Word: songe
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...band is noted for its ability to take classical and classic jazz pieces and add their own panazz stamp to them. In the song "Carmen Jones," they took a melody from Bizet's famous opera and gave it a little jazz flavor before really mixing it with pan rhythms and letting the tenor players tear it up. Tenor player Dane Gulston made his presence known from the start of the show and, at center stage for the remainder, he kept the intensity flowing and the tone of the show light as he alternatingly teased and supported the other band members...
Dylan walks out after his acoustic set with electric guitar and his backup band, the Hawks (later to be renamed The Band), in tow. After rocking through "Tell Me, Momma," Dylan introduced his next song "I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)" from Another Side of Bob Dylan, proclaiming "it used to be like that, and now it goes like this." Didn't the audience get it? Obviously not. They kept falling for Dylan's antics again and again in hopes that his former self might resurface. But this night, there was no chance...
Panazz also played a few Christmas tunes in expectation of the upcoming season. They have a Christmas album out of traditional Christmas songs done calypso style. They played an upbeat version of "Silver Bells" and "Gloria in Excelsis" combined with "Merry Christmas Everyone." They also covered "When You Wish Upon a Star," which was added to their repertoire after performing their annual gig at Walt Disney World's Epcot Center, where they do 60 shows in two weeks. During the song, percussionist Cliff Coombs made a mockery of conducting as he danced and skipped around the stage, succeeding in firing...
...ominous undertones escape. Before too long, the familiar melody of "Frere Jacques" creeps into the orchestra, seducing one section at a time until every instrument had slowly succumbed. This movement is known to parody a funeral march, but what is being parodied--the funeral or the children's song--remains a morbid mystery...
...first number, "Sweet Dreams" danced to the familiar song by The Eurythmics, the dancers entered the stage alongside vocalist Maggie Hulce '01. Dressed in the shiniest sequins this side of Vegas, Hulce, with her velvety voice and slick choreography, single handedly gave this number glitz and kitsch, and somehow she got away with...