Word: instruments
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...some respects, this isn't much of a leap for the '80s wunderkind who never really played their instruments anyway. In fact, judging from recent stints on Vibe TV and "The Tonight Show," it appears that Nick Rhodes' current instrument of choice has evolved from the synthesizer of yester-decade to the laptop computer of today, from which he magically generates sounds by waving his hands over the keyboard...
...Surrey" was given an original, rhythmically complex reading that offered a good opportunity for the trio to show that they were a cohesive group, not just a haphazard all-star assembly. The ease with which McBride navigates his hulking instrument was immediately apparent. He laid a solid foundation for the tune as Blade tastefully used brushes on his kit alongside. Redman then hung on a high note and slid upward to mark the beginning of his solo, in which he demonstrated his full, thick tone in all registers of the instrument. It was an apt starter for the show--giving...
...mood as Redman began a long cadenza to preface the ballad, "What's New?" Here his very slow, almost imperceptible vibrato and airy, floating tone were vividly apparent. He played several motifs in different octaves, never once hinting that he might be performing at the extreme registers of his instrument. After the drums made a discreet entrance, and the delicate melody had been presented, McBride picked up a bow and displayed a facet of his amazing versatility as he coaxed a lush, sustained solo from his instrument...
...Carbon dioxide was easily identified on Europa. We also have tentative identification of other compounds," said Karl Hibbittz, a graduate student working with the instrument team of NASA's Galileo Project...
...because organic matter alone does not provide enough evidence of life, Thomas B. McCord, planetary scientist and co-investigator on the Galileo space-craft instrument team, is researching Europa to learn more about the moon...