Word: straightness
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Barron himself led an ensemble within an ensemble, performing an original composition, “New York Attitude,” with Kitagawa and Blake. It was pure, muscular, sparkling, straight-ahead jazz—Blake shone throughout the night, but here he produced an especially lively, just ahead-of-the-beat, sound interspersed with snapping rolls and cymbal brushes that propelled the frenetic tune along. Kitagawa, with his calm demeanor and walrus mustache, evoked a Mingus-like sprightliness in his bass playing, switching between slow and fast in a messed-up blues solo. Barron himself remained a steadfast leader...
...notes hit a new mode. He played with a precise poignancy, spinning out an all-encompassing sound that mesmerized by itself, but otherwise delicately underscored the ensemble’s playing. However, he never completely came into his own on other pieces, oscillating otherwise between soul jazz and more straight-ahead playing without hitting the sweet spots of either modes...
...with a fetish for smiley faces and the color yellow. But Silverman is not her usual offensive self, at least not in an obvious way, which is actually very refreshing. It’s nice to know that she can actually act, and not just affront people with a straight face...
With a two-goal lead and 10 minutes left to play in regulation, it seemed that the Crimson had all the cushion it needed to cruise to its seventh-straight victory. But unfortunately for Harvard, that streak would be bookended by losses to the Engineers, whose forechecking style stumped the Crimson twice this season...
...freshman Hideko Tachibana won, 6-3, 6-2, at No. 2, and junior captain Samantha Rosekrans won in straight sets from the No. 4 spot...