Airto Moreira (born August 5, 1941) is a Brazilian Jazz percussionist and musician. He currently resides in Los Angeles.His song "Celebration Suite" was re-mixed by the DJ group "Bellini Brothers" entitled "Samba de Janeiro". The track hit #1 in the dance music charts over 26 countries around Europe, Asia and Latin America.Airto Moreira was born in Itaiopolis, Brazil, into a family of folk healers, and raised in Curitiba and São Paulo. Showing an extraordinary talent for music at a young age, he became a professional musician at age 13, and his first landmark recording was Quarteto Novo with Hermeto Pascoal in 1967. Shortly after, he followed his wife Flora Purim to the United States.After moving to the USA, Airto began playing regularly with jazz musicians in New York, including the bassist Walter Booker. Through Booker, Airto began playing with Joe Zawinul, who in turn introduced him to Miles Davis. At this time Miles was experimenting with electronic instruments and rock and funk rhythms, a form which would soon come to be called Jazz fusion. Airto was to participate in several of the most important projects of this emerging musical form. Airto stayed with Miles for about two years, touring and participating in the creation of the seminal fusion recording Bitches Brew[1]. Shortly after leaving Miles, Airto joined other Miles alumni Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter and Miroslav Vitous in their group Weather Report, playing percussion on their first album. He left Weather Report (replaced by Muruga Booker for their Sweetnighter album) to join fellow Miles alumnus Chick Corea's new band Return to Forever. He played drums on Return to Forever's first two albums, their Return to Forever and Lightas a Feather. These albums are regarded today as classics of the fusion genre.Airto was a contributor to many of Grateful Dead percussionist Mickey Hart's world music / percussion albums in Rykodisc's The World collection, including The Apocalypse Now Sessions, Dafos, At the Edge, and Planet Drum.Airto has played with many of the greatest names in Jazz including Cannonball Adderley, Lee Morgan, Paul Desmond, Wayne Shorter, Dave Holland, Jack DeJohnette, John McLaughlin, Keith Jarrett, Al Di Meola, Zakir Hussain, George Duke and Mickey Hart. He also has played with symphonic orchestras and as a solo percussionist, and during live performances often includes a samba solo, where he emulates the sound of an entire band using just a single pandeiro. He frequently introduces himself to the audience with a lesson in pronouncing his name; "eye, ear, toe".In addition to jazz concerts and recordings, he has composed and contributed music to film and television (including scores for Apocalypse Now and Last Tango in Paris), played at the re-opening of the Library of Alexandria, Egypt [2] (along with fellow professor of ethnomusicology Halim El-Dabh[3]), and taught at UCLA and the California Brazil Camp.Airto Moreira Brazilian Jazz percussionist Celebration Suite Bellini Samba de Janeiro dance hit jazz drums Percussion classic brazil fusion [ More Detail ]
Israel's Channel 10 News report on the celebrations that took place in Gaza when news came of the murder of Israeli Yeshiva students. Article from YnetNews (http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3516031,00.html) --Gaza: Thousands celebrate Jerusalem attackPalestinians distribute sweets in celebration of Jerusalem terror attack as Hamas promises 'this is only the beginning'Ali WakedPublished: 03.06.08, 22:31 / Israel NewsGaza's streets filled with joyous crowds of thousands on Thursday evening following the terror attack at a Jerusalem rabbinical seminary in which eight people were killed.In mosques in Gaza City and northern Gaza, many residents went to perform the prayers of thanksgiving.Armed men fired in the air in celebration and others passed out sweets to passersby.Hamas stopped just short of claiming responsibility but issued a statement saying the group "blesses the (Jerusalem) operation. It will not be the last,'' Hamas said in a statement.An Islamic Jihad spokesman Abu Ahmed told Ynet the blame for the attack lay with Israel for its operations in Gaza. "The responsibility lies with those who killed 130 Palestinians in Gaza, most of them children," he said. "We welcome this heroic act and strengthen the hands of those who carried it out. This is only the first of many responses the Palestinian people are planning."The spokesman, a member of the organization's military wing -- the al-Quds Brigades -- said Israel is "reaping what it has sown in the Strip. Those who carried out the attack have brought great pride and raised the heads of the Palestinians."Video source: http://news.nana10.co.il/Article/?ArticleID=541945&sid=126 [ More Detail ]
