Word: jazzing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...looking for something gentler and more profound. I hope we'll hear from kids all over the country." Senior Editor Timothy Foote predicts that there will be regrets that, though the story deals with rock in general, TIME "has not said half enough about swamp rock, soul rock, jazz rock." Contributing Editor Jay Cocks and Researcher Molly Bowditch did much of the reporting on The Band's members. "The choice is controversial," says Molly, "because they are not unanimous favorites like the Beatles. But I've played one of their records 400 times and I still love...
Significantly, The Band's music is quiet. They once played harddriving, ear-numbing rock. Now they deal in intricate, syncopated modal sound that, unlike most rock but like fine jazz, demands close attention and rewards it with a special exhilarating delight. When The Band plays, it is not for a trip but a musical treat. Though their newest LP, The Band, is high on Billboard's "Top LP" chart and they have sold close to a million records, this does not mean that The Band will be everybody's cup of tea. But for those who take to them?musicians...
Some people call what they do classical rock, or jazz rock, or folk rock. But what we play is really just rock 'n' roll. It's the same music we've been hearing for the last decade and a half. People like Little Richard or Elvis or Fats Domino-these are the people we're carrying out the tradition for, or trying to. I watched a little bit of the Tom Jones Show, and that's when you really learn to appreciate Elvis...
...customers throughout the country. She'll drink only Harvey's Bristol Cream sherry or imported Mumm's champagne, wears expensive clothes from Bonwit's and Best and Co. where she maintains charge accounts, and from Truc-a place that fascinates her. She drives a new Cougar convertible, visits the Jazz Workshop when it features top musicians, reads a lot- "Harold Robbins novels, nothing very heavy" -and spends most of her free time playing with her two children whom she says she adores...