Word: jazzing
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...same raw emotion I hadn't felt since John Lennon got shot in 1980. Joey was a good guy, a hero to punks and fans of punk; he was like Mickey Mantle or Orson Welles, a man both loved and respected. And punk mattered, it changed lives like jazz did or the '60s did. It was only stupid when it wanted to be; if you couldn't hear that, you would never break on through to the sheer sensual pleasure it offered. I'm grateful I was there, that I saw the Ramones, that I heard their music...
...group is fluent in the many rhythms and styles that they incorporate. While “Foforo Fo Firi” is reminiscent of the best Afro-Cuban tunes, “Brother Running/Brother Gettin’ Caught” speaks the language of the post-Marsalis jazz combo. “New Second Line” captures the joy of Mardi Gras, with all the swagger and raucousness of a Fat Tuesday parade. The sweet simple statement of Tom Jobim’s bossa “Corcovado” is a welcome cool-down midway through an otherwise...
...entertainment heavyweight with close ties to Hollywood. And perhaps more importantly it has become an integral part of Americana. As the writer Harlan Ellison once said, “Comics are one of only five art forms native to the United States” (the others being jazz, the banjo, the musical comedy and the mystery novel...
...growing number of fans consider Los Hombres Calientes to be the hottest Latin jazz band touring today. However, in recent months, co-leaders Irvin Mayfield and Bill Summers have expanded the group’s horizons greatly, hoping to encompass the many Afro and Latin rhythms of North and South America. The band’s recent performance at RegattaBar was a live document of their progress...
...What about jazz...