Word: soloed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Dylan must have other reasons for staying away. Perhaps he still harbors some feat of unknown promoters, preferring the calm efficiency of Bill Graham. But this gathering of over twenty groups of pluckers, singers, strummers, poets, grinners, mimes, pickers, jugglers, solo breakers, films, twangers, storytellers, dulcimer hammerers, balladeers, and at least one sidewalk artist (he draws on sidewalks) is being organized by the Winthrop House Folk and Jazz Society, whose recent spate of profitable concerts proves its competence and artistically populist nature. Whipoorwill Productions, a group of musicians in the festival, is co-sponsoring the event along with the Music...
Although the orchestra sometimes seemed uninspired during the evening, there was no dragging feeling in the last two movements. Melnyk's acutely sensitive solo passages were matched by the orchestra's dramatic surges, held together by Yannatos. Shifting smoothly from soft piano stretches to rousing tuttis, the orchestra and soloist cooperated perfectly to make the sudden contrasts quite striking. Similarly, the concluding Allegro agitato was quick and smooth, all the more effective because of the nice transitions from piano to ensemble. Melnyk's and the orchestra's playing were especially forceful and resolute right from the beginning. Indeed...
...BEFORE what turned out to be E. Power Biggs's last major public appearance, the 69-year-old organist fell and broke his right arm. Biggs's physician told him that in order for the bone to heal properly, he would have to forego the next day's solo performance with the Boston Pops, so that the cast could dry and set properly. But Biggs chose to neglect his health, rather than his art. The next day at Symphony Hall, Biggs positioned the organ so that no one would be able to witness the incredible feat that was to follow...
However there is more to ARS than just good vibrations. Their melodies tend to the simple, with instrumental arrangements spinning out the songs, overlaying a fairly repetitive tune with enough fancy solo guitar picking or harmonies to keep you interested...
Raunchy Humor. Some of MacLaine's past performances have shown a few scuff marks. During her solo show at Manhattan's Palace Theater last year, she offended fans with some raunchy onstage humor and with a characterization of New York as "the Karen Quinlan of cities"-a reference to the comatose New Jersey girl who aroused a nationwide debate on medical life-support responsibilities. Says Shirley: "I put my foot in my mouth a whole lot. But there's plenty of room in there for both feet, as I've proved quite often. With some left...