Word: duet
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...steady stream of tributes to elder generations and a short list of inoffensive “approved” artists that sound like they’re from an elder generation. Ray Charles! The Pepsi guy, before he died this past summer, dropped Genius Loves Company, a compilation of duets with a broad selection of some contemporary artists and some contemporaries of the artist. It’s not an uncommon thing for aging artists to cut a CD of duets, but this is the kind of thing we expect more from pseudo-lounge singers like Rod Stewart. They pair...
...with a jam alongside their longtime male counterparts, the Harvard Krokodiloes, who as the story goes, supported the infantile Pitches 30 years back with scandalous poster artistry advertising their tryouts. In an act of thanks to the Kroks for their years of support, the Pitches will be debuting a duet between the two groups, “Baby, It’s Cold Outside,” arranged by Alexis Tumolo ’06, the group’s current president. Tumolo notes that beyond the debuted material, “a 30th Anniversary isn't a particularly momentous...
...addition to the duet, two Pitches making their final appearances with the group, Tumolo and Katie Monticchio ’06 will be premiering original arrangements of “Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen” and “Always True to You In My Fashion,” respectively. Another debut at the well-attended annual concert will be a new compact disc of Pitches’ a cappella from the past year. Tumolo describes the CD as “a 30th anniversary tribute, featuring Pitch classics as well as new arrangements.” Songs...
Kuumba’s rendition of Colorado Mass Choir’s “The Real Meaning of Christmas,” included a duet with such sweet harmony that many in the audience closed their eyes to absorb the sound. Following this performance was a pop-style performance of “Mary Did You Know,” delivered by the Brothers of Kuumba (the group’s small all-male offshoot) and arranged by Reid himself. From the first beat of the Kuumba performers’ snapping hands, the crowd was up and down through...
...mind a number of folk and traditional influences. She broke these aery melodies up with heavy breathing sounds and bird-like screeching and scatting. The synthesizer/keyboardist produced old-school laser and space sounds while also beating a rhythm on an electronic drum pad, creating a tightly-controlled and intricate duet with the drummer, whose face was contorted as he wove a precise drum beat throughout the pieces that they played. The guitarist generated the most diverse array of sounds, as his many effects pedals churned out the sounds of tinkling glass and resonating pan pipes, along with more traditional distorted...