But always...and happily there is Kevin Lucas, confident and poised, on vibraphone, marimbas and percussion driving a frenetic yet seamless rhythm, like waves crashing on a beach.
"Colorful calm moments, energetic dynamic sequences and thought-provoking, mind bending constructions [will be] woven together into an overall seamless rhythm and flow," says hexeosis on Kickstarter.
(The vibraphonist Stefon Harris, part of the original band, isn't with the group this week.) And Mr. Osby's band, if you haven't seen it live, is just about the most exciting in the jazz business right now, making music change shape and rhythm in seamless and often brilliant sets.
The fable tells the story of how "a long time ago humans used to walk on legs and arms, just like all the other four limbed creatures", but how "their rhythm and seamless coordination made the other parts [of the body] green with envy", and "they started plotting against the two pairs".
The music is sophisticated yet approachable, with assertive rhythms, pungent harmonies and seamless shifts between acoustic and electronic sounds.
It is easy to get lost in — and perhaps as a result, to underestimate — the sheer sensory pleasures of his movies: their dynamic compositions and kinetic rhythms, sinuous camera movements and seamless digital wizardry.
The key ingredient in the movie's overall slickness ― the seamless pacing and editing ― creates a breezy rhythm that the more incremental and methodical "Widows" doesn't quite pull off.
Personally I'm not interested in perfectly seamless loops, I like looping GIFs with abrupt rhythms that emphasize the jerkiness.
The familiar rhythm drew you right back in: the seamless sequence of passes, quickening and subsiding, then breaking off and starting over.
Thoughtfully wrought interpretations of five of the Opus 25 Études highlighted the details of each, like the delicate arpeggios of No. 1 ("Aeolian Harp") and the juxtaposed rhythms of No. 2, which here sounded seamless and unrushed.
In "Cricket, Spider, Bee," Ms. Ruehr embellished three Emily Dickinson poems with vivacious rhythms and smart, colorful orchestration; performed in a seamless sequence, the works formed a satisfying arc, with mild dissonances complementing Dickinson's ever-ambiguous tone.
