"timeline has been contradicted in subsequent episodes. Lisa's year of birth is given in ""Lisa's First Word"" (season 4, 1992) as 1984, during the Summer Olympics. The episode ""That '90s Show"" (season 19, 2008), however, contradicts much of the established backstory; for example, it presents Homer and Marge as being childless in the late 1990s. Lisa is a lover of music, with jazz as her favorite genre. She enjoys and excels at playing the saxophone and became friends with jazz musician Bleeding Gums Murphy, whom she regards as an idol. Murphy helps pull Lisa out of her depression in ""Moaning"
"because the station's tiny range still prevents anyone from hearing it. Lightning then strikes the antenna, giving it extra power and projecting it into every radio in Springfield. Lisa is finally satisfied. After proclaiming ""that was for you Bleeding Gums"", she turns to leave, but not before Bleeding Gums appears from the heavens to tell Lisa that she had made ""an old jazz man happy"". After saying a final goodbye, Lisa and Bleeding Gums jam to ""Jazzman"" one last time. ""'Round Springfield"" was written by Joshua Sternin and Jeffrey Ventimilia, based on a story idea by Al Jean and Mike"
"USA Songwriting Contest, received three preliminary Grammy nominations in 1998, and was awarded with 'Artist of the Year' and 'Album of the Year' by Maine Public Radio. In 1988, she made the decision to pursue music full-time, and after trying several types of music eventually settled on her current style as an acoustic singer-songwriter. Her career received a boost in 1994 when she performed with Jonathan Edwards, who invited her to record with him, and she was signed to his Rising Records label. Lisa is one of the online tutors on Guitar Tricks.com, having created the foundational hub of Guitar"
"Lisa Sokolov Lisa Sokolov is a jazz singer known for her improvisational style and wide vocal range. Sokolov was born in Manhasset, New York in 1954 to Bernard and Helen Sokolov and was raised in nearby Roslyn. She was exposed to jazz from a young age through her father, who played stride piano and listened to Art Tatum, Mabel Mercer, and Stan Getz. She began singing from a young age and for many years studied piano. In 1972 she attended Bennington College, where she studied with musicians Milford Graves, Bill Dixon, Jimmy Lyons, voice teacher Frank Baker, and composers Vivian"
"Singer’s First Aid Kit"" and ""The Pop Singer’s Warm-Up"". Both books not only focus on exercises and information to train his/her voice, but expand upon the challenges that professional singers face. Lis Lewis Lis Lewis is an American voice teacher, author and performance coach. Lewis's clients include Gwen Stefani, Rihanna, Courtney Love, Britney Spears, Colbie Caillat, Linkin Park, Demi Lovato, Tyson Ritter of The All-American Rejects, The Pussycat Dolls, and Jack Black. Lewis grew up in New York City and began training as a child at the Dalcroze School of Music as well as with private music teachers. She attended"
"Lisa Lisa Lisa Velez (born January 15, 1967), better known by her stage name Lisa Lisa, is an American singer and actress. She rose to fame in the 1980s as one-third of the band Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam. According to ""Spin"" magazine, Velez was born in 1967 in Hell's Kitchen in New York City as the youngest of ten to a religious mother, who supported the family by babysitting, and an absentee father. Of Puerto Rican descent, Velez learned to speak Spanish at home and English in school. She sang in her church choir, at the Church of the"
"in 2015 while living in Brooklyn, New York but later changed the name to the SideFire Trio. Lisa is an avid runner, and frequently practices hatha yoga. Lisa Pegher Lisa Mae Pegher is an American drummer and solo percussionist. In her International career she has performed throughout the world as a soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician. Lisa Mae Pegher grew up in rural western Pennsylvania, close to Pittsburgh. Her grade school teacher encouraged her early development by volunteering to pay for her first drum. She studied music in Pittsburgh where she became a student of Jack DiIanni, a timpanist with"
"as a seamstress in a factory after her husband died. Her two older sisters, Mildred and Claire, were also born in New York City. Latto has stated that her sister Claire was the person who first brought her into contact with jazz music when they were growing up in New York City. One of Claire's favorite musicians was bandleader and clarinetist Benny Goodman, whom Latto credits as one of her most influential mentors. She later saw Goodman perform live at the Paramount Theater in New York City in 1940. The experience inspired her to sign up for clarinet lessons at"
