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The opening number, "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy," featured strong solos and harmonies from Alexandra Picard, Alissa Kingsbury and Clancy Drake. While the solos were substantial, the background ensemble seemed airy and without an a capella anchor.
The Opportunes' first song, R.E.M.'s "Shiny Happy People," is not suited for an a capella arrangement, and even Conal Murray's solid solo could not make the song provide any aesthetic pleasure. But, three songs later, when Alyssa O'Farrell started singing "In Your Eyes," the Opportunes began to...
The key to the evening's success is its variety--romantic solos follow group numbers containing six skillfully intertwined strands of harmony. And although Evan Cohen's masterful ivory tickling is some-what overpowering during "Another Hundred People," his piano accompaniment is otherwise melodious and unobtrusive.
THE FATS WALLER PIANO SOLOS (Bluebird). There has never been a more joyous jazzman than this two-fisted stride pianist, whose artistry is brilliantly captured here.
The Kuumba Singers, opening for the Opportunes, decided to forego musical accompaniment and performed a dazzling array of gospel songs, jubilees and other numbers in the African-American tradition. Although the male vocals lacked strength, the female members provided some of the most stirring solos of the night. Most notable...