Long pepper
Long pepper's leaves and fruit
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Magnoliids
Order:	Piperales
Family:	Piperaceae
Genus:	Piper
Species:	P. longum
Binomial name
Piper longum L.

Long pepper (Piper longum), (Pippali), sometimes called Indian long pepper, is a flowering vine in the family Piperaceae, cultivated for its fruit, which is usually dried and used as a spice and seasoning. Long pepper has a similar, but hotter, taste to its close relative Piper nigrum - from which black, green and white pepper are obtained. The word pepper itself is derived from the Tamil/Malayalam word for long pepper, pippali.^[1][2][3]

The fruit of the pepper consists of many minuscule fruits — each about the size of a poppy seed — embedded in the surface of a flower spike that closely resembles a hazel tree catkin. Like piper nigrum, the fruits contain the alkaloid piperine, which contributes to their pungency. Another species of long pepper, Piper retrofractum, is native to Java, Indonesia.

History[link]

Long pepper reached Greece in the sixth or fifth century BCE, though Hippocrates,the first writer to mention it, discussed it as a medicament rather than a spice.^[4] Among the Greeks and Romans and prior to the European discovery of the New World, long pepper was an important and well-known spice. The ancient history of black pepper is often interlinked with (and confused with) that of long pepper, though Theophrastus distinguished the two in the first work of botany. The Romans knew of both and often referred to either as just piper; Pliny erroneously believed dried black pepper and long pepper came from the same plant. Round, or black pepper, began to compete with long pepper in Europe from the twelfth century and had displaced it by the fourteenth. The quest for cheaper and more dependable sources of black pepper fueled the Age of Discoveries; only after the discovery of the New World and of chili pepper, called by the Spanish pimiento, employing their word for long pepper, did the popularity of long pepper fade away.^[5] Chili peppers, some of which, when dried, are similar in shape and taste to long pepper, were easier to grow in a variety of locations more convenient to Europe. Today, long pepper is a rarity in general commerce. Long pepper is known to contain Piperlongumine, a compound believed to have an anti-tumor effect.^[6]

Uses[link]

Dried long pepper catkins

Today, long pepper is an extremely rare ingredient in European cuisines, but it can still be found in Indian vegetable pickles, some North African spice mixtures, and in Indonesian and Malaysian cooking. It is readily available at Indian grocery stores, where it is usually labeled pippali.

The Ayurvedic texts list pippali as one of the most powerful Rasayana herbs, meaning it believed to be a longevity enhancer and is a remedy for throat irritation.^{[citation needed]} Pippali is one of the most widely used Ayurvedic herbs.

International naming[link]

• Bengali: পিপুল pipul
• Chinese: 荜拔 bì bá in traditional Chinese medicine
• Hindi: pipili पिपलि
• Indonesian: cabe puyung – currently used mostly in natural medicines (Jamu) in Indonesia.
• Italian: pepe di Marisa or, more commonly, pepe lungo
• Kannada: ಹಿಪ್ಪಲಿ hippali
• Malayalam: തിപ്പലി, പിപ്പലി tippali, pippali
• Marathi: लेंडी पिंपळी मराठी lendi pimpali
• Sanskrit: पिप्पलि रसायन pippali rasayana
• Tamil: கண்டந்திப்பிலி kandanthippili
• Telugu: పిప్పలి pippali
• Thai: ดีปลี dipli
• Tibetan: པི་པི་ལིང་། pipiling
• Vietnamese: tiêu lốt

Other names

• Lindi pepper from Ancient Indian culture

Notes[link]

References[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Piper longum

External links[link]

• Caldecott, Todd (2006). Ayurveda: The Divine Science of Life. Elsevier/Mosby. ISBN 0-7234-3410-7.  Contains a detailed monograph on Piper longum (Pippali) as well as a discussion of health benefits and usage in clinical practice. Available online at http://www.toddcaldecott.com/index.php/herbs/learning-herbs/318-pippali

Art Pepper
Art Pepper in 1979, Los Angeles
Background information
Birth name	Arthur Edward Pepper, Jr.
Born	(1925-09-01)September 1, 1925
Origin	Gardena, California, USA
Died	June 15, 1982(1982-06-15) (aged 56)
Genres	Cool jazz West Coast jazz Bop Mainstream jazz Hard bop Post-bop
Occupations	Saxophonist
Instruments	Alto Saxophone Tenor Saxophone Clarinet
Associated acts	Stan Kenton Shorty Rogers

Art Pepper (September 1, 1925 – June 15, 1982),^[1] born Arthur Edward Pepper, Jr., was an American alto saxophonist and clarinetist.

About Pepper, Scott Yanow of All Music stated, "In the 1950s he was one of the few altoists (along with Lee Konitz and Paul Desmond) that was able to develop his own sound despite the dominant influence of Charlie Parker" and: "When Art Pepper died at the age of 56, he had attained his goal of becoming the world's great altoist."^[2]

Career[link]

Pepper was born in Gardena, California. He began his career in the 1940s, playing with Benny Carter and Stan Kenton (1946–52).^[1] By the 1950s Pepper was recognized as one of the leading alto saxophonists in jazz, epitomized by his finishing second only to Charlie Parker as Best Alto Saxophonist in the Down Beat magazine Readers Poll of 1952. Along with Chet Baker, Gerry Mulligan and Shelly Manne, and perhaps due more to geography than playing style, Pepper is often associated with the musical movement known as West Coast jazz, as contrasted with the East Coast (or "hot") jazz associated with the likes of Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis. Some of Pepper's most famous albums from the 1950s are Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section, Art Pepper + Eleven - Modern Jazz Classics, Gettin' Together, and Smack Up. Representative music from this time appears on The Aladdin Recordings (three volumes), The Early Show, The Late Show, The Complete Surf Ride, and The Way It Was!, which features a session recorded with Warne Marsh.

His career was repeatedly interrupted by the years he had to spend in jail because of his recurring legal transgressions, stemming from his addiction to heroin, but Pepper managed to have several memorable and productive "comebacks". Remarkably, his substance abuse and legal travails did not affect the quality of his recordings, which maintained a high level of musicianship until his death from a brain hemorrhage.

His last comeback saw Pepper, who had started his career in Stan Kenton's big band, becoming a member of Buddy Rich's Big Band from 1968 to 1969. In 1977 and 1978 he made two well received tours of Japan.^[1] During this period, he recorded two albums - Goin' Home with George Cables, and Winter Moon with a string orchestra - which were among his favorites and which he considered his definitive achievements.^[3]

Personal life[link]

Pepper lived for many years in the hills of Echo Park, in Los Angeles. He had become a heroin addict in the 1940s, and his career was interrupted by drug-related prison sentences in 1954–56, 1960–61, 1961–64 and 1964–65; the final two sentences were served in San Quentin.^[1] While in San Quentin he played in an ensemble with saxophonist Frank Morgan. In the late 1960s Pepper spent time in Synanon, a drug rehabilitation group.

