Nuyorican Soul is an American music group from New York City , New York . It was formed by Little Louie Vega and Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez .
41-524: Giant Step is a media, events and marketing company headquartered in New York City and Los Angeles. The company formerly released music through its record label, Giant Step Records. Giant Step is divided into two entities – the Giant Step brand, which promotes music and the creative agency, Giant Step Marketing, which provides marketing services to consumer brands. Groove Academy began in 1990 as
82-593: A copyright on telephone listings, because copyright protects creativity and not the mere labor of collecting existing information. In late July 1995 Kapitol launched the Infobel.be website. Infobel was then the first telephone directory website launched on the then-nascent Internet. In 1996, in the US the first telephone directories went online. Yellowpages.com and Whitepages.com both saw their start in April. In 1999,
123-484: A party in New York City. The party was a weekly production of British promoter, Maurice Bernstein, and his South African partner, Jonathan Rudnick. Initially unable to secure a loan from the bank, the pair borrowed money and used it to book acts and venues. "The stars of the 70s, although they were highly sampled, were not getting recognition and were not being presented in a live forum," recalls Rudnick. The two called their events, Groove Academy with its slogan, "Dedicated to
164-595: Is often printed on blue pages or green pages. Telephone directories can be published in hard copy or in electronic form. In the latter case, the directory can be on physical media such as CD-ROM, or using an online service through proprietary terminals or over the Internet. In many countries, directories are both published in book form and also available over the Internet. Printed directories were usually supplied free of charge. Selectphone (ProCD) Inc.) and PhoneDisc (Digital Directory Assistance Inc) were among
205-692: Is sorted by phone number, so the name and address of a subscriber is looked up by phone number. Nuyorican Soul In 1996, the group released " Runaway ". The single reached number one on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart and the UK Dance Singles Chart . In 1997, the group released a studio album, Nuyorican Soul . It featured guest appearances from George Benson , Roy Ayers , Tito Puente , DJ Jazzy Jeff , Jocelyn Brown , Vincent Montana Jr. , Salsoul Orchestra , and India . It peaked at number 25 on
246-663: Is then said to be " unlisted " ( US and Canada ), "ex-directory" ( British English ), or "private" (Australia and New Zealand). A telephone directory may also provide instructions: how to use the telephone service , how to dial a particular number, be it local or international, what numbers to access important and emergency services , utilities, hospitals, doctors, and organizations who can provide support in times of crisis. It may also have civil defense , emergency management , or first aid information. There may be transit maps, postal code/zip code guides, international dialing codes or stadium seating charts, as well as advertising. In
287-913: The Levi's Miles Ahead Series debuted Jill Scott , Air and Massive Attack . The series also featured bands such as Femi Kuti , Kruder & Dorfmeister , Fatboy Slim , Morcheeba , Bebel Gilberto , and Terry Callier . For LG , the agency coordinated press outreach, online promotions, and venues to help launch LG ’s new mobile phone line. Events included performances by Jurassic 5 , Thievery Corporation , The Pharcyde , Zero 7 , Van Hunt , Miss Kittin , Raphael Saadiq , and Everything But The Girl . Between 2007 and 2011, Giant Step Marketing produced music events for Ian Schrager 's Morgans Hotel Group . This series included two years of Grammy and Fashion week events and featured artists such as The Roots , Common , Grace Jones , Erykah Badu , Janelle Monáe , Estelle , De La Soul , and The Kills . In 2009, Svedka
328-559: The white and yellow pages , is a listing of telephone subscribers in a geographical area or subscribers to services provided by the organization that publishes the directory. Its purpose is to allow the telephone number of a subscriber identified by name and address to be found. The advent of the Internet, search engines , and smartphones in the 21st century greatly reduced the need for a paper phone book. Some communities, such as Seattle and San Francisco , sought to ban their unsolicited distribution as wasteful, unwanted and harmful to
369-646: The "Music Experiment 2.0" concert series in 2013 for Intel and Viacom . The series featured artists such as Arcade Fire , Empire of the Sun , and Disclosure and was broadcast on MTV Iggy and via livestream; the Arcade Fire show was also broadcast on " Jimmy Kimmel Live! " in partnership with ABC. The Intel series was later recognized with a silver Clio Award in 2014. Bernstein was tapped by Samsung Electronics America in 2015 to serve as interim general manager of its planned flagship experience center, and to oversee
