Fotografia lui Jorge Luis Borges a fost realizata in 1971, la Buenos Aires. Semnata de autor, Mario Muchnik
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Succes 2010: Mario Muchnik, fotograful monştrilor sacri
Supranumit si "egalul lui Henri Cartier-Bresson", Mario Muchnik a avut ocazia sa traiasca o perioada alaturi de Julio Cortazar, in ultimul an de viata al scriitorului. Celebrul fotograf si editor spaniol a vernisat in Romania expozitia "Portrete literare", o prima parte a proiectului fotografic "Clipe furate", alcatuita din 34 de imagini alb-negru, portrete, printre altii, ale lui Francisco Ayala, Jorge Luis Borges, Julio Cortazar si Gabriel García Marquez.
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Succes 2010: Lars von Trier, un regizor dogmatic
Lars von Trier este un regizor de film danez, asociat cu mișcarea Dogma 95.
Trier a absolvit școala de cinema Den Danske Filmskole, din Stockholm. Lucrarea de diplomă, "Imagini în relief" a primit premiul Festivalului Școlilor de film de la München. Primul său film de lung metraj s-a numit Forbrydelsens element (Elementul crimei, 1984), și a câștigat Marele Premiu pentru Tehnică la Cannes.
Pentru televiziune, von Trier regizează Medea (1988) care obține premiul Jean d'Arcy în Franța. Breaking the Waves cîștigă Marele Premiu al Juriului de la Cannes, premiul Cesar pentru Cel mai bun film străin, premiul EFA pentru Cel mai bun film european iar actrița principală Emily Watson este nominalizată la premiul Oscar pentru cea mai bună actriță.
În 2000 a avut loc premiera dramei muzicale Dancer in the Dark având-o ca actriță principală pe cântăreața islandeză Björk. Filmul a obținut Palme d'Or la Cannes 2000. În 2003 începe trilogia „SUA: tărîmul tuturor posibilităților” cu filmul Dogville.
Succes 2010: Alan Warner, membru fondator al legendarei trupe The Foundations
Alan Warner (aka Allan Warner) este un muzician londonez, membru fondator al legendarului grup The Foundations. Printre hiturile formatiei din anii '60 s-au numarat "Baby, Now That I've Found You", "Back On My Feet Again", "Build Me Up Buttercup" si "In The Bad Bad Old Days". Warner interpreta la rhythm guitar & lead guitar, fiind in acelasi timp unul din compozitori si totodata backing vocal pentru ambii solisti, Clem Curtis si Colin Young.
The Foundations s-a destramat la sfarsitul anului 1970, Warner trecand la o formatie de rock progresiv, Pluto. La solicitarea prin email am primit o scrisoare si doua fotografii cu autograf.
The Foundations s-a destramat la sfarsitul anului 1970, Warner trecand la o formatie de rock progresiv, Pluto. La solicitarea prin email am primit o scrisoare si doua fotografii cu autograf.
Monday, November 8, 2010
Succes 2010: Ron Carter, jazz living legend. Most-recorded bassists in jazz history
Ron Carter is an American jazz double-bassist. His appearances on over 2,500 albums make him one of the most-recorded bassists in jazz history, along with Milt Hinton, Ray Brown and Leroy Vinnegar. Carter is also an acclaimed cellist who has recorded numerous times on that instrument.
His first jobs as a jazz musician were with Jaki Byard and Chico Hamilton. His first records were made with Eric Dolphy (another former member of Hamilton's group) and Don Ellis, in 1960. His own first date as leader, Where?, with Dolphy and Mal Waldron and a date also with Dolphy called Out There with George Duvivier and Roy Haynes and Carter on cello; its advanced harmonics and concepts for 1961 were reminiscent of the then current third stream movement. Carter came to fame via the second great Miles Davis quintet in the early 1960s, which also included Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter and Tony Williams.
Carter joined Davis's group in 1963, appearing on the album Seven Steps to Heaven and the follow-up E.S.P., the latter being the first album to feature only the full quintet. It also featured three of Carter's compositions (the only time he contributed compositions to Davis's group). He stayed with Davis's regular group until 1968 (when he was replaced by Dave Holland), and participated in a couple of studio sessions with Davis in 1969 and 1970. Although he played electric bass occasionally during this period, he has subsequently eschewed that instrument entirely, and now plays only acoustic bass. Carter was close to Davis and even revealed to an interviewer in 1966 that the famous trumpeter's favorite color was fuchsia.