After beginning methadone therapy in the mid-1970s, Art had a musical comeback and recorded a series of albums including Living Legend, Art Pepper Today, Among Friends, and Live in Japan: Vol. 2.

His autobiography,^[3] Straight Life (1980, transcribed by his third wife Laurie Pepper), discusses the jazz music world, as well as drug and criminal subcultures of mid-20th century California. Soon after the publication of this book, the director Don McGlynn released the documentary film Art Pepper: Notes from a Jazz Survivor,^[4] discussing his life and featuring interviews with both Art and his wife Laurie, as well as footage from a live performance in Malibu jazz club. Laurie Pepper also released an interview to NPR.

Pepper died of a stroke in Los Angeles.^[3][5] He is interred in the Abbey of the Psalms Mausoleum in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, CA.

Discography[link]

Stan Kenton, Eddie Safranski, Shelly Manne, Chico Alvarez, Ray Wetzel, Harry Betts, Bob Cooper, and Art Pepper (second from right), 1947 or 1948

As leader[link]

• 1951 Popo - w/ Shorty Rogers (Xanadu Records)
• 1952 The Early Show (Xanadu Records)
• 1952 The Late Show (Xanadu Records)
• 1952 Surf Ride (Savoy)
• 1952 A Night at the Surf Club, Vol. 1 [live] (EPM)
• 1952 A Night at the Surf Club, Vol. 1 [live] (Xanadu)
• 1952 A Night at the Surf Club, Vol. 2 [live] (EPM)
• 1952 A Night at the Surf Club, Vol. 2 [live] (Xanadu)
• 1952 Art Pepper: Sonny Redd (Savoy)
• 1953 Art Pepper Quartet: Volume 1 (Time Is)
• 1954 Art Pepper Quintet (Discovery)
• 1956 Val's Pal (VSOP)
• 1956 The Art Pepper Quartet (Tampa/OJC)
• 1956 The Artistry of Pepper (Pacific Jazz)
• 1956 Art Pepper with Warne Marsh (Victor (aka The Way it Was! Contemporary))
• 1957 Show Time Japanese Import
• 1957 Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section (Contemporary/OJC)
• 1957 The Art of Pepper, Vol. 3 (Blue Note)
• 1957 The Art of Pepper, Vol. 1 (VSOP)
• 1957 The Art of Pepper, Vol. 2 (VSOP)
• 1957 Mucho Calor (Much Heat) (Andex/VSOP/TOFREC)
• 1958 The Art Pepper: Red Norvo Sextet (Score)
• 1959 Art Pepper + Eleven - Modern Jazz Classics (Contemporary/OJC)
• 1959 Two Altos (Savoy)
• 1960 Gettin' Together (Contemporary/OJC)
• 1960 Smack Up (Contemporary/OJC)
• 1960 Intensity (Contemporary/OJC)
• 1963 Pepper/Manne (Charlie Parker)
• 1964 Art Pepper Quartet in San Francisco (1964) [live] (Fresh Sound)
• 1968 Art Pepper Quintet : Live at Donte's 1968 (1968) [live] (Fresh Sound)
• 1975 Garden State Jam Sessions [live] (Lone Hill Jazz)
• 1975 I'll Remember April : Live at Foothill College (Storyville)
• 1975 Living Legend (Contemporary/Original Jazz Classics)
• 1976 The Trip (Contemporary/OJC)
• 1977 A Night in Tunisia [live] (Storyville)
• 1977 No Limit (Contemporary/OJC)
• 1977 Tokyo Debut [live] (Galaxy)
• 1977 Thursday Night at the Village Vanguard [live] (Contemporary/OJC)
• 1977 Friday Night at the Village Vanguard [live] (Contemporary/OJC)
• 1977 Saturday Night at the Village Vanguard [live] (Contemporary/OJC)
• 1977 More for Les: at the Village Vanguard Vol. 4 [live] (Contemporary/OJC)
• 1977 San Francisco Samba: Live at Keystone Korner (Contemporary)
• 1977 The Gauntlet / Original Sound Track (Warner Bros.)
• 1978 Live in Japan, Vol. 1: Ophelia (Storyville)
• 1978 Live in Japan, Vol. 2 (Storyville)
• 1978 Among Friends (Discovery)
• 1978 Art Pepper Today (Original Jazz Classics)
• 1978 Birds and Ballads (Galaxy)
• 1979 So in Love (Artists House)
• 1979 New York Album (Original Jazz Classics)
• 1979 Artworks (Galaxy)
• 1979 Tokyo Encore [live] (Dreyfus)
• 1979 Landscape [live] (Galaxy/OJC)
• 1979 Straight Life (Galaxy/OJC)
• 1980 Winter Moon (Galaxy/OJC)
• 1980 One September Afternoon (Galaxy/OJC)
• 1980 Blues for the Fisherman with Milcho Leviev Live at Ronnie Scott's London.(TAA/Mole)
• 1981 Art Pepper with Duke Jordan in Copenhagen 1981 [live] (Galaxy)
• 1981 Art Lives (Galaxy)
• 1981 Roadgame [live] (Galaxy/OJC)
• 1981 Art 'N' Zoot (WestWind)
• 1981 Arthur's Blues (Original Jazz Classics)
• 1982 Goin' Home (Original Jazz Classics)
• 1982 Tête-à-Tête (Galaxy/OJC)
• 1982 Darn That Dream (Real Time)
• 1991 Art in L.A. (WestWind) - 2 CD set of two different sessions in 1957 and 1960.
• 2006 Summer Knows (Absord) - Japanese release from earlier sessions

As a sideman[link]

• 1956 Hoagy Sings Carmichael Pacific Jazz (with Hoagy Carmichael)
• 1956 The Marty Paich Quartet featuring Art Pepper Tampa/VSOP (with Marty Paich)
• 1968 Mercy, Mercy Pacific Jazz (with Buddy Rich)
• 1978: Birds and Ballads (Johnny Griffin)
• 1979 California Hard Xanadu Records (with Dolo Coker)
• 1979 Very R.A.R.E. Trio (Japan) (with Elvin Jones)
• 1980 Blues For The Fisherman [Live] Mole (with Milcho Leviev)
• 1980 True Blues [Live] Mole (with Milcho Leviev)
• 1981 Mistral (with Freddie Hubbard)
• 1982 Richie Cole And... Return to Alto Acres Palo Alto (with Richie Cole)

Transcriptions[link]

Published Transcriptions:

