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...this mode, McFerrin emerged onstage as much as a loving pedagogue and mentor as he did an enterprising musician in his own right. He lent his talents to the Harvard Dancers, providing a soundtrack for small ensembles. McFerrin and the dancers seemed to mutually feed of each other’s thematic ideas for a captivating synergy of vocal and physical improvisation. The members of three a cappella groups the Veritones, the Pitches and the Din & Tonics could barely contain smiles as McFerrin worked his way into their individual songs, reaping the benefits of tutelage from a man whose musical...
JOSH TYRANGIEL WROTE OUR COVER STORY ON BONO (BEING PHOTOGRAPHED HERE BY SAM JONES), THE MULTITASKING ROCK MUSICIAN. Reporting on Bono means that you get to visit a variety of universes. In New York City you accompany the noted social activist Bono at the World Economic Forum to discuss globalization nonstop. Then in New Orleans you are hanging with the global rock star Bono at the Super Bowl, a nonstop party. I love Keynesians as much as the next guy, but New Orleans and U2 is tough to beat. As the band members made their way from the field...
...institution in the country. Says Ndii: "Liberalizing the market can really work." Unfortunately, it is a slow process in Kenya, in part because liberalization upsets so many vested interests. Real change will require more than a visiting vice squad. It will need a "complete cleanup, legally, morally, everything," says musician Wainaina. That would be something to sing about...
...will garner the most attention, and there are indeed many, many pages of 'erotic, pornographic ravings.? After a while, this seemingly ageless adolescent?s ardor grows wearisome, and we are grateful that he also wrote copiously about more interesting matters like music...Music, history, and gossip from a master musician and letter." PW agrees. "This will be catnip to music lovers. FORECAST: Toscanini has never lost his hold on the public imagination. Wide review attention, as well as the sensational nature of some of the material here, should ensure sales above what such a volume might normally inspire...
Hentoff: I used to play the clarinet but I stopped long ago. I couldn’t have made it as a jazz musician, I could have made it as a classical musician, but not with jazz. And as Charles Mingus used to say, I wasn’t interested in spending my life playing other people’s music...