Word: limpidness
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...jazz album come so directly from the heart. The opening cut, George Gershwin's I Loves You, Porgy, is exquisitely tranquil and songful, and the 10 tracks that follow are no less tender. Even Be My Love, Mario Lanza's high-C jukebox hit, is transmuted into a limpid cameo. The result is a record made to be played late at night, when the streets are empty, the air is still, and you feel like thinking about what might have been or could...
Dandridge built a career as a suave nightclub singer before playing the jungle queen in Tarzan's Peril (1951). Here and in Bright Road (1953), a sweet drama starring Dorothy as a rural teacher, she flashed limpid eyes aching with sympathy; imagine Olivia de Havilland with a little sex and a little color (Dorothy's face had to be darkened with makeup...
...fickle world of popular music for almost three decades and sold 29 million records by writing timeless songs like Sweet Baby James and You Can Close Your Eyes. Along the way, he has created a distinctive musical idiom. A James Taylor song is instantly recognizable for his limpid voice, sweet melody, deceivingly simple harmony and faultless guitar work. Its lyrics are those of an outsider. Yet unlike his contemporary Neil Young, Taylor is no musical rebel. He may have refined his idiom, but he rarely transcends it. His songs are as familiar and comfortable as old flannel shirts and just...
...between pop and jazz by weaving together the strengths of both styles. With Daou's husband Peter playing all the instruments, the songs flow along on smooth, toe-tapping grooves punctuated by saxophone and piano solos and spiced with surprising touches like gongs and kettle drums. With Vanessa's limpid voice floating above it all, the music conjures the cool mood of an urban nightscape...
Musically, Nagano has full command of a repertoire both wide and deep, moving with ease between the limpid grace of the classical period and the densest, most fearsome modern scores. His six-year tenure in Lyons has been marked both by important premieres (Debussy's unfinished Rodrigue et Chimene) and by alternative versions of such staples as Offenbach's Tales of Hoffmann; in Manchester he champions a group of young, modernist British composers. "I guess I take an awful lot of risks," says Nagano. "But what I'm trying to do is make music an active, living art form that...