Word: stints
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Like Jones, McCoy Tyner has toured extensively with a stable group of his own in recent years. Unfortunately, recent performances suggest that Tyner's music is getting stale. The Valentine's Day weekend stint at the Regattabar featured legendary vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, bassist Avery Sharpe, and drummer Aaron Scott, but the long-lived group, seemed to be communicating less than ever. Hutcherson may very well be the greatest talent in the group, but even when soloing he was barely audible above Tyner's majestic accompaniment. Adding to the disjointed feel of the group were Sharpe and Scott, who both have...
Despite his potentially flashy skills, Bellson made a career of stellar performances with top-notch jazz musicians. After a stint with the Harry James Band, he joined the Duke Ellington Orchestra. Juan Tizol, the trombonist who wrote the famous song "Caravan," was also playing for James but was talking to Ellington about joining the Duke's band. Tizol told him about Bellson and Willie Smith, an alto saxophone player who eventually replaced the incomparable Johnny Hodges in Ellington's group. When Tizol, Smith and Bellson told James of their decision to leave, Bellson remembers, James only responded, "Take me with...
During Bauer's stint in the church, leadersmade sure new converts did not have time toreflect on the major choices they were making intheir lives, he says. "We would plan things outand call it [the convert's] conversion calendar,"he says. "We had it scheduled so they had verylittle time to reflect on the momentous decisionswe were encouraging them to make...
Frank Armijo said his son was thinking about going to law school after a stint in the Marine Corps...
...week college course, "Renewing American Civilization." Even with all he needs to get done in the first 100 days, Gingrich plans to shut down House business by 3 p.m. each Friday so that he can fly to Georgia in time to make his Saturday- morning teaching stint at Reinhardt College in Waleska. His advisers speak of reaching hundreds of thousands of people through that class, in which Gingrich spells out his vision of the world in 20 hours. It is marketed through an 800 number, broadcast on the conservative National Empowerment Television network and offered through colleges around the country...