Word: octet
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...what point? Wallace suggests coyly that Hideous Men is meant to interrogate the reader, to elicit fresh responses to horrors that have lost their edge in the age of information overload. Sometimes this works; when it doesn't, we get a facetious exercise like the "pop quizzes" in Octet that pose dire situations mimicking academic test questions...
...including an arrangement commissioned by the OFA entitled "Landing Zone" and an arrangement of the Hank Mobley tune "Soul Station." The latter, which will appear on Braden's upcoming release for RCA/Victor entitled The Voice of the Saxophone, was performed by an all-Harvard Jazz Band Alumni 13-person "Octet." Outstanding solos by tenor player Anton Schwartz '89 and trumpet player Bob Merrill '81, as well as uplifting playing by the rhythm section, fully expressed the buoyant yet nostalgic atmosphere which characterized this reunion weekend...
...octet performance led perfectly into the entrance of legendary Louisiana-born tenor saxophonist Illinois Jacquet. Jacquet proceeded to steal the show with his quirky stage antics and easy-going humor. Walking over to his alto saxophone after putting down his tenor, he turned to confide with the audience, "The little one gets mad when I pick up the big one!" Jacquet, who was the Kayden Artist in Residence in 1983 at Harvard, performed four tunes with the Band: Jacquet's own "Robbin's Nest," as well as "Body and Soul," "Flyin' Home" and "On the Sunny Side of the Street...
Giving a possible indication of their future plans, Page and Plant accentuated a fascination with Near Eastern music which first caught their attention during a 1975 visit to Morocco. With the help of a full symphony and the Egyptian Pharaohs--a percussion and string octet--Page and Plant ended the show with a rendition of "Kashmir," one of Zeppelin's most popular hits...
...Harvard and Tufts singers will be joined in New York by the winners of a West Coast competition. The University at California Men's A Capella Octet will be the third men's competitor, and the Duke Blue Notes will be the third female competitor, Fleming said...