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HUFFINGTON
10.13.13
Dog Ears: Born in October
In which we spotlight music from a diversity of genres and
decades, lending an insider’s ear to what deserves to be heard.
BY THE EVERLASTING PHIL RAMONE AND DANIELLE EVIN
MIGUEL CALÓ
Tango bandoneonist, composer, and
band leader Miguel Caló was born in
1907 in Argentina. Caló was a master
of the violin and the bandoneon, a small
accordion similar to the concertina. In
the mid-’20s, Caló’s career began in
Osvaldo Fresedo’s orchestra. By the
mid-’40s, Caló reached great success in
La Orquestra de las Estrellas (Orchestra
of the Stars). His collaborations include
pianist Carolos Di Sarli, singer Carlos
Dante, singer Alberto Morel, and pianist/
conductor Osmar Moderna. Caló
passed away in 1972 but leaves behind
a seriously romantic legacy. Miguel
Caló y Su Orquestra’s “Inspiración,”
from the collection La Antología Noble
de Tango: Sus Grandes Intérpretes &
Compositores, is utopian.
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GENRE: Tango
ARTIST: Miguel Caló
SONG: Inspiración
ALBUM: La Antología Noble de
Tango: Sus Grandes Intérpretes &
Compositores
CLARENCE WILLIAMS
Legendary composer, record producer,
jazz musician, publisher, and sharpelbowed businessman Clarence
Williams was born on Oct. 8, 1898,
and grew up in a musical home in New
Orleans, where his father was a bass
player and hotel owner. The young
Williams got his start performing in
his father’s hotel. He co-wrote many
jazz and blues standards, including
“T’Aint Nobody’s Business If I Do.”
His resume includes wife/blues
singer Eva Taylor, Bessie Smith,
Bunk Johnson, Fats Waller, Louis
Armstrong and Coleman Hawkins.
Williams formed a publishing
company in his late teens, ultimately
selling the catalog of nearly 2,000
songs to Decca Records in the ’40s.
Clarence Williams III (best known
for his portrayal of Linc in The Mod
Squad) is his grandson. Williams
died in 1965 in Queens, New York,
leaving behind an outstanding body
of work. His “Whoop It Up,” from
the album Quadromania: You Rascal
You, is a classic.
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GENRE: Blues/Jazz
ARTIST: Clarence Williams
SONG: Whoop It Up
NICOLE ATKINS
Vocalist and songwriter Nicole
Atkins was born and raised in
Neptune City, NJ. By the age of 13,
Nicole developed good old-school
taste in music (Traffic, Cream),
picked up the guitar, and taught
herself to play. In the late ’90s,
Atkins attended art school in North
Carolina, where she calloused her
fingers with the band Los Parasols
before moving to New York and
going solo. Atkins, who recorded
two of her three albums in Sweden
with producer Tore Johansson, is an
ASCAP Foundation/Sammy Cahn
Award winner and herself has judged
the Independent Music Awards.
Check out the well-dressed and
winning “Party’s Over,” from Nicole
Atkins’ 2007 album Neptune City,
produced by Tore Johansson.
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GENRE: Singer/Songwriter
ARTIST: Nicole Atkins
SONG: Party’s Over
ALBUM: Neptune City