• Jazz Styles and Analysis: Alto Sax by Harry Miedema. Chicago, Fifth Printing, Feb . 1979. Includes Broadway.
• Straight Life: the Story of Art Pepper by Art Pepper and Laurie Pepper. New York and London, 1979. ISBN 0-02-871820-8. Includes the head of Straight Life.
• Jazz 2: Sax Alto. Transcribed by John Robert Brown. International Music Publications, Woodford Green, Essex, 1986. ISBN 0-86359-408-5. Includes 'Round Midnight.
• The Genius of Art Pepper. Foreword by Laurie Pepper. North Sydney, Warner/Chappell Music, 1987. ISBN 1-86362-012-5. Includes: Arthur's Blues; Blues for Blanche; Funny Blues; Landscape; Make a List Make a Wish; Mambo de la Pinta; Mambo Koyama; Mr Big Falls his J.G. Hand; Our Song; Road Game; September Song; Tete a Tete. All transcriptions include parts for Alto and Rhythm; Funny Blues also has a part for Trumpet.
• Masters of the Alto Saxophone Play The Blues. Jazz Alto Solos. Transcribed by Trent Kynaston and Jonathan Ball. Corybant Productions, 1990. Includes True Blues.
• The Art Pepper Collection. Foreword by Jeff Sultanof. Milwaukee, Hal Leonard, 1995. ISBN 0-7935-4007-0. Includes: Art's Oregano; Diane; Landscape; Las Cuevas de Mario; Make a List (Make a Wish); Mr. Big Falls his J.G. Hand; Ophelia; Pepper Returns; Sometime; Straight Life; Surf Ride(I); Surf Ride(II); That's Love; The Trip; Waltz Me Blues.
• West Coast Jazz Saxophone Solos transcribed and edited by Robert A. Luckey, Ph.D. Features 15 recorded solos from 1952–1961, including five solos by Art Pepper. Olympia Music Publishing, 1996. ISBN 0-9667047-1-1.

Transcriptions available on the Internet:

• Anthropology
• Birk's Works
• Groovin' High
• Red Pepper Blues
• Star Eyes
• The Way You Look Tonight
• Too Close For Comfort
• What Is This Thing Called Love?
• You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To

Compositions[link]

Art Pepper's compositions included "The Trip", "Red Car", "Gettin' Together", "Ol' Croix", "Tynan Time", "Minor Yours", "Diane", "Blues at Twilight", "Bijou the Poodle", "Pepper Pot", "Val's Pal", "Chili Pepper", "Art's Opus", "Brown Gold", "Zenobia", "Angel Wings", "Junior Cat", "Pepper Steak", "Straight Life", "Tenor Blooz", "Walkin' Out Blues", "Patricia", "Five More", "Minority", "Mambo de la Pinta", "Surf Ride", "Las Cuevas De Mario", "Our Song", "Among Friends", "That's Love", "Waltz Me Blues", "Labyrinth", "Make A List", "Pepper Returns", "True Blues", "Landscape", "Miss Who", "Mambo Koyama", "Ophelia", "Lost Life", "Dynaflow" with Stan Kenton, and "Funny Blues".

Bibliography[link]

A more extensive bibliography is issued by the Jazzinstitut Darmstadt

• 1956 Art Pepper... Tells the Tragic Role Narcotics Played in Blighting His Career and Life by John Tynan. Downbeat, September 19, 1956, p. 16.
• 1957 Art Pepper Quartet by John Tynan. Downbeat, May 16, 1957, p. 34.
• 1960 Art Pepper: Profile of a Comeback by J. McKinney. Metronome, lxxvii, September 1960, p. 26.
• 1960 The Return of Art Pepper by John Tynan. Downbeat, xxvii/8, 1960, p. 17.
• 1960 End of the Road by John Tynan. Downbeat, xxvii/25, 1960, p. 13.
• 1964 Art Pepper's not the Same by John Tynan. Downbeat, xxxi/22, 1964, p. 18.
• 1965 "Jazz Discographies Unlimited" Presents "Art Pepper". A Complete Discography Compiled by Ernie Edwards, Jr. Ernie Edwards Jr. et al. Jazz Discographies Unlimited, Spotlight Series, Vol. 4. Oct . 1965. 22pp.
• 1973 Art Pepper: 'I'm Here to Stay!' by C. Marra. Downbeat, xl/4, 1973, p. 16.
• 1975 Pepper's Painful Road to Pure Art by L. Underwood. Downbeat, xlii/11, 1975, p. 16.
• 1979 Straight Life: the Story of Art Pepper by Art Pepper and Laurie Pepper. New York and London, 1979. ISBN 0-02-871820-8. Includes a discography.
• 1979 Art Pepper: Rewards of the Straight Life by P. Welding. Downbeat, xlvi/18, 1979, p. 16.
• 1979 The Contemporary Art of Pepper by Chris Sheridan. Jazz Journal International, Vol. 32, No. 9, September 1979, p. 9.
• 1979 The evolution of an individualist; Interview with Les Tomkins.
• 1980 Art Pepper. Swing Journal, xxxiv/1, 1980, p. 162.
• 1980 At Ronnie's; Interview with Les Tomkins.
• 1980 A rich past, and a bright future; Interview with Les Tomkins.
• 1981 New fields still to conquer; Interview with Les Tomkins.
• 1981 The Whiteness of the Wail by Gary Giddins, in Riding on a Blue Note. New York, O.U.P., 1981, pp. 252–257. (An article originally published in July 1977.)
• 1986 Art Pepper: I Want to Play so Bad by David Nicholson Pepperell. Wire Magazine, Issue 28, June 1986, pp. 26–31.
• 1986 Art Pepper, 1926-1982 by Gary Giddins, in Rhythm-a-ning: Jazz Tradition and Innovation in the 80's. New York, O.U.P., 1986, pp. 106–108. (An article originally published in June 1982.)
• 1992 Straight Life by Ted Gioia, in West Coast Jazz: Modern Jazz in California, 1945-1960. New York and Oxford, O.U.P., 1992, pp. 283–307 (Chapter Fourteen). ISBN 0-19-508916-2.
• 2000 The Art Pepper Companion: Writings on a Jazz Original by Todd Selbert. Cooper Square Press, 2000. ISBN 0-8154-1067-0; ISBN 978-0-8154-1067-6.

