Word: jazzed
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Herbie Hancock Nothing against Hancock, a fine gentleman and terrific musician, but even he had to wake up this morning and think Ashton Kutcher had finally delivered on Jazz Punk'd. This was one of the five best albums of the year? Really? If Hancock gets to perform at the ceremony, he better at least dust off the robots from "Rock It." He owes us that...
...blandify your Ikea home? Hit the Haga - the city's oldest quarter - and search out a truly unique piece of Scandinavian design. The winding streets here house a dozen antique stores, but the best is Bebop Antik, which specializes in 20th century furniture and furnishings. Run by jazz buff Stefan Tellevi, the shop is crammed with classics, including twisting vases by Swedish glass designer Vicke Lindstrand and minimalist chairs by Denmark's Kaare Klint. 4 Kaponjärgatan; www.bebop.se...
...tough to underestimate his intuition for placing a fermata above a lyric just where it’s needed. If Otis Redding rapped, he might be Freeway. The album’s melodies are sparse, beautiful, often sampled from old soul hits, marked by heraldic horns and enough jazz flute to make Herbie Mann proud. “Free at Last” isn’t without its faults though. “Take It To The Top,” featuring 50 Cent, is a garish, tired rip-off of Fiddy’s usual loverman bullshit (think...
...realize his particular vision, gets famous, gets laid, gets in trouble with the whole celebrity thing, tries to escape the demands of his exigent fans (wow, do they hate it when he turns from the acoustic to the electric guitar at the movie's version of the Newport Jazz Festival shocker), ends up sort of beloved, sort of intact, but sort of unfulfilled...
...those who prefer dancing and a light (not necessarily Polish) meal, Labo, on the fashionable Ulica Mazowiecka, is among Warsaw's most popular clubs. This spring, starting on March 31, the Polish capital will be host of the International Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival. In October the annual international jazz festival will be held in the Palace of Culture and Science, a dour monstrosity donated by Stalin that is the city's kitschiest testament to communist-era architecture...