The Jazz/Latin Jam" Stars Deserving Wider Recognition
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-tionwith • -· • ter tsner .-.. u ..........~ln -- itorium • _eat s........ t '--ton-~·-~~ - liK:kets: $5.00 St s: .00 S""""' ~ -+- Balcony: 2.50 Ttekets at office or mail..._~ ke c ks payable to: University J York University • Jon Faddt •~ trumQt t. Andrea Brach· ,..,... feld I Joe Farrell. flute, tenor IIJCOPhone, Ray lryant. plano, Joe Beck. guitar. Herb Buehler. IN baal. Jimmy Madiaon. Mel Lewla, drums, Ray Bar .. with IIYU board Ntto. congaa, Terl Thornton. vocals Leaderle Jam e aon aenerally nrc DAY OCTOBER 7, 8:00 PM p ~ ' or o y crha~ s. But Ja k Klein Inger. little more than a year ao, begun hi " lligh· haht In Jazz" on the premi e thnt whatever Jon Faddis Joe Farrelf the circum tance , good musicmns will pro Qucwtet with Herb BUshier Jimmy Madison duce aood nnwic. He handph;; ks th e: trtl ent , Tldceta at box office or by mail order MOire checks payable to: emcee the shows, and even . ugge l orne of New Yoet Unlverlity the proaramming- though the rti t hold • Tldets: 15.00 Students: ~ . 00 Student Balcony: $2.50 • full control. Sc'lmetime it come out tilted NYU Loeb ...,.... Center Rlaner end Lubin Audltortum nd pat ~ more often we hark b ck to Norm u1 -La ...... "•c• 11 Sq. South ~~~~: !5H!!i~!!7!57~------_J Granz" epochal groupings. fhi wus one of tho e moment . The opening Walk in ' et the evening's pace: II joined in to take a few wurm-up choru.~ e I But at wa n't until the stage cleared, leaving Bryant alone, that the virtuo ity began in car ne t. He' not one of the most rnenti<>ned among the great piano soloists, but Ray al way surprises with a concert or a new rec ord. and I remember, uveah, he DOES IT. don't he?'' Well, he did it thi night. The con - trast in dynamics from the large ensemble • down to one man wa enough , but when he • plunked down a very funky blues line, then e tended it into Willow Weep, the feeling was down home. It's not an uncommon ap proach-Duke did it with Kinda Dukish/ Rockin' In Rhythm. But the colors evoked re mained intact, especially in the hands of one u• who's o in control of hi instrument as is Mel Lewis presents db '7 4 Critics Poll Award • Bryant. ~ for ~ Trumpet - TDWR" to Jon Faddis. Ms. Thornton was coaxed up from the au- dience to do a pair of tunes with the rhythm section, then, including a wide-ranging Green Dolphin Stre~t that started low and finished somewhere near her upper limits. , Back to business, and it was Faddis' turn. • This was the Jones-Lewis band barnstormer's solo premiere, and he handled it well. using his pyrotechnics on Caravan . He will have to break from tho e patented Dizzy licks before • too long, because you can't go telling people, "Close your eyes and I'm Diz" indefinitely. Jon's got great chops and some high note hi· jinks that won't quit, but he constantly goes back to riffs we all know too well. While I dig what Dizzy's done, I'd like to hear Faddis Jack Kleinsinger's " Highlights In Jazz" re go him one better . if that's possible. turns for a new season at NYU's loeb Student We paused here while Mel Lewis presented Center' s Eisner and Lubin Auditorium. The Jon with his db Critics Poll award for Talent October 7 show, " The Jazz/latin Jam" stars Deserving Wider Recognition. Mel then sat R~y B~rretto, R~y Bry~nt, Jon Faddis, The in on Con Alma, handling Latin honors alone Joe F~rre11J1oe Beck Quartet with Herb as Barretto sat one out. Bushier and Jimmy Madison ... Outdoors Ms. Brachfeld, recipient of this years' it's Jazz Interactions at The Pub Theatrical Louis Armstrong Award from Jazz Interac fountain plaza Wednesdays thru Fridays at tions, guested for Afro Blue, sharing solo hon SPM: Sept. 11 , Lew Soloff; Sept. 12, Bill W~t ors with Barreuo, who burned solidly with rous and his M~nh~tt~n Wildlife Refuge . ... palms, chin, e:bows and wet finger. Benny Goodm~n brings an all-star nonet to Farrell-Beck-Bushier-Madison are a work Carnegie Hall on Sept. 13. Included in the ing quartet, as was evident in their two num group are Urbie Green, Bobby Hackett, bers. Farrell's Hurricane Jan~ was his tenor H~nk Jones, Bucky Pizz~relli, Zoot