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...Joseph stood between two cultures-the crumbling, terrifying, brilliant, polytheistic life of the Egyptians, and the simple, severe, shepherd's culture of the monotheistic Jews. His mind was filled with the ceaseless introspective poetry of comparison and analogy, prophecy and symbolism. He thought about the story of the Flood and its symbolic repetition in the tears of men. He compared the eerie legends of Egyptian mythology with the religious teachings of the Hebrews. He pondered upon the comparative meaning of sin. Sin for the Egyptians was not conscious wrongdoing, but more akin to a want of foresight. "It meant...
...another unfortunate musical mistake, something should be said of their bassist, or rather their ex-bassist, Lloyd Trotman. A bassist of Trotman's calibre is a rare occurrence. He is both an excellent rhythm musician and a fine soloist. Men with technical command of their instruments are plentiful in comparison to those who possess both virtuosity and a taste for good jazz. Here is a man who does more than just "play the notes" and as a result deserves a place on anyone's list of "third world" musicians. But in spite of what some people may lead...
...word here) the band is not altogether unbearable. Once in a while, if you listen patiently, you can dissect from the wild conglomeration of over-arrangements an interesting tenor chorus or a refreshing break by a trumpet or trombone. In fact most of the solos are really worthwhile in comparison to the greater portion of the music heard north of 125th St. So if you're tired of Frank- the Radcliffe-conception-of-virility-Sinatra and your soul cries our for some musical satisfaction, fall in at the Savoy any Sunday afternoon. If you don't like the band, bring...
...contraptions of the cinema palaces can imitate anything from a peanut whistle to the crack of doom. No other instrument has such elaborate controls; organ playing, involving several manuals (keyboards), sundry pedals and sometimes hundreds of stops, makes 20-mule-team driving an utter cinch in comparison. An organist's opportunities for musical sins of commission are almost limitless...
...custom was not only an injustice to an excellent pilot (squirms Gentile: "It's not good enough . . . I'll never be satisfied until I get four more in the air and make it 27 destroyed upstairs"). The Eighth's action also served to point up by comparison the sounder trend, which is away from individual box scores toward fighter teamwork...