"anatomy books and model skeleton. This began a lifelong association with McDonnell, who became her mentor and advisor. Kenny later asserted that she became interested in how muscles worked while convalescing from her accident. Instead of using a model skeleton, since they were available for medical students only, she made her own. Following her time With Dr. McDonnell, Lisa was certified by The Secretary of Public Instruction as a teacher of Religious Instruction and taught Sunday School in Rockfield. Having become a self-taught and good pianist she listed herself as ""Teacher of Music"" and taught music a few hours a"
"in which she was raised, Lisa became a practicing Buddhist following her decision to follow the Noble Eightfold Path. She is musically proficient on the saxophone; besides the occasional riff during the opening credit sequence Carole King's Jazzman and Gerry Rafferty's Baker Street have been prominently placed during episodes. In the ""Tracey Ullman Show"" shorts, Lisa was more of a ""female Bart"" and was equally mischievous. As the series progressed, Lisa began to develop into a more intelligent and more emotional character with ""Krusty Gets Busted"" being one of the first episodes where her true intelligence is fully shown. When"
"2015, she made the cover of ""She Shreds"", a magazine that celebrates female guitarists. Bibi McGill Bibi McGill (born Belinda McGill) is an American guitarist, yogi, producer and DJ best known as the lead guitarist and musical director of Beyoncé's backing band, the Suga Mamas, as well as for her work with Pink, Paulina Rubio and Chilean rock group La Ley. McGill grew up in Denver, Colorado. She began playing guitar after her father witnessed her pretending to play guitar with a pool stick. He enrolled her in private lessons at age 12. In an interview with the Denver Post,"
"a jazz singer, noting Miles Davis and John Coltrane as inspirations to her. She performed at various shows around her hometown when she was just 15 earning a General Motors Award for Excellence for Jazz Vocals as well as performing live on CBC Radio. Melissa graduated Summa Cum Laude from the College of Santa Fe (Now named Santa Fe University of Art and Design) with her B.F.A in Acting and a Minor in Music. She also studied at The British American Drama Academy in London, England as well as with Lily Parker of the Actor's Studio. Melissa worked in TV"
"of her earlier recordings, continuing her progression towards the majestic and ecstatic 'silence' of the universe."" Lisa Sokolov Lisa Sokolov is a jazz singer known for her improvisational style and wide vocal range. Sokolov was born in Manhasset, New York in 1954 to Bernard and Helen Sokolov and was raised in nearby Roslyn. She was exposed to jazz from a young age through her father, who played stride piano and listened to Art Tatum, Mabel Mercer, and Stan Getz. She began singing from a young age and for many years studied piano. In 1972 she attended Bennington College, where she"
"and dancing at a Johnny Young Talent School. In primary school, at about eight-years-old, she heard a jazz trumpeter ""literally blowing us kids away with the power of the instrument and his skill on it. It was exhilarating!"" While growing up she spent summers on the south coast of New South Wales. Originally trained as a jazz and classical trumpet player, Pyliotis performed in various secondary school-based ensembles. Her early influences include Louis Armstrong, Nina Simone, John Lee Hooker, and Johnny Cash. While still at secondary school, at the age of 14, Pyliotis joined a covers band providing ""Pearl Jam,"
"show. Dan Higgins also returns as the writer and performer of all of Lisa and Bleeding Gums' saxophone solos. It was written by Joshua Sternin and Jeffrey Ventimilia, based on a story idea by Al Jean and Mike Reiss and was the first episode directed by Steven Dean Moore. Jean and Reiss, who were previously the series' showrunners, returned to produce this episode (as well as ""A Star Is Burns"") in order to lessen the workload of the show's regular staff. They worked on it alongside the staff of ""The Critic"", the series they had left ""The Simpsons"" to create."
"Bibi McGill Bibi McGill (born Belinda McGill) is an American guitarist, yogi, producer and DJ best known as the lead guitarist and musical director of Beyoncé's backing band, the Suga Mamas, as well as for her work with Pink, Paulina Rubio and Chilean rock group La Ley. McGill grew up in Denver, Colorado. She began playing guitar after her father witnessed her pretending to play guitar with a pool stick. He enrolled her in private lessons at age 12. In an interview with the Denver Post, McGill's mom recalled her playing guitar in the style of blues musician B. B."
