Spirit of the Boogie is the highly successful sixth studio album released in 1975 by Kool & the Gang. It can be seen as a follow-up to Wild and Peaceful (1973); The instrumental "Jungle Jazz" uses the same basic rhythm track heard in "Jungle Boogie", but lets the players improvise on their instruments. References to earlier works can be noticed. "Spirit of the Boogie" features Donal Boyce, who was rapping on "Jungle Boogie". Some African influence can be felt, and the band even play in a West-Indian style on "Caribbean Festival", another instrumental track, with once more much room for improvisation.
12 Girls Band are an all female Chinese musical group that initially consisted of twelve members before the addition of a thirteenth. Twelve Girls Band use traditional Chinese instruments to play both traditional Chinese and Western music. Formed on June 18, 2001, the women were selected by audition from more than 4,000 contestants. Each woman is classically-trained, and the band members come from various conservatories in the People's Republic of China (PRC), including the China Academy of Music, the Chinese National Orchestra, and the Central Conservatory of Music.
Chen Yi is a Chinese-American composer of contemporary classical music as well as a violinist. She was the first Chinese woman to receive a Master of Arts (M.A.) in music composition from the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing. Chen was a finalist for the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Music for her composition Si Ji, and has received awards from the Koussevistky Music Foundation and American Academy of Arts and Letters, as well as fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. In 2010, she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from The New School and in 2012, she was awarded the Brock Commission from the American Choral Directors Association. She was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2019.
James Stanley McCarty is an English musician, best known as the drummer for the Yardbirds and Renaissance. Following Chris Dreja's departure from the Yardbirds in 2013, McCarty became the only member of the band to feature in every lineup.
Traditional Vietnamese musical instruments are the musical instruments used in the traditional and classical musics of Vietnam. They comprise a wide range of string, wind, and percussion instruments, used by both the Viet (Kinh) majority as well as the nation's ethnic minorities.
The Vancouver Chinese Music Ensemble is an ensemble of traditional Chinese musical instruments based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The ensemble performs both in concert and at community events. Their music encompasses both traditional Chinese pieces and modern music by composers from around the world.
Jiangnan sizhu is a style of traditional Chinese instrumental music from the Jiangnan region of China.
Oliver Sudden Productions is a Canadian independent record label focusing on traditional music from various parts of the world. The label was founded by music producer Paul Etch in Montreal, Canada in 1993. Highlights of the company's current catalog includes the albums by Chinese erhu player Lei Qiang, Japanese koto player Satomi Saeki, Vietnamese dan bau musician Pham Duc Thanh, Paraguayan harpist Eralio Gill, flamenco guitarist Juan Carranza, Indian sarod player Aditya Verma, Japanese shakuhachi player Alcvin Takegawa Ramos, Chinese yangqin musician and former music professor at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music Anna Guo, Chinese zheng player Hong Ting, and Chinese pipa player Liu Fang.
Grace and Gratitude is the twenty-second studio album by Australian singer Olivia Newton-John. The album was released 25 August 2006 through EMI exclusively by Walgreens to benefit various charities of cancer and re-released on 14 September 2010 through Green Hill Records as Grace and Gratitude Renewed. A "pink" edition of the original album also was released in certain territories, with a two-track remix bonus CD.
Ron Korb is a Grammy-nominated Canadian flutist (flautist) and composer.
Xu Yi is a Chinese composer and music educator in France.
Europa is Canadian flutist (flautist) and composer Ron Korb's 16th solo album, recorded in Glenn Gould Studio, Canterbury Music, and Kuhl Music, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The production was accomplished in the end of 2012 and the album's official release in 2013 by Humble Dragon Entertainment. The CD features the artist's inspiration in traveling Europa and visiting birthplaces of classical composers, such as Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The track St. Johann won awards of excellence in composition and awards of merit in acoustic instrument solo performance of Global Music Awards. The album also won best album and best album art/graphic of Global Music Awards. The track Beckett's Whisper was on the instrumental finalist in International Acoustic Music Awards.
Yang Jing is a composer and pipa soloist of Chinese origin. Between 1997 – 2009 she often toured in Japan. Since 2001, she has lived in Switzerland. Her composition premiere recording was Der Grosse Wagen (瀚空七星) by the First European Chinese Ensemble; A Traveller's Chant.
The Korg Pa600MY is a musical arranger keyboard based on the Korg Pa600 which, in turn, belongs to the KORG Pa series of internationally acclaimed and bestselling musical arrangers. It has added unique Malaysian ethnic instruments and musical styles alongside the classic keyboard sounds of piano, brass and synthesizer. The keyboard was developed as a joint collaboration between Korg and Malaysian distributor CK Music. It was created with the aim to "preserve and promote Malaysia’s unique blend and harmony of our three ethnic races".
Book of Roses is the eighth studio album by Swiss harpist and new-age artist Andreas Vollenweider, released in 1991. It is almost entirely instrumental.
Jennifer Zhang (張羽琪) is a Chinese-American musician. Crowned as the 2015 Miss Friendship Ambassador of Chicago, she was granted the honor of representing Chicago in the 2015 Miss Chinese International Pageant in Hong Kong. In 2017, she won the Miss China International crown in Beijing.
Suju, or Suzhou opera is a combination of various Chinese operas from Suzhou, including Tanhuang, Nanci and Kunqu. The opera is typically sung in Suzhou dialect of Wu Chinese. Suzhou opera originated in Suzhou city, the cultural center of China's Jiangnan area.
World Café is a 2018 studio album by Canadian flutist and composer Ron Korb. The compositions are mainly inspired by Korb's experience travelling to the countries in the Spanish speaking world such as Spain, Cuba, and the countries of South America.
Stringed music is prominent in China, especially in the Jiangnan region, where it is the name of all the instruments made from wood and string. This form of performance started from the Jin dynasty (265–420).
