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Artist Essentials
3/8/2011
Composer Henry Mancini noted that Jerry Goldsmith's skill-set scared the hell out of his peers; John Williams, meanwhile, referred to Goldsmith's "chameleon adaptability," and the fact that he would ta …
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3/8/2011
Jerry Goldsmith was a titan in a field that leans toward anonymity. Composers slave over splotches of ink across endless lines on paper that are incomprehensible to most who hear the final product, yet …
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3/8/2011
Anchored by the rough-edged emotion and poetic outlook of frontman Paul Buchanan, the Blue Nile embodied the artistic side of '80s alterna-pop, with a free-flowing sonic palette and a talent for captur …
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3/8/2011
Les Paul's music, recording techniques, and guitars laid the groundwork for modern music, and everybody's favorite fretboard-fryer has been honored by his disciples ever since. Country guitar giant Che …
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3/8/2011
Without the work of Les Paul, music as we know it today would sound very different. The dizzying list of his innovations - solid-body electric guitar, overdubbing, tape delay, multi-track recording - i …
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My Groove
3/8/2011
From Chicano rock artists that found acceptance on English radio with Spanish or bilingual hits (Santana's "Oye Como Va," Malo's "Suavecito") to other artists that won over large Latino audiences with …
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Artist Essentials
3/8/2011
A soul-deep schooling in jazz and blues gave Manfred Mann the edge over their British Invasion buddies. When the band moved on Herbie Hancock's soul-jazz smash "Watermelon Man," the result wasn't just …
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Artist Essentials
3/8/2011
Manfred Mann continually reinvented the groups that bore his name, which scored hits across the decades, putting their own Brit-rock spin on everything from Bob Dylan to Burt Bacharach. As hepcats of t …
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Artist Essentials
3/8/2011
While Mercer may have been born when Broadway still reigned supreme, his heart couldn't help but beat in time to the rhythms of the silver screen, as he composed some of the most memorable movie themes …
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