Word: flair
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Wagon Wheel Joe," they used to call him. His name is known only to hardcore devotees of B westerns and films noirs. But cult phenomenon Joseph H. Lewis truly had a flair for directing meagerly budgeted genre movies - a flair he demonstrated in two seminal noirs, some memorably poetic westerns, and a pair of unforgettably twisted thrillers...
...horn-heavy, up-tempo form that is played at Caribbean carnivals across the U.S. every summer but has never really caught on. When Baha Men finally recorded Dogs, they explored beats more familiar to American audiences--throwing in some junkanoo (Bahamian festival music) percussion to give it their signature flair. The result is the catchy rendition you've heard so often: urban, with an echo of the islands. The rest of the CD cleverly vamps on this formula, with the Men at their best when they stay true to Caribbean textures on infectious songs like Getting Hotter...
...factory-turned-electronic-haven and, one-by-one, succumb to delusion and paranoia. By this point, BW2 has long since abandoned any perceptible connection with its predecessor and has become closer in spirit to Sam Raimi's blood-spattered cult classic Evil Dead, minus the kinetic over-the-top flair that made that film such a guilty pleasure...
...lyrical legatos to graceful pizzicatos, the three seemed to draw the best out of one another's sound. At one especially triumphant arrival, the passionate Meneses had his eyebrows furrowed painfully as Pressler perhaps unconsciously began to sing at the piano. In the third movement, Pressler showed again the flair of a seasoned performer as he maintained a strong rhythm and constant tempo that kept the anxious intensity. Kim was the great showman in the playful fourth movement. His energy propelled not only his bowstrokes, but also his limbs; indeed, at times he seemed to be lifted from his seat...
...major Haydn Piano Trio proved to be a delightful, almost giddy, piece, with quirky and crisp grace notes passing among each member of the trio. The group members were obviously having great fun throughout this encore. In jest, Pressler deliberately drew out one note, heightening the anticipation with flair, charm and beautifully clean technique. As the enthusiastic audience once again applauded the brilliant and passionate performance, the trio departed from the stage, showing flashes of the camaraderie that makes them the consummate chamber ensemble musicians...