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Died. Rosina Lhevinne, 96, concert pianist and legendary teacher of such artists as Van Cliburn and Misha Dichter; of a stroke; in Glendale, Calif...
Hancock is a complex pianist; a pioneer in electric piano who earned his reputation on the acoustical ivories. He is topnotch on both, but I have always preferred his soft Maiden Voyage stuff to his more recent-jazz synthesis. But I'm in the minority on this point...
Event number one, beginning Thursday at 8, features saxophonists sonny Rollins, Gato Barbieri and pianist Herbie Hancock. The mixture is an odd but pleasing one. Rollins is one of the few traditional saxophonists around. Longregarded as a pioneer in the late 50's, Rollins was subsequently blown-out by the great Coltrane and went into semi-retirement. He's back on the scene now--some say as forceful as ever. He is not very innovative, but he has complete mastery over the saxophone as no other has. Gato Barbieri is still getting praises for his rock-jazz-orchestra synthesis Caliente...
...Friday trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, flutist Hubert Laws and pianist McCoy Tyner move in. Hubbard dazzled Harvard crowds last year when he coached music and stood up President Bok in The Learning for Performers Series. Hubbard has not progressed as much as hoped for from the time he broke in as an 18-year old wunderkind. But he is up in the top ten trumpeters playing today. Laws is a rarity; a lead man on flute: Not in the Eric Dolphy bracket, Laws is nevertheless more than competant on the flute. He is very much into the jazz-rock scene despite...
...power fell by the wayside. In particular, concertmaster Michael Harris showed little aptitude for his post, combining lackluster solos with bowings that evidently left the first violins non-plussed. Despite impressive third movement efforts by trumpeter Norman Birge and oboeist Jack Klebanow and crisp second movement development work by pianist Judy Kogan, the winds were swept along by the tide of mediocrity, while the percussion section combined poor placement (along the left wall of the Sanders stage) with ill-chosen dynamic levels...