that this could be Lindell’s moment in the spotlight. Maybe there is some justice in the music business. pening the show on Wednesday was blues man tis Taylor whose latest project sheds light on an instrument centuries old but much misunderstood. Many folks assume the banjo was born in Kentucky or North Carolina–or maybe that it was a part of European culture. However as Taylor explained it was originally an African instrument bought to this continent by slaves in the early 1700s. Taylor’s newest album “Recapturing the Banjo” is about recapturing those roots of the instrument.
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