Sims, offering. but the feature was the excitement and Sl~m Stew~rt ... For the insomniacs de generated by the group's united energizing: partment: John T. McPhee, one of the few re these were hard. straight ahead contemporary maining jazz tap dance specialists, has orga ounds. I Won't Be Back, penned by Beck, nized breakfast shows at 4:30 AM for free at featured the guitarist with wah-wah and fuzz the 42nd Street Repertory Theatre Friday, Sat to areal effect. The closer was one of the best preform urday and Sunday mornings ... Kenny Bur ances of Night In Tunisia I've ever heard. It rell Qu~rtet still at the Half Note thru Sept. was all stops, each player soloing, no rhythm 14. Sonny Rollins in for two weeks starting for rhythm's sake. The rousing challenge Sept. 16 ... Festival On The River, the jazz round between Barretto and Madison went ferry, leaving from the Battery at 7:30 PM. will on for an extended chorus or three, leaving have the Bobby Rosenprden Orchestr~ and those onstage jumping around in glee, slap Wild Bill D~vls Trio on Sept. 13; How~rd pins paJms and exchanging hugs. It was McGhee Orchestr~ and Ch~rles McPherson everyone at the top of his/her form, a fitting Quintet on Sept. 20; Collective Bl~ck Artists conciUiion to an all .. round/outasight night Orchestr~ and Roy Ayers Ubiquity on Sept. Latin jazz. arnold jay smith Jazt fete ' • Barretto Opens In l d •• ....... y B rr ito w on daY at 1 Un-JaZz :T ~y-ork tJnh' ~ 8 01 t detlt cente • LOb S u as the I ~ tty' Guardia Pl., Jack .r; La 1 m in p n p~o •'}lighUght ill Kl in \n RaY Bryant J ~" rl · alSO on J F rr n are -v uons Ray et bUl. For re Barretto JAZZ SERIES f) .375'7. OPENS SEASON Music Tonight ••• Jaa wJth a Lat n beat "ill .,....,. 1 e t r o p o II t a n Opera: htJfbliiht &l U»e eason' penin Ber 's ''\\"ozz ck,~' JaJllt:;o:. one rt pr nted b. J k l..e\ inc, COJJ tsAr. an h1 Haghhgh ln dnct{)r; \VitlJ J 011 Mood }, to r 7th t P uul th Jani ~far· rt wliJ be twJd an Un, Pe tcr E n r nd l ubrn ud1torrum ln Glo sop, rhl' J b tud nt Cent r t Donald W hJn ton Square 111 Gran1m, T J nt pi nt} \\ill \\" I J J i ant rt'pre nted '"ath m 1·1ca' Lewi ; 8. r, \' ord I fin pt'rcU 1oni t R > H l g h • R rr tto on c nga drum Ra lights 1n Bnant on p1 no. Jon F"addt on Jazz: Latin· trumpet plu the Joe F rreJJ Jazz Jam, t and Joe Beck Cgu1tarJ with Ray Quartet- H~rb Bushler on Barretto, Jamm ~ · fadJSOn on drum Ba~, Bryant, G R:\l\l.i\1 • Joe Farrell, others: l~b • -Edward Watlda Student Center, 566 !.a. Guardia Pl., 8. Mark \ ra.r ha,·s.ky, ceiU t; Carnegie Recital JlalJ, 8. ·-·- - MU IC: The New York Philhnrmonic unoflr the direc- tion of Pierre Boulez open itis firc::t .. lini-Fe tival Around Ive... ·• 'fue,day night at ..4. v )ry Fi~her HalL ••• Tenor Jan Peerce will gh·e a mu~;:i('a} ~·Salute to I~rael'' conr rt at ~::{0 p.m. todn~- in Colden A uditoriun1 of Queens College. Pianic::t Rudolf and Wa~ne Sm•t t 21 . Speakmg ot }i'irkuun' ''ill be pre~ente,l in cone rt at 2:15 p.m. today a·t the Hunter Collcg ...4 ~ mb}y HalL . at•n Jazz ack Klem_inger pre ent The Lattn 1 The ... e" C'hool Concert . ll6 ,,. 12th • t., opens Jazz Jam Oct. 7, wath R~ y l ry~n t, R~ y B~r e Ho its 19th ..,ea "On t i :30 p.m. to~ay with 11 special and jM F~rrell , among other ew York program oinmen1orating H1e lOOth anniv r~ar)' of t ln• Pr tt era s m Queens eatures the birth of A1·nold ~ choenberg.... Th lA'- Angele~ Philharmonic. conducted b\· ib rnuc:.ic dil ctor Znbin Mehta will apJlear in Ca.rne~ie Hnll on Thur day, Fridny and aturday . .. English Jut ni t and guit"ar • i t Julian Bream ':iii be })l'e. ·nted in r ncert Friday night nt Town lfall . Ray Bar1 et to op n~ the Highlio-hts in Jazz concert ... a .. on tom nO\\~ night at the I.ioeb Student Center uf ~ Y ... D rcE: The Joffre)· Ballet• return hon1e to the City Center 55 S~. Theater for a four-" ek ea on begtnning \\"edne~rlay night when the comr an~· 11nveils its new production of Le.onije .. fas~in '. "PucineiJa," a work premiered in Pari~ in 1920 but ne ·e1 before seen in the U . ... Loui Falco and hie con1pany of dancer will make their (•nh· •1 e" York appearance of this sea on tonight at }\ver:r Jij her Han.