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New York Voices Sing The Songs of Paul Simon. $ 20.00. Add to cart. Description. Featuring: Peter Eldridge – Vocals, Piano, Keyboards. Lauren Kinhan – Vocals. Darmon Meader – Vocals, Tenor Sax. Kim Nazarian – Vocals. Andy Ezrin – Piano. James Genus – Acoustic bass. Ben Wittman – Drums, percussion. Cyro Baptista – Percussion. Peter Calo – Guitar.
Mar 23, 2024 · His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy. NPR's Scott Simon talks with double bass player Christian McBride about his new album, recorded with fellow bassist Edgar Meyer. It's called "But Who's Gonna Play the Melody?"
Mar 23, 2024 · Listen • 8:02. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: It's been a while since I've spoken with jazz bassist Christian McBride. You know, our last interview was about 23 years ago. CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE: What? SIMON: Well, that was my reaction.
- A Higher Power Is on His Mind
- His Guitar Skills Remain Undimmed
- He's Still Very Funny
- Edie Brickell Remains Indispensable to His Art
- Simon May Not Tour Anymore, But He Remains A Force
"The Lord is my engineer/ The Lord is the earth I ride on/ The Lord is the face in the atmosphere/The path I slip and I slide on," Simon sings in opening movement "The Lord" — a verse that becomes a motif throughout Seven Psalms. But Simon isn't evangelical on the album; far be it from him to take a myopic view of anythingin song. "Slip" and "slide...
Occasionally, Simon barely touches his acoustic guitar during concerts, especially when his band is choogling away behind him. But he remains one of the greatest of his generation, and Seven Psalms displays that practically every second. Simon played most of the instruments on Seven Psalms, including various bells and gongs, as well as far-flung in...
As psychologically and spiritually freighted as Simon's music can be, it's hard to remember a single song where he sounds ponderous. His razor-sharp sense of humor is a big part of that. Simon’s one-liner game has always been strong; to hear "You Can Call Me Al" is to chuckle at least a little bit at the "roly-poly little bat-faced girl" line. (Dit...
Simon's wife, Edie Brickell, is a GRAMMY winner in her own right who rose to prominence in the 1980s with her band, Edie Brickell & New Bohemians. The couple met in 1988 on the set of "Saturday Night Live" and married in 1992. Since then, Brickell appeared on Simon's fantastic 2011 album So Beautiful or So What; his song "In the Garden of Edie," fr...
Back in 2018, Simon announced his retirement. Sort of. Citing mental exhaustion, he booked one final tour — but didn't rule out occasional performances. "I don't intend for it to be my last performance," he told CNNof the hometown show — in Queens — that wrapped up his farewell tour. "I'd like to do it for my own pleasure, in concert halls that hav...
Eight-time GRAMMY® Award-winning jazz bassist Christian McBride can be likened to a force of nature, fusing the fire and fury of a virtuoso with the depth and grounding of a seasoned journeyman.
From 2000 to 2008, McBride led his own ensemble, the Christian McBride Band, with saxophonist Ron Blake, pianist/keyboardist Geoffrey Keezer, and drummer Terreon Gully. The band released two albums: Vertical Vision ( Warner Bros. , 2003) and Live at Tonic ( Ropeadope , 2006).
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Feb 20, 2023 · At 50, he boasts one of the most impressive résumés of any jazz musician in his age bracket: eight Grammy wins; hundreds of recording credits alongside names such as Willie Nelson, Paul...
