Which composition is the founder of Salt Records best known for?
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Salt Records Salt Records (S:alt Records - suitably:alternative) is a UK-based independent label/platform for eclectic music. Founded by Roberto Concina (aka Robert Miles) in 2000, it became the home for artists such as Robert Miles, Miles Gurtu and Blue Light Fever.
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Robert Miles Roberto Concina (3 November 1969 – 9 May 2017), better known by his stage name Robert Miles, was a Swiss-born Italian record producer, composer, musician and DJ. He is best known for his composition "Children".
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Sam Brown III Sam Brown III, usually known by his first and last name without the generational appellation, is an African-American songwriter, record producer, arranger and composer and self-described "music industry insider" working in Los Angeles. He is noted for involvement in nine No.1 records, six No. 1 singles, ten RIAA Gold Record achievements, often performing multiple roles such as songwriter and producer.
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Fats Domino Antoine "Fats" Domino Jr. (born February 26, 1928) is an American pianist and singer-songwriter of French Creole descent. Five of his records released before 1955 sold over a million copies and were certified as gold records, and he had 35 records in the U.S. "Billboard" Top 40. His musical style is based on traditional rhythm and blues, accompanied by saxophones, bass, piano, electric guitar, and drums.
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Morgan Fisher Stephen Morgan Fisher (born 1 January 1950, Mayfair, London) is an English keyboard player and composer, and is most known as a member of Mott the Hoople in the early 1970s. However, his career has covered a wide range of musical activities, and he is still active in the music industry. In recent years he has expanded into photography.
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Randy Newman Randall Stuart Newman (born November 28, 1943) is an American singer-songwriter, arranger, composer, and pianist who is known for his distinctive voice, mordant (and often satirical) pop songs, and for film scores.
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Mess Around "Mess Around", written by Atlantic Records president and founder Ahmet Ertegün under the pseudonym of "A. Nugetre", or ""Nuggy"" was one of Ray Charles’ first hits. Ertegün claims his inspiration for writing "Mess Around" was Pete Johnson.
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Joe Cabot Joseph Claude Caputo, (July 12, 1921 – March 7, 2016), better known as Joe Cabot, was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and musical director. He is best known for his responsive phrasing and mute-on/mute-off virtuosity. His original composition, "Slow Down, Sugar, Take Your Time," was praised by music critic John Wilson and likened to the stylings of the Nat Cole Trio in an Oct. 31, 1982 piece in the "New York Times"' Arts and Leisure section. In addition to trumpet, Cabot also played the Flugelhorn.
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Jumpin' Jive "Jumpin' Jive" (also known as "(Hep-Hep!) The Jumpin' Jive") is a famous jazz/swing composition, written by Cab Calloway, Frank Froeba and Jack Palmer. originally recorded on 17 July 1939, on Vocalion Records, it sold over a million copies. He performs it with his orchestra and the Nicholas Brothers in the 1943 musical, "Stormy Weather".
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Experimental Music Catalogue The Experimental Music Catalogue (commonly known as the EMC) was founded in 1968 by Christopher Hobbs in order to provide an outlet for new music by composers of the English experimental movement, Publications appeared mainly as generic anthologies, such as the "Verbal Anthology","String Anthology", "Rhythmic Anthology" and the "Scratch Anthology of Compositions". These anthologies featured music by British composers such as Cornelius Cardew, Hugh Shrapnel, Howard Skempton, Gavin Bryars, John White, and other experimental composers, including those in the Scratch Orchestra, but also others, including Robert Ashley and Terry Jennings.
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Roy Lee Johnson Roy Lee Johnson (born December 31, 1938) is an American R&B and soul songwriter, singer and guitarist. He is best known for his composition "Mr. Moonlight", which has been covered by many artists, including The Beatles.