References[link]

External links[link]

• The Art Pepper Discography Project
• NPR Interview With Laurie Pepper
• The Art Of Pepper
• MikeL's Unofficial Art Pepper website
• Allmusic

Pepper Adams
Pepper Adams performing at the Grande Parade du Jazz in Nice, France, July 7, 1978 (photo by John McCrady).
Background information
Birth name	Park Frederick Adams III
Born	(1930-10-08)October 8, 1930
Origin	Highland Park, Michigan
Died	September 10, 1986(1986-09-10) (aged 55)
Genres	Jazz
Instruments	Baritone saxophone
Labels	Savoy, Prestige, Blue Note, Warwick, Riverside, Enja, Muse, Uptown
Associated acts	Wardell Gray, Lucky Thompson, Kenny Clarke, Oscar Pettiford, Barry Harris, Billy Mitchell, Lionel Hampton, Maynard Ferguson, Stan Kenton, Benny Goodman, Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Kenny Burrell, Paul Chambers, Elvin Jones, Tommy Flanagan, Charles Mingus, Lee Morgan, Donald Byrd, Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Big Band, Frank Foster, George Mraz
Website	PepperAdams.com

Park Frederick "Pepper" Adams III (October 8, 1930 – September 10, 1986)^[1] was a jazz baritone saxophonist and composer. He composed 43 pieces, was the leader on eighteen albums spanning 28 years,^[2] and participated in 600 sessions as a sideman.

Biography[link]

Pepper Adams was born in Highland Park, Michigan.^[1] His family moved to Rochester, New York, when he was young, and in that city he began his musical efforts on tenor sax and clarinet. At age 16, Adams moved to Detroit and switched to baritone sax; this proved to be successful, as by 1947 he was playing in Lucky Thompson's band.^[3] In Detroit, Adams also met several jazz musicians who would become future partners, including trumpeter Donald Byrd. Adams now became interested in Wardell Gray's approach to the saxophone, later naming Gray and Harry Carney as his influences. He also spent time in a United States Army band, and briefly had a tour of duty in Korea.^[4]

He later moved to New York City, where he played on the album Dakar with John Coltrane, played with Lee Morgan on The Cooker, and briefly worked with Benny Goodman's band in 1958. During this time, Adams also began working with Charles Mingus, performing on one of Mingus's most acclaimed albums from the period, Blues & Roots. Thereafter, he recorded with Mingus sporadically until the latter's death in 1979. He later became a founding member^[3] of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Big Band, with whom he played from 1965 to 1976, and thereafter continued to record Jones's compositions on many of his own albums.^[5] Adams also co-led a quintet with Donald Byrd from 1958 to 1962, with whom he recorded a live date, 10 to 4 at the 5 Spot, featuring Elvin Jones,^[6] and a sequence of albums for Blue Note.

In later years, Adams toured England and continental Europe several times, performing there with local rhythm sections, and he performed with a Count Basie tribute band at the Grande Parade du Jazz in Nice.^[3] He died of lung cancer in Brooklyn, New York, on September 10, 1986.^[7]

Style[link]

Pepper Adams was in many ways the antithesis of giants of the baritone saxophone Gerry Mulligan and Serge Chaloff. Adams managed to bring the cumbersome baritone into the blisteringly fast speeds of hard bop like no others had before.^[8] Gary Carner, Adams's biographer, described his style as having "very long, tumbling, double-time melodic lines. And that raw, piercing, bark-like timbre."^[3]

Awards and honors[link]

Adams was nominated three times for a Grammy Award. In the 1975 Playboy Magazine annual music poll, he was named an All Star's All-Star. He won Down Beat's New Star award in 1957 and was named baritone soloist of the year for 1980.^[7]

Discography[link]

As leader[link]

• Pepper Adams Quintet (1957)
• Critic's Choice (1957)
• The Cool Sound of Pepper Adams (1957)
• Pepper-Knepper Quintet, MetroJazz Records (1958)
• 10 to 4 at the 5 Spot (1958), Riverside Records, with Donald Byrd and Elvin Jones
• Motor City Scene (1960), with Donald Byrd
• Donald Byrd and Pepper Adams, Out of This World: The Complete Warwick Sessions (1961), with pianist Herbie Hancock
• Pepper Adams plays Charlie Mingus (1963)
• Thad Jones/Pepper Adams Quintet, Mean What You Say (1966)
• Encounter! (1968)
• Ephemera (1973)
• Julian (1975)
• Twelfth and Pingree (1975)
• Live in Europe (1977) with the Georges Arvanitas Trio^[9]
• Reflectory (1978)
• The Master (1980)
• Urban Dreams (1981), quartet with pianist Jimmy Rowles
• Live at Fat Tuesday's (1983), live with trumpeter Kenny Wheeler
• The Adams Effect (1989, posthumously)

As sideman[link]

With Kenny Clarke

• Jazzmen: Detroit (1956)

With Donald Byrd

• Byrd in Hand (1959)
• At the Half Note Cafe (1960)
• Chant (1961)
• Royal Flush (1961)
• The Cat Walk (1961)
• The Creeper (1967)
• Electric Byrd (1970)

With John Coltrane

• Baritones and French Horns (1957)

With Hank Mobley

• Poppin' (1957)

With Elvin Jones

• Poly-Currents (Blue Note, 1969)
• Merry-Go-Round (Blue Note, 1971)

With The Thad Jones/ Mel Lewis Orchestra

• Opening Night (1966)
• Presenting Thad Jones / Mel Lewis and the Jazz Orchestra (1966)
• Presenting Joe Williams and Thad Jones / Mel Lewis, The Jazz Orchestra (1966)
• Live at the Village Vanguard (1967)
• The Big Band Sound of Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Featuring Miss Ruth Brown (1968)
• Monday Night (1968)
• Basle, 1969 (1969)
• Consummation (1970)
• Suite for Pops (1972)
• Live in Tokyo (1974)
• Potpourri (1974)
• Thad Jones / Mel Lewis and Manuel De Sica (1974)
• New Life (1976)
• Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Orchestra With Rhoda Scott (1976)
• Live in Munich (1976)
• It Only Happens Every Time (1977)

With Charles Mingus

• Blues & Roots (1959)

With Blue Mitchell

• A Sure Thing (1962)
• Boss Horn (1966)

With Lee Morgan

• The Cooker (1957)
• Standards (1967)

With Oliver Nelson

• More Blues and the Abstract Truth (Impulse!, 1964)

With Duke Pearson

• Honeybuns (1965)
• Introducing Duke Pearson's Big Band (1967)
• Now Hear This (1968)

With Lalo Schifrin

• Black Widow (CTI, 1976)

With Barry Altschul

• Be-bop? (1979)

Live Dates Released Posthumously[link]

• Live in Europe (1977) - Disques Futura et Marge - Impro 02 - [1]
• Pepper Adams Live (aka, Live Jazz By the Sea) (1977), live in California
• California Cookin' (1983), live in California

References[link]

LeAnn Rimes
LeAnn Rimes in October 2009
Background information
Birth name	Margaret LeAnn Rimes
Also known as	LeAnn Rimes LeAnn Rimes Sheremet LeAnn Rimes Cibrian
Born	(1982-08-28) August 28, 1982 (age 29) Jackson, Mississippi
Origin	Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Genres	Country, pop
Occupations	Singer, songwriter, actress, author
Years active	1991–present
Labels	Curb
Associated acts	Eddie Cibrian, Ronan Keating, Brian McFadden, Marc Broussard, Elton John, Bon Jovi, Hal Ketchum, Reba McEntire
Website	www.leannrimesworld.com

