Even less daring features have their lyrical, pure-jazz moments.
Hindsight makes Ballantine's advance look like less of a gamble, but in fact the novel had a tortured path to publication (Putnam rejected it for daring to feature a Russian protagonist and it took years for Smith to buy back the rights) and at the time the $1m advance was deemed impossibly risky.
His narratives are considered daring for featuring the problems of hermaphrodites, exiled lovers, and homosexuals.
"The Daring Duo" features him and David Turner as a pair of classical musicians running for their lives, while he reteams with the brassy comedian Kristine Zbornik in "Seth and Kristine: Together Again!" The subject matter of "The Daring Duo" — skilled but imperiled musicians — dovetails with an interest of Mr. Rudetsky's.
The cover makes somewhat of a daring move, featuring not a Hollywood actress, but jazz musician and recent Grammy Award winner Esperanza Spalding (shot by Alice O'Malley and styled by Susan Winget).
His solos often feature daring melodic leaps.
In Ter Steege, Kubrick had seemingly found a muse for what would have been his most daring and contentious feature.
A daring design, it features a number of dramatic terraces which jut out like enormous diving boards over a waterfall.
"Tom Cruise in 'Top Gun' did more for recruiting than any strategy we've ever come up with," Mr. Cohen said of the movie that featured daring aerial engagements.
OPERA METROPOLITAN OPERA The first two opening nights of Peter Gelb's tenure at the Met were groundbreaking events that featured daring new productions; this year, he returns to the Joseph Volpe formula in shaping an evening around a single star — in this case, Rénee Fleming.
E-mail address GO SIGN UP Share Tweet OPERA METROPOLITAN OPERA The first two opening nights of Peter Gelb's tenure at the Met were groundbreaking events that featured daring new productions; this year, he returns to the Joseph Volpe formula in shaping an evening around a single star — in this case, Rénee Fleming.
