Jazz Manouche or "Gypsy Jazz"

Django Reinhardt Playlist




Collectif Jazz Manouche Playlist

Medieval, Baroque & the Renaissance Music Room Collection

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A House is Not a Home & other versions

Luther Vandross - A House is Not A Home (LIVE Version)



Patti Labelle on Luther Vandross Funeral

Patti Labelle speaks and sings to the world in memory of Luther Vandross. Patti and Luther will be always remember like the best, emotional speak, very touching. And recite a poem from his mother to his son Luther.

Dayunday

Zainudin singing. April 2000, IRM village. I interviewed 3 dayunday singers in Cotabato last December, and one in Taguig yesteray, and they agree that the dayunday was created during martial law by a certain famous singer who is still alive in Mindanao (I know his name but have to ask permission to publish it). Originally as a part of wedding entertainment, the dayunday was later utilized by politicians in Cotabato City to attract people to their rallies during post-martial law elections (see the book by McKenna 1999, Muslim Rulers and Rebels). In Manila nowadays, it is frequently used as a despedida for those going abroad. No one mentioned it being used as a lullaby, but perhaps that is where the main melody comes from--I'm not sure. Even if melodies were taken from some other genres like sengal sa wata or definitely from bayuk, but the word "dayunday" itself was created by this said famous singer specifically for this format of courtship repartee. Originally the singing was between a man (the famous singer) and a woman, later adding another woman. Nowadays, two men courting one woman is the most popular format because of the slapstick antics by the two fellows. If you notice, the guitar playing is influenced from kudyapi and not western guitar (i.e. chordal harmony). Before the dayunday, genres such as dindiken and "Moro songs" or "rebel songs" narrated stories about the war in Mindanao (1970s) and the experiences and sentiments of Magindanaon people during those times. Please feel free to send me your comments on the dayunday, especially if you've been to them. I'm writing a book. Also, I'd appreciate any insight into Magindanaon courtship practices either during past times or today.

Video taken 2000, IRM Village, near Maharlika Village, Taguig. Singers names are Zainudin, Farida, and Mando.

Sir James Galway & Tiempo Libre

The collaboration was inspired by Galway's desire to record Claude Bolling's 'Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio,' but with a Cuban twist.

Sir James Galway, flute

Tiempo Libre:
Jorge Gomez, piano/leader
Tebelio Fonte, bass
Leandro Gonzalez, conga
Hilario Bell, drums

Available worldwide - September 15, 2008

World-renowned flautist Sir James Galway unites with the sensational Cuban timba group Tiempo Libre for "O'Reilly Street."

Video copyright 2008, Sony BMG Masterworks.


Sir James Galway/Tiempo Libre: 'Fugace' by Claude Bolling



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I Will Not Be Fine

I will not be fine by Justin Taylor

Flamenco Virtuoso

"The Fire Cadenza composed & performed by Lawson Rollins

Ang Awit ni Maria Clara - Dr. Jose Rizal

Ang Awit ni Maria Clara - Dr.Jose Rizal

Ang tulang ito'y matatagpuan sa Noli Me Tangere ang inawit ni Maria Clara, kaya gayon ang pamagat. Ito’y punung-puno ng pag-ibig sa bayang tinubuan.

Kay tamis ng oras sa sariling bayan,
Kaibigan lahat ang abot ng araw,
At sampu ng simoy sa parang ay buhay,
Aliw ng panimdim pati kamatayan.

Maalab na halik ang nagsaliw-saliw
Sa labi ng inang mahal, pagkagising;
Ang pita ng bisig as siya’y yapusin,
Pati mga mata’y ngumigiti mandin.

Kung dahil sa bayan, kay tamis mamatay,
Doon sa kasuyo ang abot ng araw;
Kamatayan pati ng simoy sa parang
Sa walang pag-ibig, ni ina, ng Bayan.

