Word: musicianship
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Notes were for singing, and on the subject of music, Sinatra could write a book. He was generous to his singing contemporaries, maybe because he knew he had no serious rival, but probably too out of a genuine respect for musicianship. He would speak fondly and knowledgeably of Billie Holiday, Mabel Mercer, Tony Bennett. And if he heard you had an ear and were ready to lend one, and if the mood was right and there was a bottle of Scotch in the neighborhood, he could talk about music far into the night. "A Johnny Mercer lyric," he said once...
...slope of the curve in terms of musicianship and singing quality has declined over the past twenty years because support for arts in secondary schools has been cut," Marvin says...
Park's Harvard debut (Mozart's ninth piano concerto, in E-flat, K. 271) was stunning, in part because it didn't require some blatantly virtuosic vehicle. When a fellow who played the Rachmaninoff Second at the age of 14 decides to gamble on his musicianship more than on his technique, it is doubly impressive...
Like the Pietasters horn section, the Slackers trumpet and saxophone lay down a steady beat and background ska tone. While shining on occasional solos, the musicianship of the Slackers is most apparent on a pair of superb instrumentals, "Cooking for Tommy" and "Tin Tin Deo," that mark the album's two opposite musical poles. "Cooking for Tommy" is the opening number on Redlight and is described by the band as "a major key, Latin-goes-ska number" that showcases the band's horns. "Tin Tin Deo," with guest percussionist Larry McDonald, exhibits the significant Jamaican reggae influence on the band...
...radio, the song has been inescapable these past few months for several reasons. Most importantly, every second is infused with an essential pop musicianship that rightfully brought the tune right into Billboard's Top 10. With lyrics that tell of youthful tragedy and tug at the heart strings but aren't overbearing, the song is instantly identifiable within American teenage culture...