»title: The Essential BEN SIDRAN Groove Master selection
»artist: Ben Sidran
»compiled by: GeGè
Telesforo for Groove Master Edition
»edited by:
Mark Wolves @ Mediasonus, Rome
»all music produced by: GeGè
Telesforo & Groovinators
»art work by:
Pino Oliva_Adecom
»http://www.bensidran.com/
Although best known in some circles for writing Steve Miller’s hit
song “Space Cowboy”, Ben Sidran is more widely recognized as the host
of National Public Radio’s landmark jazz series “Jazz Alive”, which
received a Peabody Award, and as the host of VH-1 television’s “New
Visions” series, which received the Ace Award for best music series.
A pianist, producer, singer and composer, he has recorded twenty five solo albums, including the Grammy nominated “Concert for Garcia Lorca,” and has produced recordings for such noted artists as Van Morrison, Diana Ross, Mose Allison and Jon Hendricks. He composed the soundtrack for the acclaimed film “Hoop Dreams”, and scored the documentary “Vietnam: Long Time Coming”, which won both the Aspen Film Festival audience award and an Emmy. He is the author of two books on the subject of jazz, “Black Talk,” a cultural history of the music, and “Talking Jazz,” a series of conversations with well known musicians.
Although he holds a PhD. in American Studies from Sussex University, he has generally avoided the academic life, preferring instead to spend his time performing—most recently in Europe and Asia— producing radio and records, and completing his third book, “A Life in the Music” (Taylor Trade Press, February, 2003). Musically, Ben released “Walk Pretty”, the songs of Alec Wilder. In September of 2003, Liquid 8 Records launched the jazz label Nardis Music (www.nardismusic.com ) with Ben Sidran. Among its first releases was Ben's own “Nick's Bump”.
2004 saw Ben as the Music composer, along with Leo Sidran, of
original score for the award winning documentary "All Deliberate
Speed", which chronicles the landmark 1954 Supreme Court Brown v.
Board of Education ruling. Ben's most recent release is "Bumpin' At
The Sunside" a live recording from famed Paris club, The Sunside.
» track list
1 Walk pretty
2 Solar
3 Making whoopie
4 Mr. P's shuffle
5 Big Nick
6 Get happy
7 Nardis
8 The winter of my discontent
9 Sentimental journey
10 I wanna be a bebopper
11 Nostalgia in Times Square
12 Look here [live]
13 It should have been me [live]
14 Straight no chaser [live]
15 I'm back
16 Jive samba
17 Steady Eddie
18 Turn to the music
19 Mother Tongue [edit]
20 Black Jack
21 You said
22 Cryin' blues
23 Listen here
24 The difference
25 Relaxin' at Camarillo
26 Mumbles
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