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New Solos by an Old Master (Joe Sullivan, piano; Riverside LP). A Chicago jazzman of the old school plays old favorites, from I Cover the Waterfront to Gin Mill Blues, with a gentle fervor.
All in 13 Minutes. Choreographer Robbins barely finished his work in time for its first-night curtain, was already trimming and tightening before the second performance. He had been scheduled to restage another ballet as well, but spent all his time on The Concert, and the City Ballet's...
Steamed-Up Antics. The Metropole's regular musicians like their job, partly because the work is steady and requires no traveling, partly because the Dixieland market has leveled off. The pay? "Ah," growls Red Allen happily, "the Metropole don't retard on the loot." Nor do the boys...
The performance of Bach's Cantata N. 21 relied heavily on sheer volume to make its effect, but did great credit to the leadership of conductor Michael Greenebaum. From an organizational standpoint alone, the cantata is a huge undertaking; Greenebaum succeeded in offering both a well-rehearsed ensemble and a...
The climax of the evening came in Robert Freeman's reading of the Mozart Piano Concerto N. 22. He imparted all the clarity the score demands, yet never thumped the keys; his runs contained generous coloring, yet were without excessive pianistic mannerisms. Freeman's use of rubato may be circumspect...