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Critical Mass (Matthew Shipp album) Critical Mass is an album by American jazz pianist Matthew Shipp which was recorded in 1994 and released on 2.13, a division of the 2.13.61 label, founded by Henry Rollins. Shipp adds violinist Mat Maneri to his usual trio lineup with bassist William Parker and drummer Whit Dickey. Shipp met Maneri when the violinist was just 17 in Boston, this is their first collaboration on record.
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Giovanni Consolini Giovanni Consolini (1808–1906) was an Italian composer. His opera "Il conte di Salto" successfully premiered at the Teatro Chiabrera in Savona on 21 January 1894. He was also known for his opera "La finta pazza".
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Sol Rabinowitz Saul "Sol" Rabinowitz (April 26, 1924 – March 16, 2013) was an American music business executive. He was the founder and lead producer of Baton Records, an independent record label that recorded rhythm and blues music in New York City during the 1950s.
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Skip Drinkwater Skip Drinkwater is an American record producer. Best known for working with Jazz artists, Norman Connors, Alphonse Mouzon & Eddie Henderson, as well as discovering Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Funk/Jazz quartet, Catalyst.
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Kevin Sargent (composer) Kevin Sargent is a British composer for film and television who began his career as a drummer, percussionist and keyboardist with cult dance/rock pioneers Thrashing Doves. Signed to A&M and Elektra Records, he learnt his craft at the elbow of legendary producers Chris Thomas, Jimmy Iovine and jazz luminary Tommy Lipuma, recording three critically acclaimed albums in Los Angeles, London and New York and touring the US and Europe. Their funky and controversial "Jesus on the Payroll" (1988) reached the Billboard Top Twenty dance chart.
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Kendrick Scott Kendrick Scott (born July 8, 1980 in Houston, Texas) is an American jazz drummer, bandleader, and composer. He is the founder of the record label World Culture Music.
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Salted Music Salted Music is an electronic dance music record label, based in San Francisco, California, founded by Miguel Migs.
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Mike Maxfield Mike Maxfield (born 23 February 1944, Manchester, England) is an English songwriter and guitarist, who came to fame as a member of The Dakotas. He composed "Cruel Sea", a song which was first recorded by The Ventures (see The Ventures discography). The Dakotas later recorded an instrumental version of the track, which was one of the group's biggest hits.
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Peter Reynolds (composer) Peter Reynolds (January 12, 1958 – October 11, 2016) was a Welsh composer known for founding PM Music Ensemble. In addition, he was recognised by Guinness World Records as having written with writer Simon Rees the shortest opera on Earth, "Sands of Time"; a three-minute and thirty-four second long piece. He died on 11 October 2016 at his home in Cardiff.
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Stephen Scott (composer) Stephen Scott (born 1944 in Corvallis, Oregon) is an American composer best known for his development of the bowed piano (borrowed from C. Curtis-Smith, who invented the technique in 1972), which involves a grand piano being played by an ensemble of ten musicians who utilize lengths of horsehair, nylon filament, and other utensils to bow the strings of the piano, creating an orchestra-like sound. Scott founded the Bowed Piano Ensemble in 1977, for which he composes. His work is associated with the minimal style of composition.
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Hala Strana Hala Strana (Bulgarian for "salt beach") is the name of a recording project of American musician Steven R. Smith. Smith began recording under the name in 2002 as an outlet which allowed him to explore the traditional music of Eastern Europe more fully than possible with his solo work. Although numerous musicians have contributed to the project, including Glenn Donaldson, Loren Chasse, and Darren Ankenman, most Hala Strana recordings are solo productions. His recordings have included such diverse instruments as hurdy-gurdy, bouzouki, harmonium, spike fiddles, bul bul tarang, the optigan keyboard, xaphoon, and field recordings. Hala Strana’s releases have featured arrangements of traditional music from Hungary, Romania, Croatia, Albania, Ukraine and Bulgaria as well as original music influenced by the music of these areas. Hala Strana has recorded for a number of independent labels such as Soft Abuse, Last Visible Dog, Jewelled Antler, and Emperor Jones.