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SO (and variations) may refer to:

• So (kana), the romanisation of the Japanese kana そ and ソ
• Superintending Officer in Construction
• Somalia ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code
  • .so, the top-level Internet domain of Somalia
• Somali language, (ISO 639)
• Special Olympics, an international organization created to help people with intellectual disabilities develop self-confidence and social skills through sports training and competition
• Significant other

Business[link]

• Sales order, an order received by a business from a customer
• Sosoliso Airlines IATA airline designator
• Superior Aviation IATA airline designator
• Austrian Air Services former IATA airline designator
• Southern Airways former IATA airline designator
• Southern Company stock ticker symbol
• Standard Oil (1870–1911), a predominant integrated oil producing, transporting, refining, and marketing company; dissolved by the US Supreme Court

Entertainment[link]

• Sierra Oscar, the call sign used by police officers in ITV serial drama The Bill
• Star Ocean, a role-playing game series by Enix

Music[link]

• So (album), a music album by Peter Gabriel
• So (band), a duo from the 80s formed by two members of The Opposition
• "So" (Static-X song), a song by industrial metal band Static-X
• "Sō (New Love New World)", a song by Japanese singer Masaharu Fukuyama
• "So", a song by War from the album Why Can't We Be Friends?
• Symphony orchestra, a type of orchestra

Military and police[link]

• SO10, a former Specialist Operations designation for the Metropolitan Police's Crime Operations Group
• SO11 or Specialist Operations - Intelligence, a defunct branch of Scotland Yard
• SO19, the Specialist Firearms Command of Scotland Yard, now known as CO19
• Special ops, another name for special forces

People[link]

• Sao civilisation or So, African civilisation and population that flourished from ca. the 6th century to ca. 15th century
• So (ethnic group), an ethnic group living in Laos and Northeast Thailand
• So (surname), the romanization of various East Asian surnames
• "s/o", short for "son of", frequently used by those without surnames in India, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia and elsewhere (where "a/l", the Malay translation, is used) - e.g. Muthusamy s/o Rajendran. "d/o" ("a/p" in Malaysia) is used for daughters

Places[link]

• Sao region or So region, an obsolete name for a region in West Africa that approximately coincides with modern day Cameroon's Far North Region and Nigeria's Adamawa State
• Canton of Solothurn, Switzerland
• County Sligo, Republic of Ireland
• So Phisai District, Bueng Kan Province, Thailand
• SO postcode area; the Southampton postcode area in the UK

Internet[link]

• Stack Overflow, a question and answer website for computer programming

Science and technology[link]

• SO, SO alias for SOIC chip "package"
• .so, a filename extension for a shared object (a dynamic library or module) in Unix and GNU/Linux
• Science Olympiad, a primarily American elementary, middle school, or high school team competition that requires knowledge of various science topics and engineering ability
• Service cable/cord, Oil-resistant, a type of power cord
• Shift Out, an ASCII control character in computing
• SO(4), a term used in mathematics, the group of rotations about a fixed point in four-dimensional Euclidean space
• SO(5), a term used in mathematics, the special orthogonal group of degree 5 over the field R of real numbers
• SO(8),a term used in mathematics, the special orthogonal group acting on eight-dimensional Euclidean space
• SO(10) (physics), a term used in particle physics, one of the grand unified theories is based on the SO(10) Lie group
• Special orthogonal group, a subset of an orthogonal group
• StarOffice, a commercial package of office software produced by Sun Microsystems
• Sulfur monoxide, a compound with the chemical formula SO
• Service orientation, a set of design principles in software engineering
• Second-order logic

Sports[link]

• Shootout in ice hockey
• So Taguchi, a MLB baseball player
• Strikeout, an official abbreviation, but more often abbreviated as K

Other[link]

• SO, Sony or Sony Ericsson's mobile phones of NTT DoCoMo in Japan
• Stellated octahedron
• S.O. refers to members of the Secular Oratory of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri whilst "C.O." for members of the Congregation
• shell-on shrimp
• So (dairy product), a type of dairy products made in ancient Japan

See also[link]

• Esso, an international trade name used by the Exxon Mobil Corporation and its related companies
• So and so (disambiguation)

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Jon McLaughlin (born September 27, 1982) is an American pop rock singer-songwriter and pianist from Anderson, Indiana. His debut album Indiana was released on May 1, 2007, preceded by his first EP Industry, also known as Jon McL, in February 2007. McLaughlin returned in 2008 with "Beating My Heart." The single is part of his second album entitled OK Now.

