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Music | HIGH NOTES Jul 2, 2003

Burnt Sugar: "The Rites"

by Tom Bojko

"I had come up with the idea of adapting motifs from 'Le Sacre du Printemps' for a series of improvisations," says Burnt Sugar's Greg Tate. "Given how many sick bass lines there are in his writing, Stravinsky makes perfect sense for a band that ...

Music | HIGH NOTES Jul 2, 2003

Pat Metheny: "One Quiet Night"

by Michael Pronko

Pat Metheny is one of the most widely imitated guitarists in modern jazz. A prodigy on guitar, he played in jazz clubs before he could even drive to the gigs and became one of the youngest teachers ever at the famed Berklee College of ...