songwriter, guitarist and producer Tom Scholz, Boston’s line-up was completed by Brad Delp (vocals), Barry Goudreau (guitar), Sib Hashian (drums) and Fran Sheehan (bass). The all-conquering first album Boston released in 1976 became the biggest-selling debut of all time and yielded the hit single ‘More Than A Feeling’. Ever the perfectionist, Scholz considered the follow up, Don’t ...
All subsequent developments of the cast-iron frame derived from this device. In the story of its journey to perfection, a special place must be accorded to Jonas Chickering of Boston, whose single-cast grand-piano frame of 1843 represents a significant landmark in the piano’s evolution. The last step in the evolution of the piano was the introduction of cross-stringing – ...
supergroups like Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin. This was attempted with what many among the press and public perceived as the formulaic, watered-down product of ‘corporate’ acts such as Boston, Kansas and Foreigner. In a world where Alice Cooper and David Bowie were displaying a thespian-like theatricality, innovative psychedelia transmogrified into razzle-dazzle glam rock, people were pushing ...
real event, although stabbing with a knife would be permitted. Verdi refused the censors’ demands and left Naples for Rome, where he accepted a change of locale to Boston in the USA and exchanged ‘Riccardo, Count of Warwick’ for ‘King Gustavus III’ for the premiere at the Teatro Apollo on 17 February 1859. Further alterations were made for ...
1888–1976 English soprano Teyte started in Paris, where she appeared at the Opéra-Comique. In 1908 she was chosen by Debussy to succeed Mary Garden as Mélisande, a part she sang in England and, though not until 1948, in New York. She sang with the Beecham Opera Company as well as in Chicago and Boston. Introduction | Modern ...
, frequently compared to The Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin, centred on the relationship between principal members Steven Tyler (vocals) and Joe Perry (guitar). The pair came together in Boston, Massachusetts, with Joey Kramer (drums), Brad Whitford (guitar) and Tom Hamilton (bass). Their first album Aerosmith (1973) was an immediate success, paving the way for the multi-platinum ...
Al Di Meola (b. 1954) rose to the top tier of contemporary jazz guitarists through his work with Chick Corea’s Return To Forever in the Seventies. In addition to a prolific solo career, he has collaborated on projects with bassist Stanley Clarke, keyboardist Jan Hammer, violinist Jean-Luc Ponty and guitarists John McLaughlin and Paco de Lucía. Al Laurence ...
pas-de-deux from Spartacus) became world-famous. His concertos, concerto-rhapsodies and symphonies are in a similar, opulently Romantic style. Recommended Recording: Violin Concerto in D Minor, Leonid Kogan, Boston SO (cond) Pierre Monteux (RCA/Sony) Introduction | Modern Era | Classical Personalities | Zoltán Kodály | Modern Era | Classical ...
1855–1922 Hungarian conductor Principal conductor at the Leipzig Opera in 1879, Nikisch became conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra 10 years later, and conductor of both the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra from 1895 until his death. He performed the works of many contemporary composers, including Bruckner, Tchaikovsky, Mahler and Strauss. Introduction | ...
(Guitar, b. 1951) A distinctive electric guitar stylist, Frisell evokes longing and wonder through melodic selectivity, legato attack and strategic outbursts. Originally a clarinetist, then inspired by Wes Montgomery, he studied at Boston’s Berklee School of Music and with Jim Hall. He recorded for ECM and won fame in the New York noise/improv scene, exploring ...
Denver area. He went to the University of Northern Colorado, where he studied guitar with Johnny Smith. After graduation, he went to the Berklee School of Music in Boston and studied with jazz legend Jim Hall. Frisell’s major break came when Pat Metheny recommended him to drummer Paul Motian for a session. Motian’s label, ECM Records, made ...
(Banjo, pedal steel guitar, b. 1939) Keith grew up in Boston, but he fell in love with bluegrass and mastered the Scruggs roll so well that he could play fast, fluid fiddle tunes on the banjo. He founded a duo with college roommate Jim Rooney (vocals, guitar, b. 1938) and in 1963 joined Bill Monroe. ...
Billy listen to Jeff Beck and Jimi Hendrix but refused to teach him to play; consequently, Corgan was self-taught. His early influences were the mainstream rock of Queen, Boston, ELO and Cheap Trick, along with heavier outfits like Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin. Later, he discovered the alternative scene via Bauhaus, The Cure and The ...
The Hunter (1982), Blondie disbanded. The group reformed 15 years later and hit the UK No. 1 spot again with ‘Maria’. Styles & Forms | Seventies | Rock Personalities | Boston | Seventies | Rock ...
the contrast between fizzy male vocals and melancholy female vocals. The band was founded by Jimmy Ryan (vocals, mandolin, b. 1959), guitarist Mark Spencer and Cheri Knight in Boston in 1987, but drifted apart in 1995. Ryan formed such bands as Wooden Leg, Sunday’s Well, The Pale Brothers and Hayride. Knight released two solo albums, ...
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