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For the event related to subatomic physics, see Atomic electron transition. For a fundamental shift in a scientific discipline, see paradigm shift. For the sculpture, see The Quantum Leap.
Quantum Leap
Genre
Science fiction
Created by
Donald P. Bellisario
Starring
Scott Bakula
Dean Stockwell
Narrated by
Deborah Pratt
Theme music composer
Mike Post
Composer(s)
Velton Ray Bunch
Country of origin
United States
Original language(s)
English
No. of seasons
5
No. of episodes
97 (list of episodes)
Production
Producer(s)
Donald P. Bellisario
Deborah Pratt
Harker Wade
Location(s)
California, USA
Running time
45 minutes
Production company(s)
Belisarius Productions
Universal Television
Distributor
NBCUniversal Television Distribution
Release
Original network
NBC
Picture format
SD: 4:3 (broadcast/DVD release)
HD: 16:9 (streaming)
Original release
March 26, 1989 (1989-03-26) – May 5, 1993 (1993-05-05)
External links
Website (NBC)
Quantum Leap is an American science-fiction television series that originally aired on NBC for five seasons, from March 1989 through May 1993. Created by Donald P. Bellisario, it starred Scott Bakula as Dr. Sam Beckett, a physicist who leaps through spacetime during an experiment in time travel, by temporarily taking the place of other people to correct historical mistakes. Dean Stockwell co-stars as Admiral Al Calavicci, Sam's womanizing, cigar-smoking companion and best friend, who appears to him as a hologram.
The series features a mix of humor, drama, romance, social commentary, and science fiction, and was named one of TV Guide's "Top Cult Shows Ever".[1]
Contents
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1 Premise
2 Cast and characters
3 Production
3.1 Development
3.2 Soundtrack
4 Episodes
4.1 Broadcast history
4.2 Home media
5 Reception
5.1 Awards
6 Other media
6.1 Books
6.2 Comics
6.3 Possible continuation
7 References
7.1 Notes
8 External links
Premise[edit]
"Theorizing that one could time travel within his own lifetime, Doctor Sam Beckett led an elite group of scientists into the desert to develop a top secret project, known as "Quantum Leap". Pressured to prove his theories or lose funding, Doctor Beckett prematurely stepped into the Project Accelerator and vanished. He awoke to find himself in the past, suffering from partial amnesia and facing a mirror image that was not his own. Fortunately, contact with his own time was maintained through brainwave transmissions with Al, the Project Observer, who appeared in the form of a hologram that only Doctor Beckett could see and hear. Trapped in the past, Doctor Beckett finds himself leaping from life to life, putting things right that once went wrong and hoping each time that his next leap will be the leap home."
- Opening narration by Deborah Pratt, season two, episodes 13–22.
Quantum Leap follows the narrative of Dr. Sam Beckett (Bakula), a physicist who has become stuck in the past as a result of a time-travel experiment gone wrong, and his attempts to return to his present, the late 20th century, by altering events in the past for the better, with the aid of a hologram of his friend Admiral Al Calavicci (Stockwell), monitoring him from Sam's present.[2][3]
In the series premiere, Sam has theorized the ability to travel in one's own lifetime and is the lead of the government-funded Project Quantum Leap, operating from a secret laboratory in New Mexico; Al oversees the project for the government. When Al learns that funding for the project is in danger of being pulled because no demonstrable results have come from the project, Sam takes it upon himself to step into the Quantum Leap accelerator to prove the project works and is sent into the past. When Sam gains consciousness, he finds himself suffering from partial amnesia, and is more surprised to find that his appearance to others, including what he sees in the mirror, is not his own face. He finds that Al has come to his aid as a hologram that only Sam can see and hear, as it is tuned to his brainwaves. Al, working with the project's artificial intelligence Ziggy (voiced by Deborah Pratt), determines that Sam must alter an event in the current period he is in so as to re-engage the Quantum Leap process and return home. Al helps Sam overcome some facets of his "Swiss-cheese memory" and provides information on history as it originally happened. He also updates Sam on future events and relates possible outcome probabilities using a handheld communication device in contact with Ziggy. The device is often temperamental and must be struck a few times as it emits electronic beeping and whirring sounds before the information is revealed. With Al and Ziggy's help, Sam is able to successfully change history, and then leaps out, only to find himself in the life of someone else in a different period of time.[4]
Episodes in the series subsequently follow Sam's reaction to each leap (typically ending the cold open with him uttering "Oh, boy!" on discovering his situation), and then working with Al and Ziggy to figure out his new identity and whom he needs to help to "set right what once went wrong" and trigger the next leap.[5] An episode typically ends as a cliffhanger showing the first few moments of Sam's next leap (along with him again uttering "Oh, boy!" on discovering his situation), which is repeated in the following episode's cold open. Though initially Sam's leaping is believed by Al and the others on the Quantum Leap team to be random, the characters come to believe in later seasons that someone or something is controlling Sam's leaping, and this is a central focus of the show's finale episode, "Mirror Image".
When Sam leaps, his body is physically present in the past, although he appears to others as the person into whom he leaped. In one case, after leaping into a Vietnam veteran who has lost both legs, Sam is still able to walk normally, but appears to others as if he is floating. Sam's body and mind may become jumbled with those into whom he has leaped. In one situation, he leaps into a woman near the end of her pregnancy and feels her birth pains, while in another episode, he leaps into the body of Lee Harvey Oswald and feels an intense pressure to assassinate John F. Kennedy, despite knowing that it is the wrong thing to do. Similarly, the persons into whom Sam has leaped are brought into the future, where they appear as Sam to the others; they are normally kept in an isolated waiting room to prevent them from learning anything about the future, and they return to their own time when Sam leaps.
