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...BASS...
Miss O'Brien, who is as curvy as the double bass she plays, does not mind. On tour, the men make up for it by falling all over themselves to carry her bags, and save her a seat on the bus. More than that, she is justifiably proud of breaking the sex barrier at the Philharmonic, which, apart from female harpists, has never in its 125-year history hired a woman musician fulltime. As it is, Orin struggled through ten years and several auditions before she finally won the job this year over 33 men bass players...
...ranges to the other. Therefore co-ordination and flexibility among the various performing groups are essential to a good performance. The soloists were all successful in this respect, making the most florid passages sound simple. Penny Colwell and Marian Ruhl sang their soprano duets like a single voice, and bass Walter Moore's competence and ease were overwhelming. In some of the tenor and bass duets, there was a lag of a few measures before the voices attained complete raport...
...back in nostalgia on his position as head coach at Gettysburg. "Boy, I guess I'll never live like that again," he says smiling, shaking his head. "Our home was adjacent to the fourth hole of a golf course, and right across the fairway was a lake stocked with bass...
...freak," said one bass player afterward. It was an expression of respect, for Rich has always been ranked by musicians as a drummer's drummer. They marvel at the fact that he never practices, has none of the calluses and bumps on his hands that other drummers have. Among rival stickmen, the admiration extends from old guardists such as Gene Krupa ("Buddy is the Maury Wills of the drums") to such new guardists as Elvin Jones ("His artistry is almost beyond belief"). But perhaps his most avid fans are symphony percussionists. "He's the world's greatest...