Word: songe
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Without making a clear departure from Strings, they've juggled the parts of the formula just right. They've still trying to slow it down a little, but the slow songs mostly eschew gimmickry outside the emotional punch of McCaughan's three-note voice going from "sing" to "scream." Maybe his solo records as Portastatic sharpened his song writing. "Marquee" and "Under Our Feet" are touching, and the closing joke ("Martinis On The Roof") is unusually dignified, as if Mac doesn't need indignance as badly as he once...
Once it looked as though Superchunk were doomed never to make an entire album where the casual listener could remember each individual song well enough afterward to, say, name it or state with conviction that it was one of 11 songs as opposed to three. Now we know they're working on it, and that listening to the slow ascent will be worth...
...concentrate on the finer details of their respective instruments and the way they fit together within the group. Je Widenhouse, the Zippers' trumpet player, cited Princess Leia's theme from Star Wars as his personal inspiration, saying "I'm all about it, man-there are quotes from that song on my trumpet every day, in everything I play." Stu described his musical influences as "the people I play with and listen to," and Widenhouse added a few of his more personal inspirations as well, mentioning Nicholas Peyton, Clark Terry and John Fadix, whom he describes as "trumpet players...
...ideal introduction. Box sets, with their limited focus and substantial price, are meant for dedicated fans. If anything, "Village Vanguard" is even more demanding of its listeners for several reasons: it documents only a fiveday period and represents only nine different compositions (there are multiple versions of most songs) in its four-and-a-half hour span. And because it is a live jazz recording, the musicians take artistic risks and extend song lengths beyond what might have been done in a studio...
...only recently settled on a brilliant rhythm section featuring pianist McCoy Tyner and drummer Elvin Jones. Coltrane's style and musical conception never stopped changing throughout his career, and these recordings reflect a serious departure from the structures and techniques of mainstream jazz of the time. Complex, static song structures were inhibiting what Coltrane wanted to do musically and he began looking towards Eastern ethnic music for influence. Coltrane began to experiment with instrumentation to dramatic effect, using bass clarinet, contrabassoon, oboe, oud and a second bass in different combinations...