Word: virtuosos
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...recaptures all the reckless will-power from her role in All About Eve and every malicious intent and tortured-expression from The Little Foxes days. Injected into a murder intrigue, these attributes would be formidable, except for one fact. Her movie personality, which has been geared to a virtuoso performance, does not quite reveal its unique psychological assets in a double lead, especially in this murder story...
...Tatum Encores (Capitol, 6 sides 45 r.p.m.). With Sweet Lorraine, Don't Blame Me and four other standards as ammunition, Jazz Virtuoso Tatum expertly explodes his arpeggios and cadenzas all over the keyboard...
Last week, Rayinski marched into court with his saxophone (in case proof were needed of his talent), a briefcase (stuffed with documents setting forth the legal rights of street musicians) and a big display board on which was tacked a postcard which read: "You are certainly the most extraordinary virtuoso since Paganini ... If you can stop the abominable jazzers' practice of playing the saxophone as con sordino [i.e., muted] and as disorderly as possible, you will be a great benefactor as well as a great player...
Hard, Fast and Beautiful (Filmakers; RKO Radio), a title that conjures up visions of a wanton wench on the marquee, turns out to apply to nothing more alluring than a tennis ball. The heroine (Sally Forrest) is a teen-aged tennis virtuoso whose selfish, frustrated mother (Claire Trevor) exploits the girl's talent to wangle a life of ease, travel and glamour...
Died. Serge Koussevitzky, 76, Russian bass-fiddle virtuoso turned conductor, who made the Boston Symphony one of the world's best, became the guiding light of the famed Tanglewood Music Festival; of a cerebral hemorrhage; in Boston (see Music...