ADVISORY/GRAMMY Foundation Partners with Edison Preservation Foundation in Celebration of 125th Anniversary of the Phonograph, Sponsored by Con Edison.Entertainment Editors ADVISORY...for Wednesday (Feb. 19) --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Private Screening of At-Risk Music on Film Features Live Performances Recorded to Wax Cylinders by Legendary and Multi-Platinum Artists Patti Austin Patti Austin (born August 10 1950[1], in Harlem, New York), to Edna and Gordon Austin, is an R&B and jazz music singer. Career She made her debut at the Apollo Theater at age four and had a contract with RCA Records when she was only five. , Les Paul This article is about the musician. For the guitar, see Gibson Les Paul. Les Paul (born Lester William Polsfuss on June 9 1915) is an American jazz guitarist and inventor. , Reverend Run (formerly of Run DMC DMC Devil May Cry (video game) DMC Detroit Medical Center DMC Darryl McDaniels (rapper) DMC Destination Management Company DMC Del Mar College (Corpus Christi, TX) ), Daniel Rodriguez, Arturo Sandoval Arturo Sandoval (born November 6, 1949) is a jazz trumpeter and pianist. He was born in Artemisa, in Havana Province, on Cuba. Sandoval, while still in Cuba, was influenced by jazz legends Charlie Parker, Clifford Brown, and Dizzy Gillespie, finally meeting him later in 1977. and BeBe Winans BeBe Winans (born Benjamin Winans, 17 September 1962, in Detroit, Michigan) is a Grammy Award winning gospel and R&B singer. He is a member of the noted Winans family, most members of which are also gospel artists.
WHAT: "Sound Inventions: Celebrating the 125th Anniversary of the
Phonograph" -- A private screening and live performance
highlighting the early history of the phonograph, featuring
newly preserved footage of Thomas A. Edison and Duke Ellington
(1934 nitrate film, "Duke Ellington Makes a Record") as well
as artists recording onto old-fashioned wax cylinders. Event
presented by The GRAMMY(R) Foundation's Music on Film
Preservation Project in partnership with the Edison
Preservation Foundation, and sponsored by Con Edison.
"Sound Inventions: Celebrating the 125th Anniversary of the
Phonograph" is just one of the many GRAMMY Fest activities
surrounding the 45th Annual GRAMMY Awards, which takes
place live at Madison Square Garden on February 23 and
airs at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CBS.
WHO: Live performances by: R&B/pop singer Patti Austin,
GRAMMY-winning guitarist and creator multi-track recording Les
Paul, rapper Reverend Run (formerly of Run DMC), tenor Daniel
Rodriguez, GRAMMY-winning jazz trumpeter Arturo Sandoval, and
GRAMMY-winning gospel singer BeBe Winans. These performances
will be recorded the way Thomas Edison first did in 1878 --
into a now familiar horn and cut into wax cylinders. A
recording will be instantly played back for the audience to
experience and filmed for inclusion in a planned feature film
documentary.
Speakers include: former NEA (National Endowment for the Arts)
Chairman Bill Ivey, Edison Preservation Foundation
Chairman John Keegan, "Access Hollywood" host Pat O'Brien,
Recording Academy(R) President Neil Portnow, and
GRAMMY-winning producer Russ Titelman.
WHERE: The French Institute Alliance Francaise
Florence Gould Hall
55 East 59th Street (between Park and Madison Avenues)
New York, NY
WHEN: Wednesday, February 19, 2003
6:30 p.m. Media Check-in & Press interviews
(Media check-in in theater lobby.)
7:30 p.m. Remarks, Screening and Live Performances
9 p.m. Cocktail Reception
WHY: A vast history of music performances exists on film. Many of
these are valuable documents of America's musical legacy, yet
often their physical survival is at risk. In order to ensure
continued access to our nation's musical legacy, the GRAMMY
Foundation's Music on Film Preservation Project partners with
major archives, institutions, musical families, and
individuals to preserve these historical films. To help launch
its year-long celebration of Thomas Edison's invention of
recorded sound, The GRAMMY Foundation is partnering with the
Edison Preservation Foundation on February 19, the actual date
Mr. Edison received the patent for the phonograph 125 years
ago.
The GRAMMY Foundation, a nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. arm of the Recording Academy, is dedicated to engaging students of all ages through music and arts-based education programs. With initiatives that include mentoring, archiving and preservation, and the Leonard Bernstein Noun 1. Leonard Bernstein - United States conductor and composer (1918-1990) Bernstein Center's Artful art·ful adj. 1. Exhibiting art or skill: "The furniture is an artful blend of antiques and reproductions" Michael W. Robbins. 2. Learning(R) model, the Foundation strives to cultivate understanding, appreciation and advancement of the arts across the country. For more information about the Foundation and its programs, please visit www.grammy.com. The mission of the Edison Preservation Foundation is to preserve and promote the historic homes, laboratories and papers of Thomas Edison, where and in which he invented the products that shaped the modern world. The Foundation will celebrate Edison's accomplishments and values in ways that advance a national and international spirit of technological innovation, entrepreneurship, and education. Con Edison is a subsidiary of Consolidated Edison This article is about the utility company in New York. For ComEd in Illinois, see Commonwealth Edison. Consolidated Edison, Inc. NYSE: ED is one of the largest investor-owned energy companies in the United States. , Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :ED), one of the nation's largest investor-owned energy companies, with more than $8 billion in annual revenues and approximately $19 billion in assets. The utility provides electric, gas and steam service to more than 3 million customers in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. and Westchester County, New York '' Westchester County is a primarily suburban county located in the U.S. state of New York with about 950,000 residents. It is part of the New York Metropolitan Area. It was named after Chester, in England, and the county seat is White Plains. . For additional financial, operations and customer service information, visit Con Edison's Web site at www.coned.com. |
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