Word: improvisationism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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The uprising that began when Louis Armstrong blew his first hot notes grew into a revolution. Continually shifting--Big Band, bebop, cool--and propelled by the sorcery of improvisation, jazz absorbs, transforms, discards, but always replenishes itself. Here are some of the other cats who made things swing.
This is most evident in Motian's frenetic "Fiasco," in which Allen's improvisation degenerates into seemingly random clusters of notes amidst heightened activity in the rhythm section. But Haden takes his most intriguing solo of the two sets during this tune, coaxing unworldly, industrial and percussive sounds from his...
Life at the front is a song of dark fear, deep pride, lost mail, long waits and improvisation. The white heat of the summer is hard to remember now, when it becomes cold enough at night to leave ice rattling inside canteens. At the very front lines, the motto is...
SW: We started by working with the entire cast all the time in a group, with lots of improvisation and throwing things around. He was quiet and pensive before we started, but once we got going he became wild Robin Williams. They gave him lots of liberty to go crazy...
So the question remains unanswered--why does Williams give such an understated and subdued performance in Flubber? Williams has said in interviews that he wants to make movies he can watch with his kids--but there's no need for him to sink to the level of this harrowing script...