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...trained and experienced as any saxophone player today, but unlike the rest of his family, he does not believe that "jazz" music is determined by whether or not it swings, bops or adheres to any general notion of "canonical jazz." That's why you hear him playing alongside Sting, Bruce Hornsby and The Grateful Dead, and in front of "The Tonight Show" band and now Buckshot LeFonque...
...Reported by John Colmey and Frank Gibney Jr./Singapore, Edward W. Desmond/Tokyo, Jay Branegan and Barry Hillenbrand/London, Bruce van Voorst/Bonn and Sribala Subramanian/New York
...Recording Arts and Sciences. The evening's most pleasant surprise was newcomer SHERYL CROW, 32. Her infectious single All I Wanna Do was named Record of the Year, and she also took home Grammys for Best Female Pop Vocalist and Best New Artist. The oldtimers did pretty well too. Bruce Springsteen, 45, added four awards to his pile for Streets of Philadelphia, and Tony Bennett, 68, picked up two, Album of the Year and Traditional Pop Vocalist, for his MTV Unplugged. They all looked like kids, however, compared with Benny Carter; the legendary saxophonist won for Best Jazz Instrumental Solo...
Respect, at least from the hip end of the rock establishment, has often eluded John. He lacks the anguish and ragged emotional edge of the existential rock star; he's closer to Neil Sedaka than to Bruce Springsteen. And there's something uncool-refreshingly so-about his naked need to be loved across the footlights. "Even if I had only one finger left," he once said, "I'd play for you." That's the credo of the compulsive showman, who loves to get people to sing along with all the tunes (Your Song, Daniel, Rocket Man, Crocodile Rock...
...veterans and a talented young Californian took top honors at the 37th annual Grammy Awards. Tony Bennett, who won his first Grammy 33 years ago for I Left My Heart in San Francisco, won Best Album with MTV Unplugged. Bruce Springsteen's Streets of Philadelphia was named Best Song. And Sheryl Crow is the year's Best New Artist...