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Imagine it is 1994. The economy is still stagnating, Japan remains in the doldrums as well, interest rates are rising, and the deficit has reached $600 billion. Something has to be done -- and quickly. President Ross Perot, making good on a campaign promise, gets on the horn to the TV networks and organizes one of his famous electronic town meetings. That night, before a television audience Murphy Brown would die for, he lays out the nation's precarious economic situation and the stark choices the U.S. confronts. Even before his presentation is over, the returns begin to pour...
...with outstanding sidemen -- alto-sax player Antonio Hart, pianist Marc Cary, drummer Gregory Hutchinson and bassist Rodney Whitaker -- who stitch a vibrant tapestry around his own fat sound. At 22, Hargrove has the tone, sensitivity and power to emerge as his generation's man to beat on the golden horn. Fortunately, he also has the intelligence to share the stage...
...Just about every day on Sproul Plaza therewould be someone sitting there with a bull horn atlunchtime trying to have a rally about this orthat or standing on the steps giving a speech,"says Loebl. "We would sit at lunch, toss a frisbeeand watch...
Reopening a Horn of Plenty...
...MUCH OF THE PAST TWO DECADES, jazz singer SHIRLEY HORN abandoned the recording studio in favor of domesticity. But since signing with Verve in 1988, Horn, 58, has been making up for lost time, collaborating with her favorite musicians and recording her best work yet. Her latest release, Here's to Life, fulfills a lifelong ambition to record with composer-arranger Johnny Mandel. Elegantly orchestrated with strings and winds, plus Horn's delicate piano, the album features ballads, like the title track and Isn't It a Pity?, in which Horn's velvety voice virtually coos in the listener...