Early life and education[link]

McLaughlin grew up in Anderson, Indiana, playing piano since early childhood, though he disliked the lessons, and often sought to avoid them. While attending Highland High School, McLaughlin shattered both wrists in an accident that interrupted his musical expression. Rediscovering "his muse," McLaughlin attended Anderson University to study music.^[2]

Career[link]

McLaughlin released an independent album entitled, "Up Until Now" in 2003. This quickly led to McLaughlin becoming the first artist to sign on with the school's burgeoning record label, Orangehaus Records. The self-titled album released in 2004 to local and regional praise. He began touring, traveling throughout the Midwest and working up a grassroots following.

In 2005 McLaughlin recorded an 8-song EP, Songs I Wrote and Later Recorded, which reached the #1 spot on AwareStore.com. Touring expanded to across the country as support continued to grow for the independent artist. He also increased his fan base by playing at Timber Wolf Lake, a Young Life camp, with his first album entitled Jon McLaughlin. He caught the attention of other independent artists and began touring with artists such as Dave Barnes and Matt Wertz. In 2006 McLaughlin signed with iconic record label Island Records. Since then, McLaughlin has increased his presence at well-established musical venues and festivals such as Feeling Better Than Everfine (Cleveland, OH), Waterfest (Oshkosh, WI), Milwaukee Summerfest (Milwaukee, WI), Northwest State College Fest (Archbold, OH) and Lollapalooza (Chicago, IL). He has toured with Kelly Clarkson, O.A.R., Sister Hazel, Cowboy Mouth, Paolo Nutini, and Marc Broussard.^[3]

Major label debut[link]

Since signing with Island Records, McLaughlin increased his public image by providing music for the NBC comedy Scrubs, episode "My Conventional Wisdom," on May 10, 2007. McLaughlin's song, "Human" was included in the episode. The same song appeared at the end of the episode "The Walk-In" of Ghost Whisperer. "Beautiful Disaster" can also be heard in the hit TV series A Little Thing Called Life in the season two episode titled "The Greatest and Worst Halloween Ever."

To date, three Hollywood-released films have included songs from McLaughlin. The song "Another Layer" appeared on the soundtrack for the motion picture Bridge to Terabithia and "Beautiful Disaster" is used in the 2007 film Georgia Rule. McLaughlin also made an on-screen appearance and performance of the song, "So Close" (written by Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz) in the Oscar-nominated Disney film Enchanted. The song received an Oscar nomination.^[3] This led to McLaughlin performing at the 80th Academy Awards,^[4] which he attended with his wife Amy.^[5]

Rising fame[link]

McLaughlin opened on Kelly Clarkson's My December Tour beginning in October 2007, a role announced on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno on August 7, 2007. He has also toured extensively with similarly styled and popular singer-songwriter, Sara Bareilles.

He recorded a trio with Jason Mraz and Van Hunt for the Randy Jackson duets-album Randy Jackson's Music Club, Vol. 1. The track title is "Something to Believe In".^[6] McLaughlin's "Human" is also heard in TV Promos for CBS series' Flashpoint.

In 2008, McLaughlin appeared as himself in the film Enchanted starring Amy Adams and Patrick Dempsey singing "So Close", which led to a performance at the 2008 Academy Awards. In 2010, the song was used in Disney California Adventure's World of Color show.

McLaughlin's version of "Smack Into You", written and produced by The-Dream and Tricky Stewart, was leaked to the internet in 2008, but did not appear on OK Now. Beyoncé eventually covered the song and it was featured on her album I Am...Sasha Fierce, re-titled as 'Smash Into You'.

