Word: improvisationism
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Such projects usually become pariahs. No one wants to work on them because everyone doubts they'll ever make it to the cinema. But Hallström pushed, getting Robert Nelson Jacobs (Chocolat) to pen a new script and recruiting an A-list cast. Kevin Spacey, who plays Quoyle, said...
In Mark Turner’s fifth album, Dharma Days, he displays his eclectic breadth of taste in jazz music and his great skill and virtuosity in the art of playing the tenor saxophone. Although the album showcases nine of Turner’s own compositions, the album is as...
From the strictly traditional (Dinah Washington on “Silent Night”) to the commercially traditional (Jimmy Smith on “Jingle Bells”) to the decidedly un-traditional (Louis Armstong on “Zat You, Santa Claus”), there is hardly an errant...
Frankie confesses that his true love is the trumpet, but he’s parlayed his general largesse into a meaty flugelhorn sound that he alternates with its higher register cousin. Sometimes switching up horns mid-piece, Frankie maintained striking speed and agility with the flugelhorn, showing a dexterity not...
Closing off the show on a Latin note with “Samba Magic” next to “Bingo Bango,” the Jaxx left little to be desired—more improvisation, perhaps, or a performance of “Jump n’ Shout...