As controversial as he is popular, Wynton Learson Marsalis is one of the most prominent jazz musicians of the modern era and is also a well-known instrumentalist in classical music. Currently the Musical Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center Wynton Marsalis has received many awards for his musical proficiency. These awards run the gambit of Grammys to a controversial awarding of the Pulitzer Prize for Music for his three and half hour jazz oratorio CD box set Blood on the Fields, the first jazz album to win this award. Born in a musically oriented family in the New Orleans jazz scene at a young age Wynton was exposed to many legendary jazz musicians. Some of these musicians were Al Hirt, who gave Wynton his first trumpet when he was 6 years of age and Danny Barker, a legendary jazz banjoist who lead the Fairview Baptist Church band which Wynton was playing in when he was eight. Wynton was very active musically during high school and was a member in many New Orleans musical organizations such as the N.O. symphony brass quintet, the N.O. community concert band, N.O. youth orchestra, N.O. symphony and a popular local funk band called the Creators. In 1978 he had a two-year stay at the Juilliard School of Music before joining the Jazz Messengers to study under master drummer and bandleader, Art Blakey. Not long after that he toured with the Herbie Hancock quartet before forming his own band. After many concerts and workshops Wynton rekindled widespread interest in an art form that had been largely abandoned. He has invested his creative energy and status in being an advocate for a relatively small era in the history of jazz. His advocacy in this area has garnered much controversy for his "classicist" view of jazz history considering post-1965 avant-garde playing to be outside of jazz and 1970s fusion to be barren. This viewpoint was promoted strongly in Ken Burns' documentary Jazz; a documentary Wynton was artistic director and co-producer. However despite his controversial views few disagree that his musical abilities in both jazz and classical music are high impressive and worthy of the high praise it often receives.
Urbanised was a project Team JiYo has done for the danish fashion brand hummel. hummel have developed the worlds first parkour collection, which will be available January-February 2008. See more at www.teamjiyo.com
This is the first reconstruction of an old instrument from 1840. There is just a drawing left made in 1900 by remembrance of an old man. There are no instruments any longer in Neukirch (Saxony / Germany). It is said that Neukirch was a Hummelnest and people built their Hummels by themselves. Listen to the sound !
This one is by Johann Nepomuk Hummel- he lived with Mozart and was therefore influenced by him. Such as the first and second sections and arias from Mozart's operas.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837)
Grande Sonate pour mandoline et pianoforte
Andante moderato
Florentino Calvo, Aline Zylberajch
Enregistrement / Olivier Moulaï
Prades, Juillet 2008
Mark Hummel & the Blues Survivors perform a crowd-pleaser at the Green Parrot in Key West, FL. 5/17/2007
This song has a long history of pleasing crowds.
The riff is most often attributed to Bo Diddley. Various recordings abound of "Willie and The Hand Jive."
Myself, I relate this to the Rolling Stones. "Not Fade Away" was originally recorded in 1957 by Buddy Holly & the Crickets, released as a B-side to "Oh, Boy!"
In 1964, the Stones' cover became their first U.S. single.
Others have covered the song over the years. The Grateful Dead reportedly played it over 500 times in concert over the years.
Most recently, Sheryl Crow covered the song for a hair color commercial that ran during Super Bowl 2007.
The upcoming World of Warcraft TCG Loot Card from the Servants of the Betrayer Expansion Set offers the Papa Hummel Old-Fashion Pet Biscuit which increases your Pet size. The PTR Patch 2.4 revealed a strange glitch that increase all pet sizes. A glimpse of what the loot card will do?
A traditional celtic tune played on my Hummel, custom built for me from my design in 1980. It has four pairs of two strings on a chromatically fretted fingerboard, and also has 7 sympathetic strings. It is a one of a kind beauty; and it is for sale. Very serious inquiries only.
Mark Hummel and Rusty Zinn performing the song "Where You At" at the Harmonica Blowout on Tuesday, October 21, 2008 at The Cabooze in Minneapolis, MN.
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