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...good as mullet-spotting at the local Wal-Mart during the one and only summer I spent in Vermont), as well as those public-access programs where someone films his own Harlem dance party/wedding/roller disco, complete with a man in a dashiki, unstoppable Latin swingers and crazy xylophonists and sax players (wearing sunglasses inside at night, of course...
DIED. BENNY CARTER, 95, versatile jazz arranger, songwriter and bandleader regarded as one of the three modern masters of the alto sax (with Johnny Hodges and Charlie Parker); in Los Angeles. Idolized by peers for his clean, lilting, meticulous style, he was less famous in the U.S. than fellow bandleaders Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Artie Shaw and Glenn Miller--all of whom flocked to him for arrangements. The author of such hits as Only Trust Your Heart and the novelty tune Cow Cow Boogie, Carter turned his focus to Hollywood in the early 1940s, arranging and composing for films like...
LOUIE BELLSON. A legendary jazz drummer Duke Ellington once called “the greatest musician alive” performs this weekend with Kenny Hitchcock (sax), Derek Smith (piano) and Jay Leonhart (bass) in Cambridge. Friday, March 7 and Saturday, March 8 at 9 p.m. Tickets $25, available at Ryles or by phone (617) 876-9330. Ryles Jazz Club, 212 Hampshire Street, Inman Square, Cambridge...
...needed no costume to appear right at home amongst the Frogs), outrageous excess is the name of the game. “I’m scared…this could be sodomy by saxophone…,” warned Claypool announcing a solo by Skerik and a sax-playing buddy who appeared for the song before vanishing back into the audience. A percussion solo between the kit and caveman, one of the centerpieces of the set, lasted a good 15 minutes. The kit looked set to implode on the drummer under the influence of his jackhammer strikes, while...
...smart enough to let the hook do the bulk of the work while her smooth voice flutters around creating a sense of longing. In a thin field, it's summer's best tortured ballad. Without Me is another chapter in Eminem's romance with himself. While a woolly sax laughs in the background and an upbeat snare marks time, Eminem raps, "We need a little controversy/ Because it feels so empty without me." It's the one summer song that feels a little dangerous, and that's not a bad thing...