Word: smith
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...quintet--completed by Ted Nash on tenor saxophone, Marv Stamm on trumpet and flugelhorn, Harvie Swartz on string bass and Derek Smith on piano--began its set with a swinging run-through of "Blowin' the Blues Away." In his first solo, Nash seemed to refer to "Satin Doll," a song made famous by Ellington...
Nash's own "Waltz for Mia," was next on the program. "Got a minute?" Smith joked--presumably referring to Chopin's work--after Bellson his horn, but Stamm stole the limelight with an incredibly structured and virtuosic set of choruses, passing from faultless lines of eighth notes to sixteenths and back again. Smith's playing placed him somewhere between pianists Bill Evans and Dave Brubeck, although at times he exchanged their characteristic refinement for a little full-blown stomping...
...jazz musicians. After a stint with the Harry James Band, he joined the Duke Ellington Orchestra. Juan Tizol, the trombonist who wrote the famous song "Caravan," was also playing for James but was talking to Ellington about joining the Duke's band. Tizol told him about Bellson and Willie Smith, an alto saxophone player who eventually replaced the incomparable Johnny Hodges in Ellington's group. When Tizol, Smith and Bellson told James of their decision to leave, Bellson remembers, James only responded, "Take me with...
...morning will mark the long-awaited grand opening of Cybersmith, a cafe/store/technofest that is the first venture of its kind. This trial marriage of computer and coffeehouse cultures is located at 36 Church Street; just follow your nose to the Border, and then look next door. Cybersmith founder Marshall Smith, whose previous successes include Videosmith and Learningsmith, says he aims to "introduce people to new technology...in an atmosphere that isn't totally high tech" His store will offer three main services; access to the Internet, the latest in CD-ROM equipment and virtual reality encounters--all while sipping cappuccino...
...countries suddenly considered at risk, especially developing nations that were the darlings of money managers just a few months ago. ``What we're seeing around the world is a flight from risk and thus a flight from emerging markets,'' said Paul Horne, an economist with the investment firm Smith Barney in Paris. ``Investors have become concerned with countries in which the triple threat of a high deficit, high public debt and high unemployment is a problem...