Word: jazzing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...take the stage with the Alleycats, one of Yale's all-male a capella singng groups. Valentine's Day is the theme of this performance, and the Pitches will perform their classic "My Funny Valentine" in addition to "Sentimental Journey," which they performed last week at the PBH/Oxfam America Jazz for Life concert. Tonight they present "Do I Love You" for the first time...
...histories which look back to a brief American utopia--Levine overstates his case. For example, he explicitly praises the New York Times for its Sunday "Arts and Leisure" section's broad definition of "art," failing to recognize the subtle discrimination that goes on in those pages. Namely, that rock, jazz and "popular" music are written about in the "Recordings" page, while "classical" music appears under the simple heading "Music." This is but one example of how cultural distincitons still exist, and Levine fails to hold his own on the familiar turf of the 1980s cultural landscape...
MILT JACKSON: BEBOP (East-West). The Modern Jazz Quartet's eminent vibes man dives deep into the bop era, working fresh wonders on eight vintage tunes, mostly by Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker. If Bird lives in Clint Eastwood's recent film biography, he gets a neat new lease on life here...
...creators, Claudio Segovia and Hector Orezzoli (Tango Argentino, Flamenco Puro), this is gorgeous and joyous entertainment. And in its reverence for veteran talents, the kind who have bounced from headlining to working as kitchen help and back again, the show is faithful to the folkloric traditions of tap, jazz and blues...
Boone said the lottery for Jazz will favor juniors and seniors but will otherwise be random. Boone is taking a sabbatical next year. but students losing out in the lottery this time around can try their luck again two years from...