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...idea of the lion dance is to impart good luck to local merchants. During the course of the six-hour dance, the lion and its considerable entourage of flag-bearers, cymbal-clangers and general curiousity-seekers visit every business establishment in the neighborhood...

Author: By Mary G. Gotschall, | Title: Lion Dance, Fireworks Spark Start of Year of the Dragon | 2/2/1976 | See Source »

...front-porch-swing-sniffing-the-honey-suckle-with-yer-sweetie, but here, makes mush of the vocal. The longest song on the record, "Jungleland," also suffers from over-orchestration: a string section introduces the central piano theme and channels the song's build up to Springsteen's slashing, cymbal-crashing guitar chords; the song seesaws from a suite for piano and orchestra to a jazzy version of the Who's "Won't Get Fooled Again...

Author: By Tom Blanton, | Title: Out on the Turnpike | 10/2/1975 | See Source »

...expensive summer camp. One of the biggest laughs comes when the emcee says "Mahsahss'-ah-shits" for Massachusetts. Unfortunately he repeats it another two times. The slapstick is on the same level. A blind blues singer walks into a wall. A drummer bangs his head on a cymbal while taking a bow. A favorite laugh-getter is a kick in the balls during one of the many brawl scenes...

Author: By Peter Shapiro, | Title: Coke Gone Flat | 3/4/1974 | See Source »

...that unreal quality. Labes' piano struggles to cement the song and fails, yet remains as coloring. Platania's noodling and inconsistency work perfectly here. This is a song of instants, like the vibes and wah-wah fusion for a haunting vibrato under the single word "dream," or Schlosser's cymbal crash in the middle of what passes for a chorus...

Author: By Freddy Boyd, | Title: You May Just Have to Break Out... | 8/7/1973 | See Source »

...chance to sit in. He thought that he could play his saxophone as fast as Art Tatum played the piano, and began with a brief stratospheric flight that teased the ear. But he soon lost the key and then the beat. At that, the drummer's cymbal hurtled through the air, landing with a crash at his feet: in the customary jazz citation to a bad musician...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Bird Lives! | 4/16/1973 | See Source »

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