Word: saxophonist
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...five-night engagement in Worcester marked the beginning of Joel's Storm Front tour, and his band was tight, stomping their way through "Pressure" and "You May Be Right." Saxophonist Mark Revere added extra flourish to the show, and maniacal drummer Liberty DeVito is always entertaining to watch...
...Brazilian star perhaps most widely admired abroad is Nascimento, who credits trumpeter Miles Davis, saxophonist John Coltrane and the Beatles as influences. In airy harmonies that resound with the church music of Minas Gerais, the state in east-central Brazil where he grew up, Nascimento writes uplifting sound poems full of yearning and determination. His music is infused with a near mystical celebration of life and love, coupled with a respect for nature that borders on animism. Ironically, Nascimento's records, as well as those of many of his popular colleagues, have been largely displaced on the radio playlists...
...Lucy character began as a saxophonist who bleated, a chanteuse who croaked, a hoofer who fell down. Even in the final season, when the Lucy character met her look-alike, the actress Lucille Ball, the script concluded that the "real" Lucy was the star-struck onlooker, not the star. Yet, after Ball divorced Arnaz in 1960, the Lucy character also evolved into a capable single mother, then an independent and modestly successful career woman. Off- camera, Ball was happily remarried in 1961 to a courtly, protective ex- comic, Gary Morton, and took a keen maternal interest in the acting careers...
...gifted pianist and saxophonist, Tipton apparently began his sexual masquerade during the Big Band era of the 1930s, when women sang but were seldom allowed to play instruments. "He gave up everything," said Kitty Oakes, the woman Tipton claimed was his wife for 19 years. "There were certain rules and regulations in those days if you were going to be a musician." Musicians who played with Tipton would remark on his youthful appearance, but never suspected his ruse. "Mentally he was a father," said one son, Scott Miller. "He was always there...
...Renowned saxophonist, Jean Baptiste "Illinois" Jacquet stands out among the artists to perform in the annual Phillips Brooks House-sponsored Jazz for Life concert tonight at Sanders Theater...