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• McCartney hopes to release funky Beatles track
He said "Carnival of Light" was inspired by experimental composers John Cage and Karlheinz Stockhausen. He said he had wanted to include the track on the Beatles' "Anthology" compilation, but was vetoed by his bandmates. McCartney would need permission ...
• Jazz great Freddie Hubbard dead at 70
Hubbard died at Sherman Oaks Hospital, said his manager, fellow trumpeter David Weiss of the New Jazz Composers Octet. He had been hospitalized since suffering the heart attack a day before Thanksgiving. A towering figure in jazz circles, Hubbard ...
• New mania for a long-buried Beatles track
At the time, McCartney was influenced by composers Karlheinz Stockhausen and John Cage, who were as unconventional as Eleanor Rigby was lonely. During the “Sgt. Pepper” sessions, McCartney recruited the other three Beatles to help him record the ...
• Rock stars tuning in as Hollywood composers - Music- msnbc.com
For the typically rowdy rock band on the road, “scoring” might not necessarily have anything to do with film music.
• ASCAP honors Alan Jackson, Reba McEntire - Music- msnbc.com
Alan Jackson won songwriter/artist of the year honors during the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers country awards.