Word: jazzing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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NIGHT MUSIC (NBC, Mondays, 12:15 a.m. EDT). Assemble a handful of the best jazz, R.-and-B. and rock artists, and turn them loose in a weekly, hour-long musical showcase that has smooth-talking alto saxman David Sanborn as host. Result: the best damn music show on television. Look for Eric Clapton, Robert Cray and Taj Mahal to perform this season...
Whether the motif is jazz or swing, classical or ragtime, there is one constant in the films of Woody Allen: good music sets both the mood and the pace. The meticulous attention to scoring is no coincidence. Comedian Allen is deadly earnest when it comes to music, especially the New Orleans jazz style he favors most...
This week the Profile section explores the Woody Allen most fans do not know: Woody Allen, the jazz clarinetist. Though Allen rarely grants interviews to discuss his movies, he readily agreed to talk to senior editor Thomas Sancton about his other career. In the projection room of Allen's Manhattan film center, they discussed music and clarinets for 90 minutes. "Woody Allen is passionate about jazz," says Sancton. "It's not just an eccentric hobby...
Sancton should know. A native of New Orleans, he grew up in and around the clubs of America's jazz capital, sitting in on gigs with his clarinet from the time he was a teenager. Allen's musical hero, clarinetist George Lewis, was one of Sancton's own mentors, and in 1969 Sancton played at Lewis' funeral. While an undergraduate at Harvard University in the late 1960s, Sancton formed the Black Eagle Jazz Band. When he went on to Oxford for graduate work, he ^ toured briefly with several European jazz groups before putting the horn aside to complete his doctorate...
...year tradition, the annual Dartmouth concert hits the stage at Sanders Theater this weekend in honor of the Head of the Charles and the Dartmouth Game. The concert will feature selections by the Wind Ensemble, the Jazz Band with guest Brad Terry and fight songs from the Marching Band, including songs by Duke Ellington, Leonard Bernstein and Leroy Anderson. Admission to this event is $6 and $4 for students at the door...