Actress, Singer,
Dancer, Broadway star, Producer, and
Daughter of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz.
Lucie Arnaz has had an extremely diversified career spanning over
50 years in show business. She has starred on the New York stage
in They’re Playing Our Song (Theatre World, LA Drama Critics and
Outer Critic’s Circle Awards), Lost in Yonkers, Dirty Rotten
Scoundrels, Pippin and Grace and Glorie; in the London premiere
of The Witches Of Eastwick; in the Coconut Grove Playhouse premieres
of Once Removed and A Picasso; in national tours of Pippin,
Seesaw, Whose Life Is It Anyway?, Social Security and My
One And Only (Sarah Siddons Award); and in regional theatre productions
of Wonderful Town, Master Class, Cabaret, The
Guardsman, Annie Get Your Gun, I Do! I Do!, Educating
Rita, Vanities, and Mack And Mabel, to name just a few.
Lucie has appeared on television in The Lucie
Arnaz Show, Sons And Daughters, The Black Dahlia,The Mating Season, Who Gets The
Friends?, Washington Mistress, Death Scream and six seasons
of Here’s Lucy; on the big screen with Neil Diamond and Sir Laurence
Oliver in The Jazz Singer(Golden Globe Nomination), Down To
You, Second Thoughts, Billy Jack Goes To Washington, The
Pack, Wild Seven and has lent her voice to theanimated fantasy about the NY
Yankees, Henry And Me.
Lucie has performed the opening number on the
Academy Awards (1981) and at The White House several times. She was Executive Producer
of the I Love Lucy 50th Anniversary Special (Emmy nomination),
and Lucy & Desi: A Home Movie (Emmy winner 1993). She produced
two CD ROMS. She recorded her first album for Concord Jazz, "Just In
Time," and her newest CD, "Latin Roots," is a celebration of
just what the title says. Lucie has been traveling the country and the world
with her various concerts for over 20 years.
With her brother, Desi, she manages Desilu, too,
LLC. With her husband, actor Laurence Luckinbill, she manages five grown children.
Lucie invites you to visit her online at luciearnaz.com.
Intelligent
Music Project III Releases New Single & Video MIND PROJECTION feat. John
Payne & Drum Legend Simon Phillips From Forthcoming “Touching the Divine”
Album
Sofia, Bulgaria – A year
after releasing the all-star project “My Kind O’ Lovin’” producer and composer
Milen Vrabevski returns to fulfill, as earlier claimed, his promise and
ambition with Intelligent Music Project III – “Touching the Divine”. The new
album features session legends Simon Phillips and Tim Pierce, and Nathan East
courtesy of YEG. Тhe production concept relies again on two project launchers –
guest stars John Payne (ex-Asia) and Toto’s Joseph Williams. Says Joseph, “It’s
wonderful to explore working with Milen. The project has a wonderful message,
accompanied with some beautiful music and some great rock ‘n’ roll – the
musicians in this project are top-noch.”
Musically “Touching the Divine”
delivers a thrilling example of straightforward songwriting combined with rich
and layered sound and gently executed dynamic spins. The first single MIND
PROJECTION is a melodic and energetic slice of AOR, scored with John Payne’s
powerful vocal arrangement and virtuoso instrumental charge, that lets you in
deeper to the magic ingredient of this sophisticated project. Bass great Nathan
East and fabulous Simon Phillips stamp their own authority in this piece, as
well on the record throughout.
Full creative input by all guest
stars in the project. Recording sessions took place at Simon Phillips’ Phantom
recordings (Williams, Pierce, Phillips and East) and at Intelligent Music
Studios in Sofia (Payne, Pierce and vocals from Carl Sentance, recently
appointed as Nazareth’s lead singer). Says Simon, “Music is an universal
language. It’s really a blessing to have the opportunity to work with musicians
from around the world.”
MIND PROJECTION brings together
once again the positive idea of the producer and composer Milen Vrabevski, that
following the true excitement of our hearts and souls will give us the key to
living a conscious live and to spiritual satisfaction, we often call happiness.
Says Nathan, “This project is very special to me, because of the nature of the
message of the project. I was very inspired and happy with the idea, because
the message has value and meaning and I am about that. The word ‘inspirational’
is what I use to describe this project.”
John Payne, who continues his 14
year legacy as “ASIA Featuring John Payne” says, “Doing this project with Milen
– it has been great, really – these songs have a lot of structure and melody.
It’s a very mature project, it’s a very intelligent project for the mind.”
