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...At first they tried recording standards, but Gordy shelved those tracks, wanting something suitable for the R&B market. “We was disappointed,” Fakir says. “And we let him know....
...soca beats; Golding references young Sonny Rollins, Boyd inserts whipcrack rimshots into press rolls that are as smooth as glass....
...All the smaller F&B and leisure customers will be getting waivers on their rental obligations for three months, at a cost to British Land of about £3m, with deferrals offered to retailers etc if they want...
...The set closed with UK alto saxophonist Soweto Kinch joining the trio for a cover of Sonny Rollins’ warhorse blues “Tenor Madness”....
...Two months later, they called him to audition for the R&B band Mint Condition, who were preparing to open for Janet Jackson....
...Booker Ervin The Good Book — The Early Years 1960-62 (Acrobat) Booker Ervin’s unique tenor sax voice was forged out of road-trip necessity and the hollers and moans of chittlin-circuit R&B....
...(WSJ) B.B.C....
...For the next 90 minutes, Dave and his quartet juxtaposed, jumbled up and bent out of shape half a century of jazz, funk and R&B without pause for breath....
...Kate Morgenier has an MBA with a concentration in finance from Rollins College Crummer Graduate Business School in the US....
...Aged 42, he is still an inveterate jammer – recent recorded guest spots include Sonny Rollins – fronts his own big band when in New York, and frequently adds gloss to the classier end of R&B....
...They have endured for 48 years in an industry known for a) loving youth and b) being extremely fickle. Their most recent tour made more money than any other....
...My seat at the end of Row B gave me an unparalleled view of the keyboardist’s ankles and little else, but what the hell, this was The Wooster Group: it was going to look odd from any vantage point....
...Very lively. 14% Ch Moulinet 2004 Pomerol £18 selected M&SRipe, velvety and slightly dusty Pomerol for traditionalists at a good price. 13% Rémi Rollin, Fichots Premier Cru 2004 Pernand-Vergelesses £18.50...
...Swearing on stage can land you in jail, and the American R&B singer’s generous use of Eddie Murphy’s favourite expletive led to a small audience walkout and threats of police intervention....
...But Loose is smashing: high-tech R&B beats, blaring Latin pop and one of the singles of the year, the mighty “Maneater”....
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