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...only flaw in programming was the dull Bach Cantata No. 51. Not even a magnificent trumpet obbligato part could redeem the initial aria. Joan Heller, the soprano soloist,' has a beautiful voice remarkable for its evenness. Her diction was good and one could only wish for more variation in dynamics. It was a mistake to use a harpsichord against the full string body: Gerald Moshell pushed the instrument as much as possible and all it produced was a distracting non-tonal jangle. With smaller forces, though, it was quite adequate; and the continuo playing included some appropriate ritards...
...Dylan and the Beatles came-and now seems gone. Carole King remains. Neither she nor her music has changed all that much. Only now she is singing it herself, and seems about to become the new Queen of Rock. Her rise stems most immediately from her success as a soloist on a March-April national tour with her friend James Taylor (TIME cover. March 1), as well as the joyful delights to be found in a new King album, Tapestry (Ode). In less than two months, Tapestry has become the No. I album in the U.S., and a coupling...
...road-show entourage is the core of Humbard's cathedral staff of 150. It includes Rex; his wife and soloist; his sister Leona, another singer; Leona's husband, Associate Pastor Wayn Jones; two sons, Rex Jr. and Don, who share television production tasks at home and sing on the road; Public Relations Man Johnny Hope, who sings and plays rhythm guitar; and a pianist and music arranger, Don Koker, who also sings...
...What is there in the terminology of dance that implies a ballerina and a danseur noble must be white?" asks Arthur Mitchell. The answer is "Nothing." As living and moving proof there is the career of Mitchell himself, the first (and only) black soloist with George Balanchine's New York City Ballet. Now there is also the Harlem Dance Theater, founded by Mitchell scarcely two years...
...about dancing. Today's audience does not dance: it listens. Thad, Mel & Co. hold their fans' attention with a blend of instrumental voices as tightly woven as Kenton at his best, and as much Kansas City freedom as Basie at his. Each member is a soloist. The bane has some 100 arrangements and plays expertly from them. But when people like Pianist Roland Hanna, Bassist Richard Davis and Saxophonist Eddie Daniels start mixing things up, it is anybody's guess when the printed music will be used again...