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BILL COSBY: WHERE YOU LAY YOUR HEAD (Verve). Jazz buff and drummer manque, the Cos directs an assortment of talented sidemen in five numbers written by Cosby and his longtime musical collaborator, Stu Gardner. The material is mainstream, mostly danceable, occasionally overcalculated -- sounding more like a jazz score than the real thing. This is the first in a projected series of Cosby-produced jazz recordings. Give the man B for a good beginning...
...Connor is married now (her husband is her drummer, John Reynolds) and has a 2 1/2-year-old son named Jake. But what makes her songs so startling and vivid is their perpetual tension between lyricism and a stormy, still close past that keeps bearing down hard. "To write harshly," she says, "that's my ambition." And to relive everything, rework it and maybe, finally, to resolve it. That's her likely destiny. And the listener's reward...
...five-night engagement in Worcester marked the beginning of Joel's Storm Front tour, and his band was tight, stomping their way through "Pressure" and "You May Be Right." Saxophonist Mark Revere added extra flourish to the show, and maniacal drummer Liberty DeVito is always entertaining to watch...
...were going to be good role models," says Donnie. "When we say no to drugs, it's from seeing people around us using them." The Kids all hail from Dorchester, a blue-collar section of Boston where the street action can run pretty heavy. Maurice Starr, 35, the drummer and producing whiz who put the Kids together in 1985, comes from neighboring Roxbury, where the streets are definitively mean. He has produced all the Kids' records, writes much of their material and commands the instrument work ("All instruments played or programmed by Maurice Starr" reads a large credit...
This week the Kids leave home (everyone still lives with his family) for a five-month tour. Starr will show up only occasionally, so the fans, Donnie thinks, will finally learn that "Danny is a great songwriter, Jordan is a great keyboardist, that I am a drummer and singer and dancer." Four years ago, Jordan auditioned for Starr and got told, "Get ready to be great. You are going to be the biggest thing in the world." Replied Jordan: "All I want is a scooter." He got his wish, and then some. Just now, the New Kids on the Block...