Word: guitars
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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After intermission, Rogelio Reguera gave an expert demonstration of Spanish guitar playing. But in his "Cante Jondo", much repartee went unappreciated since there was no translation of the Spanish given to the audience. For those who cannot figure out what the Spanish ballet is all about, the variety to the program alone may be enough to hold one's attention...
...ping-pong") with a range of two octaves. Other refinements: "alto pans," "tune-booms." and "bass-booms." For their Manhattan audience. the Invaders beat their way through some celesta-like calypsos and a Mambo in F. One listener compared the sound to that of "a Jovian steel guitar." Consensus: certainly the best back-alley balalaika of the fall season...
...bestseller a month.-If they keep it up, they will sell close to 6,000,000 records before the year is over-and that's tops in Tin Pan Alley's books. One secret of their success is a tape recorder on which Paul dubs multiple guitar and vocal passages, layer-cake style. The result is a reverberating volcano of polyphony which Paul calls "The New Sound...
Their first big hit, How High the Moon, was ground out in a basement in Jackson Heights, N.Y. Paul first taped the bass rhythm on the guitar, covered it a few times with guitar chords, ran through it some more with guitar embroidery. Then he dubbed in Mary's voice twelve times, to get the effect of both unison and harmony. Total number of layers...
...Seine. It captures the spirit of a Parisian fairyland, making it a fit background for the dream sequences which form the best part of the film. These sequences are a necessary mechanism in a film which must make use of the varied talents of Gene Kelly, George's Guitar, and Oscar Levant, and still keep the plot from being too contrived. At one point Levant dozes off, dreams that he is solo pianist in a performance of Gershwin's Concerto in F and gives a stirring recital; a recital, however which has no relevance to the plot...