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...vibraphonist Stefon Harris doesn’t shy away from the big questions. On 2003’s “Grand Unification Theory,” he sought to encapsulate the entirety of human history in a 13-piece suite arranged for big band. With his latest release, “African Tarantella: Dances with Duke,” Harris makes a musical argument for the permanence of great art, reimagining two of Duke Ellington’s lesser-known late suites and performing an extended composition...
Unfortunately, Harris’s band can’t keep up this pace for long: by the time that they reach the final piece of the first suite, “Bourbon Street Jingling Jollies,” the band already seems to have lost steam, even as Harris tries vainly to provide locomotion with his consistently stellar playing. The lean, muscular feel of the first tracks has deteriorated into a shapeless wash of strings and flute, a tone which blurs many of the remaining Ellington tunes, illuminating the danger of re-orchestrating the work of jazz?...
There's still some fun, games and live-band music in the mix at Calvary, but every youth activity, from scavenger hunts to prayer meetings to scrubbing floors and donating food and clothes at Los Angeles homeless shelters, must relate to one of the principles. Additionally, Reed recruited parents and young adults like Jones to forge bonds with small groups of six to eight teens. The grownups lead weekly Bible studies, help plan missionary trips and monitor the high schoolers' emotional and spiritual well-being with frequent phone calls and face-to-face encounters outside of church. Since Reed...
...literally put a bullet” in coach Andy Reid’s head, I had a feeling that there wasn’t much shooting going on. He did, however, manage to catch my attention. Considering I thought the Eagles were merely a 1970s rock band, it’s clear that the sportscaster’s sensationalism actually worked. [EDITOR'S NOTE APPENDED...
...DIED. Sandy West, 47, pioneering rock drummer whose muscular riffs propelled the punk-metal sound of the Runaways, the all-girl band she co-founded in 1975 with Joan Jett; of lung cancer; in San Dimas, California. Although dismissed as a novelty act in the all-male world of rock, the Runaways influenced female-led punk bands from X-Ray Spex to the Go-Gos with raw, thumping anthems like Cherry Bomb, Born to be Bad and Is It Day or Night...