410-481: The 21st century, printed telephone directories are increasingly criticized as waste. In 2012, after some North American cities passed laws banning the distribution of telephone books, an industry group sued and obtained a court ruling permitting the distribution to continue. In 2010, manufacture and distribution of telephone directories produced over 1,400,000 metric tons of greenhouse gases and consumed over 600,000 tons of paper annually. A reverse telephone directory
451-610: The Offline Party series in New York. On why he chose to partner with Giant Step, Q-Tip cited that "their brand and their quality are unmatched." Giant Step continues to present an annual summer concert in New York's Central Park, as a part of the Central Park Summer Stage series. Telephone book A telephone directory , commonly called a telephone book , telephone address book , phonebook , or
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#1732790237442492-453: The US, under current rules and practices, mobile phone and voice over IP listings are not included in telephone directories. Efforts to create cellular directories have met stiff opposition from several fronts, including those who seek to avoid telemarketers . A telephone directory and its content may be known by the colour of the paper it is printed on. Other colors may have other meanings; for example, information on government agencies
533-638: The Village Gate . In 2002 the weekly party was discontinued. Later the Giant Step party would be re-launched at the Hudson Hotel . Giant Step's events expanded into select markets outside of New York City, including shows in Los Angeles, Miami, Chicago and Washington DC. As the events continued to expand in the mid-1990s, Giant Step moved into management, signing Dana Bryant, Repercussions (band) , and Groove Collective , securing record deals for
574-617: The artist sell 400,000 copies of her album during its first week in stores. In 2006, Universal Republic Records hired Giant Step to promote then-unknown Amy Winehouse – the company's grassroots campaign was acknowledge for supporting Winehouse's cross over into the mainstream in 2007. Other notable artists that were launched through Giant Step's music marketing program include Lady Gaga , Janelle Monáe and Adele . After an initial foray with Levi's Miles Ahead Music Series and LG , Giant Step expanded into brand marketing with their creative agency , Giant Step Marketing. The company's work with
615-486: The book's introduction by Mark Ronson , the original Giant Step club night is described as the "holy grail of hip New York" at the time. Giant Step continues to present different iterations of its original party under the "Giant Step Presents" banner. Giant Step was revived as a seasonal party at Le Bain in New York from 2013 to 2018, featuring DJs such as Questlove , Rich Medina, Ron Trent , Danny Krivit and King Britt . In 2012, Giant Step partnered with Q-Tip to present
656-480: The brand with artists such as Katy Perry , Lady Gaga , K’Naan, Katy B , and Melanie Fiona . In 2011, Giant Step worked with music producer David Guetta to create awareness for Coca-Cola ’s energy drink, Burn. Later in 2011 Giant Step Marketing promoted the launch of Barneys New York ’s "Gaga’s Workshop," a holiday collaboration with Lady Gaga . The company provided PR , social media, digital and experiential campaigns. Giant Step Marketing produced and promoted
697-511: The creation of a new typeface , known as Bell Gothic , the purpose of which was to be readable at very small font sizes when printed on newsprint where small imperfections were common. In 1981, France became the first country to have an electronic directory on a system called Minitel . The directory is called "11" after its telephone access number. In 1991, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled (in Feist v. Rural ) that telephone companies do not have
738-583: The dance floor under the new name Giant Step, after the fabled John Coltrane album Giant Steps . The Giant Step party differentiated itself from Groove Academy with its emphasis on mixing Jazz and Hip hop . Giant Step would soon go on tour around the States, Europe and Japan. The Giant Step party started off as a weekly event that mixed live jazz and hip hop . While The Groove Academy staged concerts with Maceo Parker , Isaac Hayes , The Ohio Players and George Clinton , Bernstein and Rudnick extended onto
779-839: The dancefloor with their Giant Step party. Greatly influenced by the acid jazz club-nights in England, like Gilles Peterson 's Talkin' Loud And Sayin' Something , Giant Step offered a stage where visiting rappers and jazz musicians, along with the regular Giant Step band, improvised to prerecorded hip-hop and funk. Giant Step helped emerging acid jazz artists, like the Digable Planets , The Brand New Heavies and Jamiroquai , launch their stateside careers. Many other notable artists debuted at Giant Step shows as well including The Fugees and Massive Attack . The party originally took place at SOB's but later moved to other venues such as Metropolis Café, Supper Club, Shine, New Music Café and
