Chieli Minucci

Chieli Minucci (born in April 17, 1958 in Huntington, New York) is an American adult contemporary, smooth jazz guitarist, composer, music producer, and arranger of Italian descent.

Minucci was born in New York City and is primarily known as the leader of the Grammy-nominated contemporary jazz group Special EFX. His father, Ulpio Minucci (concert pianist/composer) wrote the music to the 1955 hit song "Domani," as well as "A Thousand Thoughts of You," and "Felicia" (both sung by Nat King Cole).

Minucci with George Jinda & Special EFX have recorded 26 CDs, 8 of those being solo releases. Minucci has recorded and performed with top pop artists such as Celine Dion, Lionel Richie, Jennifer Lopez, Jewel, Mark Anthony, Jessica Simpson, Anastacia and others, as well as jazz artists Roseanna Vitro,Marion Meadows, Jay Beckenstein, Gerald Veasley, Lao Tizer, Nestor Torres, Bob Baldwin, and many others.

Also known as a composer for television and film, Minucci was nominated for several Daytime Emmy Awards and has won three, in 1998, 2007, and most recently in 2008, for his compositional work on CBS's The Guiding Light. He has written music for well-known programs such as Good Morning America (theme), Bloomberg Radio (theme), Access Hollywood, The 700 Club, and others.

The Gift

The Gift may refer to:

Film

  • The Gift (1979 film), a TV movie starring Glenn Ford
  • The Gift (1994 film), a 30-minute TV film directed by Laura Dern
  • The Gift (2000 film), an American supernatural suspense film directed by Sam Raimi
  • The Gift (2003 film), a documentary by Louise Hogarth
  • The Gift (2009 film) or Echelon Conspiracy, a science fiction action thriller
  • The Gift (2010 film), an American film featuring Jamie Hector
  • The Gift (2014 film), an Irish film
  • The Gift (2015 film), an American thriller film, directed by Joel Edgerton
  • The Gifts, a 1970 documentary
  • Literature

    Nonfiction and anthologies

  • The Gift (book), a 1925 sociology/anthropology book by Marcel Mauss
  • The Gift: Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property, a 1983 book by Lewis Hyde.
    • The Gift: How the Creative Spirit Transforms the World, the 2006 title for Lewis Hyde's book
    • The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World, the 2007 title for Lewis Hyde's book
  • The Gift: How the Creative Spirit Transforms the World, the 2006 title for Lewis Hyde's book
  • The Gift (Corrinne May album)

    The Gift is Corrinne May's first Christmas album, released in 2006. In it, she covers traditional Christmas carols.

    Track listing

  • "Silent Night"
  • "Hark the Herald Angels Sing"
  • "Joy to the World"
  • "Angels We Have Heard on High"
  • "The Answer"
  • "What Child Is This"
  • "Away in a Manger"
  • "Be Thou My Vision"
  • "O Come All Ye Faithful"
  • "O Come O Come Emmanuel"
  • "Hail Mary"
  • The Red Pony

    The Red Pony is an episodic novella written by American writer John Steinbeck in 1933. The first three chapters were published in magazines from 1933–1936, and the full book was published in 1937 by Covici Friede. The stories in the book are tales of a boy named Jody Tiflin. The book has four different stories about Jody and his life on his father's California ranch. Other main characters include Carl Tiflin - Jody's father; Billy Buck - an expert in horses and a working hand on the ranch; Mrs. Tiflin - Jody's mother; Jody's grandfather - Mrs. Tiflin's father, who has a history of crossing the Oregon Trail, and enjoys telling stories about his experiences; and Gitano - an old man who wishes to die at the Tiflin ranch. Along with these stories, there is a short story (taken from one of Steinbeck's earlier works, The Pastures of Heaven) at the end of the book titled "Junius Maltby." However, this last story is omitted in the edition published by Penguin Books.

    Characters

  • Jody Tiflin - the young protagonist of The Red Pony is innocent, dedicated, and polite. “He was a little boy, ten years old, with hair like dusty yellow grass and with shy polite grey eyes, and with a mouth that worked when he thought." He is the son of Carl Tiflin and learns to train horses from his role model Billy Buck.
  • Podcasts:

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    The Gift

    by: Randy Travis

    He was born in Bethlehem they say, there was a star to light the path to where
    He lay. Rich or poor they came from far and near, cause they€™d all heard the
    reason He was here.
    CHORUS:
    He was the Son God sent to one and all. Put on this earth to hang there on that
    cross. Born to die so we could live. He had the birthday, we got the gift.
    They wrapped him up with gentle hands. God hoped the world would understand.
    Eternal life we shall receive. And all that He asks in return is that we just
    believe.
    CHORUS:
    He was the Son God sent to one and all. Put on this earth to hang there on that
    cross. Born to die so we could live. He had the birthday, we got the gift.
    There€™s no way in this world we could repay the miracle He gave us on that day.
    CHORUS:
    He was the Son God sent to one and all, put on this earth to hang there on that
    cross, born to die so we could live. He had the birthday, we got the gift.
    On our Savior€™s birthday, we got the gift.




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