Margaret LeAnn Rimes Cibrian (born August 28, 1982), best known as LeAnn Rimes, is an American country/pop singer. She is known for her rich vocals and her rise to fame as an eight-year-old champion on the original Ed McMahon version of Star Search, followed by the release of the Bill Mack song "Blue" when she was 13 to become the youngest country music star since Tanya Tucker in 1972.^[1]

Rimes made her breakthrough into country music in 1996 with her debut album, Blue, which reached #1 on the Top Country Albums chart and was certified multiplatinum in sales by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The album's eponymous leadoff single, "Blue," was originally intended to be recorded by Patsy Cline in the early 1960s. It became a Top 10 hit and Rimes gained national acclaim for her similarity to Cline's vocal style. When she released her sophomore studio effort in 1997, You Light up My Life: Inspirational Songs, she moved towards country pop material, which set the trend for a string of albums released into the next decade.^[1][2]

Rimes has won many awards, including two Grammys, three ACMs, a CMA, 12 Billboard Music Awards, and one American Music award.^[3] She has also released ten studio albums and three compilation albums and two greatest hits albums, one released in the US and the other released internationally, through her record label of 13 years, Asylum-Curb, and placed over 40 singles on American and international charts since 1996. She has sold over 37 million records worldwide, with 20.3 million album sales in the United States according to Nielsen SoundScan.^[4] Billboard ranked her 17th artist of the 1990-00 decade.^[5] Rimes has also written four books, two novels and two children's books.

Early life[link]

Margaret LeAnn Rimes was born in Star, Mississippi. She is the only child of Belinda Butler Rimes and Wilbur Rimes. The family relocated to Garland, Texas when she was six years old. She was singing by the age of two, was enrolled in vocal and dance training, and by the age of five was performing at local talent shows.^[6][7] Rimes initially began her career in musical theatre, performing in a Dallas, Texas production of A Christmas Carol, and almost landed the lead part in the Broadway production of Annie. However, after appearing on the network television competition show — and clearly charming host Ed McMahon in addition to the more important fact of being a one-week champion on — Star Search, Rimes decided to pursue a career in country music. Following her national television appearance, Rimes made a number of appearances on Johnnie High's Country Music Revue in Arlington, Texas, which garnered the attention of national talent scouts.^[7]

By the age of nine, Rimes was already an experienced singer. She toured nationally with her father and also regularly performed a cappella renditions of "The Star Spangled Banner" at the opening ceremonies of the Dallas Cowboys football games. In order to bring his daughter more national attention, Wilbur Rimes began recording his daughter under the independent label Nor Va Jak when she turned eleven. She released three albums under the label between 1992 and 1996.^[7]

Rimes was discovered by Dallas disc jockey and record promoter Bill Mack. Mack was impressed by Rimes' vocal ability, and over the following three years, he made various attempts to bring Rimes to a mainstream level. The center of Mack's plan to bring her success was his self-penned composition, "Blue," which he had originally sung and released in 1958 as his own single for Starday Records.^[8][9] His song did not become popular, and Mack claimed he intended "Blue" to be re-recorded and made a hit record by Patsy Cline, but she had been killed in a plane crash before ever recording the composition.^[10] By 1995, Mack was able to gain Rimes a contract with Curb Records, after record executives heard Rimes sing "Blue."

Music career[link]

[edit] 1996: Blue

After signing with Curb, Rimes re-recorded a new version of "Blue" that was to be released on her debut studio album on the label. In 1996, the new version of "Blue" was released as a single, peaking at Number 10 on the Billboard Country Chart.^[11] While Curb was releasing "Blue," a claim was also sent out that Mack had been waiting over 30 years to find the perfect artist to record "Blue." However, the story was later found to be an exaggeration, as it was discovered that "Blue" had already been recorded by at least three different artists. Mack himself in 1958 and Kenny Roberts in the 1960s both released the song on Starday Records. In 1993, Australian country artist Kathryn Pitt released her own version as a single from her album "Look Out" in her native country. The story, though, was continually spread throughout the national press, adding to the idea that Rimes was the successor to Patsy Cline's legacy.^[6] Rimes's album Blue was also released in 1996, and sold 123,000 copies in its first week, which was the highest figure in SoundScan history up to that point. The album peaked at Number 1 on the Top Country Albums and debuted at Number 3 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, eventually selling a total of four million copies in the United States and 8 million copies worldwide.^[2][6][12] Allmusic considered the album to be "delightful" and that it could "help inspire other young teens."^[13] Rimes followed up the single with several charting country singles from her 1996 album, starting with "One Way Ticket (Because I Can)", which reached Number 1 on the Billboard Country Chart in 1996. She also released a duet single with Eddy Arnold from the album, a remake of his 1955 hit "The Cattle Call".^[1][11] The album's other hits included the Top 5 "The Light in Your Eyes" and the minor hit "Hurt Me."

With the album's success, Rimes received many major industry awards. In 1997, she won the Country Music Association's "Horizon Award," becoming the youngest person to ever be nominated and win a Country Music Association award. The following year she was awarded Grammy Awards, one for Best New Artist and another for Best Female Country Vocal Performance for "Blue". She is the youngest person to win a Grammy, at 14 years old. She was also the first Country music artist to win the Best New Artist.^[6]

1997–2001: Pop crossover and worldwide success[link]

LeAnn Rimes performing a free concert for the airmen at Ramstein Air Base, Germany on September 23, 2004.

In 1997, Rimes released a compilation of previously recorded material under the Nor Va Jak label, Unchained Melody: The Early Years. The album mainly consisted of cover versions, ranging from Country to pop covers, including songs originally recorded by The Beatles, Whitney Houston, Bill Monroe, and Dolly Parton.^[14] Rimes' version of the title track became a major country hit in early 1997 and helped increase sales for the album.^[11] In September 1997, Rimes released her follow-up studio album to Blue titled You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs. The album covered classic inspirational songs, such as "Clinging to Saving a Hand" and "Amazing Grace". It also featured pop music remakes of songs such as Debby Boone's "You Light Up My Life" and Bette Midler's "The Rose". The album was a departure from Rimes' previous releases as it contained more Adult Contemporary-styled music than Country.^[15] The album sold over four million copies in the United States, certifying 4× Multi-Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.^[16] The album contained the single "How Do I Live", which became a major pop hit on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching Number 2.^[11] "How Do I Live" set a new record for becoming the longest-running single in Billboard Hot 100 history, spending 69 weeks on the chart.^[12] The song was originally recorded for the film Con Air, along with a version also recorded by Trisha Yearwood. Yearwood's manager at the time had told the press that Rimes' version sounded "too pop". Therefore Rimes' version received little country airplay (only reaching Number 43) and was rejected for the film. Yearwood's rendition was released to country radio shortly afterwards, peaking at Number 2 on the Billboard Country Chart in 1997, becoming the country hit instead of Rimes' version.^[11][17] On October 13, 1997 she published her first novel entitled Holiday in Your Heart along with Tim Carter.^[18]