Imno sa Pag-gawa ni Dr. Jose Rizal

Imno sa Paggawa ni Dr. Jose Rizal

Salin sa tulang “Himno al Trabajo” na sinulat ni Rizal sa kahilingan ng kaniyang mga kaibigang taga-Lipaa, Batangas upang awitin sa pag-diriwang dahil sa pagiging lungsod ng Lipa. Inihandog niya ang tula sa masisipag na tao ng Lipa. Pinuri niyang maigi ang paggawa’t kasipagan ng tao “ Paggawa’y purihin na siyang sa baya’y nagbibigay-ningning.” Pinagpayuhan niya ang kabataang sumunod sa yapak ng masisipag na nakakatanda upang maging karapat-dapat sa kanila, sapagka’t” sa patay ang papuri’y wala, maliban sa isang anak na dakila.”

KORO

Dahilan sa Bayan sa pagdirigmaan,
Dahil sa Bayan din sa kapayapaan,
Itong Pilipino ay maasahang
Marunong mabuhay o kaya’y mamatay.

(Mga Lalaki)

Nakukulayan na ang dakong Silangan,
Tayo na sa bukid, paggawa’y simulan,
Pagka’t ang paggawa’y siyang sumusuhay
Sa bayan, sa angkan, sa ating tahanan.

Lupa’y maaring magmamatigas naman,
At magwalang-awa ang sikat ng araw
Kung dahil sa anak, asawa at Bayan,
Ang lahat sa ating pagsinta’y gagaan.

KORO
(Mga babaing may Asawa)

Magmasigla kayong yao sa gawain,
Pagka’t ang baba’y nasa-bahay natin,
At itinuturo sa batang mahalin
Ang Bayan, ang dunong at gawang magaling

Pagdatal ng gabi ng pagpapahinga,
Kayo’y inaantay ng tuwa’t ligaya
At kung magkataong saama ang manguna,
Ang magpapatuloy ang gawa’y ang sinta.

KORO
(Mga Dalaga)

Mabuhay! Mabuhay! Paggawa’y purihin
Na siyang sa Baya’y nagbibigay-ningning!
At dahil sa kanya’y taas ng paningin,
Yamang siya’y dugo at buhay na angkin.

At kung may binatang nais na lumigaw,
Ang paggawa’y siyang ipaninindigan;
Sapagka’t ang taong may sipag na taglay,
Sa iaanak nya’y magbibigay-buhay.

KORO
(Mga Bata)
Kami ay turuan ninyo ng gawain;
At ang bukas ninyo’y aming tutuntunin
Bukas, kung tumawag ang bayan sa amin,
Ang inyong ginawa’y aming tatapusin.

Kasabihan niyong mga matatanda:
“Kung ano ang ama’y gayon din ang bata,”
sapagka’t sa patay ang papuri’y wala.
Maliban sa isang anak na dakila.

Fragile by Sting

"Fragile"

If blood will flow when flesh and steel are one
Drying in the colour of the evening sun
Tomorrow's rain will wash the stains away
But something in our minds will always stay
Perhaps this final act was meant
To clinch a lifetime's argument
That nothing comes from violence and nothing ever could
For all those born beneath an angry star
Lest we forget how fragile we are

On and on the rain will fall
Like tears from a star like tears from a star
On and on the rain will say
How fragile we are how fragile we are

On and on the rain will fall
Like tears from a star like tears from a star
On and on the rain will say
How fragile we are how fragile we are
How fragile we are how fragile we are

Puerto Rico y su Música

Linda Campesina by Edwin Cólon Zayas

Ang mga awitin ni Gary Granada

Music Like Herbie Hancock

Song For My Father by Horace Silver

Horace Silver (born September 2, 1928), born Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silva[1] in Norwalk, Connecticut, is an American jazz pianist and composer. His father was from Cape Verde and his mother was born in New Canaan, Connecticut and was of Irish-African descent. Silver is known for his distinctive humorous and funky playing style and for his pioneering contributions to hard bop. Silver was influenced by a wide range of musical styles, notably gospel music, African music, and Latin American music and sometimes ventured into the soul jazz genre.More info here>>>

