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Harris and his unconventional ensemble (a nonet including viola and cello) begin the album auspiciously with pieces from Ellington and Billy Strayhorn’s 1970 “New Orleans Suite.” Here, Harris?? playing is at its bright-edged, percussive best, and his relentlessly-swinging approach pervades the whole band’s sound. Drummer Terreon Gully and bassist Derrick Hodge play with a bluesy intensity that recalls the hard-charging rhythm section of Dannie Richmond and Charles Mingus, and Steve Turre’s forceful trombone backgrounds make the ensemble sound twice...
Unfortunately, Harris??s band can’t keep up this pace for long: by the time that they reach the final piece of the first suite, “Bourbon Street Jingling Jollies,” the band already seems to have lost steam, even as Harris tries vainly to provide locomotion with his consistently stellar playing. The lean, muscular feel of the first tracks has deteriorated into a shapeless wash of strings and flute, a tone which blurs many of the remaining Ellington tunes, illuminating the danger of re-orchestrating the work of jazz?...
...sampled the syllabus’ smorgasbord of theologians and philosophers theorizing about the relationship between earthly ethics and the existence of God, you just might be able to take a stab at the answer yourself. Plus, if you attend lectures religiously, then forgoing the reading is permitted. Harris?? lectures are so lucid that paying attention will save you hours in Lamont, which translates to more run-amuck time for you godless ones. Beverly Foulk is a demanding but first-rate TF; the other sections run the gamut from excruciatingly boring to exhilarating. For a divinity-free overview...
...give opening statements, cross-examined “witnesses,” and delivered closing statements. Executive Director of Hillel Bernard Steinberg, who moderated yesterday’s event, characterized the case by saying, “We’re dealing here with evil.” Harris?? opening remarks charged Pharaoh with a number of crimes, including coitus interruptus. “The big problem is not his own coitus that he was trying to interruptus—it was the coitus of all Israelites,” Harris said, referring to the killing...
...adding that after some of them failed, “I said no.”Three house masters—McCarthy, Lowell House Master and Wertham Professor of Law and Psychiatry in Society Diana L. Eck, and Cabot House Master and Wolfson Professor of Jewish Studies Jay M. Harris??said that advising should be moved to more informal settings, particularly the Houses, where both students and faculty will feel more comfortable interacting with each other.“We have to think about how to move advising to where the people gather,” Eck said.Saltonstall...