Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn (Virgin Records 1975)

The word ommadawn appears to be related to the Irish word amadán meaning or "idiot" or "fool". This interpretation is consistent with Clodagh Simmons pre-translation english lyrics of the gaelic chant at the end of the first movement:Daddy's in bed, The cats drinking milk, I'm an idiot, And I'm laughing

mike oldfield

Mike Oldfield: harp, electric, acoustic, classical and twelve-string guitars, acoustic and electric basses, mandolin, bodhran, bazouki, banjo, spinet, grand piano, electric organs, synthesizers, glockenspiel, assorted percussion. Not listed but believed to be there...Eeectric lap steel guitarPaddy Moloney: uillean pipes.Herbie: northumbrian bagpipes.Leslie Penning: recorders.Terry Oldfield: pan pipes.Pierre Moerlen: timpani.David Strange: cello.Don Blakeson: trumpet:William Murray: percussion.Julian Bahula, Ernest Mothle, Lucky Ranku, Eddie Tatne (Jabula): African drums.Clodagh Simonds, Bridget St John, Sally Oldfield, The Penrhos Kids (Jason, Abigail, Ivan and Briony Griffiths): vocals.The Hereford City Band conducted by Leslie Penning.
Produced and Engineered by Mike OldfieldRecorded at The Beacon January - September 1975 African drums recorded at The Manor.

the official site

Ommadawn

g r o u n d a n d s k y - Review

Track listing
"Ommadawn part one" – 19:23
"Ommadawn part two" – 13:54
"On Horseback" (not actually titled on album) – 3:23

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Israel Kamakawiwo'ole - Facing Future (world music)

Israel "Iz" Kamakawiwoʻole (May 20, 1959 – June 26, 1997) (pronounced[help] [kamakaʋiwoˈʔole]) was a Hawaiian musician.
He became famous outside Hawaii when his album Facing Future was released in 1993 with his medley of "Over the Rainbow" and "What a Wonderful World", which was subsequently featured in several films, television programs, and commercials.
Kamakawiwoʻole was nicknamed "The Gentle Giant" by his admirers. He was described as always cheerful and positive, and he was best known for his love of the land and of the people of Hawaiʻi. Through his consummate ukulele playing and incorporation of other idioms (such as jazz and reggae), Iz remains one of the major influences in Hawaiian music over the last 15 years.

Facing Future is an album by the late Hawaiian singer Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, released in 1993.
When this album was released, he became famous with his medley of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" and "What a Wonderful World", featured in films Finding Forrester, Meet Joe Black, 50 First Dates and a movie titled Marilyn Hotchkiss Ballroom Dancing & Charm School, as well as an episode of television's ER, and the final episode of the BBC program Life On Mars. The ukulele intro to this song was also heard in TV commercials for the ill-fated Internet toy vendor eToys in the early 2000s, but without any of the vocals. A version of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" based on Kamakawiwo'ole's was performed by The Blanks on the Scrubs episode, "My Way Home". Kamakawiwo'ole's rendition of "Over the Rainbow" features fragments of different verses strung together in the wrong order, but it remains a favorite of many listeners, and has become a cultural phenomenon, as attested by its frequent use in entertainment and advertising

more info http://liveukulele.com/

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Somewhere Over the Rainbow / What a Wonderfull World

John Paul Hammond - Southern Fried(1969 Atlantic SD 8251)

1969- with The Muscle Shoals Session Musicians (Sound studios)

Shake For Me (Willie Dixon) - Cryin' For My Baby (Harold Burrage) - I'm Tore Down (Sonny Thompson) - Don't Go No Further (Willie Dixon) - I'm Leaving You (Chester Burnett) - It's Too Late (Chuck Willis) - Nadine (Chuck Berry) - Mystery Train (Sam C. Philip / Harman Parker Jr.) - My Time After A While (Robert L. Geddins / Ronald Dean Badger) - I Can't Be Satisfied (McKinley Morganfield) - You'll Be Mine (Willie Dixon) - Riding In The Moonlight (Chester Burnett)

