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Teo Macero (October 30, 1925 – February 19, 2008), born Attilio Joseph Macero, was an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and record producer. He was a producer at Columbia Records for twenty years, and most notably produced the Miles Davis album, Kind of Blue, which at #12, is the highest-ranked jazz album on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, and according to the RIAA, is the best-selling jazz album of all time. Macero also produced Davis' Bitches Brew, and Dave Brubeck's Time Out, which, along with Kind of Blue, are three of the best-known and most influential jazz albums of all time.
Teo Macero was born and raised in Glens Falls, New York. After serving in the United States Navy, he moved to New York City in 1948 to attend the Juilliard School of Music. He studied composition, and graduated from Juilliard in 1953 with Bachelor's and Master's degrees.
In 1953, Macero co-founded Charles Mingus' Jazz Composers Workshop, and became a major contributor to the New York City avant-garde jazz scene. As a composer, Macero wrote in an atonal style, as well as in third Stream, a synthesis of jazz and classical music. He performed live, and recorded several albums with Mingus and the other Workshop members over the next three years, including Jazzical Moods (in 1954) and Jazz Composers Workshop (in 1955).
Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991) was an American jazz musician, trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis was, with his musical groups, at the forefront of several major developments in jazz music, including bebop, cool jazz, hard bop, modal jazz, and jazz fusion.
Miles Dewey Davis was born on May 26, 1926, to an affluent African American family in Alton, Illinois. His father, Dr. Miles Henry Davis, was a dentist. In 1927 the family moved to East St. Louis, Illinois. They also owned a substantial ranch in northern Arkansas, where Davis learned to ride horses as a boy.
Davis' mother, Cleota Mae (Henry) Davis, wanted her son to learn the piano; she was a capable blues pianist but kept this fact hidden from her son. His musical studies began at 13, when his father gave him a trumpet and arranged lessons with local musician Elwood Buchanan. Davis later suggested that his father's instrument choice was made largely to irk his wife, who disliked the trumpet's sound. Against the fashion of the time, Buchanan stressed the importance of playing without vibrato; he was reported to have slapped Davis' knuckles every time he started using heavy vibrato. Davis would carry his clear signature tone throughout his career. He once remarked on its importance to him, saying, "I prefer a round sound with no attitude in it, like a round voice with not too much tremolo and not too much bass. Just right in the middle. If I can’t get that sound I can’t play anything."Clark Terry was another important early influence.[citation needed]
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American composer, pianist, and big-band leader. Ellington wrote over 1,000 compositions. In the opinion of Bob Blumenthal of The Boston Globe "In the century since his birth, there has been no greater composer, American or otherwise, than Edward Kennedy Ellington." A major figure in the history of jazz, Ellington's music stretched into various other genres, including blues, gospel, film scores, popular, and classical. His career spanned more than 50 years and included leading his orchestra, composing an inexhaustible songbook, scoring for movies, composing stage musicals, and world tours. Several of his instrumental works were adapted into songs that became standards. Due to his inventive use of the orchestra, or big band, and thanks to his eloquence and extraordinary charisma, he is generally considered to have elevated the perception of jazz to an art form on a par with other traditional genres of music. His reputation increased after his death and the Pulitzer Prize Board bestowed on him a special posthumous honor in 1999.
Everybody, get on the floor
What the hell'd U come here 4?
Girl it ain't no use, U might as well get loose
Work your body like a whore
Say everybody -- Get on the beat
We're gonna show U mothers how 2 scream
People everywhere, loosen up your hair
Take a deeper breath and sing along with me, yes
Are U ready?
Everybody everybody ooh (ooh), alright (alright), dance music sex romance
Oh, everybody say ooh (ooh), alright (alright), dance music sex romance
Everybody (everybody) -- Loosen up
Shake it like U just don't care (Shake it like U just don't care)
Nevermind your friends, girl it ain't no sin
2 strip right down 2 your underwear
I say everybody (everybody) -- Screw the masses
We only want 2 have some fun (Have some fun)
I say do whatever we want, wear lingerie 2 a restaurant
Police ain't got no gun, U don't have 2 run
Everybody ooh (ooh), alright (alright), dance music sex romance
Everybody say ooh (ooh), alright (alright), dance music sex romance, oh
Everybody clap your hands now
All the white people clap your hands on the four now
One two three, one two three, one two three, one two three, listen 2 me
I don't wanna be a poet
'Cuz I don't wanna blow it
I don't care 2 win awards
All I wanna do is dance
Play music sex romance
And try my best 2 never get bored
If U feel all right lemme hear U scream
Somebody say dance (dance), music (music),
sex (sex), romance (romance)
Somebody say dance (dance), music (music),
sex (sex), romance (romance)
Everybody say dance (dance), music (music),
sex (sex), romance (romance)
Everybody say dance (dance), music (music),
oh say sex (sex), romance (romance)
Everybody dance (dance), music (music),
everybody say sex (sex), romance (romance) ((D.M.S.R.))
Everybody dance (dance), music (music),
sex(sex), romance (romance) ((D.M.S.R.))
alright
Jamie Starr's a thief
It's time 2 fix your clock
Vanity 6 is so sweet
No U can all take a bite of my purple rock, can we stop?
Are U ready? (Hey!)
Everybody sing this song now, ooh (ooh), alright (alright),
dance music sex romance
Everybody sing it, ooh (ooh), alright (alright),
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Negroes say ooh (ooh), alright (alright),
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Puerto Ricans say it, ooh (ooh), alright (alright),
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Everybody sing this song, ooh (ooh), alright (alright),
dance music sex romance
All the white people in the house say ooh (ooh), alright (alright),
dance music sex romance
Japanese say 1 time ooh (ooh), alright (alright),
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Everybody sing together, say ooh (ooh), alright (alright),
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Somebody call the police (Somebody call the police!)
say ooh, ooh, yeah (Help me! Someone please help me! Somebody help me)