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...great old Anglican choral song Jerusalem. Also rising on the charts is an LP by a Dutch group called Focus that sounds at times like a combo of English madrigalists. In Detroit this week, English Rock Star Rick Wakeman begins a month-long U.S. tour featuring some unusual sidemen: Classical Conductor David Measham and a 60-member orchestra and choir...
...afraid to write a bad poem. Miles Davis is not afraid of anything; his style has gone through more changes than Richard Nixon's story on Watergate and has held up incomparably better. Still one of the leading jazz trumpeters after a long career, Miles has spawned, through his sidemen, a host of fine jazz groups. His latest transformation is on display all this week. Through Sunday, February 17 at Paul's Mall. Call 267-1300 for information...
...Greater Boston...Every Monday saxophonist and all-around reed-player John Payne stirs up some fine jazz at the Oxford Ale House. Payne almost stole the show two Springs ago from Bonnie Raitt and Peter Johnson in a Sanders Theater free concert. He's one of the great sidemen on Raitt's Give It Up album...
...blues, Texas swing or western cum soul, Doug Sahm has come up with a rollicking bag of songs that combine the best of both the white and black rural traditions. The undeniable excitement of the recording is the result, perhaps, of the presence of a number of distinguished "extra" sidemen: Dr. John the Night Tripper, Guitarist David Bromberg, and, of all people. Bob Dylan, who plays guitar, harmonica and organ and even lends a little vocal counterpoint to (Is Anybody Going To) San Antone...
...sophistication he accomplishes using a studio band. At the Passim this week. Simon is singing alone, accompanying himself on piano and on electric organ. While, on the night I saw him, many in the audience found his keyboard virtuosity and his unusual singing style satisfying enough, I missed his sidemen badly. His technique is impressive, but the results are generally less inspired than his recorded work. Unlike Jack Schechtman, a far-better-than-average singer of intelligent, romantic songs who plays second bill on the show, Simon has reached a level of craftsmanship in arranging that cannot be captured...