Word: sextet
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DIED. Russell Procope, 72, dapper, goateed jazz clarinetist and saxophonist who was a fixture in the Duke Ellington Orchestra; in New York City. After playing with Chick Webb, Fletcher Henderson and the John Kirby Sextet, Procope joined the Duke in 1945, bringing his low, mellow sound to such Ellington compositions as 4:30 Blues and Swamp...
...struggling Providence College sextet, losers of four of its last five games, found a Crimson squad more than willing to match its dreary play, sloppy pass for sloppy pass and, on the strength of a reasonably efficient defense, dealt the icemen their fourth straight loss, 3-1, at the Bright Center last night...
DIED. Bill Evans, 51, facile-fingered jazz pianist and composer whose subtle lyricism and inventive harmonies won him five Grammy Awards and five Down Beat Critics Polls; of a bleeding ulcer and bronchial pneumonia; in New York City. Asked to join the Miles Davis sextet in 1959, he replaced Red Garland in a band that included John Coltrane and Cannonball Adderley. After a six-month collaboration that resulted in the classic jazz album Kind of Blue, he formed his own trio and recorded such albums as Conversations with Myself and Affinity...
...sextet of "rude mechanicals" who wander into the forest to rehearse their play intrudes on this inhuman enclave like visitors from another dimension. Their antics, delivered by the ART actors with gung-ho spirit and the precision of acrobats, form a haven of the familiar in Epstein's inhospitable forest; yet even they become possessed, reacting to Bottom's "translation" by careering across the stage in hops, sprints and tumbles while the musicians play one of Purcell's country dances. The sorcery of the wood finds little purchase on their "hempen homespun" minds, but gets at then anyway through their...
Mahosky and his friends have already picked up their prize. "Part of the jewelry will go to charity, part we'll sell for taxes," says Mahosky, "and part we'll keep as an investment." Meanwhile, the sextet plans to continue harmonizing...