Word: solosings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Schuller calls Epitaph "a musical summary of one of the great jazz composers of the century, from the sweet and gentle Mingus to the angry Mingus." In style, Epitaph is characteristic of his orchestral compositions: echoes of gospel songs and his acknowledged master, Duke Ellington; abrupt rhythmic shifts; fleeting lyrical...
More than two hours long, the late Charles Mingus' Epitaph blends atonal passages and improvised solos in a style as challenging as Stravinsky's Rite of Spring.
The only things he hung up to dry in those days were his saxophone mouthpieces, which suddenly have acquired a new dimension. With our 25th reunion coming up, I had hoped for a little battle of the bands. But without Wishnatsky's powerful, pumping solos and his wailing, sensuous rifts...
Kupferberg deserves credit for his decision to stage The Frog Prince in a narrow outside patio. The sky at dusk provides a fitting backdrop for the action, and the characters incorporate us into the setting by making their enterances from behind the audience. The Herald (Christopher Davidson) also helps in...
George Gershwin was at the keyboard one more time last week, banging out richly embellished versions of his pop tunes Swanee and Kickin' the Clouds Away. Though Gershwin has been dead for more than a half-century, his distinctive performing style has been preserved on nearly 120 player-piano rolls...