Carter also performed on some of Hancock, Williams and Shorter's recordings during the sixties for Blue Note Records. He was a sideman on many Blue Note recordings of the era, playing with Sam Rivers, Freddie Hubbard, Duke Pearson, Lee Morgan, McCoy Tyner, Andrew Hill, Horace Silver and others.
After leaving Davis, Carter was for several years a mainstay of CTI Records, making albums under his own name and also appearing on many of the label's records with a diverse range of other musicians. Notable musical partnerships in the 70's and 80's included Joe Henderson, Houston Person, Hank Jones, and Cedar Walton. During the 1970s he was a member of the New York Jazz Quartet.
He appears on the alternative hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest's influential album The Low End Theory on a track called "Verses from the Abstract". He also appears as a member of the jazz combo The Classical Jazz Quartet.
In 1994, Carter appeared on the Red Hot Organization's compilation album, Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool. The album, meant to raise awareness and funds in support of the AIDS epidemic in relation to the African American community, was heralded as "Album of the Year" by Time Magazine.
Carter joined Davis's group in 1963, appearing on the album Seven Steps to Heaven and the follow-up E.S.P., the latter being the first album to feature only the full quintet. It also featured three of Carter's compositions (the only time he contributed compositions to Davis's group). He stayed with Davis's regular group until 1968 (when he was replaced by Dave Holland), and participated in a couple of studio sessions with Davis in 1969 and 1970. Although he played electric bass occasionally during this period, he has subsequently eschewed that instrument entirely, and now plays only acoustic bass. Carter was close to Davis and even revealed to an interviewer in 1966 that the famous trumpeter's favorite color was fuchsia.
Carter also performed on some of Hancock, Williams and Shorter's recordings during the sixties for Blue Note Records. He was a sideman on many Blue Note recordings of the era, playing with Sam Rivers, Freddie Hubbard, Duke Pearson, Lee Morgan, McCoy Tyner, Andrew Hill, Horace Silver and others.
After leaving Davis, Carter was for several years a mainstay of CTI Records, making albums under his own name and also appearing on many of the label's records with a diverse range of other musicians. Notable musical partnerships in the 70's and 80's included Joe Henderson, Houston Person, Hank Jones, and Cedar Walton. During the 1970s he was a member of the New York Jazz Quartet.
He appears on the alternative hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest's influential album The Low End Theory on a track called "Verses from the Abstract". He also appears as a member of the jazz combo The Classical Jazz Quartet.
In 1994, Carter appeared on the Red Hot Organization's compilation album, Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool. The album, meant to raise awareness and funds in support of the AIDS epidemic in relation to the African American community, was heralded as "Album of the Year" by Time Magazine.
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Succes 2010: James Moody, jazz legend
James Moody was an American jazz saxophone and flute player. He was best known for his hit "Moody's Mood for Love," an improvisation based on "I'm in the Mood for Love"; in performance, he often improvised vocals for the tune.
James Moody was born in Savannah, Georgia. Growing up in New Jersey, he was attracted to the saxophone after hearing George Holmes Tate, Don Byas, and various saxophonists who played with Count Basie, and later also took up the flute. He joined the US Army Air Corps in 1943 and played in the "negro band" on the segregated base.Following his discharge from the military in 1946 he played be-bop with Dizzy Gillespie for two years. Moody later played with Gillespie in 1964, where his colleagues in the Gillespie group, pianist Kenny Barron and guitarist Les Spann, would be musical collaborators in the coming decades.
In 1948 he recorded his first session for Blue Note Records, the first in a long recording career playing both saxophone and flute. That same year he relocated to Europe, where he stayed for three years, saying he had been "scarred by racism" in the U.S. His European work, including the first recording of "Moody's Mood for Love" saw him add the alto saxophone to his repertoire and helped to establish him as recording artist in his own right, and were part of the growth of European jazz. Then in 1952 he returned to the U.S. to a recording career with Prestige Records and others, playing flute and saxophone in bands that included musicians such as Pee Wee Moore and others. In the 1960s he rejoined Dizzy Gillespie. He later worked also with Mike Longo.
In a 1998 interview with Bob Bernotas, Moody stated that he believed jazz has definite spiritual resonance.