In June 2008, McLaughlin premiered "Beating My Heart", which was released to mainstream radio on July 22, 2008,^[7] prior to being sent to Hot Adult Contemporary (Hot AC) on June 10.^[8] "Beating My Heart", first single from his second studio album OK Now, is available with the rest of the album for download on iTunes and Amazon. The song was praised by Billboard single reviews editor Chuck Taylor, who wrote that "It's high time for singer/songwriter Jon McLaughlin to earn his due." following with a description of the song as "a joyous uptempo romantic romp, featuring hook after hook, from tinkling piano to driving percussion and a start-and-stop bridge, alongside a joyous effortless vocal that soars with falsetto to the high heavens. The accompanying video is simple enough, but effectively illustrates McLaughlin's charms as a palatable sex symbol. "Heart" pumps with instantaneous hit potential, and proper promotion of it could propel the artist to superstar status."

His song "We All Need Saving" (also from OK Now) has appeared on an advertisement for the TV Show The Event.

McLaughlin co-wrote "Every Time You Lie" and "Falling Over Me" with Demi Lovato for her second album Here We Go Again. The latter was originally a duet, but the final version only featured McLaughlin's backing vocals.

McLaughlin self-financed and released his third studio album Forever If Ever on September 7, 2011. He later signed to record label Razor & Tie and re-released the album as Promising Promises on May 22, 2012, remastering all the tracks and adding three new songs.^[9][10] The first single from the album, "Summer is Over," featuring Sara Bareilles, was released on January 10, 2012.

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

Independent albums[link]

• 2003: Up Until Now^[11]
• 2004: Jon McLaughlin^[11]
• 2005: Songs I Wrote and Later Recorded^[11]

Singles[link]

• ¹: Digital release.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Official Twitter
• Official Facebook
• Oficcial My Space
• ITunes
• Jon McLaughlin at VH1.com
• Jon McL at noisetrade

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Domenica "Nikka" Costa (born June 4, 1972) is an American singer whose music combines elements of funk, soul, and blues. She also had a career as a child singer starting in the early 1980s. She is the daughter of notable music producer Don Costa and is married to Australian producer/songwriter Justin Stanley.

Early life[link]

Nikka Costa was born in Tokyo, Japan.^[1] Her father Don Costa was a notable producer and a musician with many connections in the music business. During her childhood Costa was surrounded by famous musicians and traveled around the world with her father.^[1]

At age 5 Costa recorded a single with Hawaiian singer Don Ho. Italian producers Danny B. Besquet and Tony Renis were working with her father on the album Don Costa Plays the Beatles when they had a brainstorm to produce an album with Nikka singing while her father played acoustic guitar. The album was well-received in Europe and Costa became known as a child star. At age 9 Costa sang with Frank Sinatra in an appearance on the lawn of the White House.^[2]

Costa's career as a recording artist under her own name started in 1981, when she recorded the song "(Out Here) On My Own" (from the musical Fame). The single, recorded in Milano with the conductor Victor Bach and produced by Besquet and Renis, spent fourteen weeks at #1 in Italy, nine weeks at #1 in Spain, and five weeks at #1 in France. The song also reached #7 in Switzerland and #32 in the Netherlands. The album Nikka Costa, produced by Besquet and Remis, was released outside the U.S. in 1981. The album reached #1 in Europe and South America^{[citation needed]} and Costa toured around the world.^[1] Her second album Fairy Tales (cuentos de hadas) was released in 1983. Don Costa died of a heart attack shortly after the album was recorded. The pop album Here I Am... Yes, It's Me was released to fulfill a contractual obligation in 1989, though it still topped some charts in Europe.^[1] In 1990 she performed at the SanRemo Music Festival with a rendition of All for the Love, an English version of Vattene amore by Mietta and Amedeo Minghi.