In most of Sam's leaps, the changes he makes are small on the grand scale, such as saving the life of a person who might otherwise have died, or helping making someone's life better. Selected episodes, however, demonstrate more dramatic effects of his time travels. In one episode, Sam's actions ultimately lead to Al's death prior to the project, and Sam finds himself suddenly aided by a new hologram, "Edward St. John V" (played by Roddy McDowall), and must work to prevent Al's death. In another episode, when again the project's funding is threatened, Sam helps a young woman successfully pass the bar; this results in her becoming one of the members of Congress who oversees the project and aids in the restoration of its funding. In the episode involving Lee Harvey Oswald, while Sam and Al do not prevent the assassination of Kennedy, Sam's actions prevent Oswald from making a second shot that killed Jacqueline Kennedy in the original fictional history.
Because of the time-travel aspect, many episodes allude to famous people or incidents indirectly, such as Sam suggesting to young Donald Trump that New York real estate will be valuable in the future, suggesting the lyrics of "Peggy Sue" to a teenaged Buddy Holly, showing young Michael Jackson his signature moonwalk dance for the first time, giving Dr. Henry Heimlich the idea for his namesake maneuver by saving him from choking,[3] and setting in place actions that lead to the discovery of the Watergate scandal. Two notable episodes place Sam directly at the center of significant historical events, one being the leap into Oswald. In "Goodbye Norma Jean", Sam appears as Marilyn Monroe's bodyguard, who saves her life and convinces Marilyn to remain alive for her starring role in The Misfits. Other episodes explore the past of the main characters, such as Sam saving his brother from being killed in the Vietnam War, and saving Al's marriage to Beth.
In the final episode, "Mirror Image", Sam leaps through spacetime as himself (without replacing another person), arriving at the exact time of his birth, where he meets a mysterious barkeep (Bruce McGill, who also appeared in the first episode in a different role). The barkeep is aware of Sam's situation and assures him that Sam himself controls the very nature and destinations of his leaps ("to make the world a better place"), and that Sam is always able to return home at any time he truly wants. In the final episode's epilogue, Sam is shown to leap back to visit Al's wife Beth as himself again, assuring her that her husband (who was a prisoner of war at the time) will return home to her; this results in Al and Beth remaining happily married in the future,[3] while Sam continues leaping, never returning home.
Cast and characters[edit]
Main article: List of Quantum Leap characters
Dr. Samuel "Sam" Beckett (played by Scott Bakula) is a quantum physicist with six doctoral degrees. He grew up on his parents' farm in Elk Ridge, Indiana, with an older brother (Tom) and a younger sister (Katie). Sam's idol is Albert Einstein.
Albert "Al" Calavicci, USN (played by Dean Stockwell) is a womanizing U.S. Navy rear admiral and Sam's best friend, who grew up in an orphanage and was later active in the Civil Rights Movement. At the time of Sam's leaps, Al spends his free time with his lover and the project's medical technician Tina Martinez (played by Gigi Rice), who appears in the fourth-season episode "The Leap Back".
Ziggy (voiced by the narrator and co-executive producer Deborah Pratt) is the self-aware artificial intelligence "parallel hybrid computer with an ego" that runs the Project Quantum Leap, and helps Sam throughout his leaps; appearing in the fourth-season episode "The Leap Back".
Irving "Gooshie" Gushman (played by Dennis Wolfberg) is the project's often-mentioned head programmer, who is said to have bad breath. He appears in five episodes, including the finale.
Dr. Verbena Beeks (played by Candy Ann Brown) is often mentioned as the project's psychiatrist. She appears in two episodes throughout the series.
In each episode, a different cast of guest characters appears, mostly the ones whom Sam replaces with his leaps. Several other characters are referred to regularly throughout the series, but are mostly unseen.
Production[edit]
Development[edit]
The main premise for Quantum Leap was inspired by such movies as Heaven Can Wait and Here Comes Mr. Jordan.[citation needed] Series creator Donald P. Bellisario[3][6] saw its concept as a way of developing an original anthology series, as anthologies were unpopular with the networks.[3]
The series ran on NBC[7] for five seasons, from March 1989 through May 1993.
Soundtrack[edit]
The theme for the series was written by Mike Post.[3] It was later rearranged for the fifth season, except for the series finale episode, which featured the original theme music. Scores for the episodes were composed by Post and Velton Ray Bunch.
A soundtrack album was first released in 1993, titled "Music from the Television Series Quantum Leap", dedicated to John Anderson, who played Pat Knight in "The Last Gunfighter". It was released by GNP Crescendo on CD and cassette tape.
No.
Track[8]
Composer(s)
Length
Episode
1
Prologue (Saga Sell) Mike Post, Velton Ray Bunch
Deborah Pratt (voice over) 1:05
2
Quantum Leap (Main Title) Mike Post 1:15
3
Somewhere in the Night Scott Bakula 3:32 Piano Man
4
Suite from the Leap Home Velton Ray Bunch 3:37 The Leap Home, part 1
5
Imagine John Lennon 3:05 The Leap Home, Part 1
6
Sam's Prayer Velton Ray Bunch 1:52 A Single Drop of Rain
7
Blue Moon of Kentucky Bill Monroe 1:41 Memphis Melody
8
Baby, Let's Play House Arthur Gunter 2:13 Memphis Melody
9
Shoot Out Velton Ray Bunch 3:03 The Last Gunfighter
10
Medley from Man of La Mancha Scott Bakula 6:18 Catch a Falling Star
11
Bite Me Velton Ray Bunch 3:29 Blood Moon
12
Alphabet Rap Dean Stockwell 2:05 Shock Theater
13
Suite from "Lee Harvey Oswald" Velton Ray Bunch 14:55 Leaping on a String
14
Fate's Wide Wheel Scott Bakula 3:05 Glitter Rock
15
A Conversation with Scott Bakula Scott Bakula (interview) 12:02
16
Quantum Leap (Prologue and Main Title Reprise) Mike Post, Velton Ray Bunch 2:20
Episodes[edit]
Main article: List of Quantum Leap episodes
Broadcast history[edit]
The Quantum Leap series was initially moved from Friday nights to Wednesdays. It was later moved twice away from Wednesdays to Fridays in late 1990, and to Tuesdays in late 1992. The series finale aired in its Wednesday slot in May 1993.[3]
The most frequent time-slot for the series is indicated by italics:
Sunday at 9:00–11:00 PM on NBC: March 26, 1989
Friday at 9:00–10:00 PM on NBC: March 31, 1989 – April 21, 1989
Wednesday at 10:00–11:00 PM on NBC: May 3—17, 1989; September 20, 1989 – May 9, 1990; March 6, 1991 – May 20, 1992
Friday at 8:00–9:00 PM on NBC: September 28, 1990 – January 4, 1991
Tuesday at 8:00–9:00 PM on NBC: September 22, 1992 – April 20, 1993
Wednesday at 9:00–10:00 PM on NBC: May 4, 1993
In the United Kingdom, the show began on BBC Two on February 13th, 1990[1], airing Tuesday evenings at 9:00PM. The final episode was scheduled to be aired on June 14th, 1994, but altered schedules after the death of British dramatist Dennis Potter earlier that month delayed the airing until June 21st, 1994.[2]. Repeat episodes continued on the channel at various times until December 28th, 1999[3]. It has since aired several times on satellite and cable television, rerunning late at night on television channel Cozi TV.