Line - Up

John Hammond, g, harm, voc

Marlin Greene, b

Duanne Allman,g
Barry Beckett, keyb

Roger Hawkins, drms

Eddie Hinton, g, p

David Hood, b

Jimmy Johnson, g

Official web site

Info

John P. Hammond (born John Paul Hammond, 13 November 1942, New York [1]) (often mistakenly known as "John Hammond, Jr", which is, in fact, his father's name), is a blues singer and guitarist. He is the son of the famed record producer and talent scout John Henry Hammond, Jr, which makes him a great-great-grandson of William Henry Vanderbilt and a member of the Vanderbilt family.
Hammond usually plays acoustic and National Reso-Phonic guitars and sings in a barrelhouse style. Since 1962, when he made his debut on Vanguard Records, Hammond has made twenty nine albums. In the 1990s he recorded for the Pointblank record label. Hammond has earned one Grammy Award and been nominated for four others. His latest album, entitled Push Comes to Shove, was released in February 2007. [2] He also provided the soundtrack for the 1970 film, Little Big Man, starring Dustin Hoffman.
Although critically acclaimed, Hammond has received only moderate commercial success. Nonetheless, he enjoys a strong fan base and has earned respect from the likes of John Lee Hooker, Roosevelt Sykes, Duane Allman, Robbie Robertson, and Charlie Musselwhite, all of whom have contributed their musical talents to Hammond's records. In addition, he is the only person who ever had both Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix in his band at the same time, even if it was only for five days in the 1960s when Hammond played The Gaslight Cafe in New York. To his regret, they never recorded together. Hammond also deserves some credit for helping boost The Band to wider recognition: he recorded with several of their musicians in 1965, and recommended them to Bob Dylan, with whom they undertook a famed and tumultuous world tour.

Hammond has had a longstanding friendship with the songwriter, Tom Waits, and has performed Waits' songs on occasion. For example, in 2001, he released Wicked Grin, an album entirely of Tom Waits compositions. Waits himself provided guitar work and backing vocals as well as producing the project.
In 2002 he released Ready for Love, produced by David Hidalgo of Los Lobos fame.[3] It included a cover version of the Mick Jagger and Keith Richard penned, "The Spider and the Fly".
In the early part of the 1990s, Hammond also narrated and produced a documentary detailing the life of the legendary Delta bluesman, Robert Johnson.

John Paul Hammond - Discography

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Colosseum Live(s) - theme for an imaginary western - 1994 Reunion Tour Germany with Dick Heckstall - Smith

Lineup
Jon Hiseman - Drums/Percussion
Dave "Clem" Clempson - Guitar/Vocals
Dave Greenslade - Keyboards
Mark Clarke - Bass/Vocals
Dick Heckstall - Smith - Sax

Chris Farlowe - Vocals

Colosseum - Jazz Festival - Viersen 23 September 2003 (Rockpalast TV Broadcast)

Rockpalast TV Broadcast

Tracklist
01) Tomorrows Blues

02) Jon Hiseman Interview #1

03) I Could Tell You Tales

04) Jon Hiseman Interview #2

05) Valentyne Suite

06) Jon Hiseman Interview #3

07) Lost Angeles0

8) In The Heat Of The Night

Lineup
Jon Hiseman - Drums/Percussion

Dave "Clem" Clempson - Guitar/Vocals

Dave Greenslade - Keyboards

Mark Clarke - Bass/Vocals

Barbara Thompsom - Sax

(Dick H.Smith was in Hospital)