Thomas Friedman, columnist at The New York Times.More about this event: http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/about/milestone/index.htmLicense: Creative Commons BY-NC-SAMore information at http://ocw.mit.edu/termsMore courses at http://ocw.mit.edu [ More Detail ]
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Celebrationby Kool and The GangYahoo! This is your celebrationYahoo! This is your celebrationCelebrate good times, come on! (Let's celebrate)Celebrate good times, come on! (Let's celebrate)There's a party goin' on right hereA celebration to last throughout the yearsSo bring your good times, and your laughter tooWe gonna celebrate your party with youCome on nowCelebrationLet's all celebrate and have a good timeCelebrationWe gonna celebrate and have a good timeIt's time to come togetherIt's up to you, what's your pleasureEveryone around the worldCome on!Yahoo! It's a celebrationYahoo!Celebrate good times, come on!It's a celebrationCelebrate good times, come on!Let's celebrateThere's a party goin' on right hereA celebration to last throughout the yearsSo bring your good times, and your laughter tooWe gonna celebrate your party with youCome on nowCelebrationLet's all celebrate and have a good timeCelebrationWE GONNA CELEBRATE AND HAVE A GOOD TIME !!! [ More Detail ]
[Recorded Dec 10, 2007]The Commodore 64 was an 8-bit home computer released by Commodore International in August, 1982, and during it's lifetime (between 1982 and 1994), sales totaled close to 17 million units, making it the best-selling single personal computer model of all time. Approximately 10,000 commercial software titles were developed for the Commodore 64 including development tools, office applications, and games. The C64 made an impressive debut at the 1982 Winter Consumer Electronics Show, as recalled by Production Engineer David A. Ziembicki: All we saw at our booth were Atari people with their mouths dropping open, saying, 'How can you do that for $595?' The term personal computer was a common term in the early 80's and was used as early as 1972 to characterize Xerox PARC's Alto. During this era of microcomputer innovation, the market was dominated by the IBM Personal Computer (IBM PC), the Commodore 64, the Atari 8-bit family, the Apple II, Tandy Corporation's TRS-80s, and various CP/M machines. Although the history of the Commodore is rich, the histories of the people and the companies that developed these early personal computers are also critical to the personal productivity tools and business solutions we often take for granted in our daily lives.This panel discussion is a celebration of the Commodore 64 computer and how it spawned a tremendous market for home, small business, distributed and networked technology. [ More Detail ]
This video was directed/produced by Matt Goldman (www.akjak.com) and is from Celebration's 'The Modern Tribe'. More information is at:http://www.beggarsgroupusa.com/celebration [ More Detail ]
Here is yet again another video I made. This time using two live shows and a laser show. EnjoyVideos I Used: Black Celebration Live on The Tube 1986, BBC Black Celebration Tour, Some Random Laser Show [ More Detail ]
See more at:www.TribalBellyDance.netNarah is joined by friends and family to celebrate her baby and the wonders of pregnancy. They dance through the chakras to honor this sacred connection. Performed at Shimmy 2 in Pittsburgh, PA.Narah is available for Workshops and Performances in your Home Town.www.TribalBellyDance.net [ More Detail ]
Here is a case-in-point when people say 'they don't make them like they used to:' a number performed by a variety of NBC's "Family" members on their 60th Anniversary Celebration. This camp classic is a parody/homage/reworking of the song "Family" from the musical DREAMGIRLS and features Barbara Eden, Nell Carter, Charlotte Rae, Punky Brewster (Soleil Moon Frye), Alfonso Ribeiro, Marla Gibbs, and Bea Arthur. This is from NBC's 60th Anniversary Celebration, aired in 1986. [ More Detail ]