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George Oliver (politician) | Short description | George Harold Oliver QC (24 November 1888 – 22 September 1984) was a British engineer, barrister and politician who was for a longtime Member of Parliament (MP) for Ilkeston and served briefly as a junior government minister. |
George Oliver (politician) | Early career | Early career
Oliver was born in Bolton and educated at Holy Trinity School in the town. He became an engineer working as a gear cutter for Rolls-Royce, and when the works were moved to Derby, he moved with them."The General Election", The Times, 16 November 1922. He also joined the Amalgamated Society of Engineers and became shop steward of the works; his union activity brought him into the Labour Party and was elected to Derby Town Council as a Labour Party candidate. As an engineering worker he was not called up to fight in the First World War. |
George Oliver (politician) | Parliamentary candidate | Parliamentary candidate
At the 1918 general election Oliver fought Ilkeston, an area not far from Derby. He enjoyed a straight fight with J. E. B. Seely, a Coalition Liberal, but lost by 1,698 votes. He remained involved in the constituency; from 1921, he was organising agent of the Workers' Union. He was adopted again as candidate for the 1922 general election; this time he was successful by 1,084. |
George Oliver (politician) | Retraining | Retraining
He was re-elected in 1923, and during the Labour government he seconded a motion calling for a national minimum wage.The Times, 5 March 1924. He also supported exemption from entertainments duty for charitable entertainments.The Times, 1 July 1924. After the Labour government lost a vote of no confidence, Oliver was again re-elected in the 1924 general election. He had determined to retrain as a trade union lawyer, and was called to the Bar by the Middle Temple in 1927.The Times, 27 January 1927. Shortly after he persuaded the Home Secretary to halt the planned hanging of one of his constituents who had been convicted of murder."Date Of An Execution Cancelled.", The Times, 2 April 1927.
In March 1930 Oliver initiated a debate on the development of civilian air transport."Air Policy", The Times, 19 March 1930. He supported opening cinemas on Sundays,"Cinemas On Sunday How M.P.S Voted", The Times, 22 April 1931. and also supported restrictions on the use of motor cars in elections, arguing that it was taking the opportunity to adjust the balance between rich and poor.The Times, 23 April 1931. However, Oliver could not survive the Conservative landslide at the 1931 general election: he lost by only two votes in the equal closest election result during universal franchise.F. W. S. Craig, "British Electoral Facts 1832-1987", Parliamentary Research Services, 1989. |
George Oliver (politician) | Out of Parliament | Out of Parliament
Out of Parliament, Oliver worked as a Barrister for the Transport and General Workers Union. He acted for the union at an inquest into the poisoning deaths of three workers at the British Celanese artificial silk factory at Spondon in 1934."Factory Deaths At Spondon", The Times, 17 January 1934. At the 1935 general election he regained his seat by 10,601 votes."The Times House of Commons 1935".
When selected to introduce a Private Member's Bill in February 1936, Oliver chose to bring in a Bill to extend the jurisdiction of County Courts."Commons Ballot: Private Members' Bills, Variety Of Subjects", The Times, 7 February 1936. He was also involved in the Labour Party conference in 1939, when he moved the expulsion from the party of Aneurin Bevan and three others because of their involvement in the 'Popular Front' movement attempting to build an alliance with the Liberal Party."Expulsion From Labour Party", The Times, 30 May 1939. In 1943 he was chair of the Labour Party Conference Arrangements Committee."Labour And The Communists", The Times, 17 June 1943. |
George Oliver (politician) | Minister | Minister
Oliver was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Home Office in the Attlee government in August 1945. He acted as chairman of a departmental committee looking into the electoral registration system from 1945 to 1947, which recommended a return to the system of street canvassing to get people registered to vote."The Electoral Register", The Times, 14 January 1947. He left the government in October 1947. In 1949 he was appointed as a King's Counsel.
