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...street performer's audience can provide morethan just drunk fans. One warm Sunday, whileperforming for a large crowd in front of Origins,Athena was approached by a saxophonist who wastraveling through Boston with his band. Athenainvited the mysterious stranger to jam with her;he immediately agreed and soon returned with foursaxophones and a flute. They ended up performing aimprovised duet. "it was magic," says Athena. Theysustained the "beauty" for over three hours,merging their souls in wild, passionate,uninhibited...music. "It was like musical love atfirst sight. It was beautiful." Although thesaxophonist lives three hours away, he joinsAthena's band...
...oldtimers did pretty well too. Bruce Springsteen, 45, added four awards to his pile for Streets of Philadelphia, and Tony Bennett, 68, picked up two, Album of the Year and Traditional Pop Vocalist, for his MTV Unplugged. They all looked like kids, however, compared with Benny Carter; the legendary saxophonist won for Best Jazz Instrumental Solo...
When BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN went searching for a new sound a few years ago, he dismissed his celebrated E Street Band, which had played on the records that made him a superstar. That left some bitter feelings, but the E Streeters-including the band's most notable member, saxophonist CLARENCE CLEMONS-resurfaced last week to perform with Springsteen before an audience for the first time in seven years. The purpose of the show was to film a video for one of the four new songs that have been added to Springsteen's greatest-hits collection. The mood was convivial. After hours...
...Elvin Jones and pianist McCoy Tyner left Coltrane's group to pursue solo careers, a nearly telepathic musical link was severed. But while the breakup of The Quartet may have been a lamentable occurrence for listeners, for both Jones and Tyner it offered the chance to distance themselves from saxophonist Coltrane's towering shadow and to enhance their own reputations as leaders...
...first set on Saturday night featured two mysterious compositions by Elvin's Japanese wife, Keiko Jones. Starting with Keiko's misleadingly innocent Japanese folk melodies, The Jazz Machine used both pieces as vehicles for high drama, exploring every nuance of Elvin's protean grooves. Tenor saxophonist Greg Tardy has shown considerable development in the past two years. He movingly demonstrated his growing mastery of Coltrane's licks with chorus after chorus of blowing in a style hauntingly evocative of his idol. His exploratory forays entered into the area of choked cries, multiphonics, and ever-multiplying expansions of the harmonic structure...