System of a Down adlı grubun Amerika'da yaşayan Ermeni solisti Serj Tankian ile Türkiye'de yaşayan Ermeni müzisyen Arto Tunçboyacıyan'ın kurdukları müzik grubudur. Ermenice "Sanata Sevgi" anlamına gelen ismi vardır. Ayrıca Serj Tankian'ın ve Arto Tunçboyacıyan'ın baş harflerinden de grup ismi oluşur.
Dee Dee Bridgewater (d. 27 Mayıs 1950), Amerikalı Caz sanatçısıdır.
Memphis, Tennessee'de doğmuştur ve çok genç yaşta caz müziği ile tanışmıştır. Henüz 16 yaşındayken Rock ve R&B müzik tarzı olan bir grubun üyesi olmuştur. Bu, aynı zamanda Motown Records'un da başlangıç yıllarıdır. Fakat Dee Dee, o dönemde daha çok Pop sanatçısı olarak bilinmiştir ve Motown Records, Steve Wonder'da da olduğu gibi, Dee Dee'nin sözleşmelere imza atabilecek yaşa gelmesi için 2 yıl beklemek zorunda kalmıştır. Dee Dee için bu dönem, Pop hayallerinin sonu olmuş, caz müzik dönemi başlamıştır.
18 yaşında Michigan State Üniversitesi'ne kaydolmuş ve saksafon sanatçısı Andy Courtridge'in grubuna katılmıştır. Bir süre burada kaldıktan sonra 1969 yılında Illions Üniversitesi'ne geçmiş ve üniversitenin caz orkestrasının şefi olan John Garvey'in dikkatini çekmiştir. 1970'de Cecil Bridgewater ile tanışmış ve aynı yıl içinde evlenip New York'a yerleşmiştir.
Dee Dee, 1971 yılında ünlü olmaya başlamış ve Thad-Jones-Mel Lewis Orkestrası'na katılmıştır. Bu yıllarda Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins, Dexter Gordon ve Max Roach gibi sanatçılar ile çalışma şansını yakalamış ve 1974'te The Wiz Müzikali'ndeki rolüyle Tony Ödülü'nü kazanmıştır. Aynı yıl Atlantic Records'a bağlı olarak Melvin Ragin, David T. Walker ve Ed Green ile ilk uzun çalarını piyasaya çıkartmış, bunu 1978'de Elektra'dan çıkartacağı Just Family albümü izlemiştir.
1984'te rol aldığı Sophisticated Ladies Müzikali ile Fransa'ya turneye gitmiş, çok iyi notlar almış, turne sonrası Fransa'ya yerleşmiştir. 1986'da Lady Day gösterisinde Billie Holliday rolüne çıkmış ve 1987'de Fransa'da büyük beğeni toplayan "Live" adlı ilk albümünü yayınlamıştır. 1991'de Archie Shepp ile Black Ballad'da yer almış ve ikinci konser albümü olan Montreux'ü yayınlamıştır. 1997 yılında Ella Fitzgerald adlı albümü ile dünya çapında tanınmış ve 2 Grammy Ödülü birden kazanmıştır.
Dee Dee Bridgewater ayrıca, 2002 yılının Nisan ayında İstanbul'da bir konser vermiştir
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Dianne Reeves has been one of the top singers in jazz ever since the late '80s. A logical successor to Dinah Washington and Carmen McRae (although even she can not reach the impossible heights of Ella and Sarah Vaughan), Reeves is a superior interpreter of lyrics and a skilled scat singer. She was a talented vocalist with an attractive voice even as a teenager when she sang and recorded with her high school band. She was encouraged by Clark Terry, who had her perform with him while she a college student at the University of Colorado.
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German-born composer Hans Zimmer is recognized as one of Hollywood’s most innovative musical talents‚ having first enjoyed success in the world of pop music as a member of The Buggles. The group’s single Video Killed the Radio Star became a worldwide hit and helped usher in a new era of global entertainment as the first music video to be aired on MTV.
Zimmer entered the world of film music in London during a long collaboration with famed composer and mentor Stanley Myers‚ which included the film My Beautiful Laundrette. He soon began work on several successful solo projects‚ including the critically acclaimed A World Apart‚ and during these years Zimmer pioneered the use of combining old and new musical technologies. Today‚ this work has earned him the reputation of being the father of integrating the electronic musical world with traditional orchestral arrangements.