Rimes released her third album for Curb in May 1998, Sittin' on Top of the World. The album leaned more progressively towards Adult Contemporary and mid-tempo pop music. It included pop material written by Carole Bayer Sager and David Foster.^[2] It also included a remake of Prince's "Purple Rain" and was produced by her father. The album was given mixed reviews. Allmusic gave the album two out of five stars.^[19] Rolling Stone said Rimes vocal style "holds her own in the more popular style of Mariah Carey and Celine Dion, wherein a spectacular voice upstages a song, grins and goes on about her business."^[20] Upon its release, Sittin' on Top of the World debuted at Number 2 on the Top Country Albums chart, and Number 3 on the Billboard 200,^[21] and sold over a million copies in the United States, certifying "Platinum" in sales by the RIAA.^[16] The album spawned the Number 4 Country hit "Commitment", the Top 20 Pop hit "Looking Through Your Eyes", and the Number 10 country hit "Nothin' New Under the Moon".^[11]

Rimes released her fourth studio album for Curb, LeAnn Rimes, in October 1999, a collection of country standards.^[22] The album covered songs mainly by Patsy Cline – which included "Crazy", "I Fall to Pieces", and "She's Got You" – that were primarily taken from her 12 Greatest Hits album. The album also covered Marty Robbins's "Don't Worry" and Kris Kristofferson's "Me and Bobby McGee". The album included one new song, "Big Deal". The song gained many positive reviews. Allmusic called the song, "a return to her roots" and "a salute to one of her idols, Patsy Cline." The album in general received much praise. Allmusic called the album one of her "better" efforts, since they had disliked her previous releases.^[23] Entertainment Weekly gave the album a positive review and said that Rimes's voice, "dares listeners to take note of what is missing in her interpretations -- the gutsiness and gut-wrenching urgency of performers who felt what they sang."^[24] The album was a major success like her previous releases, debuting at Number 1 on the Top Country Albums chart, topping the country albums chart for two weeks. In addition, it also peaked at Number 8 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.^[25][26] The album also sold over one million copies in the United States, and was certified "Platinum" in sales by the RIAA.^[16] The album's new song, "Big Deal", was the lead single off the album, and became a Top 10 country hit that year, peaking at Number 6.^[11] Also in 1999, Rimes recorded a duet with Elton John for the stage musical Aida, titled "Written in the Stars".^[7] The song became a Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. The album would spawn a second single, a cover of Cline's "Crazy" that was released outside of the United States.

In 2000, Rimes would make her full crossover into pop music. On March 8, 2000, Rimes contributed to the soundtrack from the 1999 TV movie Jesus,^[11] called Jesus: Music From & Inspired by the Epic Mini Series.^[27] The song, "I Need You", would be released as a single from the soundtrack on July 18, 2000.^[28] "I Need You" was characterized by Allmusic as having similarities to that of Adult Contemporary and Pop music.^[29] The song became a Top 10 country hit and also a major pop hit, reaching Number 11 on the Hot 100. Rimes would make her first theatrical acting debut in the 2000 film Coyote Ugly. She would also contribute four songs for the film's soundtrack on August 1, 2000.^[30] Two singles were released from the Coyote Ugly soundtrack. "Can't Fight the Moonlight" was released as a single for the soundtrack on August 22, 2000 with the second single from the soundtrack, "But I Do Love You", as the B-side track.^[31] By February 2002 "Can't fight the Moonlight" became a crossover Pop hit, reaching Number 11 in United States and becoming the highest selling single of 2001 in Australia. "Can't Fight the Moonlight" won Rimes a Blockbuster Entertainment Award for "Favorite Song from a Movie."^[26]

In January 2001, Curb Records released another compilation of previously recorded material, I Need You. The album topped the Top Country Albums chart for one week, and also peaked at Number 10 on the Billboard 200.^[26] I Need You did not garner praise from many critics and was mainly given negative reviews. Rolling Stone gave the album two and a half out of five stars and called the album, "synthetic-feeling."^[32] Despite very little praise from critics, the album was sold well, certifying "Gold" in sales by the RIAA.^[16] Rimes would later go on to publicly disown the album, which she stated was compiled together from studio outtakes her father had produced and that it was released without her knowledge or input.^[33] At the time, during the litigation with her label, Rimes was asking "that Curb give Rimes the rights to all past recordings and videos, give up all publishing interests in her compositions and destroy all currently available recordings."^[34]

In mid-October 2001, Curb released a compilation of patriotic and inspirational songs, titled God Bless America, in order to benefit the disaster recovery for the September 11 attacks. It included the title track, which she released as a single, as well as inspirational songs such as "The Lord's Prayer" and "The Sands of Time".^[35]

[edit] 2002–04: I Need You, Twisted Angel, Greatest Hits

LeAnn Rimes performing a free concert for the airmen at Ramstein Air Base, Germany on September 23, 2004.

In February 2002 Rimes reissued the I Need You album with nine of the songs originally released on the album, an extended version of the song You Are, the song "Light the Fire Within", which she sang at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, and 4 bonus remixes. Rimes would later that year release her seventh album (sixth studio album) titled Twisted Angel, which contained more adult material.^[11] After battling managerial control over her career the previous year, Twisted Angel became the first album released by Rimes that was not produced by her father.^[36] Instead, Rimes executive produced the album. A month following the album's release, Twisted Angel was certified "Gold" by the RIAA, her second Gold-certified album.^[16] The album received mainly negative reviews by most music critics and magazines. Allmusic stated that the album could possibly "alieniate her from her original fans" and "the songwriting is a little uneven."^[36] Rolling Stone gave the album two out of five stars, stating that the album sounded too "country-pop crossover."^[37] The album peaked at Number 3 on the Top Country Albums chart and Number 12 on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart.^[38] Three singles were spawned from the album between 2002 and 2003, however none of the singles were Top 40 hits on the country or pop charts. The lead single, "Life Goes On", reached the Top 40 only on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart, peaking at Number 19. The second single, "Suddenly", only peaked at 43 on the US Country charts, 47 on the UK charts and 53 on the Australian charts.

The following year when Rimes turned 21, she released her first children's book entitled Jag in July^[39] and she also released a Greatest Hits compilation in November.^[26] The album recapped Rimes' major hits under Curb records from "Blue" in 1996, to "Life Goes on" in 2002. The album peaked at Number 3 on the Top Country Albums chart and Number 24 on the Billboard 200 in November.^[40][41] Featured on the album was the song, "We Can", which was originally released as a single for the Legally Blonde 2 soundtrack in July 2003. The album would eventually be certified "Platinum" in 2007.

