Word: stan
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Forever and McLaughlin's Mahavishnu Orchestra. For one thing, there is an emphasis on individual, yet simultaneous virtuosity--an easy semantic way to take note of the disciplined nature of both music and musicians. Each rests securely on a foundation provided by the rhythm section (In fact, bassist Stan Clarke is arguably Return to Forever's best musician). On record, these similarities are enhanced--certain themes and often whole passages will simply sound the same. Onstage, though, all similarities just fall away...
...byword was a consistent brilliance. Good moments flowed like good frames in a film: Corea's recreation of a grandfather clock's movement in "Children's song #1;" an integrated drum solo, drums laid over the bass line for the first time in my memory; Stan Clarke's bass solo in "Bass Folk Song," and all his work on acoustic bass. Clarke plays bass as an equal member, not as a supporter. He attacks a solo from the viewpoint of a lead instrument, rather than expanding techniques of support. And there was Bill Connors's nice classically acoustic intro...
Ranked 1-2-3 in the "trustworthiness" department were Stan Musial, 53, who has not played for the St. Louis Cardinals in ten years; Mickey Mantle, 42, who last batted for the New York Yankees in 1968 and New York Mets Manager Yogi Berra...
...Anyone suffering from tennis toe or tennis elbow should not buy this book. Even a swift shuffle through it will make them want to grab the nearest racket and rush to the court. It is the pictures that do it. Whether they show Rod Laver smashing a serve, Stan Smith straining for a backhand drive, or Billie Jean King pulverizing a forehand volley, the photographs communicate the power, grace and sheer ferocity of top-level tennis, in kinetic color and black and white. The supporting text is heavy with cliches (legends are always "untarnished") as it sketchily covers the history...
Jimmy Conners has been co-ranked with Stan Smith as the No. 1 tennis player in the United States, the men's ranking committee of the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association announced yesterday...