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...piece band that had a simple, rough sound and played some gigs on the weekends. Golson recounted the story of their first gig: the leader of the group called and told Golson and Bryant the gig was cancelled, but in reality he had replaced them with other musicians. The two boys were devastated. “My mother took each of us in her arms and said ‘One day you’ll be so good they won’t even be able to afford you.’” Golson said...
...Phantom Dan." He first played alongside the Boss in clubs on the New Jersey Shore in the 1960s, and his signature sound can be heard on many of Springsteen's hits, notably 1973's 4th of July, Asbury Park and 1980's Hungry Heart. Federici was a "pure natural musician," Springsteen wrote in a message on his website. "I loved him very much ... we grew up together." Federici died at 58 after a long battle with melanoma...
...conductor’s surprise, the stage was only partially full when the brief intermission ended. One of the bass players was missing in action, but this hindrance did not prevent Yannatos from sticking to the schedule and beginning Mahler’s Symphony No. 5, albeit with one musician absent (the bassist’s later, hurried return to the stage was not quite inconspicuous). The somber solo trumpet that opened the first movement, entitled “The Funeral March,” immediately drew the listeners’ attention. The trumpet was joined by the orchestra...
...students on campus. Indeed, there are indications that the relative obscurity of the jazz program is not a negative phenomenon: not only does it mirror the status of jazz outside of Harvard, but it has allowed student devotees to connect with some of the most prominent jazz musicians in the world. THE MAN FROM ITHACAThe man who best exemplifies the small but well-connected status of jazz at Harvard is Thomas G. Everett, who came to Harvard in 1971. Everett graduated from the Ithaca College Conservatory and was teaching public school when he received a letter from Harvard inviting...
...Visitor” charts the story of Walter Vale, a professor at Connecticut College, who is dissatisfied with his work and his life. One weekend he discovers that his neglected apartment in New York City has been taken over by two illegal immigrants: Tarek, a Syrian musician, and his Senegalese wife Zainab. After an initially awkward meeting, Vale warms to the couple and tries to help Tarek when he gets into trouble with immigration officials and ends up in a detention center. “I started visiting detention centers and was much inspired by things I heard and found...