A turning point in Zimmer’s career came in 1988 when he was asked to score Rain Man for director Barry Levinson. The film went on to win the Oscar for Best Picture of the Year and earned Zimmer his first Academy Award Nomination for Best Original Score. The next year‚ Zimmer composed the score for another Best Picture Oscar recipient‚ Driving Miss Daisy‚ starring Jessica Tandy and Morgan Freeman.
Having already scored two Best Picture winners‚ in the early ’90s Zimmer cemented his position as a pre-eminent talent with the award-winning score for The Lion King. The soundtrack has sold over 15 million copies to date and earned him an Academy Award for Best Original Score‚ a Golden Globe‚ an American Music Award‚ a Tony and two Grammy Awards. In total‚ Zimmer’s work has been nominated for 7 Golden Globes‚ 7 Grammys and seven Oscars for “Rainman”‚ “Gladiator”‚ “The Lion King”‚ “As good As It Gets”‚ “The Preachers Wife”‚ “The Thin Red Line‚” “The Prince Of Egypt” and “The Last Samurai.”
With his career in full swing‚ Zimmer was anxious to replicate the mentoring experience he had benefited from under Stanley Myers’ guidance. With state-of-the-art technology and a supportive creative environment‚ Zimmer was able to offer film-scoring opportunities to young composers at his Santa Monica-based musical ’think tank.’ This approach helped launch the careers of such notable composers as Mark Mancina‚ John Powell‚ Harry Gregson-Williams‚ Nick Glennie-Smith and Klaus Badelt.
In 2000 Zimmer scored the music for Gladiator‚ for which he received an Oscar nomination‚ in addition to Golden Globe and Broadcast Film Critics Awards for his epic score. It sold more than three million copies worldwide and spawned a second album “Gladiator: More Music From The Motion Picture‚” released on the Universal Classics/Decca label. Zimmer’s other scores that year included Mission: Impossible 2‚ The Road To El Dorado and An Everlasting Piece‚ directed by Barry Levinson.
Some of his other impressive scores include Pearl Harbor‚ The Ring‚4 films directed by Ridley Scott; Matchstick Men‚ Hannibal‚ Black Hawk Down and Thelma & Louise‚ Penny Marshall’s Riding In Cars With Boys and A League Of Their Own‚ Quentin Tarantino’s True Romance‚ Tears Of The Sun‚ Ron Howard’s Backdraft‚ Days Of Thunder‚ Smilla’s Sense Of Snow and the animated Spirit: Stallion Of The Cimarron for which he also co-wrote four of the songs with Bryan Adams‚ including the Golden Globe nominated “Here I Am.”
At the 27th annual Flanders International Film Festival‚ Zimmer performed live for the first time in concert with a 100-piece orchestra and a 100-piece choir. Choosing selections from his impressive body of work‚ Zimmer performed newly orchestrated concert versions of Gladiator‚ Mission: Impossible 2‚ Rain Man‚ The Lion King‚ and The Thin Red Line. The concert was recorded by Decca and released as a concert album entitled "The Wings Of A Film: The Music Of Hans Zimmer."
In 2003‚ Zimmer completed his 100th film score for the film The Last Samurai‚ starring Tom Cruise‚ for which he received both a Golden Globe and a Broadcast Film Critics nomination. Over the past year‚ Zimmer has scored Nancy Meyers’ comedy Something’s Gotta Give‚ the animated Dreamworks film‚ A Shark’s Tale (featuring voices of Will Smith‚ Renee Zellweger‚ Robert De Niro‚ Jack Black and Martin Scorsese)‚ and most recently‚ Jim Brooks’ Spanglish starring Adam Sandler and Tea Leoni (for which he also received a Golden Globe nomination). His upcoming projects include Paramount’s Weatherman starring Nicolas Cage‚ Dreamworks’ Madagascar and highly anticipated Warner Bros. summer release‚ Batman Begins.
Zimmer’s additional honors and awards include the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award in Film Composition from the National Board of Review‚ and the Frederick Loewe Award in 2003 at the Palm Springs International Film Festival. He has also received ASCAP’s Henry Mancini Award for Lifetime Achievement. Hans and his wife live in Los Angeles and he is the father of 4.
