Word: rhythms
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Belles, whose name means "Rhythm of theStreets" in Portuguese, led the crowd in a noisy,syncopated march around the Yard...
...third track, "The Great Circle Route," featuring Hornsby on piano, is among the best on the album. The song begins with Hornsby passionately stamping out a piano riff reminiscent of a Chopin piano sonata, then smoothly incorporates a complex jazz rhythm, further layering melodic fiddle and dobro movements over Fleck's subtle banjo punctuations. The climax of the song occurs as Hornsby and Fleck swap licks and playfully try to out-do each other...
...seventh track, "Arkansas Traveler," poignantly illustrates Fleck's impressive ability to integrate disparate musical instruments and styles. The song begins with Fleck picking a simple folk melody alone. After several bars, percussion and bass lines emerge, sounding like the rhythm section of an Oscar Peterson album. The interplay between the banjo's folk melody and the jazz rhythms established by the drums and acoustic bass is astoundingly coherent. The phrasing is completely jazz, but the sound remains folk...
Thus men will sing "thy sons to thy jubilee throng" while women will sing "thy daughters in jubilee throng." The divergence of three syllables lasts not more than two seconds, with no divergence in beat or rhythm, blending in a perfect marriage...
...zhicka-zhicka, zhicka-zhicka-as a sultry teenage girl in a red Janet Jackson cap thumps out a beat on her electric bass guitar. Keith Frank, their brother and leader of the Soileau Zydeco Band, has the mike. "Get on, boy!" he sings, accompanied by a repetitive, irresistibly danceable rhythm: "Ow! Wooo! Get ready...