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Dates: during 1990-1999
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What keeps Gentlemen from being simply a gloomy, standard rock album is the music under the vocals. The band's basic sound is a grunge mix of guitars, and flat, heavy drums, often with layers of distortion hovering in the background for good measure. Perhaps recording in Memphis influenced the...

Author: By James B. Loeffler, | Title: Boy Meets Girl, Again | 12/2/1993 | See Source »

Somehow Ms. Adams manages to court pop sound and still keep her songs full of the unexpected and original. Strong elements of jazz and rhythm & blues underlay her instrumentals. For instance, David Sanborn solos on alto saxophone for Adams' smoldering version of James Taylor's "Don't Let Me Be...

Author: By Irit Kleiman, | Title: Survival of The Soulful | 12/2/1993 | See Source »

Just a few minutes into the workshop it became clear that all jazz--even all of the music industry--would be topic for discussion. Murray and Fox spent much time discussing what both saw as the problems facing jazz today. For Fox, the greatest danger was the "tendency now in...

Author: By James B. Loeffler, | Title: Jazztalk, Improvisation, and Funny Hats in the Quad | 11/18/1993 | See Source »

There was a little more music, but the bulk of the latter half of the workshop was devoted to answering more questions. How long should jazz musicians' solos be? Murray responded, "When everybody in the band has went to the bar and came back...you should be finished by then...

Author: By James B. Loeffler, | Title: Jazztalk, Improvisation, and Funny Hats in the Quad | 11/18/1993 | See Source »

Pearl Jam sets out to evoke and manipulate the emotional responses of its listeners with remarkable success. Unlike many groups which rely on a lead singer or blazing guitar solos to carry it along, every member of Pearl Jam blends their talents to become something more than the sum of...

Author: By Jeannette A. Vargas, | Title: Life After Grunge | 11/11/1993 | See Source »

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