Wildlife

Wildlife traditionally refers to non-domesticated animal species, but has come to include all plants, fungi, and other organisms that grow or live wild in an area without being introduced by humans.

Wildlife can be found in all ecosystems. Deserts, forests, rain forests, plains, grasslands, and other areas including the most developed urban sites, all have distinct forms of wildlife. While the term in popular culture usually refers to animals that are untouched by human factors, most scientists agree that much wildlife is affected by human activities.

Humans have historically tended to separate civilization from wildlife in a number of ways including the legal, social, and moral sense. Some animals, however, have adapted to suburban environments. This includes such animals as domesticated cats, dogs, mice, and gerbils.Some religions have often declared certain animals to be sacred, and in modern times concern for the natural environment has provoked activists to protest the exploitation of wildlife for human benefit or entertainment.

Wildlife (Anthony Phillips and Joji Hirota album)

Wildlife is the second collaboration between Anthony Phillips and Joji Hirota. The album is culled from recordings made between 1994 and 2000 when Anthony and Joji collaborated on a number of soundtracks for wildlife television programmes in the British Survival series. In addition, Anthony also wrote and recorded the music for a programme in the BBC series Natural World.

Wildlife features selections from the music for the programmes Creatures of the Magic Water (tracks 1-6), Secrets of the Amazon (tracks 7-11), Jaguar: Eater of Souls (tracks 12-13), Serengeti Jigsaw (tracks 14-15), Web of the Spider Monkey (track 16), Dungeons & Dragons (tracks 17-22), Secrets of a Norfolk Wood (tracks 23-25), Bears of the Russian Front (tracks 26-30), Gremlins: Faces in the Forest (track 31), Jurassic Shark (tracks 32-38), and Midway - Island of Life (tracks 39-45).

All programmes represented come from the Survival series except "Midway - Island of Life" which comes from Natural World.

Wildlife (Joe Morris album)

Wildlife is an album by American jazz musician Joe Morris, which was recorded in 2008 and released on the AUM Fidelity label. It was the debut recording by a new group featuring saxophonist Petr Cancura and drummer Luther Gray. Morris plays bass instead of guitar.

Reception

In his review for AllMusic, Phil Freeman states "There's a lot of Ayler in Cancura's tone; he's a powerful player with a strong sense of melody, always retaining an essential cohesion within his solos, even at their most fervid. Gray is all over the kit, guiding the other two men and maintaining a forceful momentum."

The All About Jazz review by Troy Collins says that "The trio embraces a wide range of spatial dynamics on this expansive set, with the majority of their probing explorations conjuring the bristling frenzy of New Thing era expressionism."

Track listing

  • "Geomantic" – 13:35
  • "Thicket" – 19:21
  • "Crow" – 10:06
  • "Nettle" – 13:34
  • Personnel

  • Joe Morris - bass
  • Petr Cancura – tenor sax, alto sax
  • Podcasts:

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    Wildlife

    by: Mott the Hoople

    (mick ralphs)
    Maybe I'm just a loser
    Maybe it's because my boots ain't as clean as they could be
    Came to town with an even chance
    I'm feeling down the people I meet ain't fair to me
    Gave it a try but now I'm ready to cry
    And run back to the place where I was raised
    Maybe I'm just unfortunate
    Maybe I'm alone in thinking that I've got a lot to say
    Too far in to be anywhere
    Lost in the place where nobody seems to know the way
    Gave it a try but now I'm ready to cry
    And run back to the place where I was raised
    Home is where I wanna be
    Home is where you'll always see
    Friendly faces that'll never turn you down
    Or say goodbye
    Maybe I'm just a loser
    Maybe it's because my boots ain't as clean as they could be
    Came to town with an even chance
    I'm feeling down the people I meet ain't fair to me
    Gave it a try but now I'm ready to cry
    And run back to the place where I was raised
    Home is where I wanna be
    Home is where you'll always see
    Friendly faces that'll never turn you down
    Or say goodbye




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