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GENIUS, The Jazz Guitar Player, Suffered From Migraines Because He Was So Creative…….FoReal

Ai No Corrida

It’s rare an artist can be measured by his award ceremony trophies, but Quincy Jones is the exception.  He is the all-time most nominated Grammy artist, with a total of 76 nominations and 26 awards.  In addition, Quincy Jones has received an Emmy Award, seven Oscar nominations, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. His life and career were chronicled in 1990 in the critically acclaimed Warner Bros. film Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones. In 2001, he published Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones.   He is the man, and my dude.

QUINCY JONES The Ultimate Collection:

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QUINCY JONES The Dude:

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Released: October 25, 1990 (US) (CD) 1981 (US) (LP)
Recorded: Westlake Audio, Los Angeles, California, 1981
Genre: Jazz
Length : 41:02 (CD) (LP)
Label: A&M Records
Producer : Quincy Jones

Track listing

1. Ai No Corrida
2. The Dude
3. Just Once
4. Betcha Wouldn’t Hurt Me
5. Somethin’ Special
6. Razzamatazz
7. One Hundred Ways
8. Velas
9. Turn on the Action

The album featured the debut of vocalist James Ingram on the singles “Just Once” and “One Hundred Ways,” which reached no. 17 and 14, respectively, on the Billboard Hot 100. He won the Grammy award for best R&B vocal performance for his work on the album. Belgian harmonica player and puccaloist Toots Thielemans also contributed to the album, appearing on the instrumental track Velas.

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The Essential Tito Puente:

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BIO:

During the 1950s, Puente was at the height of his popularity, and helped to bring Afro-Cuban and Caribbean sounds, like mambo, son, and cha-cha-cha, to mainstream audiences (he was so successful playing popular Afro-Cuban rhythms that many people mistakenly identify him as Cuban). Dance Mania, possibly Puente’s most well known album was released in 1958.[1] Later, he moved into more diverse sounds, including pop music, bossa nova and others, eventually settling down with a fusion of Afro-Cuban and Latin jazz genres that became known as “salsa” (a term that he disliked). In 1979 Puente won the first of five Grammy Awards for the albums A Tribute to Benny Moré, On Broadway, Mambo Diablo, and Goza Mi Timbal. In 1990, Puente was awarded the “James Smithson Bicentennial Medal.” He was also awarded a Grammy at the first Latin Grammy Awards, winning Best Traditional Tropical Album for Mambo Birdland. He was posthumously awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000. After a heart attack following a show in Puerto Rico, Puente had heart surgery in New York City, from which he never recovered. He died on May 31, 2000, just a few months after shooting for the music video Calle 54, in which Puente was wearing all-white outfit with his band.

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Portrait of a Drum Master:

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Sheila E: THE GLAMOROUS LIFE

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BIO:

The story goes[citation needed] Prince met Sheila performing at a concert with her father in the early 80s and was thoroughly impressed by her talent. After the show he met her and prophetically vowed that one day she would join his band. The two would eventually join forces during the Purple Rain recording sessions. Though taken under Prince’s wing, she proved to be a successful artist in her own right. In 1984 she scored hits with “The Glamorous Life” (Hot 100 #7, and regarded as something of an ’80s classic), “The Belle Of St. Mark” (#34) and “A Love Bizarre” (#11). Sheila E. was nominated for American Music Awards and Grammys for “The Glamorous Life,” and opened for Prince on his wildly successful Purple Rain Tour in 1984–85. Sheila recorded three albums during the ’80s, The Glamorous Life, Romance 1600, and Sheila E. She appeared in three films, Krush Groove with Run-DMC, LL Cool J and Blair Underwood in 1985, Prince’s concert film, Sign ‘O’ the Times in 1987 and Chasing Papi in 2003. And, she is well-known for her co-vocals with Prince (musician) on his most famous B-side single, “Erotic City,” from 1984.

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Happy Beautiful Drummer

DJ Shadow’s ENTRODUCING Classic

DJ Shadow: ENTRODUCING

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ABOUT ENTRODUCING:

Endtroducing…..

Shadow’s first full-length work, Endtroducing….., was released in late 1996 to immense critical acclaim. Endtroducing would make the Guinness World Records book for “First Completely Sampled Album” in 2001. The only piece of equipment Shadow used to produce the album is the AKAI MPC60 12bit sampling drum machine.

“Moments in Love’

DJ Craze (Arith Delgado) is a DJ who plays hip hop, breaks, drum n bass, and practices turntablism. He is the only solo DJ in history to claim the World DMC Champion trophy 3 times consecutively.

Craze has released two of the most popular battle records ever, “Bully Breaks” and “Bully Breaks 2″.

Championship titles

World ITF Scratch Off Champion ‘98
World DMC Champion ‘98, ’99, ‘00
USA DMC Champion ‘98
ITF Western Hemisphere Scratch Off Champion ‘98
Winter Music Conference Scratch Off Champion ‘96, ‘97, ‘98, ‘99
East Coast DMC Champion ‘97
East Coast Rap Sheet Champion ‘96
Zulu National Champion ‘95, ‘96
World DMC Team Champion “00