8½ inspired among others: Mickey One ( Arthur Penn, 1965 ), Alex in Wonderland ( Paul Mazursky, 1970 ), Beware of a Holy Whore ( Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1971 ), Day for Night ( François Truffaut, 1973 ), All That Jazz ( Bob Fosse, 1979 ), Stardust Memories ( Woody Allen, 1980 ), Sogni d ' oro ( Nanni Moretti, 1981 ), Parad Planet ( Vadim Abdrashitov, 1984 ), La Pelicula del rey ( Carlos Sorin, 1986 ), Living in Oblivion ( Tom DiCillo, 1995 ), 8½ Women ( Peter Greenaway, 1999 ), Falling Down ( Joel Schumacher, 1993 ), along with the successful Broadway musical, Nine ( Maury Yeston and Arthur Kopit, 1982 ).

From 1981 – 1984, the Jazz ' road uniforms were dark green, with the aforementioned Jazz logo on the center chest and gold numbers.

* Cotati Jazz Festival, since 1981, usually in mid-June

Jazz magazine – 1981, p. 26-29

* Jed Distler ( 1981 / 1986 ) Art Tatum: Jazz Masters Series: intro and notes to Tatum Piano Transcriptions: Amsco Publications: ISBN 0-8256-4085-7

The series originally consisted of two studio albums ( The Music Band, The Music Band 2, both in 1979 ) and a live album ( The Music Band Live, 1980 ), but after the band left MCA in 1981 and had already made records for other labels, MCA expanded the series with a compilation ( The Best of the Music Band, 1982 ) and a third original album of left-over material ( The Music Band – Jazz, 1983 ).

Between 1965 and 1981 Bilzen hosted Jazz Bilzen, a jazz and rock festival that lasted several days.

* Terje Mosnes, Jazz i Molde two volumes ( 1981, 1991 ).

*" Eddie's Out " / " Walls of Jericho " ( July 1981 ) No. 6 UK Indie ( initial copies included free 7 " single " Jazz the Glass " / " Burnt to the Ground ")

* 1981 Grammy Award ( Best Jazz Instrumental Performance by a Big Band ) for Walk on the Water

He played the Montreux Jazz festival in Switzerland in 1981 and met Michael Brecker who introduced him to John McLaughlin, Billy Cobham and other fusion stars.

" Pop Jazz ; Fatha Hines Stoming and Chomping on at 75 ", The New York Times, August 28, 1981.

The Soft Machine name was used for the 1981 record Land of Cockayne ( with Jack Bruce and, again, Allan Holdsworth, plus Ray Warleigh and Dick Morrissey on saxes and John Taylor on electric piano ), and for a final series of dates at London's Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in the summer of 1984, featuring Jenkins and Marshall leading an ad hoc lineup of Etheridge, Warleigh, pianist Dave MacRae and bassist Paul Carmichael.

* To Each ... ( 1981 )-FACT 35-Reissued via Creation and then Soul Jazz

George Spink, treasurer of the Jazz Institute of Chicago from 1978 to 1981, recalled that Tormé played this drum set at the 1979 Chicago Jazz Festival with Benny Goodman on the classic " Sing, Sing, Sing.

Freetime, the group's fifth album, was released in 1981 and became the # 8 Jazz Album of 1982 as well as beginning their tradition of releasing a new album every year.

Jazz in the Movies ( Da Capo Press, 1981 )

The long-stroke, 12-valve CVCC-II for Japan and 8-valve for Europe and Asia ER four-cylinder engine was only used in the AA / VF / FA series City / Jazz ( 1981 – 86 ).

In 1981, Q-Tips played the Montreux Jazz Festival.

** Best Jazz Instrumental Performance-Big Band: 1976 ( Long Yellow Road ), 1977 ( Road Time ), 1978 ( Insights ), 1979 ( Kogun ), 1980 ( Farewell ), 1981 ( Tanuki's Night Out ), 1984 ( Ten Gallon Shuffle ), 1985 ( March of the Tadpoles ), 1992 ( Carnegie Hall Concert ), 1994 ( Desert Lady / Fantasy ).

Ed played with and wrote for the Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra ( now the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra ) from 1981 to 1999.

