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Men's singles ace Roger Taylor was voted the man on the WCT tour with the best legs by members of the Slims tour. The handsome Taylor has been in the middle of off-court brouhahas, like last year's Wimbledon boycott--but the one thing he just can't...

Author: By Timothy Carlson, | Title: The Lobsters' Game | 5/31/1974 | See Source »

The film does have problems. But they have little to do with race, liberality or mushiness. Ritt, Ravetch and Frank revel in the grotesque. The school superintendent and principal (glosses of groups of figures from Conroy's book) are educational Bull Connors. More interesting characters, like the island's hermit...

Author: By Michael Sragow, | Title: Conrack and Its Critics | 5/15/1974 | See Source »

At the same time, there was a good deal of inspired soloing, from guitarist Bill Connors and Corea. Connors has developed a unique hybrid sound, one that draws equally from the last five years or so of rock guitar playing. He has a very heavy tone, almost ponderous and always...

Author: By Freddy Boyd, | Title: Miles's Favorite Child | 1/30/1974 | See Source »

COREA's strongest point is persistent use of the synthesizer as an extension of the piano, rather than as a gimmick. He uses it without wasting its potential and also without abusing it. But the core of any discussion of the man is his range. Corea absorbs and transmits ideas...

Author: By Freddy Boyd, | Title: Miles's Favorite Child | 1/30/1974 | See Source »

The byword was a consistent brilliance. Good moments flowed like good frames in a film: Corea's recreation of a grandfather clock's movement in "Children's song #1;" an integrated drum solo, drums laid over the bass line for the first time in my memory; Stan Clarke's bass...

Author: By Freddy Boyd, | Title: Miles's Favorite Child | 1/30/1974 | See Source »

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