Word: musician
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...mostly her fault, she admits. "Live with a man who's not a musician, and he gets the 5% of your life that's not music...
...choreographer. Although she and her peers carry forward many of Cunningham's ideas, they diverge from the master's path in significant ways. While Cunningham never directly collaborates with composers--occasionally his dangers do not hear the sound accompaniment until opening night--Dean for several years worked closely with musician Steve Reich, and now composes her own music. She's intersted in showing how dance and music connect at the deepest level: in the use of the physical self as instrument. Unlike Cunningham, who exploits the illusion of randomness by splaying dancers around the performing space, Dean relies on absolute...
Died. Anaïs Nin, 73, precocious writer whose four-volume Diary dissected the female psyche; in Los Angeles. Born in Paris to musician parents, Nin began her diary at age eleven when her father deserted the family. She later wrote about artistic life in the '30s and '40s, penning vivid portraits of such novelists as Lawrence Durrell, Gore Vidal and her longtime friend Henry Miller...
...then, moving in next weekend will be Charles Tolliver, a great trumpet player who has hitherto received no exposure in the Boston area. There is a reason for that. Tolliver is an uncompromising jazz musician, who has shown no intentions of "crossing over" into that rock/soul/disco world where the more commercialized jazz performers play...
...York in his youth where he became proficient on the cornet. After three years of college he went under the wing of that great alto saxophonist Jackie McLean, who gave him a solid start on his own recording career. After his stint with McLean, Tolliver became one more great musician to work under the tutelage of Max Roach. He played on several popular recordings in his two year stary with Roach, including the classic "Members Don't Get Weary" on which he met pianist Stanley Cowell. He later teamed with Cowell and a few other musicians including drummer Jimmy Hopps...