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Review: 'Dreamgirls' takes a turn at Harlem's Apollo
...as the third of the trio. And, surely, we have not heard the last of Chester Gregory, who plays Jimmy Early, the quasi-James Brown character, with a witty pout, a debonair growl and what may well be springs bouncing inside his knees. Whenever the story moves... |more
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Experience Necessary: Nimble on His Feet, and Doing What He Loves
...management. Dancing with the stars: I used to go to dance at the Apollo in between the numbers. I saw Marvin Gaye, James Brown, Gladys Knight, Richard Pryor, Michael Jackson with his little Afro, Jackie Wilson. At the Palladium, I saw Tito Puente. I danced... 8:07 PM |more
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PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Dreamgirls Of Dreams and Dreamettes
...this role. I sorta consider my interpretation of James 'Thunder' Early as a gumbo mix of Little Richard, Jackie Wilson, James Brown and Otis Redding. What I like about this character our director, Robert Longbottom, gave me freedom to do my own interpretation... |more
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Fela!
...the multifold influences he absorbed at home and during his time in London and the U.S.: Yoruban chants, Highlife horns, James Brown-style funk, freeform American jazz, Cuban big bands, primal bass and a touch of Sinatra smoothness. Those sounds are blasted... |more
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Charlie Hunter at the London Jazz Festival, Ronnie Scott’s, London W1
...a constant stream of spoken cues as they negotiated unfailingly melodic riffs, much like some jazz version of the James Brown road show. The organ timbre had largely disappeared from Hunter’s palette, giving way to spare but pleasingly full-blooded bass... |more
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Cute New Chameleon Discovered While Being Eaten by Snake
...and this one turned out to be a new species.” While some newly described species take their names from celebrities like James Brown, Marshall and his co-author Michele Menegon, gave the creature a more serious name, Kinyongia magomberae, after the forest where... |more