After graduating from high school, Costa decided to move away from pop and moved toward funk and soul, becoming influenced by Motown artists.^[1]

Adult career[link]

While already a music business veteran, in the early 1990s Costa transitioned away from childhood pop to mature soul. She married Australian producer/songwriter Justin Stanley and moved to his country. (Costa and Stanley now have a daughter named Sugar McQueen.) While in Australia, Costa began writing her own songs and formed a "happy funk" band called Little Mona & The Shag Daddies, which broke up after four gigs in Sydney. Costa's next venture was a band called Sugarbone, which toured Australia in 1994. Costa describes the experience as "It was really scary to unveil it but the reaction was good. It helped my confidence." ^[3] After Sugarbone, she signed to the Mushroom label in Australia. In 1996 Costa released the album Butterfly Rocket in Australia, which reached the Top 20. The record led to a nomination for ARIA Music Awards Breakthrough Artist in 1996 and Best Female Artist in 1997.^[4]

In 2000, Costa's song "Like A Feather" was featured in a Tommy Hilfiger television advertising campaign. That exposure coupled with the track's music video helped launch her U.S. music career. The album Everybody Got Their Something was released in 2001 and reached #120 on the Billboard 200. The title track and "Like a Feather" were radio hits, although the latter did peak in the UK Singles Chart at #53.^[5] In 2005, Costa released the album can'tneverdidnothin'. She toured with Lenny Kravitz who also performed on the record. In 2006 she and her husband Justin recorded and performed the theme to the short-lived CBS sitcom "Courting Alex", which starred Jenna Elfman.

Costa was a guest singer on Mark Ronson's album Here Comes the Fuzz. Ronson has produced some of Costa's songs.^[6] Her song "Push & Pull" from the album Everybody Got Their Something is included in the soundtrack of the 2001 movie Blow starring Johnny Depp. Her song "Everybody Got Their Something", was used in the soundtrack of the 2009 movie All About Steve starring Sandra Bullock and Bradley Cooper. Her song "Stuck To You" from the album Pebble to a Pearl was used in an episode of Grey's Anatomy in season five.

Costa is currently signed with Stax Records.^[7] Her latest studio album Pebble to a Pearl was released on October 14, 2008. In 2010 she released the single "Ching Ching Ching" in Europe. The song is notable from a genre change from soul/funk to electro-pop. The single reached #77 in Germany, making it Costa's first single to chart in Germany since "On My Own" in 1981. A new album titled PRO★WHOA! was set for release in late 2010 but has been delayed until early 2011. Costa co-wrote the song "Diamonds Made from Rain" on Eric Clapton's 2010 album Clapton.

Costa sings a reinterpreted version of the INXS hit "Kick", on the INXS album Original Sin, digitally released in Australia in October 2010, and in the United States in April 2011.

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

• Nikka Costa (1981) - Released in Europe and South America
• Fairy Tales aka Cuentos de Hadas (1983) - Spanish album, released in Europe and South America
• Here I Am... Yes, It's Me aka Loca Tentación (1989) - Spanish album, released in Europe and South America
• Butterfly Rocket (1996) - Released only in Australia
• Everybody Got Their Something (2001) - US #120
• can'tneverdidnothin' (2005) - US #157
• Pebble to a Pearl (2008) - US #157
• PRO★WHOA! (2011)

Demos[link]

• Sugarbone (1994) - Three-track demo tape recorded in Australia
• Everybody Got Their Something - Demo (2001) - Featuring unreleased tracks and alternate mixes from the album sessions
• Can'tneverdidnothin' - Unreleased Version (2004) - Featuring unreleased tracks and alternate mixes from the album sessions

Remix albums[link]

• Return of the Funky White Bitch (2001) - a promo release featuring remixed versions of songs from Everybody Got Their Something, with remixes by Mark Ronson

Live albums[link]

• Live at the Bridge (1996) - EP bundled with the re-released version of Butterfly Rocket
• Live in Tokyo (2001) - promo CDR featuring a performance at Astro Hall
• Live at the Roxy (2005) - DVD sold at concerts

References[link]

