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Volume 80. Number 128 Duke University Durham, North Carolina THE CHRONICLE Newsfile Williams jazz festival crescendos Democrats debate again: By DIANA GLASBERG Pledges of mutual respect were made The second annual Mary Lou Williams by the three Democratic Presidential Jazz Festival, scheduled for April 13-16, candidates as they began a joint televi will feature two-time Grammy award win sion appearance in Manhattan. A brief ner Winton Marsalis, Winton's father the effort to rise above what Gary Hart "legendary pianist" Ellis Marsalis, world called the "penny ante" exchanges that famous trombonist Curtis Fuller, four local have characterized the New York pri bands and the Duke Jazz Ensemble. mary campaign was almost immediate ly upset as he, Walter F. Mondale and the Paul Jeffrey, director of Duke's Jazz Pro Rev. Jesse Jackson fell back into their gram and festival organizer, said he believes running feud over foreign policy and the "this year's festival will offer much more tactics used to attract New York's ethnic diversity, as far as events and artists, than and religious groups. See page 2. the last one." This year's fete also includes more bands, and thus higher costs and more planning. Last year's performances featured Marvin Gaye killed: Marvin Marion McPartland and Dizzy Gillespie. Gaye, the pop singer, died from a bullet The schedule includes: wound at a Los Angeles hospital. His • Friday afternoon, at the Mary Lou father, Marvin Gaye Sr., was being held Williams Center, a music class for children for questioning by the police, who said led by Brother Yusef and friends; the son had been shot in his father's • Friday evening, at the Bryan Center house. The singer was 44 years old. See Film Theatre, a film on the life of Mary Lou page 2. Williams; • Saturday from 2 to 6 p.m., "Jazz on The Israelis unmoved: The question Green" on East Campus (Baldwin of whether to move the United States Auditorium in case of rain), free perfor PETER HA/THE CHRONICLE Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem is mances by the Duke Jazz Ensemble, Paul an issue that appears to have caused con Jeffrey, Danny Richmond (former drummer Quad bopping siderably less excitement in Israel than for Charles Mingus), Ray Coddrington Students dance out frustration to Cruis-O-Matic Sunday afternoon in the American presidential campaign. (former trumpeter for Eddie Harris), Israeli officials are approaching the issue Charles Dingey (bassist who worked with The festival and the scholarship honor a scholarship this year but there will be a with extreme caution and are wary of Ramsey Louis) and four local bands; Williams, who headed the Duke Jazz pro third jazz festival. If both shows sell out well making any comments that could be con • Sunday at 8:15 pm,, in Baldwin gram until she died of cancer in 1981. have more than enough money." strued as interference in American Auditorium, a concert featuring Ellis Mar Attendance at the performances will Also making important contributions to politics. They have limited themselves to salis, Curtis Fuller and the Duke Jazz determine the amount of profits, if any. The the festival are: David Bowser of WXDU, formal policy statements that Jerusalem Ensemble, general admission is $5 or $3 Duke Jazz Program, which faces limited who is giving support and publicity; Ella is their capital and the logical place for with a student identification card; funding, has received assistance from across Pratt, director of the office of cultural af any embassy. • Monday morning, a new master class the University. fairs; and Renee Hall, a 1982 Duke for piano and trombone taught by Ellis ASDU, at the request of Gary Gartner, graduate, who originally envisioned the Honduran chief ousted: Hon Marsalis and Curtis Fuller and consisting financier for the Mary Lou Williams Center festival. duras' army chief was ousted because of of a performance and a question/answer ses Committee, will donate more than $2,000 Jeffrey, a personal friend of Winton Mar the dissatisfaction of younger officers sion, cost will be $1. toward the festival. salis, gathered the accomplished artists. He with his autocratic ways and his plans • Monday at 8:15 p.m. in Page According to Gay Llewellyn, Duke said he "selected a wide cross section of ar to restructure the army, officials said. Auditorium, a performance by Winton Mar University Union program adviser, local tists, artists who would have more than Honduras announced Saturday that salis' quartet, general admission is $9 for vendors will donate food and money and average appeal to the students, especially Gen. Gustavo Alvarez Martinez was ask adults and $8 for students. Duke University Food Services will donate since Winton Marsalis is only 22. ed to resign. His removal does not appear Tickets will go on sale at fttge Box Office half the profits it earns that day. "It will give a little more of an educational to have been motivated by discontent today. Jeffrey, who anticipates that about perspective and supply entertaiment too," with the his close ties to the United Proceeds from the festival will fund the 5-6,000 spectators will attend the festival Jeffrey said. States, the authorities said. Mary Lou Williams scholarship, awarded to of 60 