Film noir comes to France (the country that first invented the term for a specific kind of Hollywood thriller), as blacklisted American director Jules Dassin turns out a flawless Paris-shot thriller on a budget of about ten centimes.Rififilaid out the ground rules for the heist movie: a mis...
Saxophone, one of the best music tools for learning! Playing the saxophone is not only fun, but also pricessless sence of achievement.Typically, there are four standard size saxophones. These are the soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxophone. The soprano saxophone is the key to Bb, and ...
Brian Carpenter's 13-piece orchestra is bottom-heavy (bass clarinet, baritone and bass saxophone, bassoon, trombone, and tuba), which keeps the string orchestra centered. And the guest vocalists are mostly from the rock world (or wherever you would slot Petra Haden and Karen Mantler), so ...
Cohen’s legendary baritone is leagues deeper than before, perhaps sunk by the weight of his subject matter. On the title track, he sounds as though he’s been living off a steady diet of cigars and scotch; his grumbles are foreboding, even sinister, against the synagogue choir that ...
Michael Caine had already proved himself as a rising screen actor, first withZulu(1963), thenThe IpcressFile (1965), but his appearance as the eponymous happy-go-lucky cockney Casanova in Lewis Gilbert’sAlfiecemented his movie-star status. American tenor saxophone giant Sonny Rollins wrote and...
nasal baritone is used to great effect to exclaim “Bitch!” and tell stories of mobbin’ through the city,causing mayhemand being banished to Senegal (“Jiggy on the Shits”). Looking for New York rap? This is what it sounds like. –Timmhotep Aku ...
Shepp’s breathy saxophone invests “In A Sentimental Mood” – recorded in 1965 with vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson for the albumOn This Night– with a distinctly post-bop vibe while his interpretation of “Sophisticated Lady” (found on his 1968 album,The Way Ahead) is more radical; even so...
This modern jazz man is still expanding himself too: “Pigalle” is a Coltrane-esque wig-out, the gloriously sleazy saxophone of “Early Prayer” gives the tune a stifling lounge jazz vibe, while the introduction of Jon Brion-esque strings to Williams’ arsenal add an extra lair. Even ...
layering echoing dub effects over explosive guitar scratch and no wave saxophone through the free jazz of Cecil Taylor and Eric Dolphy. Which is to say there are anthems—and powerful ones at that—amid what might at first seem like chaos. “Thief of Fire,”“We Are Time” and “Words Di...
. Live date, past his prime but looks as far back as the Dolls, band includes a saxophone as well as some primal guitar. ** 3. Hanging Tree Guitars (Music Maker Relief Foundation) A dozen blues recordings, Timothy Duffy field recordings featuring guitar craftsman Freeman Vines and family....