820-451: The earliest such products. These were not a matter of a single click: PhoneDisc, depending on the mix of Residential, Business or both, involved up to eight CD-ROMs. SelectPhone is fewer CD-ROMs: five. Both provide a reverse lookup feature (by phone number or by address), albeit involving up to five CD-ROMs. The combination of phone number lookups, along with Internet access, was offered by some service providers; VoIP (Voice over IP)
861-473: The early 1990s is referenced in the late Anthony Bourdain's bestselling memoir Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (2000) . Giant Step is featured in a dedicated section of DJ Stretch Armstrong and hip hop historian Evan Auerbach's 2016 book No Sleep: NYC Nightlife Flyers 1988-1999 , a visual history documenting New York nightlife between the late 1980s and 1990s. In
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#1732790237442902-467: The environment. The slogan "Let Your Fingers Do the Walking" refers to use of phone books. Subscriber names are generally listed in alphabetical order, together with their postal or street address and telephone number . In principle every subscriber in the geographical coverage area is listed, but subscribers may request the exclusion of their number from the directory, often for a fee; their number
943-667: The first online telephone directories and people-finding sites such as LookupUK.com went online in the UK. In 2003, more advanced UK searching including Electoral Roll became available on LocateFirst.com. With online directories, and with many people giving up landlines for cell phones whose numbers are not listed in telephone directories, printed directories are no longer as necessary as they once were. Regulators no longer required that residential listings be printed, starting with New York in 2010. Yellow pages continued to be printed because some advertisers still reached consumers that way. In
984-518: The following year, Rudnick would leave company to pursue other interests. With money received from Epic, Bernstein started work on a series of tracks with singer, Donnie, that would eventually become the album, Welcome to the Colored Section . Steve "The Scotman" Harvey was enlisted as the Music producer. Singles from this album include, "Do You Know" and "Cloud9". Welcome to the Colored Section
1025-521: The label was the jazz group, Groove Collective . In early 1997, Giant Step achieved acclaim for their work with Nuyorican Soul and a partnership with Gilles Peterson ’s label, Talkin Loud. The group was a collaboration between Latin house DJs, "Little" Louie Vega and Kenny "Dope" Gonzales , who were also commonly known as Masters at Work . Nuyorican Soul featured many real musicians as opposed to sampled or synthesized sounds. Musicians who took part in
1066-563: The music was "heard everywhere." Giant Step went on to help Def Jam Records artist Musiq Soulchild by pushing his music in untapped markets. The previously unknown singer sold 55,000 copies of his debut album in its first week. Although, Giant Step Records released a Gilles Peterson compilation with Epic Records , Bernstein and Rudnick eventually grew frustrated with having an imprint deal . Corporate management denied their requests to sign artists like India Arie and Donnie, and so in 2000, Giant Step decided to start their own label. However
1107-526: The newspaper in 1992, Rhode Island School of Design graduate, Kevin Lyons knocked on the door of Giant Step's offices. There he met Bernstein and Rudnick who were impressed with his sketchbook and gave him a shot at designing Giant Step's logo. The opportunity "opened lots of doors" for Lyons, who went on to become a celebrated artist, creating products with Nike , Adidas , Converse , Vans , Uniqlo and Colette, among others. The original Giant Step party from
1148-556: The opening of the building. Bernstein and Giant Step Marketing operated as Samsung's in-house agency, with the sole focus of launching Samsung 837 in 2016. A first of its kind building in the heart of the Meatpacking District in Manhattan, Samsung 837 is home to concerts, cultural events, screenings, and immersive experiences. The building, which has been recognized as a forerunner in the experiential retail category and
1189-480: The preservation of Funk." Bernstein recalled, "The first Groove Academy shows were put on by literally looking up artists in the telephone book … None of them had agents then, we’d just call them up at home and say ‘are you interested in doing a show with us?’ The two called their events Groove Academy with its slogan, "Dedicated to the preservation of Funk" and began rediscovering musicians whose records they had collected as teenagers. The events were extended onto
1230-588: The project included George Benson , Tito Puente , Roy Ayers , Jazzy Jeff , Jocelyn Brown , and salsa queen, India. Three singles from the first Nuyorican Soul album made it to the top of the Billboard Charts ; " Runaway ", "You Can Do It (Baby)" and "I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun." The album, released in March 2007, sold over 50,000 units by the end of July the same year. Epic Records soon approached Bernstein and Rudnick with an offer. Although Giant Step
