Word: musicianship
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...highlight of the fourth movement was the emergence of the cello in a high, dramatic melody. Wiley, who had not shown much character or charisma until then, displayed impressive musicianship and intensity...
FOREVER PLAID. Even if you don't remember the bland, white, close-harmony pop groups, the Ed Sullivan Show variety acts and the '50s squeaky-cleanness being sent up in this off-Broadway review, the daffy humor and deft musicianship should prove charming...
FOREVER PLAID. Even if you don't remember the bland, white, close-harmony boy pop groups, Ed Sullivan Show variety acts and '50s squeaky-cleanness being sent up in this off-Broadway review, the daffy humor and deft musicianship should prove charming...
Banality is a security blanket for Frank. He has been playing the standards in a routine fashion for years, stitching the songs together with chipper- inane prattle as featureless as his musicianship. He's just a guy supporting his offscreen wife, kids and mortgage in a way he finds more congenial than, say, selling aluminum siding. Banality is a hair shirt for Jack. His life is all squalid improvisation and silent disgust at tinkling out "piano stylings." He knows better, and he might do better, as a jazzman...
...overall impression, then, is of luminous high points interspersed with perplexing gaffes. The spots where Jackson falters are not, however, indications of poor musicianship or songwriting; rather, they seem to be errors of judgment, or lapses in commitment to his ideas. Even mediocre Joe Jackson is better then most of the pop music out there, however, and the transcendent moments on Blaze of Glory--which far outnumber the lulls--make the album a worthwhile listen...