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...really, because you're still playing the same songs and you're with the same band. Usually when we play live we have a pretty good vibe onstage just as a band. If there's no crowd, or the crowd's not into it, we'll just have fun with each other...
...batch of Young jazz Turks has produced some dynamite soloists -- but few great bands. This is due partly to the high level of competition among the up-and-comers and partly to their inexperience in the art of collective improvisation. Trumpeter ROY HARGROVE, in his third Novus album, The Vibe, manages to offset both factors by teaming up with outstanding sidemen -- alto-sax player Antonio Hart, pianist Marc Cary, drummer Gregory Hutchinson and bassist Rodney Whitaker -- who stitch a vibrant tapestry around his own fat sound. At 22, Hargrove has the tone, sensitivity and power to emerge as his generation...
Though the title "Everything About You" might lead you to expect yet another heavy metal power ballad, don't be fooled. The "cheesy, happy vibe" of the piano and light, clean guitar combine with Whitfield Crane's lilting vocals to create delightful irony in the chorus: "And I, get sick when I'm around/I, can't stand to be around/I, hate everything about...
...everybody's music. And for that, he's grateful, if not optimistic. "My music has helped me to maintain a very nice space as a human being...I'm interested in genuine commitment from people to the arts. All you've got to do is open the vibe up for alternatives to this insanity and you find there's a lot of people there who've got some good things going...
...from Dr. Seuss, Winnie the Pooh and (naturally) The Wizard of Oz. Meadville's citizens, at first tolerant, gradually turned against Oz, largely because of the commune's lack of concern with flush toilets and regular baths. Once, Houriet reports, an Ozite named Patty-Pooh tried to "vibe away" unfriendly visitors by "performing a nude dance on the farmhouse roof. Of course," he adds, "it had the opposite effect...