In 1957, Miles Davis and his ensemble scored the French film “Ascenseur pour l’echafaud.” While Davis did devise some harmonic themes in advance, the music was largely improvised and recorded over only two days. The director, Louis Malle, screened relevant segments of the film for the quintet, who translated the mood into musical accompaniment. The result is hauntingly beautiful and fits the film perfectly, responding in real time to what is happening on the screen.
TEAM AWARD: ACC-RSA Executive Director, Joseph A. Giunta, Jr., front row-center, poses with his team at the Army Acquisition Executive’s Excellence in Leadership Award ceremony at the Pentagon in Arlington,…
by Jacqueline M. Hames Most of us have glanced up while we’re outside at night and wondered what that bright, star-like object moving across the sky might…
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HOUSTON, DO YOU COPY?: Morgan, left, Springer, center, and Hood visited the Mission Control Center in Houston. By Jacqueline M. Hames “STEM is a full-contact sport,” said…
OVER THE RIVER: NATO Allied Rapid Reaction Corps officers visit British Royal Engineers in Germany as they prepare for river crossing drills in February. ERDC’s Streamflow Prediction Tool provides 15-day…
Rajal Ganatra (center right) with Acquisition Pathway Director (right) Maj. David Rothzeid and other cohorts of the program: from left, Denzil Thomas, Jaylene Carteret and Steve Rapp (on screen). (Photo…
What are hypersonic weapons, why does the Army want them, and are they as revolutionary as they sound? by Ms. Mary Kate Aylward 1998: U.S. intelligence locates Osama bin Laden…
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