On 16 June 2016, Scott Bakula made a brief reprise of his role as Sam Beckett on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Stephen Colbert makes reference to an episode where Sam Beckett has leapt into the body of a 1950s New York cab driver, whose comment about investing in New York real estate is heard by a young Donald Trump. Using a handset to talk to Ziggy, Stephen Colbert leaps back as a hologram to help Sam Beckett attempt to change the future.[9]
Home media[edit]
Universal Studios Home Entertainment has released the entire, digitally remastered, Quantum Leap series on DVD:[10][11]
On April 13, 2016, it was announced that Mill Creek Entertainment had acquired the rights to the series and re-released the first two seasons on DVD on June 7, 2016.[12]
On February 7, 2017, Mill Creek re-released Quantum Leap- The Complete series on DVD and also released the complete series on Blu-ray for the very first time.[13] The 18-disc set contains all 97 episodes of the series as well as most of the original music.
Season - DVD name
Episodes
DVD release date
Region 1
Region 2
Region 4
Season 1 - The Complete First Season 9 June 8, 2004 November 8, 2004 May 2, 2005
Season 2 - The Complete Second Season 22 December 14, 2004 October 31, 2005 February 7, 2006
Season 3 - The Complete Third Season 22 May 10, 2005 December 12, 2005 June 7, 2006
Season 4 - The Complete Fourth Season 22 March 28, 2006 June 26, 2006 November 2006
Season 5 - The Complete Fifth Season 22 November 14, 2006 December 26, 2006 February 21, 2007
Seasons 1–5 - The Complete Series
(The Complete Collection) 97 November 4, 2014[10] October 8, 2007[11] N/A
Reception[edit]
Despite its struggling start with poor broadcast timings,[3] the series had gained a large 18–49 demographics of viewers.[citation needed] The finale was viewed by 13 million American households.[14] In 2004 and 2007, Quantum Leap was ranked #15 and #19 on TV Guide's "Top Cult Shows Ever."[1]
Awards[edit]
Along with 43 nominations, Quantum Leap received 17 awards (listed below).[15][16]
Year
Award
Category
Winner(s)
Episode
1989 Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Cinematography for a Series Roy H. Wagner Genesis, Part 1
Outstanding Achievement in Hairstyling for a Series Virginia Kearns Double Identity
1990 Quality TV Award Best Actor in a Quality Drama Series Scott Bakula
Golden Globe Award Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series,
Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV Dean Stockwell
Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Cinematography for a Series Michael W. Watkins Pool Hall Blues
1991 Quality TV Award Best Actor in a Quality Drama Series Scott Bakula
Best Supporting Actor in a Quality Drama Series Dean Stockwell
Edgar Award Best Television Episode Paul Brown Good Night, Dear Heart
DGA Award Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series' - Night Michael Zinberg The Leap Home, Part 2 - Vietnam
Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Achievement in Makeup for a Series Gerald Quist
Michael Mills
Jeremy Swan The Leap Home, Part 1
Outstanding Cinematography for a Series Michael W. Watkins The Leap Home, Part 2 - Vietnam
1992 Quality TV Award Best Actor in a Quality Drama Series Scott Bakula
Golden Globe Award Best Performance by an Actor in a TV-Series - Drama Scott Bakula
1993 Quality TV Award Best Actor in a Quality Drama Series Scott Bakula
Young Artist Award Best Young Actress Guest-Starring in a Television Series Kimberly Cullum
ACE Award Best Edited One Hour Series for Television Jon Koslowsky A Song for the Soul
Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Individual Achievement in Editing for a Series,
Single Camera Production Jon Koslowsky Lee Harvey Oswald
Other media[edit]
Books[edit]
Non-fiction
Barrett, Julie, The A–Z of Quantum Leap. Boxtree Ltd., London 1995. ISBN 0-7522-0628-1
Chunovic, Louis, Quantum Leap Book. Boxtree Ltd., London 1993. ISBN 1-85283-866-3
Schuster, Hal, The Making of Quantum Leap. HarperCollins, London 1996. ISBN 0-06-105438-0
Fiction
Robitaille, Julie, The Ghost and the Gumshoe. Corgi, London 1990. ISBN 1-85283-397-1. Re-published in U.K. by Boxtree Ltd., London 1994. (Novelization of "Play It Again, Seymour" and "A Portrait of Troian")
McConnell, Ashley, Quantum Leap: The Novel. Ace Books, 1992. ISBN 0-441-69322-9. Re-published in the UK as Carny Knowledge. Boxtree Limited, London 1993. ISBN 1-85283-871-X
McConnell, Ashley, Too Close for Comfort. Ace Books, 1993. ISBN 0-441-69323-7.
Robitaille, Julie, The Beginning. Boxtree Ltd., London 1994. ISBN 1-85283-392-0. (Novelization of the pilot episode)
McConnell, Ashley, The Wall. Ace Books, 1994. ISBN 0-441-00015-0.
McConnell, Ashley, Prelude. Ace Books, 1994. ISBN 0-441-00076-2.