Says Milen Vrabevski, “I believe
we managed to deliver an astonishing sound once again and it will delight the
ears and sound systems of hardcore rockers all around the world. Bearing in
mind the top-noch level of our guest stars, I allowed myself mainly to record
the acoustic guitar of the first single MIND PROJECTION. The video was shot in
Bulgaria by Vasil Stefanov, a very prolific and talented video director. The
explicit idea was to show the level of collaboration and collective effort of
all featuring musicians, which I believe, would be one of the most intriguing
aspects for the music fans.”
Says Tim Pierce, “My DNA is ‘a
rock player’. Musically, this project is fun, because it travels a lot of
different places.”
“I really enjoyed working with
Milen in his studio. There is a great sense of depth in his songs. We tried to
get the best of my voice.” (Carl Sentance)
Intelligent Music Project III
– “Touching the Divine” is coming out in late September 2015.
“The coming album is to bring us
to the subject of the essence of life. It directs to searching for this special
place within our souls that brings the spiritual satisfaction we often call
happiness. It is our source of love and creation, balance and harmony. This
place is the Divine in us all…” (Milen Vrabevski, MD)
Intelligent Music Project III
– “Touching the Divine”
Author and producer – Milen
Vrabevski, MD
Featuring:
Simon Phillips – drums and
percussion
Nathan East (appears courtesy of
Yamaha Entertainment Group) – bass
John Payne – lead & backing
vocals
Joseph Williams – lead &
backing vocals
Carl Sentance – backing vocals
& ad-lib, lead vocal part on 7
Tim Pierce – guitars
All: Invaluable full creative
input!
Previous albums by the same
author, featuring Simon Phillips, Joseph Williams & John Lawton are IMP I
& II, respectively titled “The Power of Mind ” & “ My
Kind O’Lovin’ ”
Keyboard Legend Extraordinaire Patrick Moraz,
Former Member of YES and the Moody Blues, To Release New Album
“MAP” (Moraz Alban Project) With Outstanding Drummer Greg Alban!
Los Angeles CA- Patrick Moraz and
Greg Alban proudly announce the release of their new CD “MAP”.
Says Patrick, “The concept and
the meaning of “MAP” is first and foremost the 'MORAZ ALBAN PROJECT'! Some time
ago, Greg Alban, a very good friend of mine and a great drummer whom I have
known now for more than 30 years asked me if I would like to start composing
and arranging some music that he could play the drums on, with me. He wanted to
record a whole album together and eventually of course, release it.”
So Moraz began composing and
arranging the music for “MAP” in his studio in Florida, the project then moved
to California, where it was further developed and recorded. This new music
is a collection of instrumental pieces that range in style and spirit of World-Fusion,
Rock and Jazz.
Greg Alban, originally from
Columbus, Ohio, attended Ohio University and moved to Los Angeles in 1974 to
pursue a career in music. Greg has studied with some of the great drummers and
teachers such as Richard Wilson, Joe Morello and Joe Porcaro. Patrick Moraz
first heard Greg Alban play drums when he was head of his own band ICE. They
were performing at the famous and since shuttered Red Onion in Marina Del Rey,
CA. Impressed with the playing skills of Alban and fellow band member John
Avila, Moraz asked them to perform on his album, “Timecode”. Greg Alban who has
worked with such artists such as “The Miracles”, Denny Laine (Wings) and
Mike Pinera (Blues Image and Iron Butterfly) explains: “Patrick and I have been
very good friends for a long time and I’m still always being surprised by the
depth of his knowledge, not just about music but everything! He’s a creative
genius and I’m honored to be working with him.”
Swiss born Patrick Moraz, is best
known as an official member and keyboardist for the progressive rock bands
“Yes” from 1974 to the end of 1976 and “The Moody Blues” from 1978 to 1991. He
was classically trained at the Conservatory of Lausanne, but having a keen
interest in jazz and world rhythms he decided early on to pursue composing and
playing in these genres of music as well. This led to Patrick and his own trio
and quartet, opening for major jazz artists and famous rock bands throughout
Europe in the mid-sixties. He then formed the group “Mainhorse” with Jean
Ristori in 1968 and released a self-titled album on Polydor. Then, after a long
tour of Japan and the Far-East as musical director of a Brazilian Ballet
Company, he came back and moved to England in the early Seventies to form
“Refugee” with Lee Jackson and Brian Davison, both previously of “The
Nice”. They produced one album titled “Refugee” which to date is still revered
as one of Prog-Rock’s monumental works known for Moraz’s highly inspired
compositions and keyboard virtuosity.
