The opening tune combined those two functions, over a firm backbeat in waltz time.
Tomorrow night at 7 30 and 9, Dirdy Birdies Jug Band, a seven-member band that plays traditional jug band tunes combined with gospel, folk and bluegrass.
With its shifting tonal center and fluttering groove, the tune combined aspects of post-Coltrane jazz and Brazilian pop with cinematic breadth.
His songs and tunes, combined with his stage presence and humour, quickly endeared him to the folk enthusiasts and, within a week, he was gigging at London folk clubs.
Perfect if you're looking for tough guy lick-a-shot gunman tunes combined with doomsday DHR-type beats.
The pair's spare tunes combine plaintive minor-key melodies (supplied by the violinist Catherine McRae) and tight, yearning vocal harmonies (supplied by McRae and the guitarist Todd Griffin), with touches of electronica thrown into the mix.
The harpist Riza Printup added delicate timbres to "Windows" and the slow, meditative "Crystal Silence," and the conguero Bobby Allende joined on a few tunes, combining with Ali Jackson's strong, forthright drumming.
With a mix of foreboding and panic, these tunes combine the ambience of horror with a sense of urgency, and wouldn't be out of place as b-side cuts to films such as Escape from New York or Big Trouble In Little China.
The proposed tuning strategy combines an open loop tuning algorithm based on a simple lumped parameter model of the resonator with a gradient descent approach based on a feedback control structure that ensures robust performance.
A decade ago he wrote 100 short tunes that combined klezmer-like Jewish tonalities with fiery jazz; he called the set "Masada" and has played the pieces (along with about 100 others written later) to wide acclaim around the world.
