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...After the performance Burton said that concerts with Corea, including a gig at the Globe Jazz Festival on the Esplanade June 20, as well as a European summer tour are in store for the near future...
Nearly a fortnight ago, literary star James Ellroy came to town on a promotional tour for his new book, Crime Wave. The Wednesday before his gig at MIT, he appeared on Late Night With Conan O'Brien. Barely alighted on the hotseat, he announced, with appropriate finger gestures, that the President is hung like a cashew. The Crimson immediately pulled strings and waxed plaintive to get a one-on-one with the celebrated word-wrestler who delivered such literary punches as The Black Dahlia, American Tabloid and L.A. Confidential. Armed for the interview with nonsense and irreverence, The Crimson...
...example, she sang the national anthem at every Harvard home wrestling game last year. A self-described "gig Crasher," Tardy advises prospective signer to ask if they can sing with the band at parties and to always have a demo tape on hand...
...stare-offs with bottles, or moments of temptation and ultimate white-knuckled resolve in front of seedy liquor stores next to check cash-ins. Loach instead wisely lets Joe's successes speak for themselves, their very modesty giving them a fragility; at one point Joe's safe wallpapering gig almost spins into disaster when a welfare agent snaps telephoto pics to expose his outside earnings (Joe paints the agent's car). Mullen's performance is ultranaturalistic and eerily dead-on in a flashback to the bad old days (one of the really few directorial intrusions, narrated in hauntingly matter...
...soulful and vulnerably awkward, his voice struck some as sounding soulful but off-key, like Mel Torme's crossed with, say, yours. So here's a Chet Baker album for those who don't like Chet Baker, recorded at a 1983 live date in Norway. It's Getz's gig, but Baker shines, singing with an unaccustomed force and levity; on Just Friends he scats nimbly too. His trumpet and Getz's tenor sax are also in top form; these relaxed, lyrical players have an obvious rapport. Reportedly, they couldn't stand each other; you'd never know from this...