Word: jazzing
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...ONTOGENY RECAPITULATES PHYLOGENY AND ALL THAT JAZZ...
...their performances have won a cult following. And they are not alone. Gypsy music is stirring audiences around the world. Top bands from Central Europe are playing upwards of 100 foreign gigs a year. Filmmakers are hungry for their scores. Critics have likened the outpouring to the birth of jazz in the U.S. in the 1920s. Says Simon Broughton, co-editor of The Rough Guide to World Music: "The music does what music should do. It tears at your heartstrings and gets your blood racing." This summer Taraf de Haïdouks is moving on to the International Istanbul Jazz...
...took the test and scientist came in at dead last. Number one was camp counselor and jazz musician was second,” Franken says...
...metaphor for old-economy companies is a symphony with musicians who never deviate from the parts their conductor assigns, then today's successful corporation is more like a jazz ensemble: from the CEO down, everyone needs to learn to improvise and play off one another. That's the lesson of Jazz Impact, a business-improvement seminar created by Minneapolis, Minn., bassist Michael Gold for clients that include General Mills and Starbucks. "In jazz improv there is a specific tune that we use as the common ground, yet someone can present a unique version of the tune," says Gold. "This type...
Leading the charge are the two German companies: E.ON, based in Dusseldorf, and RWE, with headquarters in Essen. "Our goal is to achieve a leading position in the U.S.," says E.ON CEO Ulrich Hartmann, 64, a jazz buff who already has transformed his company. He took over Veba--the firm his father once ran as a state enterprise--in 1993, just before Germany deregulated its electricity markets. He focused the company on its core utility business and two years ago merged it with Viag, another major German utility, to form E.ON. Hartmann is sitting on $31 billion in cash...