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...both London's high-tone Barbican theater and the rather more déclassé Glastonbury Festival. And even though the music is certainly not from round these parts, its hooks and grooves are ones any veteran soul-boy or jazzer can relate to: funky brass, swirling organ, growling sax, rippling congas, ecstatic vocals - this is not the sound of a national culture struggling to make itself heard over the global noise of pop. Rather, these are artists who 40 years ago itched to be part of it, who dressed like doo-wop boys, played funk, jazz...
...Lambs (Hannibal Ledger!), Ledger carries in him the deranged threat of a punk star like Sid Vicious, whom he supposedly took as one of the models for his character. The Joker observes no rules, pursues no grand scheme; he's the terrorist as improv artist. Evil is his tenor sax, Armageddon his melody. Why, he might blow up a hospital or turn ordinary people into mass murderers to save their own lives...
...sweet sound of a sax hits your ears. Coltrane is evident, but the sound is original. The ambience is intimate, the coffee you’re sipping tasty, and the crowd jibes with the performer. While you might think you’re in a hip café in Davis Square, the reality is that you only need to head up Garden Street to Hilles to experience this artful musical experiment, Acoustic Tuesdays. Marcus G. Miller ’08, who performs at nearly every Acoustic Tuesday with pianist Malcolm G. Campbell ’10, describes the event...
...first we actually hated each other,” Miller says. “Each one of us wanted to be the ‘baddest’ sax player. But then when you didn’t play well, you’d practice and show up better next week...
...deplored the vapidity of contemporary R&B for its lack of musical synergy and dancehall music for its plain ignorance. To him, there is no hard and fast line between the “sell-out” and the “authentic.” Miller plays sax because he couldn’t do otherwise...