The James Moody Quartet (with pianist Renee Rosnes, bassist Todd Coolman, and drummer Adam Nussbaum) was Moody's vehicle later is his career.. Moody played regularly with Dizzy Gillespie Alumni All-Stars and the Dizzy Gillespie Alumni All-Stars Big Band and also often collaborated with former Gillespie alumnus, the trumpeter-composer-conductor Jon Faddis; Faddis and Moody worked in 2007 with the WDR Big Band in Cologne, Germany under the direction of Michael Abene.
On November 3, 2009, Moody appeared live in an interview conducted in both Italian and English (Moody spoke Italian) with the jazz aficionado, Nick "The Nightfly", on Radio Monte Carlo's late-night "Monte Carlo Nights" program. The chat featured an amiable Moody talking about his career.
Moody was married to Linda Moody; they resided in San Diego. He was an active member of the Bahá'í Faith. In 2005, the Moodys established the Moody Scholarship Fund at the Conservatory of Music at Purchase College-SUNY; the first Moody Scholars, named in 2007, are saxophonist Andrew Gould and trumpeter Maxilmilien Darche. Moody was an NEA Jazz Master and often participated in educational programming and outreach, including with the International Association for Jazz Education, or IAJE.
In 1948 he recorded his first session for Blue Note Records, the first in a long recording career playing both saxophone and flute. That same year he relocated to Europe, where he stayed for three years, saying he had been "scarred by racism" in the U.S. His European work, including the first recording of "Moody's Mood for Love" saw him add the alto saxophone to his repertoire and helped to establish him as recording artist in his own right, and were part of the growth of European jazz. Then in 1952 he returned to the U.S. to a recording career with Prestige Records and others, playing flute and saxophone in bands that included musicians such as Pee Wee Moore and others. In the 1960s he rejoined Dizzy Gillespie. He later worked also with Mike Longo.
In a 1998 interview with Bob Bernotas, Moody stated that he believed jazz has definite spiritual resonance.
The James Moody Quartet (with pianist Renee Rosnes, bassist Todd Coolman, and drummer Adam Nussbaum) was Moody's vehicle later is his career.. Moody played regularly with Dizzy Gillespie Alumni All-Stars and the Dizzy Gillespie Alumni All-Stars Big Band and also often collaborated with former Gillespie alumnus, the trumpeter-composer-conductor Jon Faddis; Faddis and Moody worked in 2007 with the WDR Big Band in Cologne, Germany under the direction of Michael Abene.
On November 3, 2009, Moody appeared live in an interview conducted in both Italian and English (Moody spoke Italian) with the jazz aficionado, Nick "The Nightfly", on Radio Monte Carlo's late-night "Monte Carlo Nights" program. The chat featured an amiable Moody talking about his career.
Moody was married to Linda Moody; they resided in San Diego. He was an active member of the Bahá'í Faith. In 2005, the Moodys established the Moody Scholarship Fund at the Conservatory of Music at Purchase College-SUNY; the first Moody Scholars, named in 2007, are saxophonist Andrew Gould and trumpeter Maxilmilien Darche. Moody was an NEA Jazz Master and often participated in educational programming and outreach, including with the International Association for Jazz Education, or IAJE.
PS Am primit acest autograf la cateva zile dupa ce sotia jazzmanului anunta ca sotul sau sufera de cancer pancreatic si ca a ales sa nu urmeze un tratament agresiv. Mr Moodie a murit in 9 decembrie 2010.
Succes 2010: Let There Be Rock! Steve Hackett (ex-Genesis)
Steve Richard Hackett este un faimos compozitor și chitarist englez. Hackett a cunoscut celebritatea ca membru al formației Genesis, al cărui membru a fost din 1970. Hackett a părăsit formația în 1977, pentru a începe o carieră solo.
Hackett a contribuit la 6 albume de studio marca Genesis, 3 albume live şi 7 single-uri.
În 1986, chitaristul britanic a fondat supertrupa GTR, împreună cu monstrul sacru Steve Howe, fost membru al celebrelor trupe Yes şi Asia. La plecarea lui Hackett din GTR, în 1987, grupul s-a destrămat.
Hackett a ales apoi o carieră solo, stilurile sale preferate fiind progressive rock, world music şi clasic. A fost inclus în Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, ca membru al Genesis, în 2010.