Boundary changes gave him a very safe seat and in the 1951 general election his majority of 30,398 was the fourth largest in the country."Polls Apart Large And Small Majorites", The Times, 27 October 1951. In February 1952 he was chosen to be one of the members of the House of Commons to call on the Queen Mother to extend Parliament's condolences on the death of King George VI."Peers And M.P.s At The Palace", The Times, 20 February 1952. |
George Oliver (politician) | Elder statesman | Elder statesman
As an elder statesman, Oliver began to cast more dissenting votes. In July 1960 he supported a Conservative government motion supporting political and economic unity in Europe."23 Labour M.P.s Backed Government Motion", The Times, 27 July 1960. In 1963 he was named to a committee investigating the pay for Members of Parliament."Independent Review Of Pay For Ministers And M.P.s", The Times, 20 December 1963. Oliver stood down at the 1964 general election, but lived to be 95. |
George Oliver (politician) | Sources | Sources
M. Stenton and S. Lees, "Who's Who of British MPs" Vol. IV (Harvester Press, 1981)
"Who Was Who", A & C Black
"The Times House of Commons, 1929" |
George Oliver (politician) | References | References
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The Early Tapes | for | The Early Tapes (July/Aug 1980), also known as Strategy, is the second album released, but first to be recorded, by English jazz-funk group Level 42. Originally recorded for Elite Records, the band subsequently signed to Polydor, who bought the masters from Elite and issued it in March 1982. It features Level 42's first two singles—"Love Meeting Love" (UK #61) and "(Flying on The) Wings of Love" (UK #76). |
The Early Tapes | Track listing | Track listing
"Sandstorm" (Badarou, King) – 4:41
"Love Meeting Love" (Gould, King) – 6:24
"Theme to Margaret" (King) – 3:59
"Autumn (Paradise Is Free)" (King) – 4:45
"(Flying on The) Wings of Love" (Badarou, Gould, Gould, King, Lindup) – 6:58
"Woman" (Lindup) – 4:38
"Mr. Pink" (Badarou, King) – 5:08
"88" (King) – 5:11 |
The Early Tapes | Personnel | Personnel
Level 42
Mark King – bass guitar, percussion, vocals on "Love Meeting Love" & "Autumn (Paradise is Free)", chant vocals on "88"
Mike Lindup – keyboards, percussion, vocals on "Wings of Love", chant vocals on "88"
Boon Gould – guitars, alto saxophone
Phil Gould – drums, percussion
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Wally Badarou – Prophet 5 and inspiration
Leroy Williams – percussion (Courtesy EMI)
Dave Chambers – tenor and soprano saxophones |
The Early Tapes | Charts | Charts
Chart (1982) Peakposition |
The Early Tapes | Release history | Release history
YearFormatLabel1982LPPolydor19861990CDPolyGram1993Polydor2004Universal/Spectrum2006Universal2007Polydor |
The Early Tapes | References | References
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Empnefsi! | More citations needed | Empnefsi! (; ) is the name of a Greek album by singer Anna Vissi. It was released in Greece and Cyprus in December 1988 by CBS Greece. It featured ten pop songs, written by her then-husband Nikos Karvelas. |
Empnefsi! | Background and release | Background and release
The lead single Empnefsi ("Inspiration") was met with success, rising to the top of the charts. The song is considered a Greek 80s pop standard. Tracks Houla Houp ("Hula hoop") and Efimerides ("Newspapers") were also aired in the Greek media.
The album met with commercial success, selling approximately 50,000 copies and reached Gold status.
It was released on CD in early 1989. In the same year, the vinyl LP was released in Spain under the Epic label. In 1997, the CD was re-released for the Greek market as a part of the OK! Budget Price series Sony Music Greece launched at the time.
In 2019, the album was selected for inclusion in the Panik Gold box set The Legendary Recordings 1982-2019. The release came after Panik's acquisition rights of Vissi's back catalogue from her previous record company Sony Music Greece. This box set was printed on a limited edition of 500 copies containing CD releases of all of her albums from 1982 to 2019 plus unreleased material. |
Empnefsi! | Track listing | Track listing
All music and lyrics by Nikos Karvelas.
