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...just technicians but creators have that retrospective spirit. Fully half of our cinema entries are set in the past, from a decade ago back to World War II and into the mythical mists of the Qing dynasty. Some of our top CDs are replays of Shostakovich and Django Reinhardt. The hip place for Londoners to see modern art is in a revamped old power station. The best of theater includes a Trojan War epic and something called Hamlet. And on our fiction list, No. 4 is...Beowulf...
...just technicians but creators have that retrospective spirit. Fully half of our cinema entries are set in the past, from a decade ago back to World War II and into the mythical mists of the Qing dynasty. Some of our top CDs are replays of Shostakovich and Django Reinhardt. The hip place for Londoners to see modern art is in a revamped old power station. The best of theater includes a Trojan War epic and something called "Hamlet." And on our fiction list, No. 4 is... "Beowulf...
...JAMES CARTER, CHASIN' THE GYPSY: This tribute to Django Reinhardt offers more than covers of the Gypsy guitarist's songs. Carter also serves up involving originals inspired by Reinhardt and, in doing so, establishes himself as one of the premier saxophonists in jazz. The chase is on, and Carter is closing...
...gained an admirable reputation himself. His fast octave runs on the piano were demonstrated capably throughout the set, even though he had to warm up slowly from his initial contained exuberance. On Malone part's, he managed to maintain his signature bluesy sound, while recalling the Django Reinhardt recordings of the past...
...deserved his royal honorific as much as jazz gents named Duke and Count. One listens to the set, culled by Armstrong and Sherwin Dunner from rare originals, and the '30s guitarist in Woody Allen's Sweet and Lowdown comes to mind--the one who was right up there with Django Reinhardt. And one thinks he should have been a Hawaiian...