Word: quintets
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...Better Blues, produced, written and directed by Lee, centers around the life of Bleek Gilliam (Denzel Washington), a gifted trumpeter and leader of a popular New York jazz quintet. Gilliam is an arrogant introspective artist who puts his music first and everything else in his life a distant second...
Professionally, Gilliam runs his quintet like a dictatorship, repeatedly squashing members' attempts to express themselves and justifying his behavior by the fact that he is the star. "It's my name on the marquee," he tells Shadow (Wesley Snipes), who is arguably as talented as Gilliam. "When your name is on the marquee, you can run things your way." Gilliam continually refuses to fire the group's manager, childhood friend Giant (Lee), despite the latter's obvious ineffectiveness and serious gambling problems...
Wesley Snipes also turns in a strong performance as the competitive and ambitious Shadow. His fine portrayal is certainly aided by the fact that his character is the most believable. Giancarlo Esposito, who plays the quintet's flashy pianist, deserves mention as well. Nothing ill can be said of the remainder of the cast, who do not disappoint...
...have doubted that the Class of '92 was one of the most exciting things to happen to the Harvard men's tennis program since the introduction of indoor courts. But never would anyone guess how quickly the sophomore quintet of Michael Zimmerman, Derek Brown, Albert Chang, John Tolmie and Shyjan would help the program become one of the nation's best...
...defeat also ended the collegiate careers ofHarvard's five seniors--defenders Scott McCormack,Brian Popiel and Tod Hartje, and forwards JohnMurphy and Captain C.J. Young. The quintet helpedthe Crimson to its first-ever nationalchampionship last year, then suffered through theoverwhelming ECAC favorite's first losing seasonsince...