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Tommy LiPuma (born July 5, 1936 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American music producer. As of May 2012, LiPuma's productions have earned him 35 albums certified gold or platinum, 33 Grammy nominations, and 3 Grammy wins. He has worked with many musicians, including Barbra Streisand, Miles Davis, George Benson, Al Jarreau, Anita Baker, Natalie Cole, Claudine Longet, Dave Mason, the Yellowjackets, Michael Franks, Diana Krall, Sir Paul McCartney, The Story, The Crusaders, Joe Sample, Randy Crawford and Dr. John.
When LiPuma was a child, an extended bone infection caused him to find solace with a bedside radio, where he discovered rhythm-and-blues and jazz artists of that time – Ruth Brown, Big Maybelle, Charles Brown and Nat Cole. Inspired by the music, he began taking lessons on the tenor saxophone. While playing in local big bands, he also attended barber school, intending to follow in his father's footsteps. However, a chance opportunity to go on tour with a band changed his plans. His first proper music business job was working as an entry-level employee for a local Cleveland music distributor, M.S. Distributors, where eventually he became the local promotions representative.
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Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and composer. With John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr, he gained worldwide fame as the bassist of the rock band the Beatles, one of the most popular and influential groups in the history of pop music; his songwriting partnership with Lennon is one of the most celebrated of the 20th century. After the band's break-up, he pursued a solo career and formed Wings with his first wife, Linda, and Denny Laine.
McCartney has been recognised as one of the most successful composers and performers of all time, with 60 gold discs and sales of over 100 million albums and 100 million singles of his work with the Beatles and as a solo artist. More than 2,200 artists have covered his Beatles song "Yesterday", more than any other copyrighted song in history. Wings' 1977 release "Mull of Kintyre" is one of the all-time best-selling singles in the UK. A two-time inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as a member of the Beatles in 1988, and as a solo artist in 1999), and a 21-time Grammy Award winner (having won both individually and with the Beatles), McCartney has written, or co-written 32 songs that have reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100, and as of 2014 he has sold more than 15.5 million RIAA-certified units in the United States. McCartney, Lennon, Harrison and Starr received MBEs in 1965, and in 1997, McCartney was knighted for his services to music.
Another http://www.CoolCleveland.com video exclusive. When you've got 5-time Grammy winner Tommy LiPuma producing your album, you tend to think big. He's reached the pinnacle of success with artists like Barbara Streisand, Diana Krall, George Benson and Paul McCartney. So trumpeter Dominick Farinacci called in the best in the business to help cut his album in studio at the Tommy LiPuma Center for Creative Arts at Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland: drummer Steve Gadd, bassist Christian McBride, guitarist Dean Parks, pianist Larry Goldings, and engineer Al Schmitt. CoolCleveland's Thomas Mulready was granted exclusive access inside the control room with LiPuma & Farinacci and they revealed their techniques for choosing material, working up arrangements and recording some of the be...
At the Auditorium Stravinski 45th Montreux Jazz Festival
One of the music industry’s most innovative and uniquely creative forces for more than four decades, Verve Music Group Chairman Emeritus Tommy LiPuma’s legendary career is record business history in the making. With 35 gold and platinum records to his credit, more than 30 GRAMMY®nominations, and 5 GRAMMY Awards, he is one of the most successful pop and jazz producers ever. His keen ear for the magic of what makes a hit made him one of the industry’s most respected executives at A&M;, Blue Thumb, Warner Bros. and Elektra, before joining The GRP Recording Company as President in 1994. Hosted by Phil Ballman The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music is distinguished by its artist-as-mentor approach to classroom teaching; its progressive, innovative curriculum and focus on small-group p...
Another http://www.CoolCleveland.com video exclusive. The boy from Cleveland has gone on to become a three-time Grammy winning producer, working with greats such as Barbara Streisand, Miles Davis and George Benson.He helped create the modern jazz music industry with his involvement in record companies Blue Thumb Records, Elektra, GRP, Verve Music Group and Impulse! Records. But even after a major $3 million donation to Cuyahoga Community College and seeing his name on the wall of the Center for Creative Arts, which will be named after him in a ceremony tomorrow, he retains his humility and sense of humor. When asked how he would describe himself, he says, "A barber from E. 17th & Euclid." This Cleveland boy got his start in the music business when radio DJs and music industry professiona...