Ravi Coltrane
McCoy Tyner (left) and Ravi Coltrane performing at the Newport Jazz Festival on August 13, 2005.
Background information
Born	(1965-08-06) August 6, 1965 (age 46)
Origin	Long Island, New York, USA
Genres	Jazz, post bop
Occupations	Saxophonist, composer, bandleader, record producer
Instruments	Tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, clarinet
Years active	1991–present
Labels	Warner Bros., RCA, Sony, Savoy Jazz
Website	www.ravicoltrane.com

Ravi Coltrane (b. August 6, 1965 in Long Island, New York) is an American post-bop jazz saxophonist. Co-owner of the record label RKM Music, he has produced artists such as pianist Luis Perdomo, guitarist David Gilmore, and trumpeter Ralph Alessi.^[1]

Biography[link]

Ravi Coltrane is the son of the legendary tenor saxophonist John Coltrane and jazz pianist Alice Coltrane. He is also cousin to experimental music producer Steven Ellison aka Flying Lotus. He was raised in Los Angeles, California, and was named after sitar player Ravi Shankar.

Ravi was two years old in 1967 when his father John Coltrane died. In 1986, he studied music, focusing on the saxophone at the California Institute of the Arts. Ravi has worked extensively with M-Base guru Steve Coleman, a significant influence on Ravi's own musical conception. Coltrane has played with Geri Allen, Kenny Barron, McCoy Tyner, Pharoah Sanders, Herbie Hancock, Carlos Santana, Stanley Clarke, Branford Marsalis and others.

In 1997, after performing on over thirty recordings as a sideman, Ravi entered the studio to record his first album as leader Moving Pictures, working with drummer Jeff "Tain" Watts, bassist Lonnie Plaxico and pianist Michael Cain. This led to extensive touring with his working featuring Andy Milne on piano, drummer Steve Hass, and bassist Lonnie Plaxico. His second disc, From the Round Box (2000), finds Coltrane in the company of pianist Geri Allen, trumpeter Ralph Alessi, bassist James Genus, and drummer Eric Harland. Followed by Mad 6 (2002) his first release for Sony music, featuring drummer Steve Hass, pianist George Colligan, and bassist James Genus and In Flux (2005) he has been working with bassist Drew Gress, pianist Luis Perdomo, and drummer E.J. Strickland.

In January 2005, Ravi Coltrane performed in India for the first time, as part of a delegation of American jazz musicians sent on a State Department tour to promote HIV/AIDS awareness. Also participating in the tour were vocalist Al Jarreau, guitarist Earl Klugh, and pianist George Duke. Performances included a January 16 concert in Mumbai (Bombay), a tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. in Delhi on January 17, and a music festival in Delhi on January 18 organized by violinist L. Subramaniam. Also on January 18, Ravi Coltrane stopped to visit and perform at the Ravi Shankar Centre, where Coltrane met with the man he was named after. Then picking up a clarinet to engage in an unplanned jam session with a pair of shehnai players, Coltrane said, "I'm a little nervous with the master here."^[2]

The Coltrane Quartet played at the Monterey Jazz Festival in 2001, the Montreux Jazz Festival and the Newport Jazz Festival in 2004, and the Vienne Jazz Festival in 2005.

In 2008, Ravi became part of The Blue Note 7, a septet formed that year in honor of the 70th anniversary of Blue Note Records. The group recorded an album in 2008, entitled Mosaic, which was released in 2009 on Blue Note Records/EMI, and toured the United States in promotion of the album from January until April 2009.^[3] The group plays the music of Blue Note Records from various artists, with arrangements by members of the band and Renee Rosnes.

Gallery[link]

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  Ravi Coltrane with McCoy Tyner, Christian McBride, Roy Haynes and Michael Brecker performing at the Newport Jazz Festival on August 14, 2004.

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  Ravi Coltrane with Terell Stafford and Charnett Moffett at the Newport Jazz Festival on August 13, 2005.

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  Ravi Coltrane at Bonnaroo, 2007.

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  Ravi Coltrane performing with The Blue Note 7 at the Manchester Craftsmen's Guild in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on April 4, 2009.