musicians, emphasized that the But main attempt is "to tie together the talented students who wish to further their festival is in fine financial shape. cultural interests of the students and the More firing: Israeli artillery units studies in jazz. "At worst," Llewelyn said, "there won't be community," he said. fired on positions in the Syrian-held ter ritory in the Bekaa region of eastern Lebanon, It was the first such shelling in months. A cease-fire was generally Georgia's Bond lambasts Reagan holding in Beirut, where there was only- sporadic shooting. By DIANE PINSOF where he was nominated as a vice presiden tial candidate. "This is a time in our history when the Bond has received a good deal of exposure No elections in Brazil: Direct issue of race appears to have come back to elections were ruled out in Brazil by the outside of the political arena as well. He the surface again," said Georgia state Sen. writes a nationally syndicated weekly head of the military government. Presi Julian Bond in a speech Sunday night dent Joao Baptista Figueiredo said newspaper column. He also once hosted before about 300 people in the Bryan "Saturday Night Live" on television and ap direct elections for the next president Center Film Theater. "are inopportune at the moment" but peared-in the movie "Greased Lightning." said that the successor of the next presi In his speech, "Black Politics in the '80s," Bond, recently named to Time magazine's dent would be chosen freely. Bond strongly criticized the Reagan ad 200 Leaders List, said that the current ad ministration's stands on civil rights and ministration "has surrendered the general human rights. Bond cited examples of good to corporate will and has sacrificed Weather policies pursued by the executive, human rights for mineral rights." legislative and judicial branches of govern It's Opening Day!: As befits the ment that seem to be "marching the United PETER HA/THE CHRONICLE Despite his current disillusionment with day in which the only true major league States backward into the eighteenth Senator Julian Bond, D- Ga. recent political and social developments under Reagan, Bond was optimistic about sport returns, today will be mostly sun century." got a candidate who can win, and expect to ny with a high in the mid 60s. Low the future of both human and civil rights. "Three years ago we thought our civil go forward with him and win with him." He urged youth to participate in social and tonight around 40. Partly cloudy Tues rights might be in jeopardy, now we see our Bond, 44, participated in the 1960s civil day with a 30 percent chance of showers. political activism. "We must mobilize youth civil rights slipping away," Bond said. "This rights movement. He then moved into against barricades of apathy and indif administration threatens to turn back the politics, riding a wave of black voter ference," he said. civil rights clock until it becomes a sundial." registration into the Georgia legislature. He Inside Bond, a supporter of Walter Mondale for has served four terms in the Georgia Bond's speech was sponsored by the Chicago Shines: Hoof 'n' Horn the Democratic presidential nomination, legislature since 1967 and has been a state Reginaldo Howard Memorial Scholars explained, in response to a question, why senator since 1974. He has.achieved in Organization, Duke University Major brings Windy City atmosphere to Duke creasing national prominence since the in latest musical. See review on page 4. he has not endorsed Jesse Jackson. "In Speakers Committee, the Black Student 1984, I want to win," he said. "I think I've 1968 Democratic National Convention Alliance and the Bassett Fund. Democrats debate in New York
pearance Sunday, he said this amounted to a "patroniz World & ing" and "pandering" approach to Jewish voters. NEW YORK - The three major candidates for the On WNBC, Jackson also repeated his apology for refer Democratic presidential nomination opened a joint ap ring to Jews as "Hymies." But advance copies of the up pearance in Manhattan Sunday with pledges of mutual coming Newsweek magazine contained statements that National respect, but almost immediately fell back into their run could give the incident new life. The magazine quoted ning feud over foreign policy and campaign tactica Jackson as referring to the remark as "non-insulting col Page 2 April 2, 1984 Some of the sharpest differences emerged over the en loquial language" that had taken on unwarranted dorsements by Walter Mondale and Sen. Gary Hart of a importance. proposal to move the American Embassy in Israel from The exchanges on the embassy issue reflected the im Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. portance that various groups, including blacks, union THE CHRONICLE In a one-hour appearance on a WNBC-TV news program members and suburbanites, are expected to play in the broadcast in the metropolitan area, Mondale accused Hart voting Tuesday in New York for the largest group of of flip-flopping on the issue. The third candidate, the Rev. delegates to be chosen in a single primary so far this year. Jesse Jackson, accused both men of giving the embassy A total of 252 delegates will be elected, and 33 more will issue unwarranted importance. In an earlier television ap be picked later by the New York Democratic Committee.
