Word: bebop
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...COWBOY BEBOP. Cowboy Bebop screens...
...COWBOY BEBOP. This anime entertainment from Japan has marked time alongside The Powerpuff Girls on the Cartoon Network, but otherwise the two series don’t have much in common. Cowboy Bebop’s celluloid incarnation avoids Powerpuff’s sugar-and-spice conceit in favor of a complex plot involving Martians, killer Macadamia nuts and pharmaceutical corporations. The film borrows copiously from a range of niche genres—action, romance, western and sci-fi, among others. It’s a shame that it isn’t a musical, too (“Bebop?...
...COWBOY BEBOP. This anime entertainment from Japan has marked time alongside The Powerpuff Girls on the Cartoon Network, but otherwise the two series don’t have much in common. Cowboy Bebop’s celluloid incarnation avoids Powerpuff’s sugar-and-spice conceit in favor of a complex plot involving Martians, killer Macadamia nuts and pharmaceutical corporations. The film borrows copiously from a range of niche genres—action, romance, western and sci-fi, among others. It’s a shame that it isn’t a musical, too (“Bebop?...
...rich tones and swinging, melodious style elevated the upright bass from a reliable rhythm setter to a sophisticated starring player; in his sleep; in Indianapolis, Ind. On Brown's first day in New York City, in 1945, he won a place in Dizzy Gillespie's famously fast-paced, tuneful bebop quintet. A longtime member of the Oscar Peterson trio--hailed by many critics as the best ensemble of its kind--Brown, a generous mentor to younger musicians, later played in an early incarnation of the Modern Jazz Quartet. He collaborated with vocalists like Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald, left...
...DIED. RAY BROWN, 75, jazz virtuoso known for his strong, imaginative bass lines; in New York City. An originator of bebop, a 1940s jazz style characterized by quick tempos and intricate harmonies, Brown also performed with Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker. He was briefly married to Ella Fitzgerald in the late 1940s and remained her music director after their divorce...