blues

The movie seems to recoil from its own hammering dramatics, with Bryce Dessner’s score toggling uneasily between jocular blues and dour, overcompensating strings.

Dudamel, who joyfully held Simon’s diverse musical styles together, began the program with Bernstein’s “Divertimento,” a collection of short, popular-styled bagatelles, including dances and blues numbers.

There’s dread in the hoodoo mysticism that blues voices like Sammie’s have — voices with the power, like Orpheus, to unite the living and the dead.

At the same time, Mediterranean plants and ornamental grasses in a palette of soft greens, silvers and blues add warmth and elegance.

I’d begun working with friends of mine across all artistic disciplines, so my movement language is diverse — hip-hop, modern jazz, blues, new style hustle.