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...drumming of Billy Cobham. He plays loud, and hard, and joyously. He owns a special kit of clear fiberglass drums: they are louder than any set I've ever heard. Cobham plays full till throughout the set, nearly two hours in some cases. He plays under each soloist, so he must know their intricacies. He can fellow the complexities of tempo, and rhythm changes, as though he were telepathic. I, for one, am sure he is. His showcase was the finale. "The Noonward Race," Every time McLaughlin had an idea, or made any sort of musical move, Cobham was there...
...Kiss. The opening night's Violin Concerto turned out to be Balanchine's finest work since his 1967 Jewels. Stravinsky's music is less assertive, less obviously heroic than most violin concertos. Instead, it offers a rich conversation with the soloist as a sort of Socratic anchorman. Balanchine's two principal dancing couples follow this dialogue, and sometimes invoke the unexpected by concentrating on minor or secondary themes. All to the point of producing a ballet that is mod, sexy and elegant-vintage Balanchine...
...European division released an LP by the guards' 48-member bagpipe band. A few months ago, a late-night disk jockey in London took a fancy to one of the tracks on the album, Amazing Grace, and began promoting it. As performed first by the soloist, Pipe Major Tony Crease, then by the full band, the song is as unabashedly emotional as the sound of the pipers accompanying Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. on their march to the rescue in Gunga...
...Second Suite, essentially a concerto for baroque flute, is the masterpiece of the four. Leopold Stastny, the soloist, is a phenomenal player: his pitch is dead accurate. He complements subtle shadings of tone and fine techniques with beautiful phrasing that never is broken in awkward moments for breathing. The supremely beautiful moment of the Suite is the Double of the Polonaise: the theme of the Polonaise appears in the bass (played as if a solo part by Harnoncourt himself) with an incredibly florid counterpoint in the flute part. The beauty and care taken by Harnoncourt in his accompaniment is outstanding...
Innocuous talk-show badinage, perhaps, but on that frail foundation Doc has built a lucrative second career. Capitalizing on his Tonight image, he has branched out on his own, both as a guest soloist with symphony orchestras and star of the campus and nightclub circuit. He has his own eleven-piece back-up band called the Now Generation Brass and a company of ten singers and dancers called Today's Children. In 1971, with state fairs, appearances in special events like the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and entertainment for football festivities like those at last week...