1271-477: The three on Warner Brothers . Other artists managed include Raw Stylus , whom Giant Step signed to Geffen Records . During this time Giant Step worked with Gary Katz , best known for his work with Steely Dan , to help produce the albums for Groove Collective , Repercussions (band) and Raw Stylus . In 1995, record producer Tommy Lipuma took over GRP Records at MCA Records and invited Giant Step to set up there as an imprint label. The first act to be signed to
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1312-405: The venture had many operating issues. Its financial troubles threatened Giant Step's marketing business and the company nearly shut down. After an expected second round of investment didn't come through, the label ground to a halt in 2005. With the record label closed, Giant Step focused its efforts on developing their marketing business. Giant Step soon entered a collaboration with Sade , and helped
1353-450: The world's top 100 event agencies every year since 2014. Absolut ( Pernod Ricard ), Adidas , Bacardi , Barneys New York , Coca-Cola , Clarks, EDITION Hotels, HBO , HP Inc. , Intel , Levi's , LG Corporation , Marriott International , Morgans Hotel Group , MTV ( Viacom ), Old Navy , SoundCloud , Spotify , Sundance TV , The Lincoln Motor Company , Red Bull , Steve Madden , Western Union , W Hotels . After seeing an ad in
1394-500: Was a music label, Epic Records was primarily interested in Giant Step's marketing capabilities and offered the company a retainer contract where their record label was a secondary priority. For their first project with Epic Records , Giant Step helped launch the career of Macy Gray , followed by Jill Scott and the re-launch of Sade . The company promoted Macy Gray by getting her music played in cafés, clubs, and restaurants. According to Rose Noone, VP of A&R at Epic Records ,
1435-508: Was an additional feature. Telephone directories are a type of city directory . Books listing the inhabitants of an entire city were widely published starting in the 18th century, before the invention of the telephone. The first telephone directory, consisting of a single piece of cardboard, was issued on 21 February 1878; it listed 50 individuals, businesses, and other offices in New Haven, Connecticut , that had telephones. The directory
1476-534: Was awarded "Best Store Design of the Year," showcases Samsung's technology in all of its programming. In 2017, Giant Step Marketing was engaged by W Hotels and Marriott International to develop an integrated music platform, which eventually became W Records, the world's first-ever hotel music label. In its first year, W Records signed and released new music from artists such as Amber Mark, Perfume Genius , Roosevelt and Japanese Breakfast . In September 2019, Giant Step
1517-606: Was brought in as a sponsor and the programs were expanded into the Svedka Future Music Series. Notable musicians featured in the series include Robyn , Wale , Mark Ronson , N.E.R.D. , Fitz and the Tantrums , Janelle Monáe , and Daft Punk . From 2008 to 2011, Giant Step Marketing launched Steve Madden Music. The company created branded content, executed social media and online publicity campaigns and produced an experiential marketing program that aligned
1558-558: Was called "the best soul record since Stevie Wonder's masterpieces of the 1970s," by the Boston Globe . The independent success of Welcome to the Colored Section , brought a joint venture with Motown Records and private investment into the label. Giant Step has also released albums for Carl Hancock , Gilles Peterson , Turntables on the Hudson, Ultra Nate , Zero 7 , Jody Watley , Donnie, Sara Devine, Jiva and Zap Mama . However
1599-486: Was not alphabetized and no numbers were included with the people listed in it. In 1879, Dr. Moses Greeley Parker suggested the format of the telephone directory be changed so that subscribers appeared in alphabetical order and each telephone be identified with a number. Parker came to this idea out of fear that Lowell, Massachusetts 's four operators would contract measles and be unable to connect telephone subscribers to one another. The first British telephone directory
1640-612: Was published on 15 January 1880 by The Telephone Company. It contained 248 names and addresses of individuals and businesses in London; telephone numbers were not used at the time as subscribers were asked for by name at the exchange. The directory is preserved as part of the British phone book collection by BT Archives . The Reuben H. Donnelly company asserts that it published the first classified directory, or yellow pages, for Chicago, Illinois, in 1886. In 1938, AT&T commissioned
1681-860: Was recognized with a bronze Clio Award for W Records, in the "Integrated Campaign" category. In addition to its campaign work, Giant Step Marketing is frequently hired to produce concerts for consumer brands, including the opening of the Times Square EDITION Hotel with Diana Ross and Nile Rodgers , the launch of SoundCloud Go with Chance the Rapper , Spotify 's Latin Grammy Awards party with J Balvin , Daddy Yankee and Luis Fonsi , and Lincoln Motor Company ’s concert series featuring Gary Clark Jr. Giant Step Marketing has been named in Event Marketer ’s annual "It List" of