Quote # 50 by Edgar Winter

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“Music is very spiritual, it has the power to bring people together.”   – Edgar Winter     Edgar (Holland) Winter (born December 28, 1946 in Beaumont, Texas) is an American musician/singer and younger brother to blues guitarist and singer Johnny Winter. Edgar Winter is famous for being a multi-instrumentalist and he is a highly […]

Quote # 47 by Fiona Apple

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“The way I feel about music is that there is no right and wrong. Only true and false.”   – Fiona Apple   Fiona Apple McAfee Maggart (born September 13, 1977) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. Her debut album, Tidal, was released in 1996 and received a Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal […]

Quote # 42 by Harry Connick, JR.

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“It is jazz music that called me to be a musician and I have always sang the songs that moved me the most.”   – Harry Connick, Jr.     Joseph Harry Fowler Connick, Jr. (born September 11, 1967) is an American singer, conductor, pianist, actor, and composer. He has seven top-20 US albums, and […]

Thierry Eliez is a wonderful French musician, composer and singer

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Thierry Eliez (born 1964) is a wonderful French musician, composer and singer. Thierrys main instruments are keyboards and piano. The first time I heard Thierry was with the great French drummer (composer, arranger and producer) André “Dede” Ceccarelli.   I will also write about “Dede” in the future. Personally I think “Dede” have the same […]

Quote # 30 by Joe Williams

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“You can’t rehearse a blues, darlin’.”   – Joe Williams   Joe Williams (1918 – 1999) was a well-known jazz vocalist, a baritone singer, a mixture of blues, ballads, popular songs, and jazz standards. He got his big break in 1954, when he was hired as the male vocalist for the Count Basie Orchestra. He remained […]

Patrice Rushen is a wonderful musician

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Patrice Rushen is a wonderful musician   Patrice Louise Rushen (born September 30, 1954) is an American composer, record producer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, music director and vocalist. She is best known for the 1982 hit, “Forget Me Nots”, for which she received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance.   Patrice has a […]

Quote # 26 by Ray Charles

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“My music had roots which I’d dug up from my own childhood, musical roots buried in the darkest soil.”   – Ray Charles   Ray Charles (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004) was an American musician. He was a pioneer in the genre of soul music during the 1950s by fusing rhythm and blues, gospel, […]

Quote # 25 by Marilyn Manson

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“Music is the strongest form of magic.” – Marilyn Manson   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUdF2CbKIa8

Quote # 20 by Billie Holiday

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“I hate straight singing. I have to change a tune to my own way of doing it. That’s all I know.”   – Billie Holiday   Billie Holiday (1915 – 1959) was a fantastic American jazz singer and songwriter.   Billie Holiday singing “Fine and mellow” in New York, December 8, 1957. The band includes […]

Ivan Lins – Daquilo Que Eu Sei

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Ivan Lins a stunning Brazilian composer, singer and musician.   In addition for Ivan being a huge star in his homeland, he is incredibly popular in the United States and he has a faithful public in Europe as well. I myself have been a devoted fan since 1983, when my good friend (and also the […]