Word: clarineting
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...Afternoon of a Black Faun and Jazz Concerto in D Major for Combo and Orchestra--she certainly wore her influences on her record sleeve--deserve a place in musical history alongside such crossover classics as Gershwin's Concerto in F, Igor Stravinsky's Ebony Concerto and Aaron Copland's clarinet concerto. "Dana Suesse was a marvelous pianist," says Mintun, who wrote the liner notes for Pearl's Suesse album. "Her piano solos painted vivid tonal pictures of exciting urban life. You hear little hints of Debussy or Ravel in her work, yet you also hear the elements of something...
...similar themes, the members of the rhythm section created a suitably dramatic background out of freely placed notes and rhythms. John Capello and Bruce McKinnon were exceptionally flexible in responding to the dynamic and tempo changes in the poetry and Batiste shadowed his wife elegantly on clarinet. At one point, Michael Schwartz rose from the sax section and played keening half-bent notes, breathy whispers and other soulful sounds on his alto. This solo moment lent a new degree of subtlely-pitched emotion to the reading...
...distinct, even clarinet-like sound of the first movement gave way to a more florid, sweet tone in the last. Elkies was a theatrical accompanist, his elbow flying up and down with almost alarming force. If anything, he seemed too passionate, edging the saxophone into a louder range than was probably necessary. The enthusiasm of the audience, of about 50, was well merited...
...selections from Ellington's Deep South Suite and "Red Garter" from Ellington's Toot Suite that the band finally began to warm up. The highpoint of the first set came with the second Toot Suite selection, entitled "Red Shoes." Solos by Ryan Kisor and Sherman Irby, and impressive clarinet work by Victor Goines took the energy of the band up to another level. The first half ended with two New Orleans-inspired pieces. First was Marsalis's "Slow Drag," a programmatic piece about the Crescent City after hours. Wycliffe Gordon's trombone growls exemplified the grit of New Orleans bordellos...
...hats and new names--Curtis becomes 'Josephine,' and Lemmon 'Daphne'--in place, they join an all girl band with a gig in far-away Florida. This is no ordinary all-girl band, for it features Marilyn Monroe, at her ripest and most Iuscious, as Sugar Kane, a chanteuse and clarinet player with a weakness for liquor and rakes...