Word: musicianship
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Since his arrival at Harvard, Everett has raised the bar for the quality of musicianship in Harvard ensembles by introducing a jazz ensemble and a performance band, whose members frequently overlap with the marching band...
...emerge from the rubble. "Everytime it Rains" shows that the band is capable of funky, fresh guitar taps and witty, slapping basslines, while Shepherd's vocals are perfect for slow-paced, harmonica-wielding songs, as the Clapton-like "Losing Kind" reveals. But the traces of good musicianship, well-timed vocals and beat progression in Live On are dwarfed by the generic nature of the album...
...continued struggle with his drug problem was putting undue stress on the rest of the band with regard to touring and recording. Luckily, Talk Show, an STP album without Weiland's lyrical and vocal talent, spurred the other band members to pine for the chemistry that once produced musicianship that helped define grunge. Thankfully for anxious STP fans, No. 4 satisfies the STP craving fans were so ruefully denied...
Self-described American disco-folk, The Humming is also jazz-influenced, with a twist of reggae. This versatile and harmonious band has taken American rock-and-roll where it should be, away from whiny bands to musicianship and joy. Each band member is a real artist in his own right, and together Ian Steams, Reggie Martell, Ty Gibbons '00 and Frisbay create a unique sound. It is hard to succinctly describe a song set that included jazz breakdowns, a slide didgeridoo, the drummer on vocals and a jig. Some lounge, some first wave ska and some B.B. King slipped through...
...certainly unique for the BSO. The tuxedoed musicians were far away from the world of the black tie connoisseurs who frequent Symphony Hall, and instead the audience was refreshingly casual with gleeful five-year-olds running the aisles and jean-clad parents in pursuit. And though the level of musicianship was phenomenal, the BSO's sound was some-what lost in the cavernous community college indoor track stadium...