Word: soloed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Things You Are, Pianist Brubeck and Saxophonist Paul Desmond toss the theme back & forth for a while. Then, before long, the tune disappears and in its place, stream-of-consciousness style, come whimsical variations hinting at everything from Stravinsky to Gershwin to Bach. When he comes to his solo part, Brubeck picks a random theme and toys with it, reflectively trying it first on the white keys, then on the black, allowing traces of Mozart or John Philip Sousa to creep in. Then his eyes close, his head weaves, and the music settles into a firm idea and starts prancing...
...competent, unspectacular kind of performer who subordinates herself to the music at hand. Her easy-going interpretation was perfect for this comparatively light-weight work. 'Cellist Samuel Mayes, who appeared in all eight parts of the program, showed remarkable versatility. His tone was full and rich in the important solo sections, but in the later continuo passage he held himself down so that one could barely hear him over the harpsichord...
...selections by Handel, a violin sonata and a solo cantata, proved disappointing. They are undistinguished occasional pieces, quite flattering to one of the real geniuses...
...village secretary, also on the list, railed at the Italian mainland press for its sensational scare stories on the Orgo-solo killings. "It's high time to stop telling fairy tales. People shoot and kill in Milan too," he scolded. A bullet through the head put a stop to his complaints...
Cinemactress Bette Davis, heading for Broadway in her first musical comedy (Two's Company), fainted during a solo on an opening-night tryout in Detroit. Carried from the stage, she returned in a few minutes to resume her part, ad-libbed to an applauding audience: "You can't say I didn't fall...