Word: horning
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...repertory theater at Yale, where she earned a master's in sax in 1977. She uses a synthesizer, controlled by foot pedals, to amplify her ethereal solos into swirls of sound that evoke the Doppler effect, the drop in pitch that occurs when a train rushes by with its horn blaring. Bloom has six times been cited in Down Beat's annual critics' poll as a talent deserving wider recognition. As to why she first took up the notoriously cranky instrument, she has a winning answer: "It looked so shiny...
...Horn on the Charles...
Meanwhile, the rest of the coed squad and the entire women's team participated in a one-of-a-kind mixed event called the Horn Trophy on the Charles...
...fullest measure of Marsalis' musicianship comes from other musicians -- particularly the veteran jazzmen he so admires. Trumpeter Doc Cheatham, 85, calls Marsalis "one of the greatest young trumpet players around. He's at the top level on his horn and improving every day." Bass player Milt Hinton, 80, says Marsalis "stacks up miles ahead of" such past greats as Armstrong and Henry ("Red") Allen in mastery of the instrument. "But he doesn't yet have as much creativity blues-wise and dirt- and funk-wise as they had because he hasn't had to live it." Marsalis' main limitation...
COVER: With a horn full of fire and a mouth full of advice, Wynton Marsalis, 29, is leading a youthful jazz renaissance...