Word: soloed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...surpassingly beautiful one, it was exceptionally tasteful and engaging. And this was not so much the result of doggedly exhuming every ornament as of pentrating to the irreducible dramatic intention of each composition. The performers were most successful in the movingSong of Simeon, in which a baroque solo choir in the balcony sings a text different from that of the main choir, symbolizing in Schutz's words "the joy of the blessed souls in heaven." TheGloria, a quodlibet of Lutheran chorale melodies was precisely thought out and excellently proportioned among the voices. As for the seven soloists, the men were...
...Jeff Beck Group has a number called "Beck's Boogie" that the group does early in each show. The format is simple: Beck plays the melody of the line "Mary had a little lamb" solo, and then the rest of the players crash in with a few bars of straight percussion. Silence again, and Beck repeats the phrase. Each time, however, he does it a little differently and uses different elements of the guitar. Once he plays it entirely on the frets, once using wah-wah pedal, once slapping the strings with his open palm. The improvisation gets more...
...more memorbale instances of the group's easy relationship in performance came during an instrumental number called "Mother's Rice Pudding." Ron Wood, who says that he usually sticks to the "basic bass progressions on the blues stuff," suddenly opened up and played a bristling rock-bass solo. This has since been included in the song, and the number which started as a jam one night in San Francisco continues to grow...
...Jeff Beck Group doing their great staples "Rock My Plimsoul," "Shapes of Things." Hopkins begins with a solo burst. Beck leads into the vibrant theme lines and then starts screeching from his guitar with his finger slashing. Hopkins' shimmering piano, Waller's hammering beat, Wood on throbbing whipping bass. Music stops and Stewart sings a line...
...often finds the Soviet pianist more in a mood to polish his tone than to push Beethoven's cause. The concertos are all neatly and expertly done, but they rarely express the excitement, abandon and sheer joy of the music. Gilels does better in the three sets of solo variations that constitute the sidefillers; the 32 Variations in C Minor is especially notable for its logic and rhythmic verve. But as a whole, this ambitious undertaking does not live up to the talent or reputation of either participant...