Word: accompanimental
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Unfortunately, on the 15 tracks of his new album Sound Loaded, Martin achieves little in the way of validating himself as anything beyond vocal accompaniment for snazzy Latin dance rhythms. Countless tracks of smooth-wannabe-Backstreet Boys/'NSync fall short of any distinctive melody or rhythm that marks classics of...
The sextet opened the concert by launching into Rollins' new calypso "Salvador," from his recently-released album This Is What I Do. Scott provided the first fireworks of the night with his dazzling, percussive piano solo (although his occasionally audible singing served as a distraction in this performance as well...
The recital began without fanfare, as Bartoli walked to the center of the stage, took a breath, and began to sing. Her only accompaniment was a therobo, a type of Baroque guitar that looks somewhat like a glorified soup spoon. This humble arrangement, however, was deceptively simple. Bartoli's first...
But the true highlight of Bartoli's performance was the obvious pleasure she took from performing. At times she raised a playful eyebrow at her accompaniment, urging them to keep up with her forceful pace. Other times she was so engrossed in the anger of a character that her fists...
Of the two, Jefferson was the earlier and more conventional blues artist. A powerful singer who wrote his own music and accompanied himself on the guitar, Jefferson was the first male blues superstar, and enjoyed a highly successful recording career whose influence was still being felt 1961, when Bob Dylan...