Word: pianos
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Beneath the stage, which has been extended sixfeet into the former seating area, a new pianolift has been added. It will be able to hoist agrand piano directly from the basement to thestage...
What makes the place so exceptional? For one thing, the acoustics are a marvel. The room is a long triangle with the stage at the apex, and there isn't a dead spot anywhere. "It's like playing inside a great horn," says piano veteran Tommy Flanagan. To Jacky Terrasson, a fast-rising young pianist who made his Vanguard debut three years ago, what's important is "the vibes-all your heroes have been there before, and you get this incredible energy." Not even a jazz immortal like Sonny Rollins is immune to the aura. "You feel the history...
...unsettling rhythmic complexity of her remarkably independent left hand is especially apparent on the album's only solo track, "In the Middle," an original composition. This is masterful solo piano work in the tradition of Monk or, even more accurately, Allen's fellow-Brooklynite Randy Weston. The sense of modernity and African-American culture that "In the Middle" conveys is a testament to the evocative power of Allen's playing...
...downside of Thin Wall Syndrome intensifies particularly when bedrooms or common rooms are adjoined to bathrooms. "The boy next to us has a piano or a keyboard in his room," Lowellite Megan DuBose '97 said. "Whenever we go into the bathroom, it's like we have a stereo in there. I feel a little self-conscious going to the bathroom. Like the other day, I could hear the beeps on his computer. Now, if I can hear those beeps, then I know he can hear us going to the bathroom...
...stirring soundtrack includes original compositions by Mychael Danna, a piano piece by Schubert and Leonard Cohen's impossibly catchy "Everybody Knows." Danna's music, which uses Indian instruments and draws on classical, popular Indian influences, contributes to the director's exploration of exoticism and desire. Cohen's song reflects on the characters' situation: everybody knows something is going on, yet no one can see the whole picture or address the situation...