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...AMHERST SAXOPHONE QUARTET: BACH ON SAX (MCA Classics). Purists, beware! Your prejudice against unorthodox instrumentation could be shattered by this surprising set of Bach adaptations that has nothing gimmicky about it but the concept...
...Steve Sax...
...cast of Muppets and celebrities urged Ernie to forget about his rubber duckie when he played the sax. The Muppets sounded like Louie Armstrong. The procession of celebrities was endless. First, John Candy. Then, Jane Curtin, Pee Wee Herman, the New York Mets, the New York Giants, Ladysmith Black Mombazu, Paul Simon, Danny DeVito, salsa queen Celia Cruz, etc. All telling Ernie to "put down the duckie" for a while. It was a rare treat, a scene that affirms Sesame Street's place as the most original show on television...
...song which most clearly heralds Roberts talent is the title track, "The Truth Is Spoken Here." This bluesy-type number features the soulful combo of Marsalis' trumpet and Todd Williams' tenor sax. Roberts' thoughtful piano, though, is the thread that holds the piece together. It is as if Roberts walks a rope with his piano keys. He totters between complete honesty and halftruths; the tension between the two is felt in his playing and gives great depth to the piece...
...Motown, Stax, Sam Cooke, Otis Redding -- and Jackie Wilson. He was my favorite." All the members of UB40 have known one another since their shared childhoods in Balsall Heath, a predominantly black neighborhood near the center of Birmingham. "It was a slum," says Campbell, but Brian Travers, who plays sax and acts as de facto spokesman, cautions, "Don't get the idea that we grew up poor, because we didn't. We didn't go hungry and have holes in our shoes or anything...