Chris Farlowe - Vocals

JazzFestival Viersen  Rockpalast

Colosseum - Photo Album - 2003
The Making of 'Tomorrow's Blues'

the Colosseum today

Colosseum is a British jazz fusion band considered also a part of the early roots of progressive rock. The band formed in 1968 with founding members drummer Jon Hiseman, tenor sax Dick Heckstall-Smith (who died December 2004) and bass player Tony Reeves. All three had previously played together in John Mayall's Bluesbreakers. Dave Greenslade (organ) was immediately recruited, and the line-up was completed by Jim Roche (guitar). Roche only recorded one track before being replaced by James Litherland (guitar and vocals).
Colosseum made their live debut in Newcastle, and were promptly recorded by influential BBC Radio One DJ John Peel for his Top Gear Radio program. This appearance gained them valuable exposure and critical acclaim.
Colosseum's first album "Those About To Die Salute You" was released by label Fontana in 1969. Colosseum's second album, their second release in 1969, was Valentyne Suite, and is arguably the band's best. It is well-known as the first album release from the label Vertigo Records, which also first signed heavy metal pioneers Black Sabbath. Vertigo Records was a branch of the Philips brand to sign and develop artists which may not fit the Philips Records brand.
After the second album, James Litherland was replaced by Dave "Clem" Clempson for the 1970 album, The Grass Is Greener, which was oddly released only in America. Tony Reeves was then replaced by Mark Clarke, and Jon Hiseman recruited Chris Farlowe to enable Clempson to concentrate on guitar. This is considered by most fans to be the definitive line-up. They recorded the 1970 release Daughter of Time.
In March 1971, the band recorded a gig at the Big Apple in Brighton, followed by one at Manchester University. Hiseman was impressed with the atmosphere at the Manchester gig, and the band returned five days later for a free concert which was also recorded. the recordings were released as a live double album in 1971, shortly before the original band broke up.
After Colosseum split Jon Hiseman formed Tempest with bassist Mark Clarke, Dave Greenslade formed Greenslade with Tony Reeves, Clem Clempson moved to Humble Pie, Chris Farlowe to Atomic Rooster and Dick Heckstall-Smith did his solo career.
Colosseum has had a couple of different sets of band members (and, when it split and then oriented further towards jazz-fusion rock with a totally new lineup, renamed itself Colosseum II with guitar ace Gary Moore, percussion from Jon Hiseman, the keyboards of Don Airey).

A reunion tour for Colosseum happened in 1994, which was the catalyst for a CD release and new studio releases. After the reunion Colosseum also released expanded editions of Valentyne Suite and Colosseum Live, as well as several compilation albums.
Hiseman's wife, saxophonist Barbara Thompson, joined the band on various occasions after the death of Dick Heckstall-Smith and is now a permanent member of the band.

dedicated in loving memory of Dick Heckstall - Smith

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Colosseum Jazzfestival Viersen 2003 Valentyne Suite part I

Colosseum Jazzfestival Viersen 2003 Valentyne Suite part II

Colosseum Jazzfestival Viersen 2003 Valentyne suite part III

Larry Coryell - Live from Bahia 1991

Nice Afro-Latin set with Coryell on acoustic guitar, recorded in Bahia. The assembled cast includes drummer Billy Cobham, alto saxophonist Donald Harrison, and several Brazilian musicians, notably vocalist Dori Caymmi. ~ Ron Wynn, All Music Guide
Larry Coryell

Larry Coryell live from northern Brazil in communion with international jazz (Donald Harrison, Billy Cobham) and Brazilian musicians (Dori Carmmi) plus native musicians, dancing through international and indigenous music. ¨Technically, you could call it samba," says producer Creed Taylor. ¨But it's a heavier kind of samba than you hear in Rio. It's a darker thing, much more intense as opposed to romantic like in the south." Coryell's panoramic Old City New City paints a tourists portrait in pastoral Pat Metheny watercolors; Caymmi's The Crab Peddler beautifully intertwines his vocal, acoustic guitar and acoustic percussion into a similar native tapestry. Composed and led by local musicians in the Yoruba spiritual tradition, Bahian Night Walk spans the Caribbean, Afro-Cuban and Brazilian musical Diaspora: Its opening reggae lilt grows more thickly and complexly Afro-Cuban as Marcio Montarroyos' trumpet and Coryell's guitar solos burn both deeper and brighter. Coryell's Bloco Loco sharpens more traditional electric jazz fusion on the barbed hooks of the composer's cutting guitar and dynamic saxophone and trumpet passages. (Paul Simon traveled to this region and used some of these same musicians on his album "The Rhythm of the Saints".)

