Word: rhythm
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...lively flamenco on his guitar. Lolita sat down at the piano. In no time Juanin began a heel-stomping dance; Doctor Jaime handed around glasses of sweet Malaga wine while keeping time with a multicolored duster (a present from Uncle Pablo); Doña Lola swayed happily to the rhythm, urging the dancers on with shouts of "Ole!" To show off the Picasso pictures, the family cheerfully struck matches to give Editor Bernier a first tantalizing peek. Back next day at 6 p.m. for a daylight look (the family sleeps all morning, siestas in the afternoon), Rosamond Bernier found...
...pianistic mannerisms. Freeman's use of rubato may be circumspect to some, but it certainly never passed the bound of good taste. A particularly delightful detail was his articulation of the finale's main theme. Because of his slight stress on the last note of the motive, its repeated rhythm could never even approach monotony. The orchestra provided superb accompaniment, and their many incidental solos showed a polish to match the pianist's. There could have been few better manifestations of the growing integration that can, in time, produce an outstanding performing organization...
...time when entertainers are often shoved onstage as a result of a hit record, without any other experience, Sammy Davis Jr. is a seasoned pro. His dancing is a study of fine rhythm and agility, his timing precise, his ad libs are deft. But he says: "I never studied anything I do. I just wake up in the morning thinking it would be good to do Bing Crosby...
David Sheppard's "Jazz Band" mirrors Picasso's cubist period but no "staircase" angles challenge the rhythm of curves. Modifications of other European styles sprinkle the walls. More typically American, in the tradition of Ben Shawn, is Beverly Hallam's "Evolution," which shows a row of children exhibiting their paintings to the class. She catches the boys' expressions "Look at mine" and "What's his like" as well as the little girls' embarrassment...
Moans & Blues (Lizzie Miles; Cook LP). Some authentic rhythm-and-blues singing fresh from a New Orleans nightspot. Chanter Miles, sixtyish, sounds like a little girl in Lazy River, and at least half her age in Ain't Gonna Give You None of My Jelly Roll (". . . Pas un petit morceau de mon gateau" she chortles in the second chorus). Best item: Plain Ole Blues, a cumulative band number to which the irrepressible Lizzie adds a polytonal obbligato...