Bradley Joseph (born 1965) is an American composer, arranger, and producer of contemporary instrumental music. His compositions include works for orchestra, quartet, and solo piano, with his musical style ranging from "quietly pensive mood music to a rich orchestration of classical depth and breadth". Active since 1983, he played various instruments in rock bands throughout the Midwest until 1989 when Greek composer Yanni hired him for his next tour after hearing a tape of Joseph's compositions. He was a featured concert keyboardist with Yanni through six major tours and appears in the 1994 multi-platinum album and video, Yanni Live at the Acropolis. In 1994, Joseph's solo career began when he independently released Hear the Masses, featuring many of his Yanni bandmates. This debut was followed by Rapture, an instrumental album recorded with a 50-piece orchestra, in which Joseph wrote and conducted all of the scores. It was released on the Narada label and reached NAV's "Airwaves Top 30". He has produced 15 CDs/DVDs and numerous piano books under his own record label, Robbins Island Music. Two of these recordings, Christmas Around the World and One Deep Breath, also held positions on NAV’s Top 100 radio chart. His music is included in multiple various-artist compilation albums, most recently the 2008 release of The Weather Channel Presents: Smooth Jazz II.

Read the rest of this article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradley_Joseph

_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1314: In the decisive battle in the First War of Scottish Independence, Scottish forces led by Robert the Bruce defeated English troops under Edward II in Bannockburn, Scotland. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bannockburn)

1894: Italian anarchist Sante Geronimo Caserio assassinated Marie François Sadi Carnot, President of the French Third Republic, after Carnot delivered a speech at a public banquet in Lyon, France. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Fran%C3%A7ois_Sadi_Carnot)

1948: Cold War: The Soviet Union blocked access to the American, British, and French sectors of Berlin, cutting off all rail and road routes going into Soviet-controlled territory in Germany. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Blockade)

1981: The Humber Bridge, at the time the (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humber_Bridge)

1994: A United States Air Force B-52 Stratofortress based at Fairchild Air Force Base in Spokane County, Washington, USA crashed, killing all four crew members, and providing a case study on the importance of compliance with safety regulations. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_Fairchild_Air_Force_Base_B-52_crash)

_____________________ Wiktionary's Word of the day:

quay: (nautical) A wharf, a stone or concrete structure on navigable water used for loading and unloading vessels. (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/quay)

_____________________ Wikiquote of the day:

All I do is done in love; all I suffer, I suffer in the sweetness of love. -- John of the Cross (http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_of_the_Cross)