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...Anthony Honnet’s grainy bass pedals locked into Davy Honnet’s urgent pulse and dramatic two-handed organ riffs gained power from sampled sustains....
...Scene set, the night’s first theme, “Trane”, was cued by a brief sway of Benjamin’s alto sax. Whiplash rhythms alternated with walking bass swing and ebb-and-flow solos moved inexorably to a high....
..., 808 bass.”...
...Described by Blanchard as “opera in jazz”, this powerful adaptation of Charles M Blow’s painful coming-of-age memoir returns with bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green as Charles....
...polyphony, and here Joe Gaminara brings to life not only the voices that crowd Shy’s head — the teachers, parents and counsellors all attempting to save him despite his best efforts — but the drum and bass...
...Only emotional intensity fell a touch short (try Benjamin Britten’s recording for wringing out every drop of angst). For all its size, the Royal Albert Hall can feel unexpectedly intimate....
...She chooses the sea bass with Amritsari butter and lemon preserve. I order fried prawns with Goan red rice pulao and smoked chilli curry....
...The mezzo Bethan Langford brought eloquence to lines that probably call for greater contralto depth; bass Božidar Smiljanić’s warmly authoritative line made many wish his part was larger....
...and bass-baritone Michael Sumuel....
...Adani told DD’s Chloe Cornish and Benjamin Parkin that he saw the as-yet-incomplete NDTV takeover as more of a “responsibility” than a business opportunity....
...Casey Benjamin’s mournful vocoder vocals, Terrace Martin’s pithy alto sax and Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah’s soaring trumpet are thrilling leads....
...Benjamin Crump, the Floyd family attorney, said Floyd’s relatives would meet Scott and Booker on Tuesday....
...In contrast, the traditional “Keep Your Eyes on the Prize” is sparsely accompanied by double bass and tambourine....
...The sombre theme of “The Principal” comes next with arpeggiated Benjamin Jephta piano, low-slung bass and drums spitting beats....
...The set opens with the vocal cut and thrust of the title track supported by sparse double bass and off-kilter drums....
...As well as sole, bass and those delicious skate, Bill Pinney has fished weapons from the river, including, in 1970, a British mine the size of a mooring buoy....
...In McCarren Park, near the borough’s northernmost tip, more champagne was popped, spouting their contents high into the sky, as a man with a stadium speaker strapped to his chest like a bass drum blasted...
...“Belekou” (a neighbourhood in Port-au-Prince) paints a picture of gangs preying on the citizenry, the opening guitar and bass lines prowling and sinister, Benjamin singing as if lurking in the shadows....
...First track “Liberia”, written by John and featuring veteran alto saxophonist Gary Bartz, opens with a searing sax duet before settling into fast walking-bass swing....
...The candles burn out, but we can still hear Queen, nay Empress, Victoria tittering at Benjamin Disraeli’s jokes at an intimate round table just beyond our view. Suddenly a dancing light!...
...Christof Fischesser brings a crisp bass to the role of her father, Rocco, and Benjamin Hulett a convincing dose of desperation to her suitor, Jaquino....
...And the funky jazz waltz “Long as You’re Living”, first sung by Abbey Lincoln with legendary modern jazz drummer Max Roach, is propelled by the mighty bass of Christian McBride....
...Solid Benjamin Tiberio bass lines, Jeremy Dutton’s skittery rimshots and pianist Jeremy Corren’s take on Robert Glasper’s moves mark this as music of our time....
...The core quintet is built on the solid beats and spiky interplay of Joshua Crumbly and Terreon Gully on bass and drums and features the trenchant soloing of saxophonist Casey Benjamin....
...But the leader orchestrates from within with a mix-and-match of triple-time lilt, furiously fast swing, hip-hop, drum and bass, and the reverberations of dub....
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