"Empnefsi" (Inspiration)
"Amore" (Amore)
"San Dolofonos Maniakos" (Like a maniac killer)
"Londino" (London)
"Den Thelo Na Se Vlepo Sihna" (I don't want to see you frequently)
"Ohi" (No)
"Efimerides" (Newspapers)
"Houla - Houp" (Hula hoop)
"Oi 9 Stous 10 Horizoune" (9 out of 10 break up)
"San Mpalaki Tou Tennis" (Like a tennis ball) |
Empnefsi! | Credits and personnel | Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes
Personnel
Stelios Goulielmos - backing vocals
Nikos Karvelas - music, lyrics
Tony Kontaxakis - guitars
Yiannis Piliouris - backing vocals
Eva Tselidou - backing vocals
Anna Vissi - vocals
Lia Vissi - backing vocals
Production
Nikos Karvelas - production management, arrangements, instrumentation, instrument playing
Remy Goux - recording engineering at Studio IN
Studio Sierra - sound remixing
Design
Dinos Diamantopoulos - photos
Thanos Spiropoulos - cover design
Michalis Orfanos - cover printing |
Empnefsi! | References | References
Category:1988 albums
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Brian Iwuh | Short description | Brian Iwuh (born March 8, 1984) is a former American football linebacker who played for six seasons in the National Football League (NFL). After playing college football for Colorado, he was signed by the Jacksonville Jaguars as an undrafted free agent in 2006. He played for the Jaguars for four seasons, the Chicago Bears for two seasons, and the Denver Broncos in the 2011–12 NFL playoffs. |
Brian Iwuh | Early life | Early life
Iwuh played high school football at Worthing High School in Houston, Texas. He earned All-League honors for three straight years. He also lettered in track, basketball and swimming. |
Brian Iwuh | College career | College career
Iwuh played college football at Colorado. During his senior year, he earned All-Big 12 Conference honors. He finished his college career with 216 tackles, 23 sacks and five interceptions. |
Brian Iwuh | Professional career | Professional career |
Brian Iwuh | Jacksonville Jaguars | Jacksonville Jaguars
Iwuh was signed by the Jacksonville Jaguars as an undrafted free agent in 2006. He was released on April 26, 2010. |
Brian Iwuh | Chicago Bears | Chicago Bears
Iwuh signed with the Chicago Bears on May 24, 2010.Bears sign Iwuh; Brock released He was waived on November 29, 2011. |
Brian Iwuh | Denver Broncos | Denver Broncos
Iwuh signed with the Denver Broncos on January 3, 2012.Broncos sign former Colorado linebacker Brian Iwuh |
Brian Iwuh | NFL career statistics | NFL career statistics
Legend Bold Career high |
Brian Iwuh | Regular season | Regular season
Year Team Games Tackles Interceptions Fumbles GP GS Cmb Solo Ast Sck TFL Int Yds TD Lng PD FF FR Yds TD 2006 JAX 12 0 13 10 3 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2007 JAX 16 1 31 24 7 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2008 JAX 15 0 10 10 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2009 JAX 15 2 29 23 6 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2010 CHI 16 1 26 24 2 1.0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2011 CHI 11 0 6 6 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 85 4 115 97 18 1.0 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 |
Brian Iwuh | Playoffs | Playoffs
Year Team Games Tackles Interceptions Fumbles GP GS Cmb Solo Ast Sck TFL Int Yds TD Lng PD FF FR Yds TD 2007 JAX 2 0 4 2 2 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2010 CHI 2 0 1 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2011 CHI 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 5 3 2 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
Brian Iwuh | References | References |
Brian Iwuh | External links | External links
Chicago Bears bio
Jacksonville Jaguars bio
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Joe Rizzo (American football) | Short description | Joe Rizzo (born December 17, 1950) is an American former professional football linebacker for the Denver Broncos. He played for the Broncos from 1974 to 1980 and was a starter in Super Bowl XII and member of the Orange Crush Defense.Armstrong, Jim. "Price of playing the game", The Denver Post, 1 September 2007. Retrieved 4 July 2020. He had nine career interceptions, and was part of one of the most dominant linebacking corps in NFL history. Known as the Orange Crush, it consisted of, Joe Rizzo, Randy Gradishar, Tom Jackson and Bob Swenson. The corp was named the ninth best linebacking corps in NFL history by nfl.com. Rizzo was also voted by Bronco fans as one of the top 10 linebackers in the 50-year history (1959–2009) of the Denver Broncos.
