Word: instruments
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This time, the instrument of change is the College Board, the organization that runs the SAT program, and which also plays a large role in the world of financial...
...didn't hog the limelight. The most notable part of Wooten's contribution to the band (besides being the best bass player in the world) is his interplay with band and audience members alike. As he stood out on the thrust of the stage and talked through his instrument in a million ways, it became obvious exactly what the word 'virtuoso' meant. Some have termed Victor's playing "musical masturbation"--whatever it is, it feels good...
...true thing about those Braxton Brothers: their use of the tenor saxophone is powerful in its delicateness. Less is more when this instrument is involved, and this philosophy works wonders with their compositions. Now, what does not work wonders is their use of vocals in addition to saxophone in the other compositions of the collection. To hear the beautiful Braxton saxophone suddenly interrupted by vocalists that are trying too hard not to sound like vocalists damages the overall dreamy mood of the album. It's indeed only a minor tragedy though, as vocal intrusion occurs in less than half...
...inspired, trendsetting hodgepodge? Judging from his modest Mutations, he slacked off, mellowed out and indulged himself rather than delivering another jolt of noise for the twenty-first century. The album is awfully pleasant, even affecting, with the rich twang of slideguitars, the whine of a harmonica and theoccasional exotic instrument imported to shakethings up a little. Beck is nearly as playful asever, but no song on Mutations has theremarkable freshness of Odelay. When a songmakes a musical allusion--like the sitar melody onthe desolate "Nobody's Fault But My Own," whichechoes the Door's "The End"--it comes out soundingless...
After the intermission, Cunningham got her solo moment with Marais' Suite No. 4 in A minor for Viola da Gamba and Basso Continuo, prefacing her performance with a definition of what a viola da gamba is-a string instrument more closely related to the guitar than the violin and its ilk, despite its name and appearance--and a discussion of the "softer side" of baroque music, explaining that baroque music was played at a softer volume than music today is. She then proceeded to play the quietest piece in the program, with a rich and hazy sound which made...