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Bellow's novels have prompted this sort of what's-the-real-story queries before, most notably his Pulitzer prizewinning Humboldt's Gift (1975). In that book, the brilliant but mentally deteriorating poet Von Humboldt Fleisher was widely regarded as a fictional copy of Delmore Schwartz, a friend and onetime mentor to the young Bellow. The author never denied an imaginative connection between Humboldt and Schwartz, but neither did he think it a topic much worth discussing. And he was right. For a quarter-century, untold thousands of people who never heard of Delmore Schwartz have read Humboldt's Gift...
...Anton Schwartz...
...program, Harvard University has still produced some exceptional talent over the years. The likes of Jerome Harris '73, Don Braden '85 and Jonny King '91 have all passed beyond these walls and become world-class professional jazz musicians. Adding his own voice to the mix is tenor saxophonist Anton Schwartz '89, whose sophomore album, _The Slow Lane_ has been slowly released across North America...
...Schwartz's tone is rather neutral, venturing neither too cool or hot on any of the tracks, which consist of mainly his own compositions interspersed with standards like "Born to Be Blue". Surrounding himself...
with competent sidemen, Schwartz is undeniably sweet and ponderous on "Peace Dollar" and offers striking introspective moments such as the Billy Strayhorn ballad "Chelsea Bridge". Schwartz also borrows from funk, soul and hip-hop influences, stretching out melodically on the fusion-groove "Don't Ask", and an eight-minute bossa nova "The Curve of The Earth" provides some expansive and impressive melodic inventions, while still maintaining a paradoxically loose and driving Latin feel. Everything emerges extremely ear-friendly, and while Schwartz doesn't provide extraordinary insights into old material, he does offer a varying array of comfortable, well-worn tunes...