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Redman's fluency as a soloist is drawing comparisons to the young Sonny Rollins. Premature, of course, but it's been a long time since jazz produced a saxophonist with Redman's fearless improvisational skill and mature melodic sense. At 24, Redman already has plenty of name recognition. His father, Dewey Redman, made a reputation in the late 1960s as a saxophonist playing alongside Ornette Coleman. "But he wasn't a direct teacher or mentor," says Joshua, who, remarkably, taught himself by playing along with old records while growing up in Berkeley, California. Dewey moved to New York City before...
...part, Zukerman again validated his position as a soloist with immense aptitude for Romantic playing and all pieces requiring effortless spirit and feeling. If he records Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto again, it could prove to be a benchmark...
...walking tempo that gathered speed and supported a whimsical clarinet solo inevitably finished in an abrupt minor cadence to start the fourth movement. (This is Bartok, after all.) Throughout the third and fourth movements, Mehta conducted from soloist to soloist in the winds and brass. He often adjusted the meter of his baton strokes to fit the parts that became a continuous string--a real concerto for an orchestra...
...ever seen anyone of his primitive, utterly uncompromising power, and they were awestruck. For Fonteyn it was an extension of a great career. For the well-mannered, well-schooled dancers it was a shock. "He was more than temperamental," recalls American Ballet Theater ballet mistress Georgina Parkinson, then a soloist with the Royal. "But when he staged La Bayadere, he came to us as a dancer. He understood our shortcomings and was tireless in helping us and broadening our horizons." That was with the women. To Royal's men, Nureyev was nearly a catastrophe. He took over everything, and other...
From the opening track, "True Fuschnick," this group makes it clear that they're out to have a good time. The three rappers--Chip FU, Poc FU and Moc FU--introduce themselves with distinctive vocal styles, and the fun begins. Each soloist raps in a call-and-response dialogue with the rest of the group, creating a frenetic atmosphere which never lets...