Word: recordability
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...silver platter without the hard knocks and dues paying that their predecessors went through. "They're getting a place in jazz history that they have not deserved or earned," says bassist Ron Carter, 53. "I mean, at 19, 20, how much can you really know?" Many veterans complain that record companies are passing them over in favor of the young guns...
...fact, some observers predict hard times ahead for some of today's highly touted youngsters. "A lot of them are going to fall by the wayside," says Lorraine Gordon, owner of New York's Village Vanguard. Arrendell agrees: "The record companies are on board only as long as they're making money. I think there always will be a demand for jazz. But the artists they sign and keep are the ones who sell the most records. Some guys are going to see their contracts not renewed...
ONCE ON THIS ISLAND. Manhattan's Playwrights Horizons has an enviable record: many of its limited-run hits, including Driving Miss Daisy, The Heidi Chronicles and Falsettoland, have moved on to greater fame on larger stages. The latest gift, to Broadway, is this musical folktale about love and magic on a mythical Caribbean isle, with a calypso-flecked score that may remind some of Disney's The Little Mermaid...
...NECK (Columbia). Two mighty pickers . kick back, do a little singing, a little guitar plucking, and pull off a sublime exercise in countrified sophistication. "Show a little respect for your elders," Atkins teases Knopfler during an easygoing version of There'll Be Some Changes Made, and the whole record becomes a kind of cross- generational tribute to musical roots, from one master to another...
...protect themselves, some lawmakers have tried to blur their incumbent status. In Illinois, for instance, Democratic Senator Paul Simon is airing a TV commercial that shows his opponent, Congresswoman Lynn Martin, next to a copy of the Congressional Record while an announcer reels off her votes. Simon is described as "fighting" for this or that cause, rather than "voting" on anything. The spot leaves doubt as to just who has been in the Senate for the past six years. The motif of fighting for the home folks against Washington shows up in many ads in other states...