Mi cobertura del Festival Internacional De Jazz De Montreal 2013, no fue tan amplia como en años anteriores. Dado a que este año quise disfrutar mas desde el punto de vista como audiencia y no como productor. Pero esto no significa que ha sido menos fructífero que antes. El solo hecho de estar allí, es de por si un privilegio que a muy pocos les llega. Por ejemplo; compartir el honor de estar un momento en cámara, cara a cara con una de las grandes leyendas en la producción de la música norte Americana, como lo es Tommy Lipuma, es algo que en realidad no tiene precio. Escuchar de sus propias palabras sobre sus comienzos e influencias en la música y su conexión con el jazz, es realmente un privilegio y desde luego musica para el oído. Cuando nos habla de sus grandes logros como product...
To celebrate legendary music producer and Clevelander Tommy LiPuma's 80th birthday, the 37th Tri-C JazzFest threw a Big Birthday Bash featuring Diana Krall, Dr. John, Al Jarreau, Leon Russell and the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, along with a who's who of special guests. CoolCleveland caught up with some of those guests as they offered their best wishes for Tommy's big birthday: Composer and trumpeter Terence Blanchard, Clevelander Renee Chelm, Tri-C Dean of Creative Arts G. Paul Cox, trumpeter Dominick Farinacci, drummer Jeff Hamilton, Tri-C President Alex Johnson, Mark Leddy & Cindy Barber of the Beachland Ballroom, bassist Christian McBride, keyboardist Ricky Peterson, engineer Al Schmitt, musicians Leo & Ben Sidran, Former Cleveland City Councilman Jay Westbrook, along with volun...
Paul McCartney en Tommy LiPuma in gesprek over het nieuwe album 'Kisses On The Bottom' (release 3 februari) 'Kisses On The Bottom' bevat McCartney's favoriete 'American Songbook'-muziek, waarmee hij is opgegroeid en waaruit hij veel inspiratie haalde voor zijn eigen songs. Zo verwijst de titel naar de opener van het album; 'I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter', een hit van Fats Waller uit 1935. Daarnaast bevat het album twee eigen composities getiteld 'My Valentine' en 'Only Our Hearts'. Voor beide songs schakelde Paul McCartney gastmuzikanten in, respectievelijk Eric Clapton en Stevie Wonder. Daarnaast is op het album een grote rol weggelegd voor Diana Krall en haar band. McCartney's nieuwe album is opgenomen in de legendarische Capitol Studio's in Los Angeles, in New Y...
Another http://www.CoolCleveland.com video exclusive. Legendary record producer and music executive Tommy LiPuma returns regularly to Tri-C, where the Center for Creative Arts bears his name. He'll be leading a talk or two during the upcoming JazzFest, one with Michael Feinstein on Fri 4/26, and possibly another. We caught up with Tommy for this exclusive interview, then joined him for an exclusive listening session where he joined his friend and fellow producer Bruce Botnick and previewed tracks from the upcoming Leon Russell album Tommy has been producing. Botnick produced The MC5, The Doors, and Love, as well as Broadway and music for films such as E.T., Star Trek and Rambo. On Tue 3/12, Tommy and Bruce will produce a session with Tri-C students during the day, then answer question...
Another http://www.CoolCleveland.com video exclusive. In session at the Tommy LiPuma Center for Creative Arts at Tri-C in Cleveland, legendary session drummer Steve Gadd has laid down the beat for many songs you've tapped your foot to. You know the funky syncopation of Paul Simon's "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover," and the off-the-charts drum solos in Steely Dan's "Aja." Plus, he's drummed for Aretha Franklin, Chick Corea, Weather Report, Roberta Flack, Paul McCartney, Frank Sinatra, James Brown, Laurie Anderson, Ray Charles, Luciano Pavarotti, Charles Mingus, Eric Clapton, Peter Gabriel, Stevie Wonder, as well as his own Steve Gadd Band and The Gaddabouts, to name just a few. Gadd speaks with CoolCleveland's Thomas Mulready about his drum technique, the artists he's played with, and wha...
