Danza by Antonio Ruiz-Pipo (1934 – 1997) The virtuoso pianist and composer Antonio Ruiz Pipó was born in Granada, Spain. He studied the piano with Alicia de Larrocha and composition with Salvador Bacarisse and others. The latter part of his productive life was spent in France where, in addition to pursuing his performing career, he …
Song For Carol by Peppino DAgostino (1951-) Giuseppe “Peppino” D’Agostino was born in Messina in 1951. He was first drawn to the guitar after watching his cousin perform during church services in his hometown of Torino; the self-taught musician began picking out tunes by ear, and inspired by legends like Paco de Lucia, Leo Kottke …
In The Mood by Joe Garland (1903-1977) Joseph Copeland “Joe” Garland was an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and arranger, best known for writing “In the Mood”. Garland studied music at Shaw University and the Aeolian Conservatory. He started by playing classical music but joined a jazz band, Graham Jackson’s Seminole Syncopators, in 1924, where he …
Un Abraco No Bonfa by Joao Gilberto (1931-) Joao Gilberto is a Brazilian singer and guitarist. His seminal recordings, including many songs by Antônio Carlos Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes, established the new musical genre of Bossa nova in the late 1950s.
Heres That Rainy Day (Duet) by Jerome Kern (1885-1945) Jerome David Kern was an American composer of musical theatre and popular music. One of the most important American theatre composers of the early 20th century, he wrote more than 700 songs, used in over 100 stage works. A native New Yorker, Kern created dozens of …
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Born In The Sea by Peppino DAgostino (1951-) Giuseppe “Peppino” D’Agostino was born in Messina in 1951. He was first drawn to the guitar after watching his cousin perform during church services in his hometown of Torino; the self-taught musician began picking out tunes by ear, and inspired by legends like Paco de Lucia, Leo …
They Cant Take That Away From Me by Gershwin George (1898-1937) George Gershwin was an American composer and pianist. Gershwin’s compositions spanned both popular and classical genres, and his most popular melodies are widely known. Among his best known works are the orchestral compositions Rhapsody in Blue (1924) and An American in Paris (1928), as …
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What A Wonderful World by Luis Armstrong (1901-1971) Louis Armstrong, nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an American jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana. Coming to prominence in the 1920s as an “inventive” cornet and trumpet player, Armstrong was a foundational influence in jazz, shifting the music’s focus from collective improvisation to solo performance. …
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All Of Me by Frank Sinatra (1915-1998) Francis Albert “Frank” Sinatra was an American singer and film actor. Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became an unprecedentedly successful solo artist in the early to mid-1940s, after being signed to Columbia Records in 1943. Being the idol …
Calypso Facto by Peppino DAgostino (1951-) Giuseppe “Peppino” D’Agostino was born in Messina in 1951. He was first drawn to the guitar after watching his cousin perform during church services in his hometown of Torino; the self-taught musician began picking out tunes by ear, and inspired by legends like Paco de Lucia, Leo Kottke and …
