Word: jazzed
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...taken a lesson with the French composer Darius Milhaud. When I got home, I continued to study with him on the G.I. Bill at Mills College in Oakland, Calif. He knew I wanted to write oratorios and cantatas, but he also said I should not give up jazz. He said, "Jazz is the most American art form. It's too late for you to have a European classical background. But you'll do it on your...
...right. After years of writing and performing jazz, I wrote my first oratorio, The Light in the Wilderness, when I was in my 40s. I'm better known for my jazz improvisations, but I have written many other religious works and continue to perform them around the world...
...York in 1951 was “a new reality” for Alcalay, or a full-bodied assault on his artistic sensibilities. Amidst the skyscrapers and the “madhouse” of Times Square, always with “jazz pounding in his head,” he was stunned and momentarily unable to shake free...
...move on almost immediately. Public opinion deemed Timberlake’s cursory initial apology sufficient; Jackson was forced to issue repeated statements of regret, first in print and later in a plaintive televised version. She was barred from last Sunday’s Grammy Awards; he performed with jazz legend Arturo Sandoval. “Saturday Night Live” compared Jackson to her brother Michael, an accused pedophile; Timberlake, who tore off her clothing, was portrayed in the skit as the naive victim...
...Enfant et les Sortileges” is the story of the nocturnal revenge of toys and animals against a naughty child. Both pieces are set to exquisite music: Stravinsky’s subtle dissonances and meters, and Ravel’s 1920’s jazz and ragtime influence...