In 2004, Rimes released a sequel to Jag entitled Jag's New Friend in September^[42] and in October she also issued her first holiday-themed album titled, What a Wonderful World.^[26]

[edit] 2005–06: Return to country; This Woman

In January 2005, Rimes released her seventh studio album, This Woman, her first album of contemporary country music in many years.^[6] Although the album received mixed reviews from magazines and critics, it was Rimes' best-selling album in over five years,^[43] reaching Number 3 on the Billboard 200 and Number 2 on the Top Country Albums chart in 2005,^[44] selling more than 100,000 copies within its first week. Rimes explained to the Chicago Sun-Times that the album helped mature her as a person, "I have 10 years of experience, so it's tough to get anything past me in this business. I've become a very strong woman because of all I've gone through, good and bad."^[12] This Woman would eventually be certified "Gold" later in 2005, after selling more than 500,000 units nationwide.^[26] The album's singles were Rimes's first Top 10 hits on the Hot Country Songs chart in five years. The three singles released from the album — "Nothin' 'Bout Love Makes Sense", "Probably Wouldn't Be This Way", and "Something's Gotta Give" — all peaked within the Top 5 on the country charts between 2005 and 2006.^[11] From the album, Rimes was nominated for a Grammy award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance for "Something's Gotta Give". In addition, she was also nominated for an American Music Award for "Favorite Female Country Artist." In 2006, Rimes recorded a cover version of Barbara Mandrell's "If Loving You Is Wrong (I Don't Want to Be Right)", for a tribute album to Mandrell's career titled, She Was a Country When Country Wasn't Cool: A Tribute to Barbara Mandrell.^[26] Rimes also would record a track for Disneyland's fiftieth anniversary celebration album titled, "Remember When."^[7]

In summer 2006, Rimes released the studio album Whatever We Wanna, which was released exclusively outside of the United States and Canada. It was originally planned on being released in North America, however due to the success of This Woman, it was never released. The album spawned three singles, "And It Feels Like", a duet with Brian McFadden titled, "Everybody's Someone" and "Strong". The album leaned more towards Pop Rock and R&B music instead of country.^[45]

Rimes would release one final single in the US from her album This Woman in August 2006 called "Some People" which would peak at 34 on the US country charts.

[edit] 2007–09: Family

Rimes took a two year break, and then released her next studio album in October 2007, Family. The album was a mix of country, pop, and rock music, and included a duet with Bon Jovi, "Til We Ain't Strangers Anymore".^[12] Family was the first album released by Rimes in which every track was co-written by Rimes herself.^[43] Rolling Stone said the songs on the album are "uneven" and rated it three and half out of five stars.^[46] Allmusic gave Family four out of five stars and said that the album, "illustrates her range as a singer along with some true strength as a writer."^[47] The album helped nominate Rimes for the Academy of Country Music's "Top Female Vocalist" award in 2008.^[12] The album's lead single, "Nothin' Better to Do" was released in mid 2007, and peaked at Number 14 on the Billboard Country Chart before the end of the year. The album has released two singles to date; "Good Friend and a Glass of Wine" and "What I Cannot Change."^[6]

In 2008, Rimes toured with Kenny Chesney where she opened every show on his 2008 Poets and Pirates Tour, along with other artists on select dates such as Brooks & Dunn, Keith Urban, Sammy Hagar, Gary Allan, Big & Rich, and Luke Bryan.^[48] In late 2008, Rimes was nominated for a Grammy award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance for "What I Cannot Change", the third single from the album.^{[citation needed]}

In 2008, she recorded For Good with Delta Goodrem for the Wicked 5th Anniversary album.^[49] LeAnn teamed up with Joss Stone for a CMT Crossroads special aired in fall 2007.^[50]

In 2009, Rimes published What I Cannot Change along with song co-writer, Darrell Brown. It was released on April 14, 2009 and contains a bonus CD with an exclusive live performance of the song and both Brown and Rimes reading excerpts from the book.^[51]

[edit] 2010—: Lady & Gentlemen and Spitfire

Despite singing new material at several live shows earlier in the year, it was announced, on May 24, 2010 by Rimes via her Twitter account, that her new studio album would be a cover album of country songs, titled Lady & Gentlemen.^[52][53] The first single from the album was a cover of John Anderson's 1983 single, "Swingin'. Rimes first debuted the song at the 2010 CMT Music Awards. The single was released on June 8, 2010. On November 8, 2010, Rimes released her second single titled "Crazy Women" to radio. "Crazy Women," A re-recording of "Blue" and "Tonight the Bottle Let Me Down" were announced, in the same post, as the three extra tracks that Rimes went back in the studio to add to the album. A third single, "Give", debuted at #60 in July 2011. Rimes announced via her Twitter account on July 17, 2011 that the new release date for her Lady & Gentlemen album would be September 27, 2011. She also stated that her next studio album is already done and will be released next year.^[54] Rimes went back into the studio in March to record fifteen more songs for her new album, Spitfire,^[55] which will be released in fall 2012.^[56] It is to be the last contractually-obligated album under Rimes' contract with Curb Records.^[57][58] On April 4, 2012, Rimes was featured on the song, "The Choice", which was released by Soles4Souls as a charity single to help the foundation put 500,000 pairs of shoes on children who live without.^[59][60]

Musicianship[link]

Vocal ability and musical stylings[link]

Since her debut in 1996, Rimes' voice and vocal style have often been compared to and identified with Patsy Cline. Cline showed distinctive emotional expression in most of her material. Rimes has also used distinctive emotional expression in many of her songs, most notably her first single, "Blue", which was sung in the style of Cline. Rimes' vocal similarities to Cline had brought wide interest to the idea that Rimes was the successor to Cline's legacy, and brought her novelty appeal. Many music critics have argued that Rimes' vocals were only a reproduction of Cline's original sound, while others have disagreed.^[7] Allmusic has called Rimes' vocals "rich and powerful."^[6] Her vocal ability has also brought Rimes to comparisons to past teenage country stars, including 50s country star Brenda Lee and 70s country star Tanya Tucker. Rimes was also known for choosing mature material that was beyond her age range. In her first album, Rimes recorded such material as Deborah Allen's "My Baby", whose lyrics provocatively say, "my baby is a full-time lover, my baby is a full-grown man."^[2] Other material such as Diane Warren's "How Do I Live" had also been considered too mature for Rimes' age and was the main reason why her version of the song was not chosen to be used in the soundtrack for the film Con Air.^[17]

Influences[link]

