Word: songe
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...next tune, "Chasin' the Trane," is a contrast in several ways: first, it is played in a trio format with just horn, bass and drums. The song's standard 12-bar blues form also contrasts with the exotic eastern style of "India." Without a written melody or a pianist to play chords, "Chasin'" has a uniquely spare sound, and the second version is perhaps the most prominent and audacious of the tracks on the collection. Whether this performance comes off as one of the finest examples of spontaneous musical invention ever or as 15 minutes of earsplitting squeaks, is heavily...
Then there are the covers: versions of the British folk song "Greensleeves" and the Broadway-musical-derived "Softly as in a Morning Sunrise" demonstrate Coltrane's skills as a jazz interpreter of any musical style. "Greensleeves," with its waltz meter and harmonic simplification, is very reminiscent of Coltrane's previous recording of "My Favorite Things." "Softly" is the most accessible recording of this collection-a light, bouncy, catchy performance that is perhaps Tyner's best opportunity to showcase his fleet, lyrical soloing...
...intensity-inherently has both positive and negative attributes. The listener who is gripped immediately by a performance will be enthralled for its duration and left with a sense of awe. However, more detached listeners may wish for some of the variety of texture and sense of progression within a song that is a common enhancing aspect of music...
...surprise, Bowie, looking about 20 years younger than he ought to, ran out suddenly on stage accompanied solely by an acoustic guitar around his neck. He launched into an old chestnut, "Quicksand," and as the audience roared their approval, the other musicians took the stage and entered the song on cue. Throughout the evening, Bowie drew largely on his impressive and extensive back catalog, and the crowd responded enthusiastically to new treatments of such classics as "The Man Who Sold the World," "Fashion" and "Under Pressure." Not until the sixth song did Bowie play a selection from his latest album...
...middle of an extended, five-song encore, Bowie played "Dead Man Walking" off his latest album. During the course of a brilliant two hours at the Orpheum, David Bowie proved he was anything but that...