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Word: quintet (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...just a wiggle away from the city's sleaziest strip joints, slumps a scabrous nightclub called the Black Hawk. Its dim doorway belches noise and stale cigarette smoke. Against one wall lies a long, dank bar minus bar stools; a bandstand, just big enough for an underfed quintet, is crammed on the other side; stained, plastic-topped tables and rachitic chairs crowd the floor. The capacity, when everyone is inhaling, comes close to 200, and strangely, the crowd is always close to capacity. This week the Black Hawk is edging into its tenth year as one of the nation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NIGHTCLUBS: Success in a Sewer | 8/3/1959 | See Source »

Lateef at Cranbrook (Yusef Lateef, tenor sax; Frank Morelli, baritone sax; Terry Pollard, piano; William Austin, bass; Frank Gant, drums; Argo). A quintet given to spicing the group sound with finger cymbals, a one-stringed rebab, and a scraped ram's horn turns its talents to exploring Leader-Composer Lateef's oriental-flavored jazz fancies. Morning and Let Every Soul Say Amen may be too exotic for some tastes, but the easy-swinging sax flights of Gillespie's Woody'n You ought to set any pulse to bouncing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Jazz Records | 6/29/1959 | See Source »

Boone boasts membership in a quintet of Crimson .300 hitters, sporting a .313 average. Rounding out this hard-hitting assemblage are Captain Dave Morse (.318), Mike Drummey (.349), Jim Dwinell (.311), and Phil Bernstein...

Author: By Kenneth Auchincloss, | Title: Baseball Varsity to Meet B.U. Today, Yale Tomorrow | 5/15/1959 | See Source »

...Corelli: Concerto, Op. 6, #8 in G major; Beethoven: Missa Solemnis; Ravel: Trio in A Minor; Brahms: Seranade #2 in A Major; Mozart: Quintet in G Minor; Copland: Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WHRB Program Guide | 3/18/1959 | See Source »

...Evening Concert. Berlioz: Les Francs--Juges Overture; (C) ML 5064; Handel: Trio Sonata #5; (HSLP) 86; Menotti: Concerto for Violin; (V) LM 1868; Boccherinni; Quintet in G; (A) Ang 45008; Copeland; Rodeo...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WHRB Program Guide | 3/18/1959 | See Source »

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