Word: spotlighting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...joined a small troupe as an aerialist-clown. He achieved lasting fame when he broke with the white-faced clown tradition to create the ragtag Willie, who delighted millions of circus fans with his soulful stares while nibbling on a cabbage, or misguided attempts to sweep up a moving spotlight with a broom...
Bethel cut the gap to one with only eight seconds left in period two. Fidler supplied the feed and the Roxboro, Quebec, native converted it from in close. 6:58 into the third period, as Bethel took a deserved break from the spotlight, a freshman, Robbie Davies, flipped a backhander through the legs of a sliding Vermont defenseman and into the net to make...
...better solos. The rock-associated Brecker brothers sound good here, but are probably over-represented. As on Three or Four Shades of Blues, maverick Coryell shows considerable understanding of Mingus's music in a number of excellent solos. Bassists Eddie Gomez and George Mraz wisely shy away from the spotlight, the obvious comparison with Mingus being overwhelming. Trumpeter Jack Walrath and saxophonist George Coleman each step forth briefly but decisively, while musicians of the caliber of Pepper Adams, Slide Hampton, Jimmy Knepper and Konitz take part without ever really asserting themselves...
...entire cast out from under a giant envelope onstage, but Banks's deep-chested, poignant singing elevated the song from cuteness. Griffin made "I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good" the model of a torch song, alone on stage with nothing but a non-functional microphone, a spotlight and her voice--but that was enough. Hays deserves the garland for the single most beautiful song of the evening; "Don't You Know I Care" in her hands, from her mouth, melted away into perfection...
...Misbehavin' attempts to recreate the atmosphere of a jumping night-spot--perhaps the Cotton Club--in the Harlem of the 1930s. The performers belt out the songs, pushing each other out of the spotlight or fighting over dance partners in mock rivalry. If the mood strikes, they'll spring to their feet to tap out a furious rhythm or languidly drapes themselves across the piano--or the piano-player--onstage. He frequently joins in; sometimes the audience is invited to join...