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...game seemed destined for overtime once again, until the final unheralded hero of the three contributors would seal the comeback--Jason Karmanos' doorstep-tally gave the Crimson its first lead of the game at 4-3 with 1:26 remaining, completing the trio of underrated stars who would perhaps erase some of the fans' memories of last years playoff exit at the hands of these same Engineers...
...Nunn, launched a crusade last October against what Bennett termed the "cultural rot" of TV talk shows. Said Lieberman at the time: "These shows increasingly make the abnormal normal and set up the most perverse role models. It's time for a revolt of the revolted." The trio went so far as to make a TV ad targeting advertisers on the more controversial programs...
...wise, then, that Parker's Mood, a tribute album to Parker by the Roy Hargrove-Christian McBride-Stephen Scott Trio, takes such an intriguingly indirect approach to its subject. The three young jazzmen record some of the tunes Bird made his own but with one key difference--there is not a saxophone to be heard on any of these songs (Hargrove is a trumpeter, McBride a bassist, Scott a pianist). The result of their duplication by subtraction is an album that instead of being haunted by Bird's ghost is infused with his spirit...
Without resorting to mimicry or sacrificing their personalities, the trio capture the core intelligence and essential sweetness of Parker's playing. The performances are disciplined; the song interpretations lithe, direct and largely unadorned. But the sense of love is palpable: love for Bird, his music and jazz in general. With Bird's originals, one is overwhelmed with his fierce creativity; with this trio's covers, one is caught up in their fierce devotion. It's not Bird, but it flies...
...besides the first line and the freshman trio, the second and fourth lines have combined for only 12 points in nine games, and without injured Henry Higdon (five points), the point total drops even further. Clayton Rodgers' goal provides some needed hope for Harvard's depth, but one shudders to think of the outcome should Harvard's first line suffer a slump of any sort...