Stranger

Composer-Pianist Yelena Eckemoff's 'I Am A Stranger In This World,' Second Installment Of Her Biblical Psalms Project, To Be Released May 20

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
February 20, 2022

Pianist-composer Yelena Eckemoff adds to her already impressive corpus of settings for the Psalms on I Am a Stranger in This World, due for a May 20 release on her own L&H Production label. The album is a new installment in a long-term musical project that began with 2018’s Better Than Gold and Silver, and once again teams Eckemoff with that album’s trumpeter Ralph Alessi and bassist Drew Gress, along with guitarist Adam Rogers and drummer Nasheet Waits. (Violinist Christian ...
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Playing To Strangers: Why Marketing To People Who Haven't Heard You Is The Most Profitable

Source: HypeBot
March 2, 2019

In this piece Amber Horsburgh breaks down some interesting streaming statistics suggesting that, contrary to many conventional marketing theories, marketing to listeners who have never heard your music can be a more profitable approach than trying to cultivate a rapid central fanbase. Guest post by Amber Horsburgh. Amber writes about music strategy via her fortnightly newsletter, Deep Cuts, Subscribe here. This article originally appeared on Medium How do you build an artist’s brand? Can you do it from the bottom up amassing fan ...
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Sinatra: Strangers in the Night 2

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
July 1, 2016

Yesterday, I posted about Frank Sinatra's single, Strangers in the Night, which went to No. 1 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart this week in 1966. I also included a link to my Wall Street Journal essay on the song and album. Included in yesterday's post was my complete interview with Jimmy Bowen, who produced the single and shed some light on why Sinatra wasn't crazy about the song and why he avoided it in future concerts. Today, I want to ...
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Sinatra: Strangers in the Night

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
June 30, 2016

In the Wall Street Journal today, I write on Frank Sinatra's Strangers in the Night—the single and the album (go here). Fifty years ago this week, the single went to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and the album soon a chart topper in July, resulting in four Grammys the following year. For the article, I tracked down Jimmy Bowen, the song's legendary producer, and Artie Kane, the organist who gave the album its fresh and snarky pop feel. ...
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Elliott Brood: Stranger Than Fiction

Source: JamBase
January 22, 2010

By: Sarah Hagerman

And how we love the evening The gaslight flooded streets We pour into the dance halls The floors jump through our feet

Elliott Brood If the geographic west has long been settled, the idea of the west remains strong, whispering its promises in everything from country songs to road movies. It is still an imaginative place where we long to ...
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Frank Sinatra's 'Strangers in the Night' CD Reissued in Deluxe Edition by Concord Music Group with Three Bonus Tracks

Source: conqueroo
January 11, 2010

With his biggest single as its centerpiece, the album won four Grammy Awards pairing the Chairman with arranger Nelson Riddle and producers Jimmy Bowen and Sonny Burke.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- “Strangers in the Night" was Frank Sinatra's best-selling single and -- between the single and its namesake album -- the recipient of four Grammy Awards including Record of the Year in 1966. But it almost didn't get to market in time, with Bobby Darin and Jack Jones cutting the ...
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Billy Joel Celebrates 30th Anniversary of "The Stranger"

Source: All About Jazz
June 24, 2008

TouchTunes Corporation, the largest out-of-home interactive entertainment network, today announced the ultimate 30th anniversary celebration for megastar Billy Joel and his album The Stranger. Starting tomorrow and two weeks before the album is re-released on July 8, fans can enjoy a newly re-mastered version of the original album as well as a never-before-released recording from Joel's celebrated 1977 performance at Carnegie Hall--on more than 10, 000 digital jukeboxes exclusively on the TouchTunes network, in bars and nightclubs nationwide. Fans from ...
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Ben Wolfe Celebrates New Release "No Strangers Here" at NY's Jazz Standard on June 3rd, 2008

Source: Two for the Show Media
May 14, 2008

Bassist/Composer & Bandleader Ben Wolfe will be performing with his Octet at The Jazz Standard in New York on Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008 in celebration of his latest MAXJAZZ release No Strangers Here. Sets are 7:30 PM and 9:30 PM. Ben Wolfe Octet: Ben Wolfe - bass/composer Marcus Strickland - saxophone Luis Perdomo - piano Greg Hutchinson- drums Jesse Mills - violin Cyrus Beroukhim - violin ...
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