Word: boppish
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Last week Stan Kenton, a modernist bandleader whose arrangements blend boppish bounce with blood-curdling dissonances, prepared for his Paris debut with understandable misgivings. But when concert time came, the theater was very nearly filled. When the curtain rose, friendly applause swept up from the audience, and Dixieland partisans, if any, behaved themselves. Kenton & Co. gave them a program of tightly orchestrated originals, emphasizing in turn their lush reeds and knife-edged brasses. After listening to such Kenton favorites as Collaboration, Opus in Pastels, 23 North, 82 West (the coordinates of Havana), the crowd whooped "Bis! Bis!" Said Kenton...
Piano Moods (Max Miller, Eadie & Rack; Columbia; 4 sides LP). Three new headliners in Columbia's program to corral the top U.S. pop pianists for its Moods series. Chicagoan Miller will please "progressives" with his tricky beat and boppish chording. Eadie and Rack's mile-a-minute keyboard calisthenics have more flash than form...
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