Word: lyrically
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SOLO MONK (Columbia). Pianist Thelonious Monk offers greater range and variety-from the simple lyric line to complex, sophisticated jazz-than any other musician playing today. I Should Care is dismembered and recomposed almost chillingly; North of Sunset comes out as old-fashioned blues. He even makes Ruby, My Dear, a song he has played for more than 30 years, sound fresh...
...book may surprise the reader who expects nothing more than a political document-it is also a work of art. Admittedly, it is not much of a novel; the form of fiction was obviously adopted as a device to protect the innocent from police reprisal. It is, however, a lyric celebration of the rights of man, a spiritual testament of depth and beauty, a cry of pain from the soul of a brave and decent man indecently abused...
...frankly escapist, and are divided into twelve categories ranging from "socials" that deal with city-country or caste themes to "myth-ologicals" that treat of Hindu legend in full color and dubbed voices (since the actors can't sing and the singers can't act). Sample lyric: "You are the Ganges of my heart, and I am the Jumna of your heart. Where, oh where, is the confluence?" During intermissions audiences devour fried field peas or sherbet, drink Cokes, then exit to buy copies of the movie's songs...
...major works and to persuade U.S. readers that Hesse is essential to their ethos. It will not be easy. Hesse is relentlessly esoteric-one of those Faustian fellows who make Moholes out of moleholes. Yet in the judgment of most German critics, he is one of the purest lyric poets since Moerike, and among the most profound of the many novelists who elaborate the drama of modern man in search of his soul...
...Here he is," said Basic, "the chairman of the board." The audience moaned. Out stepped Frank, lyric book in hand, looking a little bald. "Jump," said Frank, shoulders hunched, left hand flicking rhythm, right hand flicking mike. Saved by the lyric book when he forgot words, Frank sang a set of old favorites such as Get Me to the Church on Time, Street of Dreams and I've Got You Under My Skin. He spoke only once to Basic, "Cook, cook, cook, cook, baby, cook...