Word: vibrato
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...equivalent of London's flamboyant Daily Express, bannered, POPE'S HANDS TURN BLUE, and printed both headline and body type in a sickening shade of blue. In France, the satirical weekly Le Canard Enchame issued a stinging, and dead-serious, rebuke to television. "Commentators spoke in low, vibrato tones to announce the least temperature rise . . . the most insipid details," said the magazine. "All was 'lachryma Christi' of the worst vin tage." In the U.S., on the other hand, New York Journal-American TV Critic Jack O'Brian found coverage "reverent, respectful, thorough and amazingly informative...
...years ago. Felder, at the age of 21, has already developed a unique style, as tough as David Newman's but in a different way. Felder's horn has an extremely clean, virile, somewhat angry sound; its emotional quality is strong and sincere. Occasionally, he uses a little vibrato (almost heretical in modern jazz); the contrast with his precise phrasing is quite effective. The other Crusaders are Wayne Henderson, trombone, Joe Sample, piano, and "Sticks" Hooper, drums. On records, they are joined by Jimmy Bond, bass, and Roy Gaines, guitar. Lookin' Ahead demonstrates the group's versatility: the tunes range...
...prefers, Crespin is the sort of singing actress who can seem desirable as Tosca and despairing enough for The Masked Ball. "Opera is an art of convention," she says, "and no one appears ridiculous who has dramatic command of the role." Her voice, chilly in its lack of vibrato but warm in its swelling power, makes her best for the German opera, and the summit of her ambition is to sing Isolde. Crespin and her Alsatian husband live quietly on a demanding musical diet dictated by her commitments to opera. Her life is now crowded by a 48-week...
...anything wrong with Jones and Pomeroy, but the "quiet cook" tempo they both favor quickly grows wearing, and the band's ensemble work on such tunes as Aluminum Baby and Quince was ragged and lugubrious (though the reeds were quite smooth). Moreover, the brass insisted on substituting bastard-Armstrong vibrato for clean attack, and the solos were badly phrased and unimaginative...
Miss Williams, a short but large woman of great dignity, has the most extraordinary voice of any gospel singer. At one moment, her tone is full and clear; at the next it shifts to a growl, her full vibrato becoming a whisper. The other night she improvised melodic lines within strikingly complex rhythms...