Word: morgane
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Good thing that coda, which is titled Gratitude, comes at the end of Frank Morgan's album Mood Indigo. Hearing it first and taking it at face value, casual listeners might figure they were in for an overdose of New Age good vibes and reach for the off button. That would mean missing out on some elegant alto sax, the kind of jazzmanship that combines the hip and the heartfelt in an accessible, up-to-the-minute sound...
...Frank Morgan is 56, and his time has finally rolled around. For a long while there, time looked as if it would roll right over him. He has lived out the sad stereotype of the jazzman's life: near genius, full junkie, part-time thief, full-time con. He spent most of the years between 1954 and 1985 behind bars. Not that he always minded. At San Quentin he was co-leader, with Art Pepper, of the warden's band. There was always a way -- an easy way -- to score whatever he wanted, from alcohol to cocaine. Most...
...jazz chart for the past 15 weeks and is currently perched at No. 5. Lyrical in mood, it recalls John Coltrane's great 1962 Ballads album as it rephrases hardy perennials by Thelonious Monk, Duke Ellington and Coltrane (with an assist on two tracks from trumpeter Wynton Marsalis). Although Morgan was tutored in the dizzying strictures of bebop by Charlie Parker, his recent playing has become less slashing, his tone more glowing, his lines more feelingly supple. The new sound is certainly enticing, and has helped Morgan get some of the attention he dodged for so long. Last week...
...does San Diego cede them so much prominence? One theory is that in the Sunbelt perhaps more than other places, power is there for the taking. Says San Diego Tribune editor Neil Morgan, an insightful observer of the city: "Relatively few people really want positions of leadership here. They came here for the climate, for opportunity, for all those beautiful beaches -- not to assume responsibility...
...Ross G. Forman '90 Matthew M. Hoffman '91 Lan N. Nguyen '93 Rebecca L. Walkowitz '92 Feature Editor: Joseph R. Palmore '91 Sports Editor: Michael R. Grunwald '92 Photo Editors: William H. Bachman '92 Bernardo L. Sabatini '91 Business Editor: Raymond B. Nomizu '92 Copy Editor: Jon E. Morgan...