Word: sterne
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...speech in the House on the death of his old friend Alben Barkley, the speech that ended, "God comfort his loved ones. God comfort me." The difference carries over into politics. Judge Smith (he was a state circuit judge before he got elected to Congress in 1930) is a stern-principled conservative. Sam Rayburn, for all his ingrained rural-Texas conservatism and his immunity to ideology, is a liberal of the heart...
...Harvard's newly re-elected Student Council President Howard Phillips, 19, is a stern conservative on a campus brimming with Democrats on the faculty...
...Stern lets his camera roam, picking up the boats reflected in weird patterns on the rippling water of Newport Harbor, a sedate matron startled by the sudden appearance of an amateur brass combo, or a bartender's fruitless battle with explosive beer bottles. The music is well-integrated throughout, reflecting the tasteful editing of Stern and Aram Avakian. The cumulative effect is excellent...
...Stern and Avakian have edited 8,000 feet of film out of a shooting of 130,000 feet; the material is well selected and beautifully coordinated. Come prepared to participate at least to the extent of snapping your fingers, and buy the Newport '58 record series, which duplicates the sound track...
...Stern and Columbia Records have done an admirable job with the Festival, but, more important, they have made a very fine movie. By alternating shots of the performers with closeups of the more responsive members of the Festival audience, they have succeeded in relating the music to the listeners. Perhaps the greatest weakness of modern jazz is its love for the esoteric; it has evolved beyond the enjoyment of the uninitiated. Reasserting the tie between the artist and audience is a service for which jazz can be grateful...