Unlike Gar Wood, which produced runabouts one at a time, with the same crew working on every detail of the boat, Smith broke down the assembly into teams.
The same crew at Justice that kept the Asian fund-raising scandal away from the White House is now throwing its protective blanket over the White House aides who intimidated whistle-blowers in the e-mail concealment.
Given that the best thing about the album is Mr. Bennett's twinkling rapport with the band, it's worth noting that he'll have the same crew at the Apollo Theater on Tuesday night -- including Monty Alexander, Mr. Bennett's choice to fill Basie's piano chair.
Before Game 3 at the Metrodome on Sunday night, the same crew of six umpires will walk onto the field.
The same crew convenes at Iridium for a weekend run under the banner of the club's Keystone Korner Nights series (and yes, under the banner of "Black American Music," or "BAM" — the genre tag that Mr. Payton uses in place of "jazz").
At the movie's end, when the same crew has returned to record her in the act of voting, she has found her voice, and delivers a harangue about the miseries her family has recently suffered -- travails that make up the plot of this new film by Rakhshan Bani-Etemad, which opens in New York today.
The same crew have staged Yen, first at Manchester's Royal Exchange, now at the Royal Court.
Ran won the Challenge Cup in 2009 and 2011 and is back with Zennstrom, his wife, Catherine, and much the same crew for a run at a third straight victory.
He made his return this spring, leading a trio with Steve LaSpina on bass and Joey Baron on drums: the same crew backing him this week at Birdland, along with the alto saxophonist Greg Osby.