Rimes has given credit to artists from various music genres, mainly country and pop. She has stated that Barbra Streisand, Wynonna Judd and Reba McEntire were primary influences on her career.^[61] Rimes has said the main influence on her career was Patsy Cline. She has covered many of Cline's hit songs since the beginning of her career. Her 1999 self-titled album is primarily a tribute to Cline, as Rimes recorded five out of ten songs for the album that were hits for Cline years before.^[23] Rimes has also stated that Judy Garland was an influence as well.^[62]

Film and television[link]

After beginning to date actor Andrew Keegan in 1998, Rimes said to the press that she had some ideas about possibly getting involved in an acting career. Rimes later moved to Los Angeles, California later in the year with her mother to pursue an acting career.^[12] That year Rimes played a role in the Made for television movie, Holiday in Your Heart, which is based on a book she had helped write. For participating in the film, Rimes was awarded the "Rising Star" award from the Lone Star Film & Television Awards.^[22] She made her official film debut in 2001 for Coyote Ugly, providing the singing voice for Piper Perabo's character Violet Sanford^[63] and making a cameo appearance towards the end of the film. In addition, she also recorded four songs for the film's soundtrack, including the Top 20 Pop hit, "Can't Fight the Moonlight."^[7] In 2005 Rimes hosted the country music television competition, Nashville Star on the USA television network. However she only held the position for one season after deciding to depart from the show's cast.^[43]

In early June 2007, she was chosen at the last minute to record the leading song for the soundtrack of Evan Almighty called "Ready For A Miracle" (previously recorded by Patti LaBelle). The song can be heard in the movie, during the end credits, and in the trailers of Evan Almighty.^[64] Rimes played in the movie Good Intentions with her friend Elaine Hendricks which is filming near Atlanta, Georgia.^[65] Rimes plays Meg Galligan in the made for TV movie, Northern Lights, based on the Nora Roberts novel of the same name. The film aired on the Lifetime network on March 12, 2009.^[66]

In 2007 Rimes began hosting The Colgate Country Showdown, a nation wide televised country music talent competition, similar to that of American Idol or Nashville Star. In 2011 Rimes hosted the show for her 5th consecutive year, when the show switched sponsorship, to Texaco.^{[67][unreliable source?][unreliable source?]}

Personal life[link]

President George W. Bush and Laura Bush listen to LeAnn Rimes perform in the East Room of the White House in a performance honoring the Dance Theatre of Harlem on February 6, 2006

Lawsuits[link]

On May 21, 2000, Rimes filed a lawsuit against her father, Wilbur Rimes, and her former manager, Lyle Walker in Dallas, Texas. Rimes claimed that her father and former manager took over seven million dollars from her in the preceding five years. Rimes also alleged that both men made unreasonable fees and took advantage of Rimes' label, Asylum-Curb, in order to acquire financial gain. Rimes sought unspecified damages because her attorney was not sure of how much money had been lost in the preceding five years. According to Rimes' lawyer, her mother hired two accountants to investigate how much was taken from Rimes's fortune, and it was estimated that the men acquired around eight million dollars in royalties.^[7] In 2002, Rimes's lawsuit with her father was "settled on undisclosed terms."^[12] Rimes reconciled with her father for her wedding.^[68]

In November 2000, Rimes filed a second lawsuit against her label, Asylum-Curb. Rimes wanted permission to be released from the contract that was signed by her parents on Rimes' behalf when she originally signed with the label in 1995. She also wanted her label to turn over the rights of her music, video work, and publishing interests, and destroy all of her recordings that were currently available to the label at the time of the lawsuit.^[34] Part of Rimes's legal battles ended in December 2001, when Asylum-Curb started a new contract with Rimes.^[7]

Marriages[link]

Amid the legal battles, Rimes fell in love with backup dancer Dean Sheremet. The two had met when he was chosen to dance during Rimes's hosting of the 2001 Academy of Country Music Awards. After her first date with Sheremet, Rimes told InStyle Magazine: "This is the guy I want to marry."^[12] The couple married the next year, in 2002. In July 2009, the couple separated and in September 2009, Rimes announced their plans to divorce.^[69][70] The divorce was finalized on June 19, 2010, exactly six months after Sheremet filed divorce documents for dissolution of marriage.^[71]

Rimes is currently married to Northern Lights co-star Eddie Cibrian, with whom she had a well-publicized extramarital affair prior to the split from Sheremet.^[72][73] Cibrian left his wife Brandi Glanville, the mother of his two children, for Rimes. He filed for divorce in August 2009 after eight years of marriage.^[74] In June 2010, Rimes spoke for the first time about the end of her first marriage, stating, "I take responsibility for everything I've done. I hate that people got hurt...But I don't regret the outcome." ^[75] On December 27, 2010, it was announced via Billboard that Rimes and Cibrian were engaged.^[76] The couple wed on April 22, 2011 at a private home in California.^[77]

Philanthropy[link]

In 2008, she opened up about her lifelong struggle with the autoimmune disease psoriasis. She participated in a PSA to raise awareness about the disease.^[78]

Rimes lent her voice to the 2008 song "Just Stand Up." The proceeds benefited Stand Up to Cancer. As a result of SU2C fundraising endeavors, the SU2C scientific advisory committee, overseen by the American Association for Cancer Research, was able to award $73.6 million towards cancer research.^[79]

On December 19, 2010, she performed "The Rose," joined by The Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles^[80] in remembrance of the many gay teenagers who committed suicide in 2010. On her weblog she wrote on June 18, 2011: "I believe in equality for everyone. I believe everyone should have the right to love and commit to whomever they want. [...] All I know is that in God's eyes we are all the same. I just wish we could see through the eyes of God more often."^[81]

Discography[link]

Studio albums[link]

• 1996: Blue
• 1997: You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs
• 1998: Sittin' on Top of the World
• 1999: LeAnn Rimes
• 2002: Twisted Angel
• 2004: What a Wonderful World
• 2005: This Woman
• 2006: Whatever We Wanna
• 2007: Family
• 2011: Lady & Gentlemen
• 2012: Spitfire

Compilation albums[link]

• 1997: Unchained Melody: The Early Years
• 2001: God Bless America
• 2002: I Need You
• 2003: Greatest Hits
• 2004: The Best of LeAnn Rimes

Filmography[link]

Publications[link]

• Holiday in Your Heart (1997) with Tom Carter^[18]
• Jag (2003)^[39]
• Jag's New Friend (2004)^[42]
• What I Cannot Change (2009) with Darrell Brown^[51]

Awards[link]

Country Music Association awards[link]

Academy of Country Music awards[link]

Grammy awards[link]

American music awards[link]

CMT music awards[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: LeAnn Rimes

• Official International Website
• Official Northern Lights movie site starring LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian (Defunct site prior to 5/12)
• LeAnn Rimes at the Internet Movie Database