Word: saxophonist
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...Iweala, as a hero for her efforts to fix the country's chaotic finances and clean up corruption. But many Nigerians would also love to see tribute paid to people like Gani Fawehinmi, Nigeria's most renowned human-rights lawyer and campaigner. Or the late Afro-beat band leader, saxophonist and political activist Fela Kuti, who sang about the ills of the government and the struggles of poor workers. Tomiwa Kukoyi Lagos I'm O.K., You're an Idiot James Poniewozik's essay "The Age of iPod Politics," about Americans' ability to fashion their own insular world, was right...
...thing is how bad came to mean good in African-American slang. And though hip is often cool and evasive, it can also be angry and hot. In the late 1940s and the '50s, anger came back into hip through the improvisational bebop style of jazz developed by saxophonist Charlie Parker and trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie. In response to the domestication of jazz by the swing bands of the 1930s, Parker developed a defiantly anti-commercial style, one with solos so rapid-fire they were too fast to dance to--and almost too fast to listen to. Real hipsters have always...
...Jazz saxophonist Branford Marsalis and his quartet celebrate the release of their new collection, Eternal. Marsalis’ collection is “aiming for what Billie Holiday could do, which was to get to the emotions of each song.” Tickets are $37.50/$30 general; $22.50 students (limited availability). Harvard Box Office (617) 496-2222. 8 p.m. Sanders Theatre...
DIED. NOBLE (THIN MAN) WATTS, 78, blues and jazz saxophonist whose booming tenor influenced music legends from King Curtis to Bruce Springsteen sideman Clarence Clemons; in Deland, Fla. In the 1950s he led the house band at boxer Sugar Ray Robinson's New York City lounge and went on rock-'n'-roll tours with Fats Domino and Jerry Lee Lewis. He also released a string of hit singles, including Hard Times (the Slop...
DIED. ISIDRO (EL INDIO) LOPEZ, 75, saxophonist and crooner considered to be the father of Tejano music; of complications from a stroke and brain aneurysm; in Corpus Christi, Texas. The native Texan, who was half Apache (hence "El Indio"), formed the Isidro Lopez Orchestra in 1956, combining a Big Band sound with accordion-laced Mexican-style polka called conjunto. Also nicknamed "the Mexican Elvis," he wrote more than 500 songs, including rock tunes such as Mala Cara and Macho Rock 'n' Roll...