A Song for Dad

Guyz Nite: 'Father's Day'

June 13, 2008 - The New York hard-rock band Guyz Nite plays riff-laden odes to old-fashioned maleness, from party-hearty frat-guy fare to a profanity-laced declaration of appreciation for the Die Hard movies. The band's own name demonstrates how far Guyz Nite buries its tongue in its cheek — the singer is named Guy Manley, for starters — and its song "Father's Day" is no different: There's a jokiness inherent in everything from the song's mid-'80s hard-rock arrangement to its celebration of the manly lessons passed from father to son.Read more here>>>

Songs for Dad: Father's Day Jazz

KPLU, June 12, 2008 - Sunday (June 15,2008) is Father's Day. If you're a dad, congratulations; these songs are for you. If you're a son or a daughter, here's a list of dad-friendly jazz songs to let your father know you're thinking of him. More here>>>

The Birth of Bossa Nova

WBGO, June 2, 2008 - The summer of 1958 was the season of bossa nova. Fifty years ago, a movement of melody, harmony, lyrics, and rhythm sent a fresh wave of sound throughout Brazil. In the years to follow, a small group of idealistic musicians — including Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes, Joao Gilberto (in picture: was one of the key bossa nova pioneers )and a handful of others — would write some of the most enduring melodies in music history. Here are five songs from the magical era when the gentle sound of Brazil hypnotized the world.

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Musicophilia:Tales of Music & the Brain by Oliver Sacks

There are a range of human reactions to music: from indifference to rapture, from "amusia" (the inability to recognize certain aspects of music) to a synesthetic response that imbues every musical note with its own color and taste. Our sensitivities to music can become dangerous-whether is from songs we simply can't get out of our heads or the non stop musical hallucinations a surprising number of us experience night and day. Yet far more frequently, music goes right: it can help people with Parkinson's disease who cannot otherwise move, give words to stroke patients who cannot otherwise speak, and organize people's memories who suffer from Alzheimer's or amnesia. It is clear that music has a unique power to alter the brain in remarkable and complex ways, and in ways we are only beginning to understand.

To learn more: CLICK HERE to Read & Watch Video lecture here!

Musician's Brain Are Different!

A Rare Insrument Demonstration

Musicians and rare instrument aficionados Curtis Berak and Bruce Teter discuss and demonstrate a range of unusual musical devices, including the bagpipe and the hurdy-gurdy. The performance was held in the USC Hancock Museum, Rococo Music Salon on March 24, 2004, in conjunction with an exhibition of rare instruments 'Sacred Rattles and Sympathetic Strings. Read & Watch Video for more>>> or CLICK HERE>>>

The Music of Astor Piazolla

The Array Mbira

The array mbira is a modern instrument of the African thumb piano family, usually played with the thumbs and sometimes fingers commonly using metal tines.
The array mbira is a radical redesign of the African mbira. The notes of the array mbira are arranged according to the array system, invented in the United States by inventor/perform-er/author Bill Wesley. The array system is a way to rearrange the pattern by which the notes are positioned on a wide variety of musical instruments, and is both isomorphic and unimorphic (meaning that all the notes of any given key signature will be unified into a single area that excludes notes outside that key signature). There is only one unimorphic planar system, and that is the system employed on the array mbira.
The array mbira is played by a number of popular musicians, including Ry Cooder (Buena Vista Social Club and Talking Timbuktu), Emil Richards, Pharoah Sanders, Mileece, Shannon Terry, and Imogen Heap.