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Joe Rizzo (American football) | References | References
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KJCM | '''KJCM''' | KJCM may refer to:
KJCM-FM, the fictional radio station featured in the television series Midnight Caller
KJCM (FM), a radio station (100.3 FM) licensed to Snyder, Oklahoma, United States |
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Jenő Kalmár | short description | Jenő Kalmár (21 March 1908 – 13 January 1990), also referred to as János Kalmar, was a Hungarian footballer and coach. As a player, Kalmar played for both MTK Hungária FC and Hungary. During the 1928-29 season he finished as top goalscorer for MTK, scoring 20 goals.
In the early 1950s, Kálmár was manager at Honvéd and with a team that included Ferenc Puskás, Zoltán Czibor, Sándor Kocsis, József Bozsik, László Budai, Gyula Lóránt and Gyula Grosics, he guided them to four Hungarian League titles. As the Honvéd manager, he also played a prominent role in the development of the legendary Hungary team known as the Mighty Magyars and during this era he also served as an assistant coach to the national team coach, Gusztáv Sebes. At the end of Second World War he found himself in Yugoslavia and he joined third league side FK TSC, known at time as Egység."100 goodina fudbala u Bačkoj Topoli" page 79
After the Hungarian Revolution, Kálmár like his former players, Puskás, Czibor and Kocsis, ended up in Spain where he managed several La Liga clubs with moderate success. He coached Wacker Wien, and after a brief spell at Sevilla CF, he guided Granada CF to the 1959 Copa del Generalísimo final. They lost 4–1 to a CF Barcelona team that included Kocsis. Kocsis scored twice for Barça while the Granada CF goal was scored by Arsenio Iglesias. In 1967, Kálmár took RCD Español to third in La Liga and during two spells with CD Málaga in the 1970s he guided them to promotion twice. |
Jenő Kalmár | Honours | Honours |
Jenő Kalmár | Manager | Manager
Honvéd
Hungarian League: 1950, 1952, 1954, 1955
Granada
Copa del Generalísimo runner-up: 1959
CD Málaga
Segunda División runner-up: 1970, 1979 |
Jenő Kalmár | Player | Player
MTK Hungária
Hungarian League runner-up: 1928-29, 1930–31, 1932–33, 1939–40
Hungarian Cup: 1931-32 |
Jenő Kalmár | See also | See also
List of Eastern Bloc defectors |
Jenő Kalmár | References | References |
Jenő Kalmár | External links | External links
La Liga manager stats
Sevilla CF
Jenő Kalmár Hungarian league stats at nela.hu
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Midland Square | Short description | , officially called , is a skyscraper located in the Meieki district of Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. It opened in early 2007. It is the tallest building in Nagoya and the ninth tallest building in Japan as of 2025. At 247 m (810 feet), it is slightly taller than the nearby JR Central Towers.
Midland Square houses offices of many companies including Toyota Motor Corporation, Towa Real Estate and Mainichi Shimbun. It features a shopping center with 60 name-brand stores, two automobile showrooms and a cinema. It also holds the record for the highest open-air observation deck in Japan. Also of note are the unusual double-floored elevators, which take only 40 seconds to rise to the top.
The name of the building derives from the Chūbu region (which means "central region") of which Nagoya is the capital. |
Midland Square | Gallery | Gallery |
Midland Square | References | References |
Midland Square | External links | External links
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Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata | The | The Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata () was a title given to the executive officers of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata according to the form of government established in 1814 by the (Assembly of Year XIII). The supreme director was to wield power for a term of two years.
The assembly hoped to confront the royalists, who had been emboldened by internal dissension within the patriotic faction. To prevent abuses of power, the directorship would be combined with a state council of nine members and would be required to answer to a congress empowered to carry out legislation.
After the resignation of José Rondeau following the unitarian defeat at the Battle of Cepeda, the office of Supreme Director was briefly assumed by Juan Pedro Aguirre. He endorsed the Buenos Aires Cabildo to name a governor for the province of Buenos Aires as the national congress dissolved itself on 16 February 1820, effectively ending the centralism in the national government and giving way to a new federal reorganization for the country, which was immediately formalized by the Treaty of Pilar on 23 February 1820.
For the traditional liberal historiography, exemplified by Bartolomé Mitre's works, the aftermath of the dissolution of the centralist government led to the (Anarchy of the 1820s). Until 1826 there would not be any central authority among the provinces of Argentina. |
Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata | List of Supreme Directors | List of Supreme Directors
Took officeLeft officeSupreme DirectorRef. Gervasio Antonio de Posadas Carlos María de Alvear Juan José Viamonte José Rondeau Ignacio Álvarez Thomas Antonio González de Balcarce Juan Martín de Pueyrredón José Rondeau Juan Pedro Aguirre |
Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata | See also | See also
List of heads of state of Argentina
President of Argentina |
Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata | References | References
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Badi Assad | Use dmy dates | Badi Assad (born 23 December 1966) is a Brazilian singer, composer and guitarist in the jazz and worldbeat genres. |
Badi Assad | Early life and education | Early life and education
Assad was born in São João da Boa Vista in the state of São Paulo, but lived in Rio de Janeiro until she was twelve. Her father, Jorge Assad, of Lebanese descent, plays bandolim (mandolin), and her two older brothers are the classical guitarists Sérgio Assad and Odair Assad of Duo Assad.Artist Direct Website |
Badi Assad | Career | Career
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Assad studied classical guitar at the University of Rio de Janeiro and won the Young Instrumentalists Contest ("Concurso Jovens Instrumentistas for Young Musicians") in Rio de Janeiro in 1984. In 1986, she joined the Guitar Orchestra of Rio de Janeiro, headed by guitarist Turíbio Santos as conductor. In 1987, she was named "Best Brazilian Guitarist" of the International Heitor Villa-Lobos Festival. By 1987 she had played in Europe, Israel and Brazil with guitarist Françoise-Emmanuelle Denis under the name Duo Romantique. In 1988 she wrote Antagonismus, a solo performance in which she worked as guitarist, singer, actress and dancer.
She released her first solo album, Dança dos Tons, in 1988. In 1989 she was selected out of two hundred women to perform as one of two vocalists in the play Mulheres de Hollanda, a musical written by Tatiana Cobbett, based on the works of Chico Buarque de Holanda.Renaissance Woman Badi Assad by Márlon Catão (1996) in Bossa: Brazilian Jazz World Guide Assad has also been featured in the Heineken Concerts in 1992 with Raul de Souza and Heraldo do Monte, and in 1993 with Rafael Rabello, Dori Caymmi and Marisa Monte.
In 1994, she became associated with Chesky Records and recorded the album Solo, followed in 1995 with Rhythms, which won Guitar Player magazine's readers' poll for Best Classical Album of the Year. Assad, who sings in English and Portuguese, was voted Best Acoustic Fingerstyle Guitarist by the editors of Guitar Player in 1995. In 1998 she released Chameleon. Her appearance on the French night-time talk show Canal+ was seen by over two million viewers. In July 1998, she played Europe's most renowned summer festivals sharing the stage with such artists as Cassandra Wilson, Joe Cocker, Maria Joao and fellow Brazilians Chico Cesar, Marisa Monte, and Gilberto Gil. The single, "Waves", landed in Spain's Top 10 for many weeks and was included in the soundtrack of the 2003 film It Runs in the Family.
Owing to a motor disability called Focal dystonia, she was unable to play between 1998 and 2001, but she made a complete recovery and released a collaborative album with her former partner Jeff Young in 2002 called Nowhere, and 3 Guitars the following year for the Chesky label with jazz guitarists Larry Coryell and John Abercrombie.Badi Assad: "One of a Kind by Tony Ananias (11 May 2012) in Jazz Times,
In 2004 she signed with the acclaimed German label Deutsche Grammophon, releasing two albums: Verde (2004) and Wonderland (2006). Assad loves to re-create songs. In Verde, she brought a bossa-nova style to "One" by U2 and a tango "Bachelorette" by Björk. For Wonderland, she brought songs by Eurythmics, Vangelis, and Tori Amos into her world music style. Wonderland was selected among Britain's BBC 100 best CDs.
In 2005 she released an album and DVD with her family: Sergio e Odair Assad and Their Family – Um Momento De Puro Amor. In 2010 Badi released her first DVD, Badi Assad, which she and her husband Dimitri Vakros co-produced. It was directed by Assad's nephew Rodrigo Assad (son of Sérgio Assad). This DVD displays her live performance experimentation. In the same year she was featured performer (actress/singer) in the opera-musical Opera das Pedras, in São Paulo, Brasil, directed by Denise Milan and Lee Breuer. In 2011 she started a new project with her brothers Sérgio and Odair and their daughters Clarice and Carolina, as a quintet. They have been touring the world.
Assad was voted one of the best guitarists in the world by Guitar Player magazine. She has worked with Bobby McFerrin, Yo-Yo Ma, Sarah McLachlan, Seu Jorge, and Naná Vasconcelos. She has performed in some of the most prestigious international festivals such as Montreal Jazz Festival, North Sea Jazz Festival in the Netherlands as well as in such theater venues as L'Opera de Paris, Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Palais de Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles, and the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles. She has also appeared in Farm Aid and Lilith Fair.
In 2012 Assad made her first trip to India at the invitation of the Brazilian Embassy; it was a side event of the visit of the Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff to represent Brazil at the IV BRICS Summit, an event that brings together the major emerging economies of the world. She also performed with the Ballet Teatro Castro Alves at the Venice Biennale. In November she released her first independent and authorial album Amor e Outras Manias Crônicas through her own label Quatro Ventos. APCA (São Paulo Association of Art Clinics) – one of the most important awards in Brazil since 1972 – recently awarded her for her work in songwriting and composition. The same evening the Brazilian Marisa Monte also graced the same stage.
In 2013 Assad released Between Love and Luck in U.S. and her song "Pega no Coco" won the first prize as the Best World Music in the U.S. Songwriting Competition. In 2014, she was invited to be the co-curator of the New York Guitar Festival and committed to compose the soundtrack for the Chinese silent film The Goddess, playing it live at Merkin Hall in New York. Jon Pareles of The New York Times said Assad "arrived with a headset microphone and an electric guitar (which could simulate acoustic-guitar tones) that had a drumstick under the strings, lifting them away from the frets. The first sounds she played...were sliding pitches suggesting a koto; soon she was plucking and tapping ethereal chords on both sides of the drumstick and then cooing, in a voice like affectionate baby talk, about innocence and mysticism...She continued with Brazilian pop songs transformed by her imaginative virtuosity, moving from gauzy delicacy to vigorous propulsion, from dreaming to dancing and back." |
Badi Assad | Discography | Discography
Danca do Tons (Crescente Produções, 1989)
Solo (Chesky, 1994)
Rhythms (Chesky, 1995)
Echoes of Brazil (Chesky, 1997)
Chameleon (PolyGram, 1998)
Nowhere with Jeff Young (Watersounds, 2002)
Danca das Ondas (Gha, 2003)
Three Guitars with John Abercrombie and Larry Coryell (Chesky, 2003)
Verde (Edge, 2004)
Wonderland (Edge, 2006)
Between Love and Luck (Quatro Ventos, 2013)
Love and Other Manias (O-tone, 2014)
Hatched (Quatro Ventos, 2015)
Around the World (Ropeadope, 2020) |
Badi Assad | Concerts on video | Concerts on video
Three Guitars – The Paris Concert 2004 with Larry Coryell and John Abercrombie (Inakustik, 2005)
Badi Assad (Flowfish, 2012) |
Badi Assad | Film scores | Film scores
Children of the Amazon by Denise Zmekhol (2008) with Naná Vasconcelos |
Badi Assad | References | References
General sources
Guitar Alive interview |
Badi Assad | External links | External links
Official site
Category:1966 births
Category:Living people
Category:Musicians from São Paulo (state)
Category:21st-century Brazilian women singers
Category:21st-century Brazilian singers
Category:Brazilian jazz guitarists
Category:Brazilian percussionists
Category:Brazilian people of Lebanese descent
Category:Chesky Records artists
Category:Brazilian women guitarists
Category:20th-century Brazilian women singers
Category:20th-century Brazilian singers
Category:21st-century Brazilian musicians
Category:20th-century Brazilian women musicians
Category:Deutsche Grammophon artists
Category:People from São João da Boa Vista
Category:Musicians with dystonia |
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