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DIED. Lew Anderson, 84, jazz saxophonist most famous for his six-year stint as Clarabell the Clown, Buffalo Bob Smith's sidekick on TV's seminal '50s children's hit, The Howdy Doody Show; in Hawthorne, N.Y. The popular, seltzer-squirting clown was mute until the show's final episode in 1960, when a teary Anderson turned to the camera and uttered the now famous, often replayed sign-off: "Goodbye, kids...
...discs, her reedy, frayed-at-the-edges voice, teasingly lagging the beat, instinctively breathes the bittersweet essence of the jazz life. What's more, she is surrounded by the finest sidemen of the era (1935-42), including pianist Teddy Wilson and her musical and emotional soul mate, tenor saxophonist Lester Young...
...collaborations with arranger Gil Evans. They assembled an unusual nonet, including a tuba and French horn, and began experimenting with a new kind of writing. The goals: dense, rich sonorities, a "cool," vibrato-free style of playing and a tight meshing of the charts and soloists (among them baritone saxophonist Gerry Mulligan and trombonist J.J. Johnson). Result: a reshaping of the modern jazz aesthetic...
...approach. They’ve been innovators.”Ideally, they are also teachers. At a rehearsal with the Jazz Band and Kuumba Singers on Wednesday night, Hendricks combined anecdotes from years past with advice for a young generation of musicians.Hendricks said he was studying law when renowned saxophonist Charlie Parker told him he was meant to be a jazz singer. Parker told Hendricks that if he ever decided to pursue a career in jazz, he could find him in New York City.Two years later, when Hendricks found Parker at a New York jazz club, he did not think...
...Iran. The concert, sponsored by nine campus groups, brought together student musicians and a diverse group of speakers to send a message of solidarity to students in Iran opposing human rights violations. Musical performers included the band Major Major, singer-songwriter Katie E. Fitzgerald ’09, and saxophonist Marcus G. Miller ’08. In between musical performances, representatives from the Harvard College Democrats and the Harvard Republican Club took the stage to endorse the concert’s human rights agenda. Undergraduate Council President John S. Haddock ’07 and Iranian student activist leader...