Larry Coryell: acoustic guitars, electric guitars; Dori Caymmi: acoustic guitar, vocals; Romero Lubamo: acoustic guitar, electric guitar; Billy Cobham: drums; Donald Harrison: soprano saxophone, alto saxophone; Marcio Montarroyos: trumpet; Luiz Avellar: keyboards; Nico Assumpcão: electric bass; Monica Millet: percussion; Tião Oliveira: percussion; Bashiri Johnson: percussion; Francisco Centeno: electric bass.
All About Jazz

more info

Larry Coryell website

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Θανάσης Παπακωνσταντίνου - Αγία Νοσταλγία (1993 Lyra Rec.)

Ο Θανάσης Παπακωνσταντίνου είναι μια ξεχωριστή περίπτωση τραγουδοποιού. Ακριβοθώρητος, με πολύ διακριτική παρουσία, μας έχει δώσει τραγούδια γεμάτα αρώματα και χρώματα, από το θεσσαλικό κάμπο μέχρι την κοιλάδα του Λιβάνου.

1) Στις χαραυγές ξεχνιέμαι

8) Όνειρο

2) Επιτύμβιο

9) Τρία Ρουμπαγιάτ

3) Χέρια τρελαμένα

10) Διάφανες αυλαίες

4) Λύκος κακός

11) Ο καντηλανάφτης

5) Με το φεγγάρι πιες

12) Ο κομήτης του Χάλεϋ

6) Πάστα με κερασάκι

13) Αγία Νοσταλγία

7) Οργανικό

LYRA 4660

Απρίλιος 1993

Η ηχογράφηση έγινε άνοιξη και καλοκαίρι '92 στο στούντιο «Αγροτικόν», Κ. Τούμπα, Θεσσαλονίκη με ηχολήπτες τον Γιώργο Ξάνθη -κυρίως- και τον Χρήστο Μέγα.

Μίξη: Νίκος Παπάζογλου, Γιώργος Ξάνθης

Ενορχήστρωση: Θανάση Παπακωνσταντίνου με την πολύτιμη βοήθεια του Μανώλη

Η φωτογραφία του εξωφύλλου - λιθανάγλυφο από σπίτι της Κόνιτσας- είναι του Τάκη Τλούπα

Μανώλης Πάππος: λαγούτο, ούτι, μπαγλαμά, μαντολίνο, μπουζούκι (Επιτύμβιο), ακουστικό μπάσο (Επιτύμβιο)

Θανάσης Σοφράς: ακουστικό μπάσο

Βασίλης Καφούρος: ακορντεόν, πιάνο (Χέρια τρελαμένα)

Κώστας Βελλής: βιολί

Σωκράτης Μάλαμας: κιθάρα (Λύκος κακός), (Οργανικό)

Κατερίνα Παπαδοπούλου: μπεντίρ (Τρία Ρουμπαγιάτ), ζίλια (Οργανικό)

Νίκος Χασάπης: κρουστά (Με το φεγγάρι πιες), (Διάφανες αυλαίες)

Κώστας Βόμβολος: ακορντεόν (Ο καντηλανάφτης)

Γιώργος Δεληγιάννης: καβάλι (Τρία Ρουμπαγιάτ), φλογερίτσα (Με το φεγγάρι πιες)

Θανάσης Παπακωνσταντίνου: μπουζουκομάνα, μπουζούκι, κομπολόι-ποτήρι (Οργανικό), (Ο καντηλανάφτης), τζουραδάκι (Στις χαραυγές ξεχνιέμαι)

