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...that there is something inherently preferable about melody over improvisation, or ballad tempo over fugue. But Mehldau, like Bach, is at his best slowed down. Like Glenn Gould playing 32nd trills as eighth notes, Mehldau proves that virtuosity is not dependent on quick pace alone. Yet even at a more leisurely speed, Mehldau's improvisational line exhibits an overall concern with counterpoint, which at once indicates his post-bop tendencies and classical training. But here they tend to be more appropriate, as Mehldau's impromptus have a tendency to fall into the trap of classical meter at brisker tempos...
...twins" in the show, Rachelle Gould '03 (Vicky) and Tom Dow '03 (Steve) each turned in solid, if somewhat unusual, performances. Gould's voice, reminiscent of a country-western balladeer, seemed out of place in the show's musical structure, and Dow invested so much raw energy that his character sometimes seemed to be a NoDoze junkie. While admittedly each was more engaged with their potential romantic partner, the siblings never achieved a level of chemistry outside of their basic sibling rivalry...
...recounted legend of the founding of the Union Club begins during the Civil War. In 1863, as Col. Robert Gould Shaw, Class of 1860, and the 54th all-Negro regiment was marching past the Somerset Club, the members pulled down their blinds and hissed in disapproval. Shocked and horrified, Norwood Penrose Hallowell, Class of 1861, second-in-command of that regiment, reportedly led a group of his friends out the front door and formed the Union Club just down the street. Not until 1952 would a Hallowell finally agree to join the Somerset...
...Pilot, she is in Gould's office more than...
...Gould now lives in New York half the year, and Pilot only works part-time. She recently, semi-officially, retired, though she remains on the job to help him finish his next book...