Word: altos
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...great bands. This is due partly to the high level of competition among the up-and-comers and partly to their inexperience in the art of collective improvisation. Trumpeter ROY HARGROVE, in his third Novus album, The Vibe, manages to offset both factors by teaming up with outstanding sidemen -- alto-sax player Antonio Hart, pianist Marc Cary, drummer Gregory Hutchinson and bassist Rodney Whitaker -- who stitch a vibrant tapestry around his own fat sound. At 22, Hargrove has the tone, sensitivity and power to emerge as his generation's man to beat on the golden horn. Fortunately, he also...
...dictates that a former president receives an honorary degree the year after he ends his term. Bok, now 300th Anniversary University Professor, spent 20 years in Massachusetts Hall. Last year, he headed off to become a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences in Palo Alto...
...singer -- Callas in opera, Garland on the screen -- whose mission is to suffer, and to interpret suffering, for her faithful? Last we heard, Lennox was agreeably married, but that's not our business; besides, it's irrelevant to the authenticity of the pain in her strong and subtle alto pipes. What she has done in Diva is to marry that voice to a sheaf of memorable songs that map the doleful soul of a modern woman. This is angst for art's sake, something she can believe in and make believable while the mike and the camera...
Eichstadt and Crane, who grew up together in Palo Alto, joined up with drummer Mark Davis to form a band that rehearsed next door to another new group which included guitarist Roger Lahr. After the bands played a couple of gigs together, Lahr accepted the invitation to join Eichstadt, Crane and Davis since, as Lahr laughs now, "My band sucked anyway." With the later addition of bassist Cordell Crockett, Ugly Kid Joe as we know it was complete...
Stanford, too, is feeling the crunch of the recession. The Palo Alto, Calif. school has a budget deficit of approximately $50 million...