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...flute, he turned philosopher, evoked the soft and misty moods of a man looking back on sunnier days. Love Vibrations. Lloyd is the newest prophet of New Wave jazz - the freeform explorations made familiar by such saxmen as John Coltrane and Ornette Coleman. His rapport with his sidemen, especially inventive Pianist Keith Jarrett, verges on the extrasensory. The quartet's appeal is that, for all its flights of fancy, its fractured rhythms and criss-crossing harmonies, its music makes sense. Free of the pedantry and obscurantism that plagues the avantgarde, it delivers the happy news that there...
...That's perfect, Senator," says the producer. "Lay it on them." "All right," the Senator tells his sidemen, "Teddy, on the ocarina, let's go . . . Eunice, a little more tempo there." Then Bobby is cued for the big sock finish. "Come on and hold me tight," he begins laconically, but from the control room a voice interrupts: "A little more Boston soul, Senator." Later, when he waxes too hot ("O come on, wild thing"), the producer cautions: "Not so ruthless, Senator...
Entertainers who go into the hinterlands know that the risks are real, the roads terrible, the living facilities primitive and the performing areas a nightmare. Many of them use taped accompaniments rather than Vietnamese sidemen (who somehow cannot get with the Stateside beat), so one of the more common perils is the blown fuse. But many performers do go, and not only for the pay and the experience. Says Jan Brinker: "We're here for the money, but we also feel an obligation to do what we can for the men out here...
Whirring Propellers. Last week musicians of all stripes gathered at Manhattan's Basin Street East to hear for themselves. Perched on a pyramid of risers, Rich set a blistering pace, insistently coaxing but never intruding. And when it came time for his solo, all 16 of his sidemen, like disciples at the feet of the master, craned in their chairs to watch and listen. Feet dancing, hands whirring like propellers, he sparked a kind of static electricity between cymbals and drums, tossing in an extra riff here, a random bass line there. His rolls were incredibly fast, his technique...
...also the anniversary of Bhumibol's first musical composition, some 1,400 Thai musicians put on an all-night concert of his works. The King stayed until 2 a.m., joining in at intervals on the saxophone with his own Royal Band-a congenial group of Thai sidemen, who four times a week broadcast over Aw Saw, the palace radio station...