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...lead drummer (Junior Tshabalala) plays with galvanic fervor and propels the best number in the show, a warrior dance into a Dionysian frenzy. The cast appears to be having the best time of its urban life. It's a pity the pickets cannot see the show. T.E.K...
...great musician to work under the tutelage of Max Roach. He played on several popular recordings in his two year stary with Roach, including the classic "Members Don't Get Weary" on which he met pianist Stanley Cowell. He later teamed with Cowell and a few other musicians including drummer Jimmy Hopps, to form Music Inc. The group, which specializes in doing things new and differently, established its reputation on the European concert circuit. The strongest recording available during those sojourns, "Live at the Loosdrecht jazz festival" has Tolliver at his most unrestrained...
...silent gate--throughout the song. The remainder of the lyrics are direct but dull: "The only thing that makes me cry, is the kindness in my baby's eye." And the music functions only as a background motif for Browne's poetry, which isn't really worth spotlighting. Drummer Jeff Porcara could easily be pounding away with one hand tied behind him, and pianist Craig Doerge is no Rick Wakeman. Once the violin is added, the song's mushiness begins to resemble overcooked cream of wheat...
...makings for a new live album, and 5,000 fans of first-class countrified rock had had one final look at The Band. After 16 years, some of them spent as Bob Dylan's back-up group, Guitarist Robbie Robertson, Bassist Rick Danko, Organist Garth Hudson. Drummer Levon Helm and Pianist Richard Manuel had come to San Francisco's Winterland for their final live performance together...
...Drummer Artimus Pyle's recent target was the Macon Hilton, which failed to Include sugar with his room-service order of iced tea. "First I demolished the louvered doors," he recalls. "I tried to throw the TV out the window, but it wouldn't fit. So I splintered everything else." He sighs: "Whew, it always feels better without that tension...