We are VERY SORRY to have to report the passing of the legendary and great Ben Tucker.
Ben was on our list of people to interview. This is a sad day in "SUNNY" history.
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Ben Tucker was driving a golf cart when he was struck by an out-of-town driver on Tuesday. He was 82.
http://www.opb.org/artsandlife/article/npr-ben-tucker-remembering-a-bassist-and-citywide-icon/
Tucker also learned the publishing business. Not long after meeting
the singer-songwriter Bobby Hebb, Tucker helped him record the song
"Sunny," which became a hit. Royalties from "Sunny" allowed Tucker to
pursue future business opportunities.
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Bassist Tucker plays on Pat Martino's EAST CD. Martino covers "Sunny" frequently
though it is not on this disc
Album Notes
Personnel:
Pat Martino (guitar), Eddie Green (piano), Ben Tucker (bass,
tambourine), Tyrone Brown (bass), Lenny McBrowne (drums).Producers: Don
Schlitten, J. Casas and C. Oswald.Recorded in New York, January 8, 1968.
Originally released on Prestige (7562). Includes original liner notes
by Mark Gardner.Digitally remastered by Phil De Lancie (1990, Fantasy
Studios, Berkeley, California).
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Like his colleague Billy Taylor, Tucker took an interest in
broadcasting. In 1972, Tucker moved to Savannah, Ga. and bought the AM
radio station WSOK. As one of a small handful of black radio-station
owners in the country, he transformed the station into the top AM
station in its market, and gave voice to the city's African-American
population. The future mayor of Savannah, Otis Johnson, hosted a
program. "I was the voice of the black community," Tucker
told the Savannah Morning News in 2006. He later started the FM station WLVH.
http://www.opb.org/artsandlife/article/npr-ben-tucker-remembering-a-bassist-and-citywide-icon/
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Savannah music icon Ben Tucker killed in golf cart crash
Posted: June 4, 2013 - 1:13pm | Updated: June 5, 2013 - 2:05pm
Although he was internationally known as a jazz bassist and composer,
friends remember Ben Tucker as a charitable man who did wonders for the
Savannah community.
Slideshow: The Life and Legacy of Ben Tucker
The
82-year-old, who was killed late Tuesday morning when the golf cart he
was driving on Hutchinson Island was struck by a speeding car, was
instrumental in reviving the once-considerable jazz community in
Savannah, said Teddy Adams, a local jazz trombonist and longtime friend
of Tucker
The attempt — that also included the founding of the still existing
Coastal Jazz Association — proved successful, said Charles J. Elmore, a
retired Savananh State University educator and jazz historian who
chronicled Savannah’s jazz movement in his 1999 book “All That Savannah
Jazz ... From Brass Bands, Vaudeville, to Rhythm and Blues.”
“Tucker
was instrumental in the resurgence of jazz here in Savannah,” Elmore
said. “He founded the jazz society and really helped bring jazz back to
Savannah. He was already internationally known, and today he’s in all of
the major jazz anthologies.”
His biggest hit, “Comin’ Home Baby!”
was composed with Herbie Mann and is “among the pantheon of great jazz
standards,” said Elmore, who was “deeply saddened” Tuesday afternoon to
learn of the passing of his “close, personal friend.”
“He was a gentleman and any time Savannah State or anyone
would call Ben about any kind of charitable cause he would be the first
person in line,” Elmore said. “Ben Tucker was not only a quintessential
jazz man, but he was a great man and a great community man. Truly one of
the nicest men you’d ever meet.”
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SUNNY - the film
KCS Korean Movie Night: ‘Sunny’
By
Joe Bendel | June 5, 2013
Director: Kang Hyeong-cheol
Cast: Yoo Ho-jeong, Sim Eun-kyeong, Hong Jin-hee
Running Time: 2 hours
Language: Korean with English subtitles
If Cyndi Lauper floats your boat and you prefer Boney M’s version of
the title song over Bobby Hebb’s original, then the film’s unabashedly
1980s soundtrack will be your catnip.
The ways screenwriter-director Kang interjects and darts around the
May 1980 democracy protests also gives the film a bit of seasoning. He
certainly conveys his point of view, without waving the bloody shirt.
