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...spent my first year here in Wigglesworth Hall,, where I was daily subjected to the pseudosoprano scales of an indefatigable operatic pan-handler, a saxophonist who seemed to appreciate loudness more than melody and a Jimmy Hendrix wannabe. Many Square-lovers claim that the street music provides charming "local color." It's charming for about a week. After that, it's a powerful trigger for psychosis...
...Arkansas gala, the new president thrilled revelers by climbing on stage and performing "Hot Licks" on his sax, a song he recently rehearsed with legendary saxophonist Ben E. King. First Brother Roger Clinton also put on a show, joining Salt-N-Peppa and Steel Pulse at the Youth Ball, which was geared toward the 18 to 35 crowd...
Equally offensive was the advertisement for the "symposium" which features a photograph of what appears to be a light-skinned Black woman doing a strip-tease in front of a white audience while a Black male saxophonist played in the background. The photograph is framed by the title and the following quotation from Jack Kerouac's novel On the Road,"...just old-fashioned spade kicks. What other kicks are there?" The image generated by the picture is one of Blacks as entertainment for whites. This image is intensified by the use of the word "paradigm" in the title and Kerouac...
STAN GETZ/KENNY BARRON: PEOPLE TIME (Verve). When the legendary tenor saxophonist Stan Getz died of cancer last June at age 64, the master of cool riffs and sultry melodic lines left an immense void in the jazz world. This two-volume set of duets with pianist Kenny Barron, recorded in Copenhagen only four months before Getz's death, combines passion, urgency and haunting beauty in a triumphant last testament...
...Saxophonist David Barraza--Berkelee Recital Hall, 1140 Boylston St, Boston. Thursday, March 5, 7 p.m. Free...