Balliet

Similarly, what the critic Whitney Balliet called the “pervasive suavity” of West Coast jazz — an understated and cleanly articulated playing that stayed close to the melody, tempered improvisation with control, and shunned blatant virtuosity — developed in response to the raw expression, the ostentatious and athletic displays (along with squawks and jagged accents) that characterized the increasing excesses of bop and hard bop, the dominant jazz styles back east.

California Cool 2008

Similarly, what the critic Whitney Balliet called the “pervasive suavity” of West Coast jazz — an understated and cleanly articulated playing that stayed close to the melody, tempered improvisation with control, and shunned blatant virtuosity — developed in response to the raw expression, the ostentatious and athletic displays (along with squawks and jagged accents) that characterized the increasing excesses of bop and hard bop, the dominant jazz styles back east.

California Cool 2008

Telephone conversation with author, May 5, 1996; Balliet, Whitney.

Sylvia Blagman Syms. 2009

From his wonderful physique it is easy to believe that Balliet must have been the great center-rush whom the heroes of years ago tell about.

Football Days Memories of the Game and of the Men behind the Ball William Hanford Edwards

Balliet especially saw room for improvement in the culture of the walk-around: I was like -- 'Wait a minute: There's a massive room filled with alcohol, and people aren't having fun here?'

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

To do that, Balliet said, they had to find a way for people to record and share the wines the drinkers loved and didn't without the awkwardness of note-taking in a crowded room.

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Daniel Balliet, Norman Li, Shane Macfarlan and Mark Van Vugt did a exploring men and women in cooperative settings.

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"We encourage people to ask anything," Balliet said.

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Wine Riots started out in Boston, where co-founders Morgan First and Tyler Balliet were blown away by what Balliet called a "total disconnect" between the wine producers and consumers who thirsted for more knowledge.

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I called Sarah [Balliet, Murder By Death's cellist] once in the middle of the week to be like 'Hey guys, I'm still alive.'

Spinner Dan Reilly 2010