Word: altos
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...hands get so clumsy that I drop things and people laugh. Sometimes these hands seem so graceful I can see them signin' autographs." Reality and fantasy blend nicely in this graceful, never clumsy debut album. Phoebe's original lyrics are as plain as morning bread, but her alto voice is jazzy. Jazz Notables Teddy Wil son (piano) and Zoot Sims (saxophone) join the diversified goings...
...funds were established this week in memory of Timothy Charles Faron '75, who died last month in Palo Alto, California. The University Choir is accepting contributions to the Faron Memorial Fund, which will be used to aid the choir, while the Adams House Office coordinates contributions to the Faron Fund for Music at Adams House...
Born Reuben Ticker of Rumanian immigrant parents, Tucker began his musical training at six when he sang alto in the choir of the Allen Street Synagogue on New York's Lower East Side. He intended to be a cantor but took a job first as a runner on Wall Street and then in the garment industry. Until several years after his marriage at 22 to Sara Perelmuth, the sister of Tenor Jan Peerce, he had never seen a Met performance. Inspired by the example of his prominent inlaw, Tucker, who was then a fur coat-lining salesman and cantor...
...tearful final press conference at Harvard, ex-president Bok announces that he has been laid off, but offers words of encouragement to his former students. "If you went to Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif., then you might have to worry about a job," Bok says, "but here at Harvard you have nothing to worry about...
...Claw (E.G. Gibson). They are dressed in something resembling chain mail and apparently represent the Hell's Angels of the commercial music business. Billy's true bete noire is an extremely comely black temptress named Lucy. She is played by Alaina Reed, who is a richly dramatic alto and could qualify for a leading role in some other musical after Sgt. Pepper stops malingering on the road across the country...