Sunny is shamelessly manipulative and sentimental, but it does exactly what it sets out to do.
3 stars
Joe Bendel writes about independent film and lives in New York. To read his most recent articles, please visit http://jbspins.blogspot.com
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/91687-kcs-korean-movie-night-sunny/
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Sunny on playlist
Musiikkia lepopäivän ratoksi
1. DORIS DAY -
Our day will come 2. FRANKIE AVALON - Venus 3. BREAD - Aubrey 4. MARION
-Kesän laulu 5. SEALS AND CROFTS - Summer breeze 6. PAUL ANKA - Adam
and Eve 7. PERCY FAITH - (Theme from) A summer place 8. SHELBY LYNNE - I
only want to be with you 9. NAT KING COLE - When I fall in love 10.
TAPANI KANSA - Auringon lapset 11. BOBBY HEBB - Sunny 12. JENNIFER RUSH -
The power of love 13. ALISON KRAUSS & ROBERT PLANT - Sister Rosette
goes before us 14. TONY BENNETT - The boulevard of broken dreams 15.
BLAKE SHELTON - Who are you when I'm not looking 15. AL MARTINO -
Spanish eyes 16. ...
Lisää
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ABOUT BEN TUCKER
Since moving to Savannah in the early 1970s to run WSOK-AM radio, Ben Tucker played a major role in music in Savannah.
Internationally
known in the jazz community for composing “Comin’ Home Baby!” with
Herbie Mann in 1961 while living in New York, the native of Nashville,
Tenn., is credited with helping revive Savannah’s jazz scene in the
1970s an ’80s. Additionally, he helped form the Coastal Jazz
Association, owned local jazz spot Hannah’s East where he was known to
play bass for local legend, Statesboro pianist and singer Emma Kelly.
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During his career, Tucker played around the world with jazz giants including Quincy Jones, Peggy Lee and Billy Taylor.
Among
his many recognitions, the Savannah College of Art and Design named a
scholarship for him. The Ben Tucker Endowed Scholarship is awarded
annually to a black student from Chatham County.
Until his death
Tuesday, Tucker lived with Gloria, his wife of more than 45 years, at
their home in Savannah’s downtown historic district.
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BOBBY HEBB - Sunny 12. JENNIFER RUSH - The power of love 13. ALISON KRAUSS & ROBERT PLANT - Sister Rosette goes before us 14.
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Elle sera par ailleurs interprète de la chanson officielle du "Summer of Soul", une reprise de Sunny de Bobby Hebb. AFP Relax News. Envoyer ...
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Télé 2 Semaines-Jun 4, 2013
C'est également elle qui interprète l'hymne estival de la chaîne, une reprise de Sunny, le classique de Bobby Hebb, que l'on peut retrouver sur ...
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In Honor of Ben Tucker, info on the Pat Martino versions of SUNNY
| Album Features |
| UPC: | 632375724221 |
| Artist: | Pat Martino |
| Format: | CD |
| Release Year: | 2012 |
| Record Label: | High Note |
| Genre: | Jazz General |
Track Listing1. Four On Six
2. Alone Together
3. What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life
4. Sunny
5. Left or Right
6. Visit, The
7. One For My Baby
8. Israfel
The earlier set matches
Martino with
Brown,
Ferguson and keyboardist
Ron Thomas on three long selections: two originals and the pop song "Sunny." By the 1970s,
Martino
had his own fresh sound and an adventurous style that was quite
distinctive. He is heard at the peak of his powers throughout this
recommended twofer.
http://www.allmusic.com/album/head-heart-consciousness-live-mw0000598010
http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/4758132/a/live!.htm
For this intriguing club date, guitarist
Pat Martino (who by the early 1970s had his own distinctive sound)
really stretches out on two of his originals (including "Special Door,"
which clocks in at 17:43) and the pop song "Sunny." With keyboardist Ron
Thomas, electric bassist Tyrone Brown and drummer Sherman Ferguson
offering alert and forceful support, Martino performs music that falls
between advanced hard bop, fusion and the avant-garde without really
fitting into any of the genres. ...See Full Description
Album Track Listing
http://www.whosampled.com/cover/view/184973/Pat%20Martino-Sunny_Bobby%20Hebb-Sunny/