Melanie Rawn: Knights of the Morningstar. Ace Books, 1994. ISBN 0-441-00092-4.
Melissa Crandall: Search and Rescue. Ace Books, 1994. ISBN 0-441-00122-X.
McConnell, Ashley, Random Measures. Ace Books, 1995. ISBN 0-441-00182-3.
Storm, L. Elizabeth, Pulitzer. Ace Books, 1995. ISBN 1-57297-022-7.
Henderson, C.J. and Laura Anne Gilman, Double or Nothing. Ace Books, 1995. ISBN 1-57297-055-3.
Walton, Barbara E., Odyssey. Boulevard, 1996. ISBN 1-57297-092-8.
Peel, John, Independence. Boulevard, 1996. ISBN 1-57297-150-9. Re-published in the U.K. as Leap into the Unknown. Boxtree Ltd., London 1996 ISBN 0-7522-0137-9.
Storm, L. Elizabeth, Angels Unaware. Boulevard, 1997. ISBN 1-57297-206-8.
Davis, Carol, Obsessions. Boulevard, 1997. ISBN 1-57297-241-6.
Schofield, Sandy (Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn Rusch), Loch Ness Leap. Boulevard, 1997 ISBN 1-57297-231-9.
Kent, Melanie, Heat Wave. Boulevard, 1997 ISBN 1-57297-312-9.
DeFilippis, Christopher, Foreknowledge. Boulevard, 1998 ISBN 0-425-16487-X .
Peterman, MindySong And Dance. Boulevard, 1998 ISBN 0-425-16577-9.
Davis, Carol, and Esther D. Reese: Mirror's Edge. Boulevard, 2000 ISBN 0-425-17351-8.
Comics[edit]
Innovation Publishing produced a series of comic books which ran for thirteen issues from September 1991 through August 1993. As with the television series, each issue ended with a teaser preview of the following issue and Sam's exclamation of "Oh, boy." Among the people Sam found himself leaping into in this series were:[17]
Issue
Title
Person
Date
1 "First There Was a Mountain, Then There Was No Mountain, Then There Was" High school teacher named Karen Connors in Memphis, Tennessee. March 25, 1968
2 "Freedom of the Press" Death row inmate named Willie Jackson, who must prevent a murder on the outside. June 11, 1962
3A "He Knows If You've Been Bad or Good..." Part-time Santa Claus, who goes by the name of Nick. December 20, 1963
3B "The Infinite Corridor" Student at MIT named Matt Randall, who is researching quantum physics. April 2, 1968
4 "The 50,000 Quest" Contestant amid the quiz show scandals. August 15, 1958
5 "Seeing is Believing" Newspaper reporter/columnist, who responds to a girl seeing a UFO. November 14, 1957
6 "A Tale of Two Cindys" Teenage girl with an identical twin sister. February 12, 1959
7A "Lives on the Fringe" Professional golfer with mafia after him. 1974
7B "Sarah's Got a Gun" Bus driver, who discovers child abuse. May 19, 1953
8 "Getaway" Bank robber, while the leapee tours the Project with Al. 1958
9 "Up Against a Stonewall" Sequel to "Good Night, Dear Heart." Stephanie Heywood is released from prison after serving twelve years for manslaughter. June 22, 1969
10 "Too Funny For Words" Stand-up comedian, who befriends a fading silent movie star. June 13, 1966
11 "For the Good of the Nation" Doctor studying the effects of LSD on human subjects. July 1958
12 "Waiting" Gas station attendant with a lot of time on his hands. April 24, 1958
13 "One Giant Leap" An extraterrestrial aboard an orbiting spaceship. June 5, 1963
Few of the comic stories referenced episodes of the television series, with the exception of the ninth issue, "Up Against a Stonewall."
Possible continuation[edit]
There have been occasional announcements of plans to revisit or restart the series. In July 2002, the Sci-Fi Channel announced its development of a two-hour television film based on Quantum Leap, which it was airing in reruns at the time, that would have served as a backdoor pilot for a possible new series, with Bellisario as executive producer.[18] During the TV Guide panel at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con International, Scott Bakula said that Bellisario was working on a script for a projected Quantum Leap feature film.[19] In October 2017, Bellisario confirmed at the L.A. Comic Con that he has finished a script for a feature film.[20]
References[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b "TV Guide Names the Top Cult Shows Ever". TV Guide. June 29, 2007.
Jump up ^ Cerone, Daniel (July 15, 1990). "'Quantum Leap' is Scott Bakula's Idea of an Actor's Dream". Los Angeles Times.
^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h Jenkins, Shelley (April 28, 2008). "Donald P. Bellisario Interview". Archive of American Television. Published in the article on April 12, 2012.
Jump up ^ Connor, John J. (March 30, 1989). "Review/Television; Comeback for Wimps in New Series". The New York Times.
Jump up ^ Chunovic, Louis, The Complete Quantum Leap Book, Citadel Press (1995)
Jump up ^ O'Connor, John J. (November 22, 1989). "Review/Television; An Actor's 'Quantum Leap' Through Times and Roles". The New York Times.
Jump up ^ Carter, Bill (October 1, 1991). "NBC Defends Move on 'Quantum Leap'". The New York Times.
Jump up ^ "Quantum Leap - Soundtrack". Amazon.com. November 19, 1993.
Jump up ^ The Late Show with Stephen Colbert's official YouTube site. Uploaded 16 June 2016. Accessed 24 June 2016
^ Jump up to: a b "Quantum Leap: The Complete Series (Region 1)". Amazon.com. November 4, 2014.
^ Jump up to: a b "Quantum Leap - The Complete Collection (Region 2)". Amazon.com. October 8, 2007.
Jump up ^ "Quantum Leap DVD news: Re-Release for Seasons 1 & 2 - TVShowsOnDVD.com". tvshowsondvd.com.
Jump up ^ "Quantum Leap DVD news: Announcement for The Complete Series - TVShowsOnDVD.com". tvshowsondvd.com.
Jump up ^ WEINSTEIN, STEVE (7 May 1993). "'Quantum Leap' Ratings Jump on Final Telecast" – via LA Times.