Ano/Year:1977 Selo/Label:Warner Faixas/Tracks: 1-‘S Wonderful (George Gershwin – Ira Gershwin)-00:00 2-Estate(Bruno Martino – Bruno Brighetti)-04:10 3-Tin Tin Por Tin Tin (Haroldo Barbosa – Geraldo Jaques)-10:39 4-Bésame Mucho (Consuelo Velasquez – Sonny Skylar)-14:20 5-Wave (Antônio Carlos Jobim)-23:10 6-Caminhos Cruzados (Antônio Carlos Jobim)-27:52 7-Triste (Antônio Carlos Jobim)-34:08 8-Zíingaro (Antônio Carlos Jobim – Chico Buarque)-38:28 Produção/Production:Tommy LiPuma, Helen Keane Arranjos e Conduçao/Arrangements and Conducted: Claus Ogerman Músicos/Musicians: João Gilberto:Violão/Acoustic Guitar, Vocais/Vocals Grady Tate, Joe Correro:Drums/Bateria Jim Hughart:Baixo/Bass Ralph Grierson:Teclados/Keyboards
Weekend In L.A. メローなロスの週末 Released: 1978 Tracklist . SIDE1 A1 Weekend In L.A. 7:21 A2 On Broadway 10:03 SIDE2 B1 Down Here On The Ground 4:57 B2 California P.M. 6:59 B3 The Greatest Love Of All 5:23 SIDE3 C1 It´s All In The Game 3:50 C2 Windsong 7:17 C3 Ode To A Kudu 6:04 SIDE4 D1 Lady Blue 3:30 D2 We All Remember Wes 5:37 D3 We As Love 6:43 Personnel George Benson - guitar, vocals Jorge Dalto - piano Ronnie Foster - synthesizer Phil Upchurch - rhythm guitar Ralph MacDonald - percussion Stanley Banks - bass Harvey Mason, Sr. - drums Nick DeCaro - string synthesizer Producer-Tommy LiPuma
A#1 - The Frog A#2 - Celestial Showers A#3 - Bambu A#4 - Lunar Time - A#5 - Cade Jodel? (The Beautiful One) B#1 - Debutante's Ball B#2 - Straight Jacket B#3 - Mosquito (Fly) B#4 - Almas-Irmas B#5 - Malandro Credits Acoustic Guitar – Oscar Neves Arranged By – Eumir Deodato Arranged By, Organ, Piano – Donato Bass – Chuck Domanico Creative Director [Time & Space] – Bob Krasnow, Tommy LiPuma Drums – Dom Um Romao, Mark Stevens (2), Paulino Electric Guitar – Warren Klein Engineer – Hank Cicalo Flute – Bud Shank Mixed By – Gary Kellgren Percussion – Emil Richards, Joe Porcaro Producer – Emil Richards Reeds – Bill Hood, Don Menza, Ernie Watts, Jack Nimitz Trombone – Jimmy Cleveland, Ken Shroyer Trumpet – Conti Candoli, Jimmy Zito, Pete Candoli Written-By – Joao Donato
Great musician☆Joe Sample Spellbound 1989 Album Track Listing Seven Years of Good Luck 5:11 Joe Sample Spellbound 4:29 Joe Sample Somehow Our Love Survives 4:34 Michael Franks / Joe Sample All God's Children 6:14 Joe Sample Leading Me Back to You 5:04 Michael Franks / Joe Sample U-Turn 4:50 Mark Kibble / Joe Sample / D. Thomas / Mervyn Warren Bone's Jive 3:53 Joe Sample Luna en New York 4:45 Ruben Blades / Joe Sample Sermonized 4:39 Joe Sample Looking Glass 2:47 Joe Sample Personnel Lenny Castro - percussion Michael Landau - guitar Steve Gadd Joe Sample - piano, synthesizer Robbie Buchanan - programming Larry Williams - synthesizer Chuck Domanico - acoustic bass John Robinson - drums John Pena - bass Carlos Nunez Carolina De Leon - background...
In Flight Vinyl, LP, Album Release Date 1977 (Some sound jump there!) Track Listing Nature Boy 5:58 Eden Ahbez George Benson The Wind and I 5:04 Ronnie Foster George Benson The World Is a Ghetto 9:41 War George Benson Gonna Love You More 4:37 Morris Albert George Benson Valdez in the Country 4:28 Donny Hathaway George Benson Everything Must Change 8:05 Benard Ighner George Benson Artist Credit Eden Ahbez Composer Morris Albert Composer Stanley Banks Bass George Benson Guitar, Primary Artist, Vocals Jorge Dalto Clavinet, Guest Artist, Keyboards, Piano Mike Doud Art Direction, Design Ronnie Foster Composer, Guest Artist, Keyboards, Mini Moog, Moog Synthesizer, Piano (Electric) Donny Hathaway Composer Don Henderson As...