Mötley Crüe was formed on January 17, 1981 when bass guitarist Nikki Sixx left the band London and began rehearsing with drummer Tommy Lee and vocalist / guitarist Greg Leon.

* 1981 – Austin Winkler, American lead vocalist ( Hinder )

* 1981 – Kalil Wilson, American vocalist

Faith No More was originally formed as Faith No Man in 1981 by bassist Billy Gould, keyboardist Wade Worthington, vocalist M Morris, and drummer Mike Bordin.

Henry Rollins joined as vocalist, and for a period, Cadena played rhythm guitar alongside founder Greg Ginn, including on the seminal 1981 album Damaged.

The band was formed as Still Life in 1981 in Jamestown, New York, by Dennis Drew ( keyboards ), Steve Gustafson ( bass ), Chet Cardinale ( drums ), Robert Buck ( guitar ), and Teri Newhouse ( vocalist and Buck's ex-wife ).

* John Lombardo – ( 1981 – 1986, 1994 – 2002 ) Lombardo, the band's rhythm guitar player and occasional odd vocalist, co-wrote most of the early Maniacs songs, but left the band in 1986.

In an October 1981 interview, vocalist David Sylvian commented " There's a period going past at the moment that may make us look as though we're in fashion.

The group was an outgrowth of a previous band, Loud Fast Rules, formed in 1981 by drummer Dave Pirner, guitarist and backing vocalist Dan Murphy, and bassist Karl Mueller.

One track recorded with Reading vocalist Ian Lloyd-Jones in May 1981 was intended as a single, but did not materialise.

After growing up in the Brooklyn neighborhood Gerritsen Beach, Smyth joined Scandal as vocalist in 1981.

After Powell left Rainbow he worked with vocalist Graham Bonnet ( he too an ex-Rainbow member ) on Bonnet's new project called Graham Bonnet & The Hooligans, their most notable single being the UK top 10 single " Night Games " ( 1981 ), also on Bonnet's solo Line Up album.

In 1981, Thalía started her music career as a vocalist in the Mexican child group Din Din.

In 1981 they released their LP Music From Hell, which included guest vocalist Alice Bag from The Bags singing on " Alice's Song ".

The band was originally formed in 1981 by lead vocalist and guitarist Johnnie Dee ( of Niagara Falls, Ontario ), Keyboardist Brad Bent ( of Toronto, Ontario ), and original drummer Mike Lengyell, formerly with The Diodes.

The group's vocalist is Silvy De Bie ( born January 4, 1981 ) and keyboardist / songwriter is Wout Van Dessel ( born October 19, 1974 ).

Vanderhoof returned to his hometown of Aberdeen in 1981 and began the new group Shrapnel with Craig Wells, Duke Erickson, drummer Tom Weber, and vocalist Mike Murphy.

Re-locating to Sydney, Australia in February 1981, she was a backing vocalist for various groups and formed a trio, QED, in 1983.

Evi Goffin ( born 27 February 1981, in Antwerp, Belgium ) was the vocalist of the Belgian musical group Lasgo.

Tellinger released his first SA record in 1981, HAZEL, nominated for the SARIE award in that year as best male vocalist.

Paul Andrews ( born 17 May 1958, in Chingford, London ), better known as Paul Di ' Anno, is an English singer best known as the first vocalist to record with the iconic heavy metal band Iron Maiden, from 1978 to 1981.

By 1981 the band was now Shane Howard, Rose Bygrave, Warrick Harwood, Peter ' Brolga ' Coughlan on bass guitar, Marcia Howard vocalist & synth player, Graham Davidge electric guitar and Robbie Ross on drums. They had shortened the name to Goanna and with their increasing popularity they attracted the interest of major record companies.

* ' What Becomes of the Broken Hearted ', ( Broken Records, 1981 ) ( Colin Blunstone guest vocalist )

In 1981, Kirk Hammett met El Cerrito resident Paul Baloff at a North Berkeley house party, a friendship that was started-according to aspiring guitarist Hammett-by both's admiration for punk rock and 1970s heavy metal music ; Baloff would then take Stewart's place as vocalist.