SoundClips & MP3's Playlist

The Music of Mexico

Tlacochahuaya (La Noche del Castillo) Fireworks Night
About the video: As part of lighting fireworks, on some towns, that is also a night where the local band performs the best of their repertoire, and it may include different pieces, depending on the director, and how the musicians have been exposed to other arrangements while they are part of the State or Military Band. Luckily, this time this band seems to be well organized with a very talented director and members. Maestro Jose Angeles Martínez leads them in this performance of this "pasodoble" titled: "Forever Summer" (Sempre Verano)written by Maestro Martín Clavijo from Texcoco in the State of México. The soloist, Constantino Blas Pérez, proudly native of this town, displays a very good technique, sound and color on his trumpet, proof of the flexibility and adaptability of this instrument.



Another beautiful piece is this polka ("Al besarte Concepción") "When I Kiss you Concepción", (Concepción, is a popular girl's name in Latin América). We have this talented musician, Maestro Sergio Garcia Hernández, native of this town, who displays a very good knowledge of this instrument, and the velvety sound of it, combined with the playful tempo and melody gives us a magnificent performance. We can also hear how flexible this instrument has been in its adaptation to different genres. Through them we have proof of how well the bands in the Valley of Oaxaca have developed.



About the video: Every Orchestra, Band or Ensemble holds the tradition of having guest performers. The Band of Maestro Jose Angeles Martinez in Tlacochahuaya also puts that into practice, as a way to enrich the Band's performance with the talent and expertise of outside musicians. These are long time friends that Maestro Angeles has known when he was part of the State and Military Band, and also some musical organizations in Mexico City. Here, we have Maestro Erasmo Vasquez Martinez from the nearby town of Macuilxochitl performing "Czardas", a piece form the famous Italian composer Vittorio Monti. The piece seems very sober and melancholic in its beginning, but suddenly turns the tone into something full of charm and joy, proving the sweetness of woodwind trought the clarinet.



About the video: Another talented guest musician is Maestro Junior Martinez Garcia from the nearby town of Guelace, who interprets this "pasodoble" titled: "The Virgin of Tepeyac". This performer dispalys a very advanced technique and some notes are remarked with such brightness, that it matches perfectly with the genre, since "pasodobles" are ususally related to bullfight.



Ths pasodoble "The Virgin of Tepeyac" was interpreted by both, a local and a guest musician in the same performance, I only divided the video for it to upload propperly. Is the turn now for Maestro Constantino Blas Perez, proudly native of Tlacochahuaya, to delight us. Displays a very mature technique and also a soft dark sound, yet with a good balance in color and brightness.



This polka is titled "Hilda", which is also a popular girl's name in Latin America. This night concert was held to light fireworks to celebrate St. Jeronimo in Tlacochahuaya, Oaxaca, on September 2006. It is closed beautifully with a local talent, Maestro Constanino Blas Perez. Trough this magnificent performace we have an example of the great development that Philharmonic Bands have achieved in Oaxaca, and the skills of musicians and directors in this towns.

Music Creativity

Palawan Music Lovers

GONG at RITMO ng KONTRA-GAPI

Lunggating Pilipino, Edru Abraham at ang
KONTempoRAryang GAmelan PIlipino (KONTRA-GAPI)

1. Ating Pilipinas sa Timog Silangang Asya
2. Ritwal ng Baybaylan: Alay sa Kalikasan
a) Una
b) Pangalawa
3. Kaya ng Pinoy
a) Una
b) Pangalawa
k) Pangatlo
4. Palu-palo ng mga Ivatan sa Batanes
5. Binalig ng mga Magindanaw sa Katimugang Pilipinas
6. Aliwan ng mga Ita sa Bundok Pinatubo
a) Una
b) Pangalawa
7. Tallelet ng mga Yogad sa Probinsiya ng Isabela
8. Pangalay ng mga Tausug sa Tawi-tawi
9. Gangsa Palook ng mga Kalinga sa Kordilyera
10. Kaysarap Mabuhay sa Bayang Payapa
a) Una
b) Pangalawa