Jump up ^ "Quantum Leap - Awards". The New York Times.
Jump up ^ "Quantum Leap, Awards". IMDb. Based on the original citation. NBC.
Jump up ^ Zeman, Phil (January 19, 1995). "Quantum Leap Comic Guide".
Jump up ^ "New Leap, Tremors On Sci-Fi". Syfy. July 9, 2002. Archived from the original on July 9, 2006.
Jump up ^ Holbrook, Damian (July 23, 2010). "Comic-Con: Is Quantum Leaping to the Megaplex?". TV Guide.
Jump up ^ Sollosi, Mary (October 28, 2017). "Quantum Leap creator reveals he wrote a movie script". Entertainment Weekly.
Notes[edit]
External links[edit]
"Quantum Leap". Sci-Fi Channel. Archived from the original on April 23, 2006.
Quantum Leap on IMDb
Quantum Leap at AllMovie
Quantum Leap at TV.com
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LA Devotee
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"LA Devotee"
Promotional single by Panic! at the Disco
from the album Death of a Bachelor
Published
Listen to This Shhhh, Songs Music Publishing, BMG Platinum Songs, Manes and Reins Publishing
Released
November 26, 2015
Format
Digital download
Recorded
2015
Genre
Alternative rock[1]
power pop[2]
ska[3]
Length
3:16
Label
Fueled by Ramen
DCD2
Songwriter(s)
Brendon Urie
White Sea
Jake Sinclair
Producer(s)
Jake Sinclair
Death of a Bachelor track listing
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11 tracks
"Victorious"
"Don't Threaten Me with a Good Time"
"Hallelujah"
"Emperor's New Clothes"
"Death of a Bachelor"
"Crazy=Genius"
"LA Devotee"
"Golden Days"
"The Good, the Bad and the Dirty"
"House of Memories"
"Impossible Year"
"LA Devotee" is a song by American rock band Panic! at the Disco. It was released as the first promotional single from the band's fifth studio album, Death of a Bachelor, on November 26, 2015 through Fueled by Ramen and DCD2. The song was written by Brendon Urie, White Sea and Jake Sinclair and was produced by Sinclair.
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1 Background
2 Music video
3 Charts
4 Certifications
5 References
Background[edit]
"LA Devotee" was written by Panic! at the Disco (A.K.A Brendon Urie) throughout 2015. The song's inspiration derives from Urie's passion for Los Angeles and is about someone who has fallen in love with L.A. and will stop at nothing to survive and succeed in the city.[4] A video of the audio for "LA Devotee" was uploaded to Fueled by Ramen's official YouTube channel on the day of its release, November 26, 2015.[5] It has been streamed over 27 million times on YouTube and over 80 million times on Spotify as of February 2018.
Music video[edit]
The song's official music video was released September 22, 2016, starring Noah Schnapp, an actor who is known for his role in the Netflix series Stranger Things. The video starts with a young girl nervously trying to cross a field with a dog barking in the background. The girl falls down and gets kidnapped by an unknown cloaked figure as the camera shows a shot of the mysterious "Join Us" logo cropped into the field. The next scene shows a young boy being strapped to a chair singing the song while experiencing bizarre things, with Brendon also singing the song on a screen. The young girl also makes an appearance forcing the boy to drink something. The last scene shows four cloaked figures strapping two mechanisms to the boy, causing him to be electrocuted and then suffer a seizure. Afterwards, the video ends with Brendon walking up to him with rubber gloves in a menacing manner. It is unknown what Brendon is to do next. On "The Death of a Bachelor Tour" before "This Is Gospel" A video is shown, showing Urie's involvement and origins with the cloaked figures, showing Urie being brutally tortured.
Between shots of Noah being tortured we can see several disturbing images, including men dressed having animal heads, blood poured over a skull, children with black holes for their eyes, and a symbol of the Church of Satan (featuring a Baphomet's head inside an inverted pentagon) projected over Urie's face.
Charts[edit]
Chart (2015)
Peak
position
US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard)[6]
15
Certifications[edit]
Region
Certification
Certified units/Sales
United States (RIAA)[7]
Gold 500,000
*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
sales+streaming figures based on certification alone
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Ridler, Faith (December 8, 2015). "Panic! At The Disco: 'LA Devotee' Single Review". Ppcorn. Retrieved January 16, 2016.
Jump up ^ Lucy, Evan (January 15, 2016). "Death Of A Bachelor channels Brendon Urie's inner Sinatra and vocal versatility - Reviews". Alternative Press. Retrieved January 16, 2016.
Jump up ^ Smith, Troy L. (January 14, 2016). "Panic! at the Disco feels more alive than ever on 'Death of a Bachelor'". cleveland.com. Retrieved January 16, 2016.
Jump up ^ Stumme, Clifford (2015-11-27). "What does "LA Devotee" by Panic! at the Disco mean?". Cliffordstumme.com. Retrieved 2016-01-04.
Jump up ^ "Panic! At The Disco: LA Devotee (Audio)". YouTube. 2015-11-26. Retrieved 2016-01-04.
Jump up ^ "Panic! At the Disco – Awards". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved December 21, 2014.
Jump up ^ "American single certifications – Panic! At the Disco – LA Devotee". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved August 4, 2017. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH
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Coordinates: 45°30′51″N 73°35′07″W / 45.514226°N 73.585262°W / 45.514226; -73.585262
Tam-Tams with Cartier monument in background.
The Tam-Tams is the informal name of a weekly free festival around the George-Étienne Cartier Monument in Mount Royal Park in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Its name is onomatopoetic, referring to the drum circle that forms the focal point of the gathering.[1]
Contents
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1 Events
2 History
3 Present day
4 See also
5 References
6 External links
Events[edit]
Thousands of drum players, dancers, vendors and visitors come together every Sunday afternoon throughout the temperate months, occupying much of the open space on the eastern edge of Mount Royal Park (also known as Fletcher's Field). Jeanne-Mance Park, located directly across Avenue du Parc from where the Tam-Tams take place, serves as the city's main outdoor sporting ground. As such, the entire area is generally quite popular on Sundays in the summertime, drawing an exceptionally diverse crowd to myriad activities. The Tam-Tams typically start around 10:30am and continue until sunset. It is not an officially sanctioned nor sponsored event, simply a regular if technically spontaneous event. As such, it's difficult to pinpoint when it started or what motivated the first drum circle.
