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of pedal steel guitar, mandolin and it works. Mitchell's lyrics to Together fiddles to carry it home. Carry it Mingus' classics are vivid and witty, Gsmofon inlha Haw UJoHd Sort of Lion by McCoy Tyner home. and her singing is surprisingly ver­ Rzrfwmad bq ttxt Ciamslen Milestone Records (M-9087) satile. Particularly good are the () The latest by pianist and moving, affectionate remake of composer McCoy Tyner is a joy. "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" and the Precise, vigorous playing joins tasty hilarious "The Dry Cleaner From arrangements, as Tyner stretches Des Moines." Herbie Hancock on out in the company of an all-star piano, Wayne Shorter on sax and lineup that includes Freddy Jaco Pastorius on bass provide Hubbard on trumpet, Hubert Laws added texture and mood. on flute and Stanley Clarke on acoustic bass. The quietly powerful "Ballad for Aisha" and the mus­ cular, swirling percussion of Communique "Bayou Fever" are blue-ribbon Barren County by Dire Straits winners. by Newgrass Revival Warner Brothers Records (HS 3330) Flying Fish Records (083) (ROCK) Bandleader Mark Knopf- (BLUEGRASS) Newgrass Revival's ler's much-praised lyrics strike me fusion of bluegrass and rock is as unexceptional. Vague threats of Rickie Lee Jones shown off to good advantage on violence if the hero doesn't get what by Rickie Lee Jones Barren County. Their trademark wants (usually The Girl) are not airtight harmonies are here on he Brothers Records exactly new in rock and roll. How­ Warner "Dancin* With the Angels," as are 3296) ever, Knopfler's whispery vocals (BSK the spirited, lickety-split.picking (on and liquid guitar lines grow on you, (ROCK/POP) The Jones lady's got it "Lee Highway ") and under­ and before you know it, you find a supple, sensual voice that can stated way with words (on "Crazy yourself humming these quietly sing 'em fast or slow, a clever in the Night"). It's this little-known ominous songs. (sometimes too clever) collection of Gamelan in the New World group's fifth LP and quite possibly lyrics and an expert band of L.A. their best. session players backing her up. The by the Gamelan Son of Lion humor and spontaneity of Folkways Records (FTS 31313) "Danny's All-Star Joint" particu­ (A VANT-GARDE) Gamelans are larly stands out on this impressive metallic traditional instruments Lines on the Paper first album. from Indonesia that make a variety by Kate Wolf of clear tone^ to suit a variety of Kaleidoscope Records (F-7) moods. The modern American Kate Wolf's songs are musicians and composers on Game­ (FOLK) World use them to simple, direct and uue, covering iht Mingus lan in '.he .Vew of love and loss in create frantic activity ("Machine familiar territory by quiet a way that is personal without being Shop") and slowly building, or self-pitying. And the Asylum Records (5E-505) intensity (as in "Circular sappy takes some sound of her band, Wildwood (JAZZ) An unlikely combination, Thought"). This record worth it. It's Flower, is as clean and invigorating jazz composer and close listening, but it's as a breath of country air, with lots folkstar Joni Mitchell? Maybe, but beautiful.

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