Word: basse
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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After the books have been read and the reviews written, the three relax by playing folk rock on ukulele, guitar and washtub-and-broom-handle bass. Then, as he did last week, Kanfer sits back and reflects on the gentlemanly art of reviewing: "I've written books too, so I've played both sides of the net," he says. "Which is easier...
...squalls. In the tiny hamlet of Komali in Andhra state, on the Bay of Bengal, the parson of Christ Church flung open the church doors and called his flock from their thatched houses. "Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden," he intoned in a deep bass, "and I will give you rest." About 125 villagers, most of them harijan (untouchable) converts, took shelter. When winds ranging up to 100 m.p.h. ripped off the roof, the walls crumbled and entombed the congregation; all were found dead the next day. Rosaiah, the village agnostic who lost his wife...
DIED. Paul Schoeffler, 70, German opera bass-baritone famous for his interpretation of Hans Sachs in Die Meistersinger; after a long illness; in Amersham, England. Schoeffler sang in Vienna during and after World War II and regularly made the operatic grand tour during the 1950s. At New York's Metropolitan Opera he was popular as Scarpia in Tosca and as Don Giovanni. Despite his success, he complained that "this business of dressing up in a silly costume, putting on a wig and paint on the face and getting killed or poisoned or drunk every night" made for a less...
...album. The transitions between pieces in the medley are not smooth, and the thematic connections are not clear enough to lend the the medley a sense of unity. The medley on side two, however, is a strong, well-planned cut with good transitions throughout. While the drums and electric bass prevent it from merely imitating Irish traditional music, the piece remains true to the feel of the Gaelic sound...
...throughout the album, Bromberg holds himself back, never displaying the sheer virtuousity he has shown himself to be capable of. At the start of the song, for example, he offers only a few bars of tasty rag picking before drowning the guitar out in a melange of horns, mandolin, bass and drums. Although the absence of flash is somewhat disappointing, Bromberg's restraint makes for a well-integrated, solid sound...