History[edit]
Drummers near base of the Cartier monument.
Spending Sundays in Mount Royal Park has been popular since the park was inaugurated in 1876, and the nature and design of Fletcher's Field has always made it a popular spot for picnics and sunbathers. Musical performances have been a staple since time immemorial, as brass bands, military and marching bands were popular entertainment until around the time of the Second World War. Moreover, the location of the Tam-Tams isn't too far from where Montreal's first permanent exposition hall, the Crystal Palace, was located. As such the location of the Tam-Tams is well rooted in the history of Montreal public life and festivities.
Anecdotal evidence suggests the first people to begin regular drumming at the base of the Cartier monument back in the mid-1960s. A group of students from the West Indies who lived in the area arranged to meet at the monument and practice in a public place to avoid disturbing their neighbours.
However, alternate anecdotal evidence suggests more recent beginnings. Quoted from an Ottawa-based musician and educator: "...1992, it started with four ceremonial guard guys (me included) meeting up to buy pot from some guys we met at Steve's music store. They were buying djembes and we had just attended a clinic with Memo Ascevedo, and bought traditional go-go bells, tambime (not tambourine), clave, talking drum, etc. He had a Cuban buddy who played bongos, and we met at the statue to exchange rhythmic ideas. We shared an apartment on l'esplanade with 6 other army guys, all drummers. 3 of us were on leave at alternate times, 6 days of work, 3 days off. So there was always someone at the house. We agreed to meet every Sunday at the park, get high, and jam. Other guys started coming, it watered down the quality of the jam, but it got bigger and bigger..."
But it would be many years before the Tam-Tams became an element of the Montreal counter-culture scene. In this respect, anecdotal evidence suggests the Tam-Tams' origins date back to Saint Jean Baptiste Day 1976 when the City of Montreal located festivities related to the day entirely within the 'mountain domain'. In this case the mountain became a playground for the city's youth and counter-culture, with music throughout the day and many bonfires throughout the night. Damage to the park was so extreme the city would never again use the mountain for large-scale organized festivities.
Present day[edit]
Today's Tam-Tams are still centred on the drum circle, but have evolved to also include artisanal vendors, DJs, performance artists, exhibitionists and a battle-royal for fantasy role players.
Because of the 'laissez-faire' attitude that characterizes the festivities, drug dealing, drug use and public drinking are tolerated to a degree. The Tam-Tams is strongly associated with cannabis culture, and though Montreal police are generally present they tend to disregard consumption of alcohol and cannabis. The general rule observed by Montrealers and respected by the police is discretion, moderation and not consuming in view of children.
See also[edit]
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References[edit]
Jump up ^ "Cartier returns". Montreal Gazette. May 23, 2008. Retrieved 31 March 2010.
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Kora (instrument)
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Kora
String instrument
Classification
West African stringed instrument with 21 strings
Hornbostel–Sachs classification
323-5
(Composite chordophone sounded by the bare fingers)
Developed
16th century
Playing range
Traditional range of the kora
Related instruments
harp, gravi-kora, seperewa
Musicians
Toumani Diabaté, Ballaké Sissoko, Foday Musa Suso, Seckou Keita, Toubab Krewe, Jacques Burtin, Alhaji Bai Konte and sons Dembo and Sherrifo
Kora
Song played by Toumani Diabaté on the kora instrument
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The kora is a 21-string lute-bridge-harp used extensively in West Africa.[1]
Contents
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1 Description
2 History
3 Scores
4 Bibliography
5 Selected discography
5.1 African composers (oral tradition)
5.2 Western composers (written music)
6 Notable kora players
7 See also
8 References
9 External links
Description[edit]
A kora is a Mandinka harp built from a large calabash cut in half and covered with cow skin to make a resonator with a long hardwood neck. The skin is supported by two handles that run under it. It supports a notched double free-standing bridge. It doesn't fit into any one category of musical instruments, but rather several, and must be classified as a "double-bridge-harp-lute". The strings run in two divided ranks, making it a double harp. They do not end in a soundboard but are held in notches on a bridge, making it a bridge harp. They originate from a string arm or neck and cross a bridge directly supported by a resonating chamber, making it a lute too.
The sound of a kora resembles that of a harp, though when played in the traditional style, it bears a closer resemblance to flamenco and Delta blues guitar techniques of both hands to pluck the strings in polyrhythmic patterns (using the remaining fingers to secure the instrument by holding the hand posts on either side of the strings). Ostinato riffs ("Kumbengo") and improvised solo runs ("Birimintingo") are played at the same time by skilled players.
Kora players have traditionally come from griot families (also from the Mandinka nationalities) who are traditional historians, genealogists and storytellers who pass their skills on to their descendants. The instrument is played in Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Senegal, Burkina Faso and the Gambia. A traditional kora player is called a Jali, similar to a "bard" or oral historian. Most West African musicians prefer the term "jali" to "griot", which is the French word.
Traditional koras feature 21 strings, eleven played by the left hand and ten by the right. Modern koras made in the Casamance region of southern Senegal sometimes feature additional bass strings, adding up to four strings to the traditional 21. Strings were traditionally made from thin strips of hide, for example antelope skin - now most strings are made from harp strings or nylon fishing line, sometimes plaited together to create thicker strings.
