Word: trumpeted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Miles Davis is onstage, but the young man in the dark blue Versace jacket couldn't care less. He is concentrating on the one thing other than a trumpet mouthpiece that is capable of riveting his attention to the point of near obsession: a basketball hoop. For some reason, there is a basket in the open backstage area of New York's Jones Beach Theater, and Wynton Marsalis is pumping balls into the net from every angle. Suddenly, he dribbles out 30 ft. from the goal and announces, "I bet $100 I can sink one from here." A stagehand snaps...
...HARGROVE: DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH (Novus). Watch out, Wynton! This 20-year- old trumpet phenomenon from Waco, Texas, is nipping at your heels with a horn full of soul and fire. A well-crafted album, featuring penetrating solo work from alto-saxman Antonio Hart and three strong compositions by pianist Geoffrey Keezer...
...last thing the region's rulers want is to hand Saddam a larger platform from which to trumpet his populist message of Arab unity, vengeance and pride. Most Middle Eastern countries are autocratic regimes that rule by vague historic claim or tight control of their armed forces, not by popular consent. The hereditary ruling clans of the gulf states are particularly vulnerable to charges that they preside over artificial entities with little more than their oil wealth to justify their existence. Few men in the street have mourned the demise of Kuwait's al-Sabah family, a clan noted...
...diverse musical genres is "Innernational" --a dance tune with a synthesizer-driven baseline that exposes most current dance songs for the amateur efforts that they are. The song--which Herlihy described in concert as "a political song that's not about parties" --engages Barbato in an all-out trumpet-synth jam which is nothing less than uplifting. "It isnt just `Do me baby, take off your clothes'," Herlihy says, comparing his song, which includes the line "No Das Kapital," to current dance hits. "I don't want to do a dance song like that...
...acting, under Lee's capable direction, is strictly first-rate. Denzel Washington's performance is nothing short of tremendous. Washington portrays the various aspects of Gilliam's life--the arrogance, the defermination, the hopelessness--with convincing power and emotion. Even the difficult onstage scenes and trumpet close-ups seem natural enough. Another Oscar nomination, this time for best actor, should be in the offing...