Word: soloed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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PROKOFIEV: The Complete Piano Music, Vols. 1-4 (Chandos). For Sergei Prokofiev's centennial, Boris Berman has begun a welcome traversal of all this modern master's difficult solo piano music. It's safe to say of Berman -- whose strong technique is calculated to capture both the music's lyricism and its sardonic bite -- that his artistry equals his audacity...
...cropped hair made it difficult to find other jobs in a world that prized petite, fair women with flowing tresses. Ailey, however, recognized her special talent and kindred spirit and invited her to join his company. Their partnership flourished, reaching its apogee in 1971, when Ailey created Cry, a solo dance tribute to black women that became Jamison's signature piece...
...Mosaic, 35 Melrose Place, Stamford, Conn. 06902). Born in New Orleans in 1897, clarinetist and soprano saxophonist Sidney Bechet was one of the most talented and influential jazz musicians who ever blew a horn. As Louis Armstrong did for the trumpet, Bechet turned the soprano sax into a powerful solo voice. If Armstrong went on to achieve greater fame, Bechet had the more interesting life: affairs with Josephine Baker, Bessie Smith and Tallulah Bankhead; deportation from Britain; gunfights in Paris; and finally, ascension to the status of a national hero in France, where he died in 1959. Along...
...form of altruism, the unselfishness that transforms an agglomeration of individuals into a cohesive unit. Superb offensive players are rarely good passers. They appear narcissistic, locked inside their own talent. Elgin Baylor, Earl Monroe, Jerry West, Julius Erving often seemed alone on the court with the ball, solo artists in a team sport...
Designated hitter Peter Hoffman, who belted a solo home run in the fourth inning to give Dartmouth a 1-0 lead, then singled to left. That set the stage for Carey's two-run, game-winning single...