Moraz rose to prominence in 1974
as a new member and keyboardist of “Yes”. He co-composed along with Yes’s” band
members and played on the album “Relayer”, which led to what was to be “Yes’s”
most successful ever world tour, playing to crowds which numbered from 25,000
to 120,00 at JFK stadium during the bi-centennial year of 1976. In
1975-1976 all the then- members of “Yes” released solo albums. In the interim
Moraz had moved to Brazil and composed the music for the “I” aka “The Story of
I” which incorporated 16 Brazilian percussionists, making it an important
staple of “world music”. “I” was Moraz’s first solo album and in 1976 it was
voted the #1 Album of the Year by “Keyboard Magazine”. After his departure from
“Yes” Patrick recorded his second album “Out In The Sun” on the “famous”
Charisma Record Label, and moved officially to Brazil.
In the last part of 1977 and the
first part of 1978, time was devoted exclusively for composing and recording
for the production of his 3rd solo Album, simply titled “Patrick Moraz”, in the
company of the percussionists of Rio-de-Janeiro and Djalma Correa, who, several
years later, was referred by Patrick to Peter Gabriel for his Album “SO”.
Moving back to Europe via an
appearance at the famous “Montreux Jazz Festival” in Switzerland, and upon
their request, Patrick began touring with ”The Moody Blues” on their “Octave”
tour in 1978, replacing their former keyboardist Mike Pinder. The two world
Tours, ending in 1979 proved extremely successful!
In 1980, having played and
recorded on the new album “Long Distance Voyager” he was asked to become a
member of the band. Subsequently, in 1981, “Long Distance Voyager” reached #1
on the US charts and proved to be one of their highest grossing albums to
date. He continued touring and recording with “The Moody Blues” until 1991
and played on the four subsequent albums : “The Present”, “The Other Side of
Life”, “Sur la Mer” and partially on “Keys of the Kingdom”. Moraz is also
credited as composer and co-writer of the song “The Spirit”, which appeared on
the 1986 album “The Other Side of Life”.
During recording and touring
breaks with the “Moodies”, Patrick had continued to compose, play and record
his solo albums “Future Memories 1” “Future Memories II”, (both “Live on TV”),
“Human Interface”, and “Timecode”. He also collaborated, (in 1979), with
the renowned Romanian panpipe flutist, Simeon Stanciu, (a.k.a. Syrinx), for
their album “Coexistence”. From 1983 to 1985, Patrick Moraz and Bill
Bruford, former member and drummer for Yes, decide to form a duet and tour
under the name “Moraz-Bruford”. They recorded two albums, “Music For Piano and
Drums” and “Flags” and managed to do three very successful worldwide Tours.
In 1991 having been with “The
Moody Blues” for thirteen years, Moraz embarked on a solo career. To date he
has composed and played acoustic piano on three solo CD’s, “Windows of Time”,
“Resonance” and “ESP” all of which have been critically acclaimed and extremely
well received.
In 1995, exactly 20 years ago,
Patrick Moraz performed throughout the USA on his C.H.A.T. tour (Coming Home
America Tour). The tour was unique in that it was one of the first, if not the
very first to be booked entirely over the Internet. Moraz played solo on
acoustic Grand Pianos to audiences that numbered as small as two people to
hundreds of people, taking place in eclectic venues which ranged from single
homes, to large estates, corporate headquarters, churches, theaters, concert
halls and museums. One of the concerts was filmed and recorded for a DVD and CD
in Princeton N.J. and is titled “P.M. in Princeton”. The C.H.A.T. tour proved
to be a huge success and an experience that Moraz says, “He will always hold
very dear to his heart”.
In 2009 he released “Change of
Space”, and in 2011 Moraz released the electronic keyboard CD “Moraz Live/Abbey
Road” which features Patrick playing live electronic keyboards as
well as a live acoustic piano improvisation. There was also a
piano-compilation CD titled “Pianissimoraz”, featuring a new and unreleased piece
: The “one-&-only take” of the instant composition “Pure Love”.
And now much to the excitement of
music fans worldwide, Patrick Moraz and Greg Alban are releasing their first
album “MAP” in June 2015!
The album features amazing bass
player John Avila, former member of “Oingo Bongo”, who also plays bass on
“MAP”. The other great players featured on “MAP” are Lenny Castro on
percussion, who has worked with such artists as “The Rolling Stones”, “Elton
John”, “Eric Clapton” and many others. Renown and awesome bass player, Matt
Malley, founder and former member of “The Counting Crows”, expertly plays
Indian Slide Guitar on “MAP’. Swiss virtuoso bass player Patrick Perrier and
heavyweight multi-instrumentalist on tenor saxophone Dave VanSuch, both perform
on “MAP” as well.
