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...Percussionist Sanabria and trumpeter Lynch have each made a distinctive mark on the jazz community. The two share a passion for the fusion of jazz and Latin motifs, and have performed together at a variety of venues. This motivating theme of fusion is consistent with the 2006-2007 jazz band??s exploration of Afro-Cuban music. Thomas G. Everett, Director of the Harvard University Band (which includes the jazz band), says that the band typically looks to invite “entertainers with… a sound based on their place in history and their development...
...small part on Min’s confident delivery. 12:07 p.m.—Next on the bill is Major Major Major, a Yale band whose name bares what we here at The Crimson might call “striking similarities” to a Harvard band??not performing at the battle—named Major Major.I raise the subject with Major Major Major front man Joe H. Kaye, who is terse in his reply. “Obviously if this Harvard band was famous, we would have heard of them and not used the name...
...book treads through territory familiar to anyone with a passing knowledge of the Beatles’ history. Their rough early years in Liverpool as the Quarrymen; the band??s evolution as a cohesive musical force in the decrepit red-light district of Hamburg; their subsequent return to Liverpool; the sudden stardom; their appearance on Ed Sullivan and Beatlemania in America; their reinvention amid the “Sergeant Pepper” years; and finally, the break-up, infamously hastened by tensions from Linda Eastman and Yoko...
What truly sets Spitz’s account apart from other works is the level of detail in his research. Although the book reveals little that’s new in terms of the band??s general history, fascinating anecdotes abound...
...passage: “‘It was at this school…that I can first remember my feeling for other male persons and a longing for a close and intimate friend.’” While mildly captivating and distantly related to the band??s creation, some readers may be turned off by such obsessive analysis of every influence on the band??s lives...