TRACKLIST: 01. Sanpaku. (0:00) 02. When it’s over. (4:16) 03. Living on the inside. (7:23) 04. Hideaway. (13:03) 05. Jardin botanico. (17:14) 06. Underneath the apple tree. (20:48) 07. Tiger in the rain. (26:42) 08. Satisfaction guaranteed. (31:03) 09. Lifeline. (34:44) Strangely enough, Tiger in the Rain would have been a smoother transition from Sleeping Gypsy, just as Burchfield Nines would have been a more natural follow-up to The Art of Tea. For the first time, Michael Franks made an album completely without the production team of Tommy LiPuma, Al Schmitt and Lee Hershberg, employing instead John Simon the Band, Janis Joplin, Leonard Cohen. The recording boasts a large number of celebrated horn and string players, as well as jazz luminaries Ron Carter, Bucky Pizzarelli, Kenny Barron...
TRACKLIST: 01. Baseball. (0:00) 02. Inside you. (3:51) 03. All dressed up with nowhere to go. (8:05) 04. Lotus blossom. (11:54) 05. On my way home to you. (16:14) 06. One bad habit. (21:07) 07. Loving you more and more. (25:15) 08. Still life. (29:01) 09. He tells himself he’s happy. (33:16) With Tommy LiPuma and Al Schmitt back producing, Michael Franks again moves in a different direction on One Bad Habit, with mixed results. Easily considered his commercial breakthrough, the album often lacks the lyrical and imaginative songwriting of previous efforts and sounds at times like two different albums. The contributions of Clare and Andre Fischer help bolster some of the more ambitious music, while players like Eddie Gómez, Eric Gale and David Spinozza at times appear underutilized. The t...
The Blue Note Jazz Club just celebrated their 30th Anniversary and what better way to bring it in is to have seven-time Grammy Award winning jazz/R&B; vocalist Al Jarreau perform to a week of sold-out performances. Mr. Jarreau was backed by the legendary George Duke and his trio featuring Mike Manson, Esperanza Spaulding, and Terri Lyne Carrington. The performances were also on the heels of the new recording "Al Jarreau and the George Duke Trio, Live at The Half Note, Volume. 1," the first of three vintage recordings that George recorded of them when they were both getting started in music when they performed in San Fransisco, California in the mid-1960's. George had the material sitting in his closet for decades and decided to have Al listen to the material and gave the go ahead to release...
Another http://www.CoolCleveland.com video exclusive. You have probably seen Jacob Collier's YouTube video of Stevie Wonder's "Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing," (901,209 views), or the Willy Wonka song, "Pure Imagination" (202,912 views), or some of his other videos that have attracted almost 3.5 million views. Collier was in Cleveland for trumpeter Dominick Farinacci's new album project, produced by the legendary Tommy LiPuma and first-call studio players like drummer Steve Gadd, guitarist Dean Parks, keyboardist Larry Goldings, and bassist Christian McBride. Cool Cleveland's Thomas Mulready spoke with Collier during a break in the studio at Tri-C's Tommy LiPuma Center for Creative Arts, after a sleepless night during which he put together an arrangement of "Somebody I Used To Know." The...
Two luminaries of the jazz world have returned to their hometown — and to Cuyahoga Community College to create a star-studded album in Tri-C’s state-of-art recording studios. This project unites acclaimed trumpeter Dominick Farinacci and five-time Grammy winning producer Tommy LiPuma with an impressive team of musicians. The project represents the first time nationally recognized artists, engineers and producers make an entire album at Tri-C’s Tommy LiPuma Center for Creative Arts. In addition to the making of the album, Tri-C students in photography, filmmaking, design, recording arts and music are involved in observing and creating projects based on the week’s events. High school and college students will take part by attending master classes and observing the recording sessions. http:...
Recorded January 1976 at Capitol Records Studios, Hollywood, California Label Warner Bros. Producer Tommy LiPuma
From her 1982 album, Windsong. Written by Bill LaBounty & Roy Freeland. Produced by Tommy LiPuma Recorded & Mixed by Al Schmitt at Sound Labs & Capitol Recording, Hollywood Assistant Engineers : Don Koldon & Hugh Davies Production Coordination : Noel Nwbolt & Jan Abbazia Mastered by Mike Reese at the Mastering Lab. Hollywood Rhythm Arrangements by Leon Pendarvis Horn Arrangements by Larry Williams Horn Arrangements on "Don't Come Knockin'" & "He Reminds Me" by Jerry Hey String Arrangements : Nick DeCaro String contracting : Frank DeCaro Rhythm Section : Leon Pendarvis : Keyboards Abraham Laboriel : Bass Jeff Porcaro : Drums Steve Lukather : Guitar Dean Parks : Guitar Lenny Castro : Percussion Michael Sembello : Guitars on "I Don't Want To Lose Him" Buzz Feiten : Solo Guitar on "Don't C...