Word: mellows
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Among the dark, walled fortresses of U.S. penology, Stillwater is considered a well-secured country club with a relatively mellow population. It is a kind of felon's Lake Wobegon where gangs do not rule and sex offenders outnumber those who have killed; a prison where only the guards wear uniforms and only four of them carry firearms. Other U.S. prisons are overcrowded, but each Stillwater resident has a cell of his own, a TV if he chooses to buy one, and ready access to a dozen phones mounted on the wall beneath the towering, barred windows of the cellblock...
...Ellington classic, "In A Mellow Tone," Roberts features the tantalizing tenor saxophone of Charles Rouse. This piece is another upbeat number, and Roberts skillfully uses the breaks that were characteristically Ellington to heighten the light and lively feeling of the piece...
...trumpeter Wynton Marsalis. The meat of the piece is an offbeat dialogue between the dulcet tones of Marsalis' muted trumpet and the strong chords of Roberts' piano. The mood in this song is a light, happy one, reminiscent of Coltrane in parts. But the tone is definitely more mellow than some of the other cuts on this album...
HOTTEST RESTAURANT DESIGNER Suave, clubby dining rooms with mellow wood- paneled walls, glistening brass and a glowing wash of light are trademarks of the year's most popular restaurant architect, Adam Tihany. He is responsible for the quietly formal Huberts and Metro in Manhattan, and Bice, which will also open in Los Angeles and Chicago next year...
Nymphs, shepherds and deliciously mellow nature: a fascinating two- part show in Washington traces the pastoral vision in painting from Giorgione to Matisse...