Scrum (rugby) the players who are designated forwards binding together in three rows. The scrum then 'engages' with the opposition team so that the players' heads are interlocked with those of the other side's front row. In rugby union the initiation of the process is verbally coordinated by the referee who calls 'crouch, bind, set' as of 2013 (formerly 'crouch, touch, pause, engage', 'crouch and hold, engage' before 2007). The scrum-half from the team that did not infringe then throws the ball into the tunnel created in the space between the two sets of front rowers' legs. Both teams may then try
Stanley Crouch evaluating an art from which they feel substantially alienated." Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis has called Crouch "my best friend in the world" and "mentor". The two met after Marsalis, at the age of 17, went to New York to attend the Juilliard School. The two have shared a close relationship ever since, Crouch having written liner notes for Marsalis' albums since his debut album in 1982. When Marsalis served as "Senior Creative Consultant" for Ken Burns' 2001 documentary "Jazz", Crouch served on the film's advisory board and appears extensively. Some jazz critics and aficionados cited the participation of Marsalis and Crouch