 | This article needs additional citations for verification .(November 2020) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) |
Orchestra Jazira was an Anglo-Ghanaian band. The band consisted of Jane Shorter playing tenor sax, Sofi Hellborg playing alto, Nigel Watson, Kwadwo Oteng playing keyboards, Opata Azu playing bass and Colin Bass. [1] They broke up in 1987. [2]
They released one album Nomadic Activities (1984). [1]
Concert champêtre, FP 49, is a harpsichord concerto by Francis Poulenc, which also exists in a version for piano solo with very slight changes in the solo part.
Tri Yann is a Breton band from Nantes who play folk rock music drawing on traditional Breton folk ballads.
Orchestra Baobab is a Senegalese band established in 1970 as the house band of the Baobab Club in Dakar. Many of the band's original members had previously played with Star Band de Dakar in the 1960s. Directed by timbalero and vocalist Balla Sidibé, the group features saxophonists Issa Cissoko and Thierno Koité, two singers, two guitarists and a rhythm section with drums, congas and bass guitar. Since their formation, the band has predominantly played a mix of son cubano, Wolof music, and to a lesser extent Mande musical traditions.
Richard Reed Parry is a Canadian multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, best known as a core member of the Grammy Award-winning indie rock band Arcade Fire, where he plays a wide variety of instruments, often switching between guitar, double bass, drums, celesta, keyboards, and accordion.
The bass saxophone is one of the largest members of the saxophone family—larger than the more commonly encountered baritone saxophone. The modern bass saxophone is a transposing instrument pitched in B♭, an octave below the tenor saxophone. The bass saxophone is not a commonly used instrument, but it is heard on some 1920s jazz recordings; in free jazz; in saxophone choirs; and occasionally in concert bands.
Nyboma Mwan'dido, often simply Nyboma, a prominent Congolese soukous tenor vocallist, has been over a fifty-year span a leading member of several outstanding bands, including Orchestre Lipua Lipua, Orchestre Kamale, Les Quatre Etoiles, and Kekele, in addition to performing and recording as a solo artist. He is widely recognized as one of the best singers in Congolese music.
Colin Bass is an English musician, award-winning record producer and songwriter. Since 1979 he has been a member of the British progressive rock band Camel, who, after a ten-year hiatus due to the ill health of bandleader Andrew Latimer, returned to active touring in 2013. From 1984 to 1992 he was also a core figure in the pioneering World Music group 3 Mustaphas 3. He has also made two solo albums under his own name and three albums recorded in Indonesia under the name Sabah Habas Mustapha. The title track of the first, "Denpasar Moon", became a hugely popular song in Indonesia in the mid-1990s and has been covered by over 50 Indonesian, Malaysian, Japanese and Filipino artists. As a record producer he has worked with a diverse range of international artists including: the Klezmatics (USA), SambaSunda (Indonesia), Daniel Kahn & the Painted Bird (USA) Krar Collective (Ethiopia), Etran Finatawa (Niger) and 9Bach (Wales) amongst others. As a guest artist he has appeared on albums by a number of internationally acclaimed artists including top Malian singing star Oumou Sangare, playing on all tracks of her 1993 Ko Sira album.
Harold Winston "Harry" Beckett was a British trumpeter and flugelhorn player of Barbadian origin.
Renaud Garcia-Fons is a highly accomplished French upright-bass player and composer.
Elvis Schoenberg's Orchestre Surreal is musical group founded in 1997 in Los Angeles. "Elvis Schoenberg" is the persona of composer Ross Wright.
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou is a band from Cotonou, Benin which plays afrobeat, funk, soukous and other styles, often based on Vodun rhythms. The group is sometimes referred to as "Tout Puissant" Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou.
Ali Ahmed Mabkhout Mohsen Omaran Alhajeri is an Emirati professional association football player who plays for Al Jazira. He progressed through Al Jazira's youth team and made his way through to the first team in 2009.
The 2011–12 Pro League season was the 37th top-level football season in the UAE, and the fourth Professional season.
Marcel Keizer is a Dutch football coach and former player who is the manager of Emirati club Al Jazira.
Fantaisie for piano and orchestra (L.73/CD.72), is a composition for piano and orchestra by French composer Claude Debussy. It was composed between October 1889 and April 1890, but only received its first public performance in 1919, a year after Debussy's death. The work is dedicated to the pianist René Chansarel, who had been scheduled to play the solo part for the cancelled premiere in 1890.
The 2014–15 UAE Pro League, known as the Arabian Gulf League for sponsorship reasons, was the 40th top-level football season in the United Arab Emirates. Fourteen teams participated with Al Ahli as the defending champions after securing the championship last season for the first time since the 2008–09 campaign.
Bopol Mansiamina, also known as Bopol or Don Paolo, is a prolific and renowned Congolese musician. He has recorded and performed extensively over four decades as a solo artist, as a member of leading African bands, and in support of many African musicians. Bopol is best known for his work in the 1980s and early 1990s as one of the four members of the Paris-based supergroup Les Quatre Etoiles and as a solo artist.
The 2017–18 UAE League Cup is the 10th season of the UAE League Cup. The competition started on September 4, 2017.
The French Republican Guard Band is a military band unit of the French Republican Guard. The band is composed of 120 professional musicians from senior national conservatories. It is a part of the National Gendarmerie. As the senior band and field music unit of the French Armed Forces, it is aimed towards active participation as the musical accompaniment in all national events.
The 2019–20 UAE Pro League was the 46th edition of the UAE Pro League. On 26 April 2019, Khor Fakkan won the first division title over Al Taawon 3–0; this is their inaugural appearance on the pro league as Khor Fakkan Club as they were previously known as Al Khaleej, having been absent from the Pro League for twelve years. Hatta later returned to the pro league after a 1–0 away victory against Al Hamriyah secured them a spot on the first division after getting relegated a year ago. Sharjah are the defending champions. The League was put on hold on March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, however on June, with the majority of 12 out of 14 clubs votes, the league was cancelled and the champion is yet to be decided. On 18th of June, it was declared that this season will end with no champion despite Shabab Al-Ahli leading the table with 43 points and the same teams that qualified for the 2020 AFC Champions League will qualify for the 2021 AFC Champions League.
 | This article on an English band or musical ensemble is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 | This Ghana -related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |