Alex North
Born: 4th December 1910, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: 8th September 1991, Los Angeles, California, United States
Nationality: American
Alex North was an American composer best known for his many film scores, including A Streetcar Named Desire (one of the first jazz-based film scores), Viva Zapata!, Spartacus, Cleopatra, and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? He received fifteen Academy Award nominations for his work as a composer; while he did not win for any of his nominations, he received an Honorary Academy Award in 1986, the first for a composer.
He wrote the music for the Oscar-nominated song "Unchained Melody", which was used in the 1955 prison film Unchained. The song became a standard and one of the most recorded of the 20th century, with over 1,500 recordings made by more than 670 artists, in multiple languages.
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Eastern Sounds
Yusef Lateef (woodwinds), Barry Harris (piano), Lex Humphries (drums), Ernie Farrow (upright bass)
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Jazz Fest: The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
The Golden Eagles (leadvocalist), Larry McKinley, Trombone Shorty (trombone), Troy Andrews (leadvocalist), Donald Harrison Jr., Danny Barker, Lady Linda (leadvocalist), Terence Blanchard (trumpet), Kermit Ruffins Big Band, Allen Toussaint (leadvocalist), Champion Jack Dupree (leadvocalist), Newport All-Stars, George Wein (leadvocalist), John Boutté (leadvocalist), Earl King (leadvocalist), Irma Thomas (leadvocalist), Snooks Eaglin (leadvocalist), Clarence "Frogman" Henry, Frogman Henry (leadvocalist), The White Eagles, Big Chief Jake Millon (leadvocalist), Professor Longhair (leadvocalist), Dixie Cups, Barbara Hawkins (leadvocalist), Rosa Hawkins (leadvocalist), Athelgra Neville (leadvocalist), Marcia Ball (leadvocalist), Dr. John (leadvocalist), Ray Hackett, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band (group), Henry Butler (leadvocalist), Red Tyler Quintet, Germaine Bazzle (leadvocalist), Al Belletto Big Band, Original Liberty Jazz Band, Dr. Michael White, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Ronell Johnson (leadvocalist), The Zion Harmonizers, Sherman Washington (leadvocalist), Raymond Myles, The Gospel Soul Children, Johnson Extension, Buckwheat Zydeco, Stanley Dural Jr. (leadvocalist), Boozoo Chavis (leadvocalist), The Savoy Family Band, Bruce Daigrepont (leadvocalist), Beausoleil, Michael Doucet (leadvocalist), David Doucet (leadvocalist), The Neville Brothers, Charles "The Horn Man" Neville (leadvocalist), Aaron Neville (leadvocalist), Art "Poppa Funk" Neville (leadvocalist), Cyril Neville (leadvocalist), John Campbell (leadvocalist), John Mooney (leadvocalist), Kenny Neal (leadvocalist), Bonnie Raitt, Tommy Ridgley (leadvocalist), The Meters, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Walter "Wolfman" Washington (leadvocalist), Deacon John, Deacon John Moore (leadvocalist), Sonny Landreth (leadvocalist), Anders Osborne (leadvocalist), The Subdudes, Tommy Malone (leadvocalist), Big Freedia (leadvocalist), Wild Magnolias, Monk Boudreaux (leadvocalist), Bo Dollis (leadvocalist)
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Conversations with Bill Evans
Jean-Yves Thibaudet (Piano)
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New. The Vibe
Nanami Haruta, Xavier Davis, Michael Dease, Rodney Whitaker (double bass), Ulysses Owens Jr., Chris Minami
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