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...composer of Take Five claimed he wanted his alto saxophone to sound like a dry martini. Desmond's wish came true on this 1975 cool-jazz masterpiece, finally available on CD after two decades in limbo. Backed up by Canadian super-guitarist Ed Bickert, Desmond, who died in 1977, spins out long, pungent melodic lines that float through the air with luminous grace. Best of all is a slyly witty version of Things Ain't What They Used to Be that would have made Duke Ellington grin...
...site flacks and call a contact in the States to set up an interview with one of the festival headliners, the American rock band R.E.M. I go to one of the hotel meeting rooms on the second floor of the Copacabana to wait for Peter Buck, R.E.M.'s guitarist, but, while I'm waiting, Michael Stipe, the band's lead singer, pops by. His manager tells me since Buck is delayed, Stipe didn't want to keep me waiting and popped by to chat...
...laser lights flickering and trance music pumping and sweaty Brazilians dancing. Tenda Raizes (by this point I've figured out that "tenda" probably means "tent") features various roots artists from around the world, from Varttina (a Finnish group with peppy female lead singers) to Heri Dikongue (a guitarist and singer from Cameroon). Tenda Brasil, another stage, is a showcase for up-and-coming young Brazilian acts as well as a few established masters. And finally, there's the main stage, Palco Munda, a huge white tent that looks like a daisy gone to seed or the back of an albino...
...ERIC CLAPTON, 56, British rock-'n'-roll legend, to American graphic artist Melia McEnery, 25, the mother of their six-month-old daughter, Julie Rose; in Ripley, southern England. It was a surprise ceremony for the guests, who thought they were attending the child's baptism. This is the guitarist's second marriage: he divorced Patti Boyd, whom he had "stolen" from George Harrison, in 1988. DIED. JULIA PHILLIPS, 57, Oscar-winning producer of The Sting and Taxi Driver and author of the New York Times bestseller You'll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again; in Los Angeles...
...Metheny Trio, "Live" The preeminent jazz guitarist of his generation avoids the impression of almost fussy prettiness that has sometimes crept into his studio albums by laying it down live in this marvelous double CD. Thing is, he really does sound that smooth, and boy can he play. More importantly, he is as comfortable wailing on the guitar synth like some 21st-century muezzin as he is ripping it up on a chestnut such as "All the Things You Are." With one foot in the future and the other in the past - and the compositional chops to provide the essential...