Beazley ultimately won back the base, one that had been alienated by the overtly socially progressive, at times elitist tenor of Keating's government, rapid pace of change and outraged by his description of the devastating economic recession of the 1990s as one "we had to have".
Is progress necessarily progressive?
(Chinen) TONY MALABY'S PALOMA RECIO (Tonight Mr. Malabyy, a versatile and increasingly prominent tenor saxophonist, leads a progressive ensemble with a Spanish tinge; his fellow travelers are Michael Rodriguez, trumpeter; Ben Monder, guitarist; Eivind Opsvik, bassist; and Gerald Cleaver, drummer.
(Chinen) TONY MALABY'S PALOMA RECIO (Tomorrow) Mr. Malaby, a versatile and increasingly prominent tenor saxophonist, leads a progressive ensemble with a Spanish tinge; his fellow travelers are Michael Rodriguez, trumpeter; Ben Monder, guitarist; Eivind Opsvik, bassist; and Rodney Green, drummer.
The silky-voiced tenor was best known for his progressive rock and soul version of "Drift Away," a 1973 top 5 hit penned by Mentor Williams that includes the lyric, "I wanna get lost in your rock and roll and drift away".
(Chinen) Dan Cray Quartet (Thursday) Dan Cray, a thoughtful pianist with a gently progressive take on postbop, recently made his fifth album, "Meridies" (Origin), with a group featuring the tenor saxophonist Noah Preminger.
The conductor is Michael Dadap, music director of the Children's Orchestra Society; the cast, with many Filipino artists, is headed by the noted tenor Sal Malaki, playing a well-born man who has studied abroad and returns to the Philippines with progressive ideals.
