Word: jazzing
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Prolific composer Jim Hall will display his unique jazz guitar style, accompanied by the Harvard Jazz Band, in a presentation by the Office for the Arts. The recipient of the 1997 New York Jazz Critics Circle Award for Best Jazz Composer/Arranger, Hall recently held a discussion concert for Harvard students, and now presents his subtle, harmonically advanced playing for a general audience. Tickets $8 with Harvard I.D. (HBO). 8 p.m. Sanders Theatre...
...finals the next day—where all teams perform the same 2:15 compilation of jazz, funk and pom as they did in the prelims—the Crimson improved its final standing slightly, beating out George Washington for sole possession of sixth and falling only one-tenth of a point behind Wright State of Ohio for fifth...
...apartheid, and dance shows such as Tapsula (April 12 to June 30), which mixes tap and local township jive. Market Theatre's other great attraction is the trendy Moyo restaurant, which serves dishes from around Africa; the Moroccan lamb tagine ($9) is to die for. Newtown also houses cool jazz venues, private art collections, dance studios and a museum focusing on the history of Johannesburg...
...this 1930 gangster pic, the Yasujiro Ozu festival at Harvard Film Archive brings the Japanese version of a very familiar archetype: a criminal with a taste for movies, jazz, flappers and snappy suits. But then love walks in the door for “Ken the Knife,” convincing him to go straight, eventually leading him to a steady job as a window washer. They don’t end up together, though; he continues to stay with a girlfriend who is into dangerous men. She is bored with his new conformity and attempts...
...result of this dithering, argues Speth, is that whatever slack nature cut us is gone. Still, he hasn't given up. Now he's looking to scale up what he calls "jazz," the voluntary and improvisational efforts of those who believe the world should heed the traditional sailor's warning alluded to in the book's title. If people lead, maybe the leaders will follow. --By Eugene Linden