* Η μακρυμάνικη μπουζουκομάνα -κατασκευή του Ισίδωρου Παπαδάμου- με το χαρακτηριστικό της ηχόχρωμα, με οδήγησε σε μερικά απ' τα πιο καλά μου τραγούδια.

info 1 & 2 & 3 & 4

'' Το Ροδον Του Μεγαλου Καμπου"

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Mάσκα δεν έχω να γυρνώ στο καρναβάλι ετούτο

μόνο μια απόχη να τρυγώ της θάλασσας την πονηριά
και της σιωπής τον πλούτο

(δις)

...Bάρα καλή, βάρα γερή, μια ντουφεκιά ζαχαρωτή
κι άσε να νοιώσει η γαλαρία του χαρτοπόλεμου τη βία

Σκουπίδι η σκέψη την πετώ, τη λογική απαρνιέμαι
μ' ένα σαράκι αρμένικο για δρόμους που δε θέλησα
στις χαραυγές ξεχνιέμαι

Bάστα το νού, βάστα το νού να μην γκρινιάξει του καιρού
πού 'φτιαξε με τον πόνο κλίκα και τσιγγουνεύεται στη γλύκα
ΣTIΣ XAPAYΓEΣ ΞEXNIEMAI

Θανάση Παπακωνσταντίνου/Aγία Nοσταλγία/Lyra 1993

Λύκος Κακός

Σαν μπαλαρίνα διάφανη

περνάς μπροστά μου

και το άρωμά σου συνταγή

για εφηβικές παρανομίες.

Ομορφούλα μου

ο κακός ο λύκος είμαι

και σε κυνηγώ.

Στων παιδεραστών την όχθη

εξώκειλα θαρρώ.

Η μέλισσα βγάζει κερί

κι ο μάγος θαύμα

και το δικό μου το πουλί

βγάζει φωνή και αλαλάζει.

Ομορφούλα μου

ο κακός ο λύκος είμαι

και σε κυνηγώ.

Στων παιδεραστών την όχθη

εξώκειλα θαρρώ.

Νυχτερινά εμβατήρια

με προσκαλούνε.

Στη μάχη για τα μάτια σου

ήρθα με λιγοστές ελπίδες.

Ομορφούλα μου

ο κακός ο λύκος είμαι

και σε κυνηγώ.

Στων παιδεραστών την όχθη

εξώκειλα θαρρώ.

Θανάσης Παπακωνσταντίνου

Στίχοι: Θανάσης Παπακωνσταντίνου

Μουσική: Θανάσης Παπακωνσταντίνου

1993 - CD: Αγία Νοσταλγία

...στο ραδιόφωνο της περασμένης χιλιετίας,

όσοι ασχολούμασταν μ' αυτό,

απ' τη μεριά της παραγωγής   είμαστε τυχεροί.....

είχαμε στιγμές διαμάντια,

όπως αυτή εδώ η ζωντανη ηχογράφηση....

22 Απριλίου 1993

η πρώτη συνέντευξη του Θανάση Παπακωνσταντίνου

σε Ελληνικό ραδιόφωνο

λίγες μέρες μετά την έκδοση

του πρώτου του δίσκου με τίτλο

"ΑΓΙΑ ΝΟΣΤΑΛΓΙΑ".

περιέχονται, ζωντανά εκτελεσμένα στον αέρα του 902 αριστερά στα fm,

τα μετέπειτα εκδοθέντα τραγούδια του τραγουδοποιου: "ΚΑΡΤΕΣ, ΝΥΧΤΕΡΙ, ΚΑΤΩ ΑΠ' ΤΟ ΜΑΞΙΛΑΡΙ", συνοδεία της μακρυμάνικης μπουζουκομάννας, κατασκεύη του Ισίδωρου Παπαδάμου των Χειμερινών Κολυμβητών.

ηχολήπτης:Νίκος Μενεμενόγλου

καλή ακρόαση!