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...each other; another character spends the entire second act paralyzed by a stroke; and yet another doesn't come to life until after he's dead. That "Thou Shalt Not" doesn't become a complete downer is a tribute largely to the flavorful music of Harry Connick Jr., the jazzman making his first foray into Broadway. Connick does best, not surprisingly, with the Dixieland-style numbers meant to evoke the period. But he also shows impressive range, with Sondheim-esque character songs, a sweet children's ditty ("Tug Boat"), and the jabbing bass notes that italicize the moments of violence...
...each other; another character spends the entire second act paralyzed by a stroke; and yet another doesn't come to life until after he's dead. That "Thou Shalt Not" doesn't become a complete downer is a tribute largely to the flavorful music of Harry Connick Jr., the jazzman making his first foray into Broadway. Connick does best, not surprisingly, with the Dixieland-style numbers meant to evoke the period. But he also shows impressive range, with Sondheim-esque character songs, a sweet children's ditty ("Tug Boat"), and the jabbing bass notes that italicize the moments of violence...
...Early Years, 1903-1940 (Little, Brown; 728 pages; $30), critic Gary Giddins takes a fresh and compelling look at the forgotten first half of Crosby's long career, turning the clock back to the Roaring Twenties to show how Crosby started out as a hard-drinking, hard-swinging jazzman whose nonchalant way with a song was universally regarded, even in Harlem, as the height of hipness...
...born or moved there. Painter David Hockney talks about leaving drab England for sunny L.A., where he captured on canvas the colors that shimmer across swimming pools. Writer Maxine Hong Kingston discusses how growing up in a Chinese home in racially integrated Stockton helped her learn about different sensibilities. Jazzman Dave Brubeck, who grew up on a ranch in Ione, recalls how he heard polyrhythms in the sound of a galloping horse. As writer and native daughter Joan Didion notes, "California influenced everything about...
...smooth synthesized surfaces, appeal to listeners for whom jazz is normally a four-letter word. But Metheny has always made a point of playing and recording in a variety of other styles as well. His tastes are exceptionally wide-ranging--he's equally fond of Igor Stravinsky, avant-garde jazzman Ornette Coleman and the Beatles--and when he's not on the road with the Metheny Group, there's no telling what kind of music he'll be making on stage or in the studio...