A vital accessory in the past was the nyenyemo, a leaf-shaped plate of tin or brass with wire loops threaded around the edge. Clamped to the bridge, it produced sympathetic sounds, serving as an amplifier since the sound carried well in the open air. In today's environment players usually prefer or need an electric pickup. [2]
By moving leather tuning rings up and down the neck, a kora player can retune the instrument into one of four seven-note scales. These scales are close in tuning to western major, minor and Lydian modes.[3][4]
History[edit]
Ibn Battuta did mention that the women who accompanied Dugha to perform were carrying bows that they plucked. He didn't mention the number of strings, but this clearly shows the existence of harp instruments in 14th century Mali and could be the earliest written reference to the kora. The kora is designed like a bow with a gourd but Ibn Battuta did not go into detail about these instruments. The earliest European reference to the kora in Western literature is in Travels in Interior Districts of Africa (1799) by the Scottish Mungo Park. The most likely scenario, based on Mandinka oral tradition, suggests that the origins of the kora may ultimately be linked with Jali Mady Fouling Cissoko, some time after the founding of Kaabu in the 16th century.[5]
The kora is mentioned in the Senegalese national anthem "Pincez Tous vos Koras, Frappez les Balafons".
Nowadays, increasingly, koras are made with guitar machine heads instead of the traditional leather rings. The advantage is that they are much easier to tune. The disadvantage is that this design limits the pitch of the instrument because string lengths are more fixed and lighter strings are needed to lift it much more than a tone. Learning to tune a traditional kora is arguably as difficult as learning to play it, and many tourists who are entranced by the sound while in West Africa buy koras and then find themselves unable to keep it in tune once they are home, relegating it to the status of ornament. Koras can be converted to replace the leather rings with machine heads. Wooden pegs and harp pegs are also used, but both can still cause tuning problems in damper climates unless made with great skill.
The Gravi-kora
In the late 20th century, a 25-string model of the kora was developed, though it has been adopted by only a few players, primarily in the region of Casamance, in southern Senegal. Some kora players such as Seckou Keita have double necked koras, allowing them to switch from one tuning to another within seconds, giving them increased flexibility.
The French Benedictine monks of the Keur Moussa Abbey in Senegal (who possibly were the first to introduce guitar machine heads instead of leather rings in the late seventies) conceived a method based on scores to teach the instrument. Brother Dominique Catta, choirmaster of the Keur Moussa Abbey,[6] was the first Western composer who wrote for the kora (solo pieces as well as duets with Western instruments).[7]
An electric instrument modeled on the kora (but made primarily of metal) called the gravikord was invented in the late 20th century by instrument builder and musician Robert Grawi. It has 24 strings but is tuned and played differently than the kora. Another instrument, the Gravi-kora, a 21 string electro-acoustic instrument, was later developed by Robert Grawi especially for kora players who wanted a modern instrument. Its playing and tuning are the same as the traditional kora.[8] The gravi-kora has been adopted by kora players such as Daniel Berkman,[9] Jacques Burtin,[10] and Foday Musa Suso, who featured it in recordings with jazz innovator Herbie Hancock,[11] with his band Mandingo, and on Suso's New World Power album.[12]
Scores[edit]
Kora sheet music (fragment of the score of One Thousand Sources, for solo kora, by Jacques Burtin).
The kora music being part of the oral tradition, its music was not written until the 20th century. The ethnomusicologists were the only ones to note some traditional airs in the normal grand staff method using the G clef and the F clef.
Nowadays, kora scores are written on a single G clef, following the Keur Moussa notation system. This notation system was created for the kora in the late 1970s by Brother Dominique Catta, a monk of the Keur Moussa Monastery (Senegal). The seven low notes that should be written on the F clef are replaced by Arabic or Roman numerals and written on the G clef.
While griots still compose in the traditional way (without writing scores), some Western musicians began to write partitures for the kora and adopted the Keur Moussa notation system at the beginning of the 1980s. More than 200 scores have already been written for kora solo or kora and Western instruments. Two notable Western composers for the kora are Brother Dominique Catta[13] and Jacques Burtin[14] (France), who wrote most of these scores, though composers like Carole Ouellet[15] (Canada), Brother Grégoire Philippe[16] (Monastère de Keur Moussa) and Sister Claire Marie Ledoux[17] (France) contributed with original works.
Derek Gripper (Cape Town, South Africa) has transcribed a number of West African kora compositions, by Toumani Diabaté and others, for performance on western-style classical guitar, and has performed some of these transcriptions on two recordings and in concert from 2012 through the present (2017).[18]
Bibliography[edit]
Eric Charry, Mande Music : Traditional and Modern Music of the Maninka and Mandinka of Western Africa, University of Chicago Press, 2000.
Ousmane Sow Huchard, La kora : objet-témoin de la civilisation manding : essai d'analyse organologique d'une harpe-luth africaine, Presses universitaires de Dakar, Dakar, 2000.
Selected discography[edit]
African composers (oral tradition)[edit]
Mali: cordes anciennes ("Mali: Ancient Strings"), Sidiki Diabaté and Djelimadi Sissoko, Buda Music, 2000. First published in 1970, this CD was the first album totally devoted to the kora. Sidiki Diabaté was the father of Toumani Diabaté, and Djelimadi Sissoko was the father of Ballaké Sissoko. They both recorded New Ancient Strings - Nouvelles Cordes Anciennes in 1999 (Hannibal), as a tribute to their fathers.
Gambie : l'art de la kora, Jali Nyama Suso, edited by Roderic Knight, Ocora, 1996. First published in 1972, this CD is also a historical recording.
Jali Kunda - Griots of West Africa & Beyond, Ellipsis Arts, 1996. A book and a CD edited by Foday Musa Suso, produced by Bill Laswell. Photographs by Daniel Lainé. A journey through traditional kora music and three original meetings: kora and piano ("Spring Waterfall" by Foday Musa Suso and Philip Glass); kora and synthesizers ("Lanmbasy Dub'", with Bill Laswell, bass, and Jeff Bova, synthesizers); kora and saxophone ("Samma", a duet with jazz saxophonist Pharoah Sanders).
The Mandé Variations, Toumani Diabaté, World Circuit, 2008. Twenty years after his first CD, Kaira (Hannibal, 1988) - the first CD ever recorded with solo kora pieces without any song, Toumani Diabate alternates traditional pieces on a kora with leather rings and his own creations with a special tuning on a kora with wooden pegs.
