Word: leaders
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...could. At its best, this band is free and sensitive; Mingus's rhythms and harmonies are felt as well as understood. At times, the sound is thick with instruments, over-reaching, trying to do so much; the disc's 56 minutes of playing time suggest that both players and leader sensed the importance of getting out as much of this music as was humanly possible...
...into a wheelchair for the rest of his life. It was recorded hastily by a 25-piece ensemble consisting largely of white studio musicians who have little or no previous association with Mingus. The album confirms Mingus's pervasive musical personality precisely because of these limitations. Lacking the leader's enormous presence on bass, as well as the discipline of the handpicked, carefully trained small workshops for which he is best known, Me Myself An Eye remains distinctly Mingus from start to finish...
Finally, in early February, Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere, fed up with repeated territorial squabbles with Amin, announced that he had ordered his forces "to cross the border and fight inside Uganda if Amin tries to invade Tanzania again." Says a Ugandan exile leader: "That was taken by us to be the signal that the onslaught...
...apartment is still largely an upper-income phenomenon, since the mortgage and maintenance can cost as much as 50% more than renting the same space. Developers commonly claim that most of the rental tenants elect to buy their apartments rather than move. But, says Gary Lowe, a leader of a consumer group called CHAIN (for California Housing, Action and Information Network), "Certainly in California, less than 5% of renters buy into a condominium. And no wonder. They can't afford...
Glenn Fine, Harvard's other senior co-captain and all-time assist leader, contributed eight assists and eight more points in his final appearance for the Crimson...