Word: bande
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Anyone not convinced of this by Dylan's excellent new release, Time Out Of Mind, would certainly have been won over by his triumphant and exuberant performance at the Avalon. Performing a well-balanced mix of classic material and selections from the new album, Dylan and his four-member band delivered a mostly electric, uptempo set that gripped the audience from the start and kept them rocking all night long...
...recognized this opportunity for the precious one that it was--a chance to hear a legend, aging but still creative as ever, perform in an intimate setting. As Dylan, a Stratocaster slung over his shoulder, launched into his classic, "Maggie's Farm," the thick, biting sound of the band immediately announced to the audience that this concert was not going to be a swan song for an artist past his prime, no nostalgia trip for those wishing to rekindle fond memories of the 60s. Much of the audience knew the songs by heart and cheered wildly when they recognized them...
...politicians conclude their 10-day environmental summit in Kyoto tomorrow, an unlikely band of scientists and entrepreneurs is reviving a long-forgotten technology that may represent our best hope for solving the problem of global warming: the fuel cell...
Family consults. Traumatized bride digs deep, smiles through her tears at last, and decrees: Party on! Guests decamp to the fancy hotel and hold a defiant non-wedding reception, the non-bride dancing as the band breaks into I Will Survive...
Harry Connick Jr. has long viewed himself as something of a Sinatra for the '90s. Although he broke into jazz a decade ago as a solo pianist influenced by Bud Powell and Art Tatum, his career veered sharply toward big-band and string-arranged music after his 1989 sound track, When Harry Met Sally, went multi-platinum. When his version of the classic It Had to Be You--with Connick singing--became a hit, he began moving his repertoire closer toward pop, writing, as he did on 1991's Blue Light, Red Light, jaunty big-band tunes that echoed...