Western composers (written music)[edit]
Quand renaît le matin, Abbaye de Keur Moussa, Art et Musique, 2007. First published in 1991, this album gathers pieces composed and performed by Brother Dominique Catta and Carole Ouellet: solo kora pieces, songs with kora accompaniment and a Concerto for flute and three koras. There is also a piece composed by Brother Grégoire for three koras differently tuned played by one musician.
Le Jour des Merveilles, Jacques Burtin, 3-CD Box Set, Bayard Musique, 2009. Pieces for solo kora, duets with cello, viola, guitar and koto, suites for flute, guitar and three koras.
Notable kora players[edit]
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Master kora-maker Alieu Suso of the Gambia
Toumani Diabaté (Mali)[19]
Sekou Kouyate (Guinea)
Soriba Kouyate (Senegal)
Carlinhos Antunes (Brazil)
Sidiki Diabaté (Mali)
Mamadou Sidiki Diabaté (Mali)
Prince Diabaté (Guinea, France, United States)
Amadou Bansang Jobarteh (Gambia)
Foday Musa Suso (Gambia, United States), recorded with Herbie Hancock
Jali Nyama Suso (Gambia)
Ablaye Cissoko (Senegal)[20][21]
Lamine Cissokho (Senegal, Sweden, Austria)
Lamin Kuyateh (Gambia)
Tasana Camara (Guinea)[22]
Lankandia Cissoko (Senegal)[23]
Zoumana Diarra (Mali)[24]
Mamadou Diabaté (Mali)
Djeli Moussa Diawara also known as Jali Musa Jawara (Guinea, now playing a 32-stringed Kora)
Tunde Jegede (Nigeria/United Kingdom)
Sona Jobarteh (Gambia/United Kingdom, female kora player)
Sanjally Jobarteh (Gambia/Norway)
Seckou Keita (United Kingdom)[25]
Adam Doughty (United Kingdom) [26]
Josh Doughty (United Kingdom)
Bai Konte (Gambia)
Djimo Kouyate (Senegal, 1946–2004)
Kadialy Kouyaté (Senegal/UK)
Kandia Kouyaté (Mali)
Moussa Kouyate (Mali)
N'Faly Kouyate (Guinea)
Toumany Kouyate (Senegal) - singer and musician for O (Cirque du Soleil) in Las Vegas.
Jaliba Kuyateh (Gambia)
Ida Verstraten (Netherlands)[27]
Jacques Burtin (France)[28]
Kurtis Lamkin (United States)
Brother Dominique Catta (France, Senegal)[29]
Chris Marolf (United States)
Kane Mathis (United States)[30]
Sean Gaskell (United States)[31]
Alagi Mbye (Gambia)[32]
William Parker (United States)
Justin Perkins (United States)
Gabriel Bass (United States)
Lamin Saho (Gambia)[33]
Ballaké Sissoko (Mali)
Mansour Seck (Senegal)
Youssoupha Sidibe (Senegal)
Yerko Fuenzalida (Chile)[34]
Mamadou Susso (Gambia)
Papa Susso (Gambia)
Daniel Berkman (United States)[35]
Yann Tambour (as Thee Stranded Horse, Isle of Sark)[36]
David Gilden (United States)[37]
John Hughes (United States)[38]
José Galissa (Portugal)
See also[edit]
Banjo
Griot
Gravi-kora
Mandinka people
Music of Africa
Polyrhythm
References[edit]
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Jump up ^ The gravi-kora in the Gravikord web site : http://www.gravikord.com/instrument.html#gravikord
Jump up ^ Calabash Moon, Magnatune, 2005 ; Heartstrings, Magnatune, 2009. Video (Daniel Berkman on Gravikord, 1998)
Jump up ^ Le Chant de la Forêt (The Song of the Forest), suite for kora, gravi-kora, flute and viola, Bayard Musique, 2008. Video (Gravi-kora improvisation by Jacques Burtin, 2010)
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Jump up ^ New World Power, produced by Bill Laswell and Foday Musa Suso, Island Records, 1990.
Jump up ^ Selected scores of Brother Dominique Catta : Banehu Len, Suite n°1 for koras, 1983 ; Fleuves d'Eau Vive, Suite n°2 for koras and chant, 1986; Du Désert, d'ici et d'ailleurs, Airs de kora, 1988 ; Banehu Len II, Suite n°3 for kora and flute, 1990 ; Psautier rythmé de Keur Moussa, 150 Psalms with kora accompaniment, 1996 (all scores published by the Keur Moussa Monastery). The influential Méthode progressive pour airs de kora (Progressive Method for kora learning), by Brother Dominique Catta, was published in 1987 by the Monastery Keur Moussa.
Jump up ^ Selected scores of Jacques Burtin : Une Rosée de Lumière, Nine pieces for kora, Monastère de Keur Moussa, 1988; Le Chant intérieur / The Inner Song, Pieces and suites for kora, Editions Studio SM, Paris, 1996 ; Joies soudaines, Works for kora 1988-2010, Marie-Chantal Froment Editor, Le Mans, 2010
Jump up ^ Four scores of Carole Ouellet have been published in Du Désert, d'ici et d'ailleurs (Monastère de Keur Moussa, 1988). Her other compositions have been recorded along with Brother Catta's works. See discography.
Jump up ^ Quand renaît le matin, Prelude for 3 koras and a kora player, by Brother Grégoire Philippe, has been published in 1991 by the Monastery of Keur Moussa.
Jump up ^ Sister Claire Marie Ledoux composed pieces for solo kora and songs accompanied by the kora. They can be heard in the CD Une Rosée de Lumière - Saint François et Sainte Claire d'Assise, by Jacques Burtin and Sister Claire Marie Ledoux, Studio SM, 1997.
Jump up ^ "Derek Gripper: Solo Acoustic Guitarist - African and Contemporary - Composer and Performer". Derek Gripper. 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
Jump up ^ Toumani Diabate web site "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-02-07. Retrieved 2011-01-31. - Video (Toumani Diabate playing Cantelowes at El Real Acazar, Sevilla, Spain)
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