Word: jazzing
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...long hours.” Several Phi Beta Kappa members said they are not solely concerned with grades. Together, they represent a broad array of extracurricular activities. Sheel C. Ganatra ’06 was president of Dharma last year and plays the trombone with the Jazz Band. Shahabi wrote and directed a short film called “Joy.” Inna Livitz joined Harvard Ballroom, which she said provided her with much-needed relaxation. “You need an outlet because you can’t be working all the time,” Livitz said...
Anyway, “Good Music” is a great listen; the backing and chorus reek of Digable Planets, the first verse is all Brand Nubian, and the second verse is pure Tribe Called Quest. The fact that the Roots started out imitating these great jazz-rap groups points to their later evolution into the torch-bearers of that positive message...
...compilation tracks the highlights of their career, it becomes more and more apparent to me that I should love them. They have an MC (formerly two, until Malik B got kicked out for drug-related reasons) with a tight flow, a perfect drummer, a love for jazz, and endless jam-session grooves. Yet I don’t love them. I like them a lot, but there is something that keeps them from reaching the heights of their predecessors...
...Calling Don Byron a jazz musician is like calling the Pacific wet—it just doesn’t begin to describe it,” according to Time Magazine.Don Byron may not be well-known among Harvard students, but he’s developed a reputation in the jazz world for ceaselessly shattering musical boundaries. This weekend, the Harvard Office For the Arts (OFA) and the Harvard Jazz Bands are bringing the 47-year-old clarinetist to campus as an Artist-in-Residence for the OFA’s ongoing “Learning with Performers?...
...sections: the first is set to Heitor Villa-Lobos and tends to be amorphous and less structured, while the second, accompanied by Bach’s “Concerto in D Minor, ” is more upbeat.The concert will change tone with its second number, an intense jazz piece choreographed by Jodi Allen, a Harvard Dance Program instructor and a professional dancer.“It’s a very powerful piece,” says Julia K. Lindpaintner ’09. “It definitely pushes us to our physical limits...