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Roberts has recorded formidable material before--on his 1991 CD, Three Giants, he covered works by Jelly Roll Morton, Duke Ellington and Thelonious Monk. But on Portraits in Blue he takes on his biggest musical challenge by remaking material that is even more familiar and sacrosanct to many listeners. Says Roberts: "Rhapsody in Blue is a piece everyone knows, so the changes you hear, if done right, can give you some idea of the power of jazz music. I wanted to try and bring the piece up to date without sacrificing its basic nature and personality." Because Rhapsody in Blue...
...Confidence-Man. Mark Twain later brought the national style of go-getting to popular perfection in Huckleberry Finn. An adult rereading of that masterpiece reveals a hierarchy of hustlers, from runaway slave Jim and his fortune-telling hair ball to the outlandish charlatans calling themselves the King and the Duke...
...team knew at the beginning of the season that making the big dance wasn't going to be easy. Crammed into the team's schedule were the same nemeses that have plagued Harvard so frequently in the recent past: Duke, Notre Dame, Princeton, Brown and UMass, among others...
After squeaker losses to Duke (13-11), Notre Dame (15-10), and UMass (8-6) last season, this year's seniors were determined to exact revenge...
Early wins against B.C. and Penn were just tune-ups for the first big fish on Harvard's dinner plate. If Harvard could beat Duke, a traditional lacrosse powerhouse ranked eighth in the nation at the time, they would be in the running for an NCAA tournament bid. A loss might prove fatal to their playoff hopes...