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...This riveting performance opened with pianist Danilo Pérez nonchalantly whistling a throwaway tune and ended with the jolt of two sharp unison stabs....
...Endearments to his two wives — Ann Sharp, whom he married in 1954, and then Jane — can sound forced....
...Goldman’s report highlights the sharp, secular increase in the number of unprofitable companies since the 1980s, with almost half of all publicly listed ones unable to turn a profit in 2022....
...In person and behind the camera, Morris is a sharp mind with a mischievous edge. His work has had real impact....
...The piece unfolds from stirring beginnings and floaty interludes to sharp bursts of drums and a hint of blues; first Aldana and then guitarist Lund flowed freely while following the form to the letter....
...But the focus was Kinch, standing on a plinth near conductor Lee Reynolds, alternating sharp-toothed and rhythmically nuanced rap with pensive tenor and alto sax....
...Many residents now find themselves facing sharp increases driven by rising pandemic-linked costs....
...(“I remember Ronnie,” says Benson, of the club’s founder. “He was very strict!”)...
...whatever their breezy affectation of accent and manner, had turned spiv, the last vestiges of common decency prostituted to swindlers no better than his notorious conman father and perennial escape artist Ronnie...
...The Jamaican-born pianist Monty Alexander billed his week-long Ronnie Scott’s residency as the “Harlem-Kingston Express”....
...“Float Flitter Flutter” delivered dreamy harmonies, sharp stabs and silky walking bass, while “Do You Know the Way”, inspired by an eye-catching street name in Corfu, delivered tension and release....
...Multi-instrumentalist Morgan Guerin added percussion, doubled up on bass and delivered sharp contours on understated sax....
...A pair of diminutive female officers literally called Reggie and Ronnie are getting closer and closer to the truth....
...They are normally sharp dressers, but at this performance only pianist Danny Grissett was wearing a suit — his having been the only luggage to arrive, trumpeter Jeremy Pelt explained ruefully....
...The dutiful, urbane people queueing up hardly registered party guest, Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood, and were keen to see their own art rock star. “I felt more for the people in the queue,” he says....
...Now 52, Garrett’s angular phrases, rhythmic twists and razor-sharp articulation fuse the legacies of Charlie Parker and John Coltrane with the power of R&B....
...The rhythm section handled the contrasting moods, sharp turns and short unison breaks without seeming to break sweat; with Cohen’s virtuosity merged into the band sound, the sense of a collective was strong...
...It wasn’t quite pin-sharp for “Under My Thumb”, perhaps in subconscious recognition of the song’s datedness....
...At this performance his long phrases, surging harmonies and sharp attack further energised the house....
...At this incident-packed second-house gig, the West Coast-based MONK’estra brought the project thrillingly to life with their razor-sharp ensemble work and rhythmic authenticity....
...Jazz musicians with high-end commercial credits playing creatively are a regular treat at Ronnie Scott’s; ones promising to echo the universal beat of freedom and solidarity are somewhat rarer....
...His 1980s performances are the stuff of club legend, and his band’s intricate rhythms, flamboyant brass and technical panache have made him a Ronnie Scott’s must-see ever since....
...Furthermore, Ronnie Sassoon (Vidal’s wife) used to pop in twice a week for a blow-dry whenever she was in town....
...Light and soothing at the outset, Barron’s myriad variations kept the narrative flowing, urged on by Blake’s razor-sharp rolls skidding from tom-tom to snare without break....
...Bassist Dave Holland’s jazz career began in the mid-1960s with a gig at Ronnie Scott’s and went up several notches when Miles Davis spotted him there two years later and signed him up....
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