Word: jazzman
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...work in which the most significant voices are those dedicated to memory and to the preservation and interpretation of experience—whether through reporting, storytelling, preaching, or even prophecy. McIntyre’s proclamation stands as a challenge to an entire nation to, in the words of jazzman-turned-preacher Alonzo Hickman, “give melodic coherence to a progression of dissonant chords...
...expertise in melding the suspenseful and the lurid, plays it cool here. He lets his stars do their thing: Ruffalo emitting just a whisper of rage under his just-the-facts-ma'am demeanor; Downey playing the chatty, suicidal genius (the actor's line readings always have a jazzman's musical ingenuity); and Gyllenhaal in his winsome mode, looking like a puppy who just got swatted with a newspaper by the master he somehow still adores. The star quality has to carry the movie, all 2 1/2 hours of it, since Fincher assumes that audiences will be fascinated...
...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” series. Byron is a rare breed of jazzman. Few choose to specialize in the clarinet. Few modern jazz artists are unafraid to be explicitly political; Byron routinely gives his compositions titles like “(The press made) Rodney King (responsible for the LA riots).” Fewer still cite influences ranging from Duke Ellington and klezmer...
...heroin overdose, smashed political icons and broke language barriers with equal daring and wit. In this 1965 filming of one of his last sets, Bruce is clearly addled by drugs and depleted by the series of obscenity cases he had to fight. But his mind still worked with a jazzman's improvisatory genius; the hipster fireworks he launched retain their explosive impact. And, man, was he funny...
...tunes as “I Don’t Need No Doctor” or “You Don’t Know Me”. Occasionally, he would oblige with a more traditional phrase, but he seemed almost self-conscious about stepping out of his neo-jazzman role, as if the Regattabar crowd were only there to see him play masturbatory solos and twitchingly manipulate various effects pedals. Versace seemed to suffer from a similar affliction; it often felt as if he was merely trying to be edgy instead of playing emotionally. Perhaps it goes with...