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As for the music, it was better than one would have expected. Daniel A. Horwitz '98 comments, "I actually think the DJ did a pretty decent job. Usually, it's all bad, but he played some terrible stuff, some good stuff, some slow stuff, and some fast stuff.' Old dance...
The masterpiece of the album, and arguably of Hendrix' career, is "Machine Gun." With a gloomy sense of foreboding, Hendrix introduces the piece by wishing everyone in the audience a happy New Year, and many returns, bitterly adding, "I'd like to dedicate this, yeah, it's sort of a...
Lennox scores surprising success with some of the more unusual and difficult songs on the album. Her rendition of Bob Marley's "Waiting In Vain" is a prime example. In the hands of a lesser artist, the song could easily have degenerated into imitation-reggae drivel, but Lennox handles this...
Nicholas Kitchen, the first violinist, immediately showed his fine command of dynamics in the opening melody, but his tone became a little strident, undermining the carefree quality of the movement in its recapitulation. He fortunately saved some of the stridence for the bold, personal statements of the second movement's...
Among the better tracks on the album is a duet with Van Morrison, the tune "Serves Me Right/Syndicator." Hooker's voice-rough, vibrant and dripping with years of Jim Beam-mixes well with Morrison's brighter tone. As the song progresses, the two artists lose themselves in its driving melody...