Word: rhythmically
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...brass worse, and when the soloists just didn't feel like playing. Yet even in these moments of inconsistency, they have managed to turn out a brand of music that's hard to beat in any league. And the reason for this is the Base drive, that elusive rhythmic quality that makes the orchestra at once aggressive and relaxed. They have been accused of playing noises, but this isn't true. There's a clear-cut distinction between a band that screams because it's expected to and a band that drives because that's the way the boys feel...
...swell trombone ride with a tom-tom backing... Johnny Hodges steals the show on Duke Ellington's Warm Valley (VICTOR), a slow, dreamy tune, arrangement of which is remarkably unpretentious. Reverse, The Flaming Sword, says "fox-trot" on the label, but just try dancing to it, and the elaborate rhythmic patterns will have you giving out on the old one-two-three-kick... Lionel Hampton's latest offering features an unusual combination: rhythm section with two guitars, Spanish (Douglas Daniels) and electric (Teddy Bunn). Coupling is Pigfoot Sonata and Just for Laffs and both guitars take all the honors (VICTOR...
...Oedipus" was written in 1928, and marks a transition between Strawinsky's youthful and dynamic ballets and his poised contrapuntal modern style. It is primarily a lyrical work, and instead of the complex rhythms and fragmentary motifs of the ballets, has long melodies, with relatively simple rhythmic structures. The three performances of the work this weekend by the Harvard Glee Club and Boston Symphony Orchestra, one at Sanders Theatre tonight, the other two at Symphony Hall Friday and Saturday, will be a rich treat. The fact that it was conceived in purely auditory terms, and not, like the ballets...
Sixteen famed Wellesley girls will highlight the annual Water Carnival in the Harvard pool tonight at 8:15 o'clock with an unusual display of rhythmic swimming, waltzing, water stunts, and formations...
Miss Anne Smith is the director of an even dozen Wellesley beauties, slated to perform to music for 15 minutes in rhythmic swimming, waltzing, water stunts, and formations...