Word: antonios
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...night, and at the very top, uncomfortably warm at midday. Despite the GSD’s structural failings, however, the building still periodically welcomes compelling—if frequently overlooked—exhibits. One such exhibition features approximately a dozen structures co-designed by architects Anotio Cruz and Antonio Ortiz in a show entitled “Cruz y Ortiz...
...Metheny traded his acoustic for a hollow-bodied electric, drummer Antonio Sanchez and bassist Steve Rodby joined him and they launched full-bore into a frenetic Be-bop number. Metheny, in a musical stream of consciousness, let his fingers fly in electrifying perpetual motion. Then, after the applause died down and the remainder of the Pat Metheny Group took their places, the band proceeded over the next three hours to obliterate the memory of those ten glorious minutes...
...weight to it, guitars and bass frequently aligning along parallel octaves. “The Gathering Sky” for example, a cantering afro-calypso number, is less restrained live than on the album and revels in its own pure happiness. After shifting through three melodic themes, drummer Antonio Sanchez took a solo and built towards a frenetic climax where, with eyes closed, you would swear at least three or four percussionists were playing simultaneously. Keyboardist Lyle Mays adds sparse, brittle piano and in the middle of it all is Metheny...
...rapid diminuendo and surprising modulation, the trio handled unexpected turns of phrase with elegant subtlety. Besides maintaining a sweet, round tone throughout the tumultuous first movement, violinist Hope reined in his exuberance so as not to drown out the lesser tunes allotted to the cello, played with gusto by Antonio Meneses. Meanwhile, Pressler, a shrunken old man seemingly twice the age of his fellow players, continually reared his head from side to side to check on the progress of the strings, despite the fact that neither violinist nor cellist seemed to pay any attention to his paternal well-wishing...
Menahem Pressler, Daniel Hope, Antonio Meneses...