Word: hancock
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...situation polarizes at two extremes: private industry either lavishes millions on its monuments or builds stark architecture of an economic functionality lacking social or aesthetic merit. The practice of monument construction is best expressed in the new Federal Reserve Building, by Hugh Stubbins and Associates, which follows the Hancock and Prudential buildings in its indulgence in the grander, sleeker, more-conspicuous-and-powerful syndrome. "You don't seem to understand," one corporate executive notes. "We make money." For such companies cost is no object...
...nation's scribblers to slow down, make their letters open and rounded, cross t's and watch out for the troublesome trio: a, e and r. The time to turn over this new leaf is Jan. 23, National Handwriting Day-which also happens to be John Hancock's birthday...
...damaged panels are now covered with plywood--a scene reminiscent of the John Hancock Building--and various Buildings and Grounds supervisors are arguing among themselves about whether to replace the panels with glass or another, tougher, material...
...Hancock is a complex pianist; a pioneer in electric piano who earned his reputation on the acoustical ivories. He is topnotch on both, but I have always preferred his soft Maiden Voyage stuff to his more recent-jazz synthesis. But I'm in the minority on this point...
Event number one, beginning Thursday at 8, features saxophonists sonny Rollins, Gato Barbieri and pianist Herbie Hancock. The mixture is an odd but pleasing one. Rollins is one of the few traditional saxophonists around. Longregarded as a pioneer in the late 50's, Rollins was subsequently blown-out by the great Coltrane and went into semi-retirement. He's back on the scene now--some say as forceful as ever. He is not very innovative, but he has complete mastery over the saxophone as no other has. Gato Barbieri is still getting praises for his rock-jazz-orchestra synthesis Caliente...