The Music of Nilo Alcala II

NILO BELARMINO ALCALA II

Nilo Alcala is the 2004 2nd-prize winner of the Asian Composers League (ACL) Young Composers Award for his chamber piece "chuck d' cheeky chat" during the ACL Music Conference held in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, Israel on October 18 t 24, 2004. He was also the Philippine delegate to and a featured composer ("Dancing Delusions") in the CD and DVD recording of the 1st I'mPULSE International Music Camp organized by the Asia Europe Foundation at the Philippine National Arts Center, Laguna and the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) in February 2005.MORE>>>

Nilo Alcala is a Music Composition graduate (2007) at the University of the Philippines College of Music. His compositions have been awarded/featured in the following national/international competitions/festivals:

-Asian Composers League Festival in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, Israel (2004),
-Florilege Vocal du Tours in France (2006),
-World Choir Games in Xiamen, China (2006),
-Busan International Choral Competition in Busan, Korea (2006)
-I’mPulse International Music Camp of the Asia-Europe Foundation (2005),
-NAMCYA Youth Choir Competition 2005
-Mga Awiting Bayan Choral Writing Competition of NAMCYA and the National Commission on Culture and the Arts (2006), and
-the MusicUnderKonstruction Concerts of the Metro Manila Community Orchestra at the Cultural Center of the Philippines 2006 and 2007

Alcala sang with and wrote music for the world-renowned Philippine Madrigal Singers from 2003 to 2007

In February of 2007, He received the GAWAD CHANSELOR Natatanging Mag-aaral Award – the highest recognition conferred by the University to students with outstanding achievements.

1. Diary of a Synaesthete (excerpt)- Orchestra
A symphonic work premiered by the Metro Manila Community Orchestra on Febuary 2006 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines Conductor: Josefino Chino Toledo

2. Speak to Me My Love/ You are the evening cloud
An artsong (for soprano and orchestra) based on 2 poems lifted from Rabindranath Tagore's 'The Gardener'. Premiered by the Metro Manila Community Orchestra (MMCO) at the Cultural Center of the Philippines on Feb. 24, 2007 (Soprano-Karlene Denolo)

3. Chuck d' Cheeky (ACL 2004, Israel)
This chamber piece won 2nd prize in the 2004 ASian Composers League (ACL) Young Composers Competition held at the Mishkenot Sha'ananim Music Center in Jerusalem Israel (in cooperation with the Israel Composers League)

4. Song of Dawn (excerpt)- UP Madz & UE Chorale
This composition was commissioned by the Bangkok Voices (Thailand) and premiered at the 2006 World Choir Games in Xiamen, China. This version is a live recording of the combined voices of the UE Chorale and the Philippine Madrigal Singers

5. Dancing Delusions (1st ImPulse Music Camp - ASEF)
Featured in the CD and DVD recording of the 1st I'mPULSE International Music Camp organized by the Asia Europe Foundation at the Philippine National Arts Center and the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) in February 2005.

6. Dayo-Dayo Kupita (Philippine Madrigal Singers)
A Choral work based on a Maranao children's play chant (Southern Philippines) imitating the sound of the Kulintang (a set of small graduated bossed) Performed by the Philippine Madrigal Singers (Florilege Vocal de Tours, France)

Musicians' brain are different

Brain scans have found that the corpus callosum, the contection but the two halves of musicians’ brains tends to be significant enlarged in comparison the corpus callosum found in the brains of the non-musicians. A number of other differences between the brains of musicians and non-musicians have been found, including enlargements to the cortex, auditory and motor parts of the brain. Another finding was that music tends to be processed in the left hemisphere of musician’s brains in the same areas as language, whereas the right hemisphere tends to be responsible for this task in the brains of non-musicians.READMORE>>>

Oliver Sacks’ book, Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain discusses these findings, and other music and language-related cases, including one of a man who after being struck by lightening, developed an overwhelming urge to play the piano and to compose music, and felt that he was actually tuning in to the music of heaven.

What a Wonderful World

From America's Got Talent Archives: Don't forget to watch Amazing Terry Fator's (Ventroloquist) Videos on the end of this clip.