Assistant news editor Amanda Elson Assistant feature editor Michelle de Savigny Copy editors Foon Rhee Associate photo editor Will Hicks Soul singer Marvin Gaye killed Peter Ha Day photographer Alice Adams Although the officer gave no details, he said a report Desk Jon Scher had been filed with the Police Department last week alleg Night editor Jenny Wright LOS ANGELES - Marvin Gaye, who blended the soul ing that "some kind of an assault" involving the son had Watchdog Amanda Elson music of the urban scene with the beat of the old-time occurred at his parents' home. Martin declined to comment Gospel singer and became an influential force in pop on a report circulated by neighbors that the argument in Account representatives . . . . , Judy Barlett music, was shot to death Sunday. volved a birthday party that had been planned for the Susan Tomlin singer Monday. Advertising production Todd Jones The singer, who would have been 45 years old Monday, Composition .. . . Delia Adkins died at 1:01 p.m. from bullet wounds in his chest at the The singer was a member of the generation of black per Judy Mack California Hospital Medical Center. Police officials said formers including Diana Ross and Gladys Knight and the Elizabeth Majors that they would charge his father, Marvin Gaye Sr., 70, Pips who, in the 1960s and 1970s, skyrocketed to fame . . . Andrew Brack with murder or manslaughter. out of Detroit under the Motown label. Gaye had increased Leo Hodlofski Lt. Bob Martin of the Los Angeles Police Department the pace of his performing and recording in this country said the singer was in his father's home about 12:30 p.m. over the past year after spending an extended period of when the men "became involved in a verbal dispute that time in Europe. The Chronicle is published Monday through Friday of the led to a physical altercation, pushing and shoving." academic year, and weekly through ten (10) weeks of summer Among his early hits was "Heard It Through the sessions by the Duke University Chronicle Board. Price of Subsequently, Martin asserted, the singer's father got Grapevine" in 1968. It was was re-issued this year and subscriptions: $40 for third class mail: $90 for first class mail. a pistol that was in his home and fired several shots at featured in the film soundtrack of "The Big Chill." Offices at third floor Flowers Building, Duke University, Durham, his son. He became probably even more famous in recent years North Carolina 27706. Martin said he did not know why an argument might for several sexually explicit hits, including "Let's Get It have occurred, but said there were indications that there On," and "Sexual Healing," which won him two Grammy had been "bad blood" between the father and son recently. ' _ last year.
A FOUR DAY FESTIVAL OF JAZZ! Friday, April 13, J984 Saturday, April 14. 1984
"Child's Play with Brother Yusef" 12:00*00 p.m. Brother Yusef and Friends "Jazz on the Green" 5:00 p.m. "Mary lou" A tribute to Mary Lou Williams a film featuring regional Jazz musicians 2nd Bryan University Center Film Theater East Campus Quadrangle AMNWAL Sunday, April 15, 1984 Monday, April 16-J.984
8:15 p.m. "A Special 2:30 p.m. "A Master Class with Ellis Marsalis" Evening Featuring East Duke Building, East Campus WILLIAMS The Legendary JAZZ Ellis Marsalis 8:15 p.m. "An Evening and Curtis Fuller" with the Wynton LESTI>^L Accompanied by Paul Jeffrey and Marsalis Quintet" the Duke University Jazz Ensemble
Baldwin Auditorium, East Campus General Admission Seating Page Auditorium, West Campus $5.00 for General Public $9.00 for General Public $3.00 for Students with Current l.D. $8.00 for Students with Current l.D.
I SPONSORED BY the Black Student Alliance and the Major Attractions Committee of the Duke University Union, together with the I support of the Associated Students of Duke University, Duke University Food Services, the Institute of the Arts, the Mary Lou Williams I Center for Black Culture, Special Services, Technical Services and the Director of Duke' s jazz Program, Paul Jeffrey.
For Ticket Information call Page Box Office (684-4059) For General Information call 684-2911 Campus Pratt runs her last Artist Series Page 3 Aprit 2, 1984 By ELISA DAVIDSON the "sense of camaraderie" in the University community made working at Duke "a pure joy." Today Ella Fountain Pratt, director of Duke's Office of Cultural We "wanted to do programs in which students could both Affairs, will retire at the end of June. participate and work with faculty to bring new programs William Griffith, vice president of student affairs, an to campus," Pratt said. The caliber of the productions is Freewater film, "Darkmoor," