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Hammond Heroes is a broadcast film/series illustrating the history of the Hammond Organ and the vast impact its practitioners and sound have had on popular music since it's invention seventy years ago. The purpose of the film is to educate and entertain both the general film-goer and music aficionado by focusing on the creation of this instrument (arguably, the world's first synthesizer); it's unique range of sound; and--via archival footage, contemporary performances and conversations with great Hammond players, past and present--detail the musical influence Hammond players brought to the cultural forefront. Unfortunately, much oral history has already been lost as many Hammond luminaries have already passed or are of ill-health. Hence, it is paramount to capture their stories while they themselves can still tell them.
Hammond Heroes follows the evolution of the Hammond instrument from its invention by clockmaker and tone-deaf inventor Laurens Hammond in 1934 to its introduction into the church and then into the world of jazz by the likes of Fats Waller and Wild Bill Davis; from its explosion onto the popular music scene in the 1950s thanks to Jimmy Smith and the birth and proliferation of the jazz organ trio, to its embrace by bandleaders of many music genres, including jazz, rhythm and blues, soul, funk, reggae and rock; from the decline of the Hammond company and eventual production discontinuance of the organ by the mid-1970s; to the instrument's new found popularity by hip hop producers, and the English Acid Jazz and American Jam Band scenes from the late 1980s up until today. Moreover, with the Hammond organ perhaps the most photogenic and demanding of all musical instruments, a great emphasis is placed on the technical and mechanical workings of the different Hammond organs and the complex Leslie tone cabinets that are often used to amplify the organs' unparalleled range of sounds.
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The perfect state doesn’t exist. Let’s create it.
Iperuramio is the planet that the FREeSHOUT!? festival wants to image with the help of as many creative minds as possible.
This is the reason why proposals have been requested, to ask everyone to take on the role of creators of a new nation or state and to testimony its existence with their own art.
The form to participate at the competition is available on the site www.freeshout.it.
The best project will award a prize of 1000 euros.
The perfect state doesn’t exist. Let’s create it. Iperuramio is the planet that the FREeSHOUT!? festival wants to image with the help of as many creative minds as possible. This is the reason why proposals have been requested, to ask everyone to take on the role of creators of a new nation or state and to testimony its existence with their own art. The form to participate at the competition is available on the site www.freeshout.it. The best project will award a prize of 1000 euros.
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POLYPHONIA BIG BAND il 7 febbraio in Concerto al Teatro VIGANO’
Chi ha assistito ad un concerto dal vivo di un’orchestra Big Band sa bene che il sound e l'energia di una ventina di musicisti piovono letteralmente addosso, mentre la ritmica e le sezioni dei fiati incalzano da ogni parte e lo swing penetra nel cuore... E’ davvero un'esperienza entusiasmante, perchè le grandi orchestre sono da sempre il pepe della Musica, e lo è anche per chi non si considera un vero e proprio appassionato, in quanto godrà veramente di una serata magica. Il Concerto, che la Polyphonia Big Band terrà con il patrocinio del IV Municipio del Comune di Roma il giorno 7 febbraio alle ore 21. 00 presso il Teatro Viganò in Via Fradelletto 17 a Nuovo Salario, eseguendo brani che spaziano dagli standard jazz, a medley di colonne sonore, a canzoni "evergreen" e successi attuali italiani ed internazionali, tra cui ascolteremo titoli famosissimi quali: New York New York, Fever, Beatles Suite, Tribute to the Voice e Rapsody in Blue, segna il doveroso festeggiamento per l'avverarsi di un progetto che all'inizio sembrava irrealizzabile. L’evento, che sarà presentato da Renato Piva con la partecipazione di Marcello Galletti, ospiterà inoltre TRE interventi d’eccezione: avremo in scena la maestria di carlo Maria Cordio all'Organo Hammond e come Special Guest le performances della nota insegnante di danza e splendida ballerina Cristiana Ciacci, coadiuvata dal Corpo di Ballo dell’Anonima Sporting Club, e nel foyer la presenza di alcuni stand di aziende ed associazioni collegate al progetto provinciale “PROmuoviamoci in Sabina”, che contribuiranno ad arricchire la serata, presentando ognuna le proprie risorse ed offrendo eventuali gadget promozionali ai presenti. Informazioni e Prevendita: 34
The perfect state doesn’t exist. Let’s create it.
Iperuramio is the planet that the FREeSHOUT!? festival wants to image with the help of as many creative minds as possible.
This is the reason why proposals have been requested, to ask everyone to take on the role of creators of a new nation or state and to testimony its existence with their own art.
The form to participate at the competition is available on the site 
