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...Elsewhere, Parker’s microtonal melodies and circular breathing impressed, while bassist Rogers’ astonishing command of his seven-string bass constantly thrilled; the custom-built AAL has a cello range, an...
...Then a friend turned him on to the jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker, and he knew right away that he wanted to start a be-bop band....
...Melodies are clearly stated and roots made clear, but each composition is recast in a contemporary jazz aesthetic with improvisation at its core....
...“The mood music has changed, the melody is nicer but we still don’t have the words of a new British song,” said the veteran diplomat, who will leave his London post next week....
...Price’s gift for crafting epic melodies and retro glamour is evident again here....
...The cast is drawn from the Royal Opera’s Jette Parker Artists Programme and Britten Pears Young Artists Programme....
...Laden with sharp rhythms, folkloric melodies, whistles, flutes and bells, the band sit firmly in Chicago’s avant-garde....
...Now, familiar melodies are heavily disguised and themes and tempi are stretched....
...As the outgoing EU ambassador João Vale de Almeida memorably put it in a valedictory interview with my colleague George Parker: “The mood music has changed, the melody is nicer but we still don’t have the...
...“I cannot overstate how strange he looked,” muses his manager Colonel Tom Parker, played by Tom Hanks with a mixture of showman’s verve and quiet menace, as he recalls his first encounter with his prodigy...
...The music has a relaxed groove and bright melodies. The carefully designed production doesn’t grow static or suffocating. There are subtle shifts in volume and emphasis, a constant sense of animation....
...Barron’s melody twinned clarity with harmonic nous, Holland marked the form with firm counterpoint underneath, and drummer Blake hinted at Latin jazz....
...Mancio’s clear diction and precise phrasing follow the twisty melodies and make meanings clear....
...As Wagner acknowledged when he spoke of Rossini’s “narcotising melodies”, this is an opera that delivers entertainment for its own sake — and it does so perhaps more ingeniously than any other....
...The angular melodies and quick-fire rhythms seemed outlandish at the time, but listeners with a good ear for a tune could spot the structures of showtune classics such as “I’ve Got Rhythm” and “How High...
...Collaborators abound, writing lyrics, helping with beats and melodies, including Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker and songwriter Ilsey Juber....
...Mehldau caresses the melody over two-note bass, and the duo sustain the song’s delicate mood with layers of detail and depth....
...The second duet began with closely voiced piano and wisps of melody from Parker’s sax....
...Parker’s virtuosity had found beatific support....
...He referenced both Parker and Coltrane at this hothouse gig; Parker via a brief flicker of syncopated swing, Coltrane as a marker in a modal lament....
...The second improvisation, led by Ban’s marching single-note piano, evolved through ragged stride to sax and viola skitters, delivered pure melodies and ended on a fading viola moan....
...Stevie Parker The Cure (Virgin EMI) Bristol-based singer-songwriter Stevie Parker emerges from the more reflective end of the mainstream pop spectrum, the one where Lana Del Rey sighs about self-destruction...
...The first CD, building on their much-praised debut, Dem Ones, showcases the duo’s ability to spin fresh melodies with rhythmic intent....
...“Bebop moved things away from swing in the 1930s, and pioneers like Charlie Parker introduced this incredible complexity. Musicians were fascinated, but crowds got lost along the way.”...
...“Fables of Faubus”, which opened the second half, turned a protest against segregation into a merry jaunt, while the ballad “Celia” was reconfigured to sound like Charlie Parker with strings....
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