A cântat şi în România, în 19 iulie 2008, la Festivalul de Jazz de la Gărâna, alături de trupa maghiară Djabe. Autograf solicitat prin email.
Hackett a contribuit la 6 albume de studio marca Genesis, 3 albume live şi 7 single-uri.
În 1986, chitaristul britanic a fondat supertrupa GTR, împreună cu monstrul sacru Steve Howe, fost membru al celebrelor trupe Yes şi Asia. La plecarea lui Hackett din GTR, în 1987, grupul s-a destrămat.
Hackett a ales apoi o carieră solo, stilurile sale preferate fiind progressive rock, world music şi clasic. A fost inclus în Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, ca membru al Genesis, în 2010.
A cântat şi în România, în 19 iulie 2008, la Festivalul de Jazz de la Gărâna, alături de trupa maghiară Djabe. Autograf solicitat prin email.
Succes 2010: Eric Maskin, laureat al Premiului Nobel pentru Economie (2007)
Eric Stark Maskin este un economist american, laureat al Premiului Nobel pentru economie în anul 2007. Maskin a împărțit premiul Nobel pentru științe economice cu alți doi economiști americani Leonid Hurwicz și Roger Myerson.
Una dintre cele mai interesante opinii ale lui Maskin este că patentele software inhibă inovaţiile în loc să stimuleze progresul.
Autograf solicitat prin email.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Succes 2010: Dr. Sabine Bergmann-Pohl, ultimul preşedinte al Republicii Democrate Germane
Sabine Bergmann-Pohl este un politician german, membra a Uniunii Crestin-Democrate (CDU). A fost presedinta Camerei Populare a Republicii Democrate Germane din aprilie pana in octombrie 1990, si deci ultimul sef de stat al DDR.
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Succes 2010: Robert C. Merton, laureat al premiului Nobel pentru Economie (1997)
La trei luni dupa ce l-am contactat prin email pe laureatul premiului Nobel pentru Economie in 1997, Mr Merton a binevoit sa-mi trimita nu una, ci doua fotografii cu autograf. Ca un bonus total neasteptat, am primit si un flyer de la hotelul din Stockholm unde acesta a fost cazat cand a primit premiul Nobel. Pe hartia cu antetul hotelului, Mr Merton a notat ecuatia cu care a castigat voturile juriului Nobel. O piesa de colectie inedita si extrem de valoroasa pentru un colectionar - si nu numai...
Via Venue: Colorado
Gazde ale unor evenimente care va vor facilita transferul corespondentei catre cei carora le solicitati autografe:-Boulder Theatre (foto)
-Cervantes
-Denver Coliseum
-Fiddler's Green Amphitheater
-Fillmore Auditorium
-Pepsi Center
-Red Rock Ampitheatre
-The Grizzly Rose
Gazde ale unor evenimente care e posibil sa NU va faciliteze transferul corespondentei catre cei carora le solicitati autografe:
-The Black Sheep
Ce-i scriem unei vedete? Epistola a II-a
Pentru a avea succes atunci cand solicitati prin posta sau e-mail un autograf unei persoane careia va adresati in limba lui Shakespeare trebuie sa ii trimiteti o scrisoare bine ticluita, care sa il/o convinga ca merita efortul de a va semna fotografiile, de a face un drum la posta, de a schimba cupoanele IRC (daca nu stiti ce-s alea, cautati postarea referitoare la acestea din ianuarie) pe care i le-ati trimis in timbre si de a expedia scrisoarea. Celor care nu si-au invins inca inertia/sfiala, le prezint un model-sablon de scrisoare verificat.
Pentru azi am ales sa va prezint un model schematic de scrisoare destinata unui actor, sau unei vedete din lumea muzicii:
Dear Mr/Miss/Mrs ...(numele adresantului),
I have been a fan of yours for years, and have enjoyed your many [movies, songs, etc.] My favorite is [mentionati cantecul/filmul favorit].
I was wondering if you would mind sending me your autograph. I have enclosed a self-addressed stamped envelope for your convenience.
I hope to hear from you soon, and deeply appreciate your generosity in fulfilling this request.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
(numele expeditorului)
Revin cu o precizare necesara. La formula introductiva, folositi Mr. pentru domni, Miss daca va adresati unei vedete necasatorite si Mrs in cazul in care nu stiti daca vedeta este sau nu casatorita.
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