"Mona Lisa (singer) Kimberly Leadbetter (born November 20, 1979), better known by her professional stage name Mona Lisa, is an American pop and R&B singer-songwriter, actress, model and record producer. She is best known for her debut single ""Can't Be Wasting My Time"" featuring the hip hop group Lost Boyz, which was featured on the ""Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood"" soundtrack, as well as her debut album ""11-20-79"". Mona Lisa was born in Union, South Carolina, later relocating to Yonkers, New York. She is of mixed ancestry; her mother is African"
"Miss Moneypenny's and Chuff Chuff where she got to see her favourite DJs of that time: Lisa Loud, John Kelly and the late Tony De Vit. Inspired by her newfound love for music, Lisa began practising on her friend's vinyl decks, buying records from charity shops and borrowing tunes from record libraries, practising for hours each day. Lisa soon decided to try her hand at djing outside of her bedroom walls, she just needed a name and a nickname she was given as a child for having long eyelashes seemed to suit well.. Lisa Lashes. Lisa Lashes first emerged as"
"the characters in this scene were impersonated by cast member Harry Shearer; Jones himself guest starred twice previously. Additionally, Mufasa accidentally mentions ""Kimba"" and corrects himself by saying ""Simba"". This is a reference to the debate regarding ""The Lion King""s resemblance to the anime ""Kimba the White Lion"". Lisa and Bleeding Gums play Carole King's song ""Jazzman"" in this scene and in the hospital earlier in the episode. Bleeding Gums has to leave at the end of the scene because he has a date with the jazz singer Billie Holiday. Additionally, Homer has a Starland Vocal Band tattoo on his"
"with the sweet ending [of Lisa playing her saxophone for Bart]."" The music school that Lisa visits has a sign out front with a picture of a diapered baby Ludwig van Beethoven on it. When Principal Skinner is questioning Lisa about her newfound sense of irresponsibility, he asks ""What are you rebelling against?"" She responds ""Whaddaya got?"", like Marlon Brando's character Johnny Strabler did in the film ""The Wild One"". She also has a toothpick in her mouth, like Johnny had in the film. The fifth graders that Lisa talks to in the school washroom are smoking Laramie cigarettes. The"
"17. Went to the Juilliard School of Music in New York on a fellowship. Studied with Josef Lhévinne who considered her his prize pupil. Took lessons from Rosina Lhévinne when her husband was on tour. Graduated with a diploma. Married William Francis Chase and moved back to L.A. Played regularly on “Evenings On The Roof” concert series launched by Peter Yeats. Met Meade Lux Lewis, who could not read music, but taught her Boogie-Woogie. She played Jazz piano at Ciro's on Sunset Blvd., Shelly’s Man Hole and elsewhere. She taught at the USC Graduate School of Music and the Los"
"was 12 years old. While an opera major at the University of Miami, where she received a BA in Music, she sang with a jazz band and decided to sing vocal jazz. She cites Dionne Warwick, Roberta Flack and Stevie Wonder as being among her first influences. She moved to New York in 1978 where she was hired by the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra and performed her first New York engagement at the Village Vanguard in Greenwich Village. The following year she had her first appearance on a self-titled album from a group called Jasmine featuring Bill O'Connell and"
"McComb started singing at the early age of three. At home, the children grew up listening to the great gospel singers: The Staple Singers, Sister Rosetta Tharpe and above all, Mahalia Jackson who became McComb's idol and her role model. The young girl learned Jackson's entire repertory by heart. In the meantime, her only brother played jazz trumpet and introduced McComb to the great jazz musicians - Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker and Max Roach as well as Nat King Cole and Sarah Vaughan. McComb began with violin but decided to switch to the piano, an instrument with which her ""heartstrings"
"to honor Bleeding Gums' memory is by having his album played at the local jazz station. Lisa spots it in the Android Dungeon store for $250, but after hearing that Bleeding Gums is dead, Comic Book Guy doubles the price to $500. Bart then walks in with his $500 to buy the ultimate pog with Steve Allen's face. However, after remembering that Lisa was the only one who believed him about his stomachache, Bart decides to buy the album with his money. Lisa thanks him for it, and when the station plays one of Bleeding Gums's songs, Lisa is disappointed"
"were still uncommon in the 1970s and 80s in Japan. She attended two international schools in Tokyo: the Seisen International School and the American School in Japan. Lisa found solace in music in her school choir, which grew her interest in music and was often the only reason she would come to school. At the age of 18, Lisa debuted as a singer, with the single ""Out of Cry"" (1993) released through Tokuma Japan Communications. In 1994, Lisa collaborated with former Mute Beat keyboardist and producer Hiroyuki Asamoto's project Ram Jam World under the moniker Chica Colombiana, releasing an album"
"Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam were an American band and one of the first freestyle music groups to emerge from New York City in the 1980s. The band consisted of vocalist Lisa Lisa (Velez), guitarist/bassist Alex ""Spanador"" Moseley, and drummer/keyboardist Mike Hughes. They were assembled and produced by Full Force, which Moseley and Hughes were also members of. Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam was formed after Velez auditioned with Full Force, a production team from East Flatbush, Brooklyn, at the age of 14. The group released their debut album ""Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam with"
"Lis Lewis Lis Lewis is an American voice teacher, author and performance coach. Lewis's clients include Gwen Stefani, Rihanna, Courtney Love, Britney Spears, Colbie Caillat, Linkin Park, Demi Lovato, Tyson Ritter of The All-American Rejects, The Pussycat Dolls, and Jack Black. Lewis grew up in New York City and began training as a child at the Dalcroze School of Music as well as with private music teachers. She attended both the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and has a master's degree in Theater and Music. Lewis has taught voice classes and lectured at the Liverpool Institute for"
"in January 1969. After leaving the party Lewis became a graphic artist and Jazz violinist, yet she continued to engage with issues of community development heralded by the Black panther Party. She toured internationally with saxophonist John Handy and went on to teach visual arts as well as Jazz to inner city youth. She also is the founder of the Oakland Black String Ensemble. When working with her visual art skills, Lewis acts as an Art Instructor/Counselor at the Healthy Babies Project, where she helps women use visual art to represent and understand trauma due to substance abuse. Lewis is"
"3 sisters and 2 brothers. Raised a Jehovah's Witness, on Sundays Lisa would attend meetings and knock on neighbours' doors with her parents to hand out The Watchtower and occasionally read from the Bible but her interest waned soon after her parents separated. In her early years Lisa went to John Shelton School, then to President Kennedy Comprehensive School and at 16 joined a 2-year youth training scheme with Marks & Spencers where she continued to climb up the ladder for 8 years. Lisa first discovered a passion for dance music when she began clubbing at legendary events such as"
"She beat him whenever he spoke English, thus he was forced to learn Italian. He also began bed-wetting that summer. He helps Lisa learn Italian, but there is no reference to his Italian background or language skills in any other episode. Milhouse's personality drastically changes when speaking Italian, becoming a suave, confident ladies man popular with Springfield's Italian community in the episode. The show's opening sequence, and various scenes of band practice suggests that Milhouse plays a brass or woodwind instrument, possibly clarinet or trumpet, but all the Springfield Elementary band members, besides Lisa, are very poor musicians. Milhouse is"
"bands like Motörhead, Slayer, Metallica, Plasmatics, KISS, Aerosmith and Ted Nugent. Suys' main female influences are embodied by Nancy Wilson of Heart and Wendy O. Williams. After High school she moved to Saskatoon where she attended the University of Saskatchewan with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, graduating at the top of three classes and a Magna Cum Laude honour. While in Saskatchewan she created artistic bronze castings and also spent some time on a farm driving tractor. After getting married to Blaine Cartwright and moving to the U.S. he convinced her to start a band with him. She has"
"from her shyness. Later, she studied jazz vocals and improvisation at Southern Cross University. During her studies, her work revolves around the great jazz singers: Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, Nina Simone, Nancy Wilson... At the same time, she also learns the Yoik song from Lapland and studies Spanish influenced music. After graduation, she moved to Sydney, where she began composing her own songs, accompanied by Felicity Wilcox with whom she set up an experimental punk-rock band, ""Helgrind"". However, she continued her musical advancement solo, and won a government grant from the Council of the Arts through which she recorded a"
"Upon a Time"" (written by Dennis Cooper) appeared in the film, ""The Heart Specialist"" which was released in 2012. Mona Lisa (singer) Kimberly Leadbetter (born November 20, 1979), better known by her professional stage name Mona Lisa, is an American pop and R&B singer-songwriter, actress, model and record producer. She is best known for her debut single ""Can't Be Wasting My Time"" featuring the hip hop group Lost Boyz, which was featured on the ""Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood"" soundtrack, as well as her debut album ""11-20-79"". Mona Lisa was born"