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...Bennett, who is also the managing editor of the Unofficial Guides, president of the Pforzheimer Music Society, conductor of the soon-to-be implemented Tuscany Orchestra and a Transfer Link (having transferred to Harvard from DePaul University), values his very limited free time. He enjoys listening to MP3s and has eclectic musical tastes that run from techno to top 40. "I like going out a lot. I think working on the Unofficial Guide made me really appreciate everything that Boston and Cambridge has to offer, so especially if it's nice out, I have a hard time staying...
...Later, when Castelli mentions that her next major concert appearance, with the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra, will occur during finals period, she says, "You can put that in there so that my teachers will sympathize. When you sign that contract, that's it. You're there, you're doing the concert, and you have to figure out something else to do with the rest of your life. The rest of your life gets moved around...
Besides the quartet (pianist Alan Broadbent, drummer Larance Marable and tenor saxophonist Ernie Watts, along with Haden), there are guest vocalists on a few of the cuts (Shirley Horn and Bill Henderson) and a chamber orchestra on others. But it is Haden's spooky, unpolished vocal on Wayfaring Stranger, the closing track on this superb album, that provides a surprising but characteristically intrepid coda, a valedictory from a musical explorer who can find new territory anywhere he wanders...
...problems start out in the orchestra. First of all, synchrony is an issue: at points in the show, the instrumentalists are noticeably not together. And the brass section…it's nothing a little practice wouldn't hurt, but try to remember that even if the audience doesn't see, you, they really are going to hear...
...Anything Goes is a great show. And it was meant to be enjoyed by everyday people. If the cast and maybe even the orchestra would relax just a little and have fun with it, this show would be great. While this performance is made, well, mediocre by problems of musical and dance refinement, it's worth seeing. If you've never seen the show, go. And if you have, well, it's your choice, but Anything Goes is a great masterpiece, entertaining in any staging, and certain performances within this production definitely merit attention...