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...samba in McCoy's head is overtaken by a different beat--the whump of an artillery round. Suddenly, the courtyard where the infantrymen have assembled to make the charge across the bridge is black with raining oil and shrapnel and smoke. Marines are shouting, hitting the ground, running for cover. The round has slammed into an amphibious assault vehicle just five feet away from me, landing between the gunner's turret and the driver's hatch. Marines pull injured buddies away from the smoking wreck. Blood mixes with oil on the vehicle's metal ramp. They cover bodies...
...Tahitian Pearl,” Ron Blake’s saxophone converses with McBride’s electric bass until the two finally meet, yielding perhaps the album’s smoothest effort. “Lejos de Usted,” with its samba-influenced rhythm, is also unique for McBride’s bowed bassline, which complements a strong flute performance from Blake. Although the track’s spoken introduction seems extraneous, the interesting play of repetitions that follows more than compensates...
...interwoven stories of Mexico City life made it one of the smartest movies of 2000, in any country; the hauntingly beautiful Behind the Sun (Brazil, 2001) and Argentina's bittersweet, Oscar-nominated Son of the Bride (2001). The leap, however, is most evident in City of God, whose driving samba-and-funk artistry provides a rare glimpse of the Dantean squalor bearing down on Brazil's tourist beaches. Hailed as one of the best Latin American films of the past half-century, it was snubbed by Oscar, many critics complain, because of its violence. Set in Rio's notorious Cidade...
...THIS! TAPS. Harvard’s only tap dance performance group, features a wide variety of musical styles from pop to samba to Irish in TAP this! TAPS’ fifteen undergraduate members will showcase their dance and choreography skills. The show will also feature guest stars Expressions and Mainly Jazz. $7 regular, $5 students (2 per ID), and $5 seniors, on sale at the Harvard Box Office or by phone at (617) 496-2222. Friday, March 14, 7:30 p.m. Lowell Lecture Hall, 14 Kirkland...
Dancer-choreographer Shelby J. Braxton-Brooks ’03 did not have to suffer through printer jams and paper shortages to finish her thesis—instead, she brought a little bit of Brazilian culture and samba to the Loeb Experimental (Ex) Theater...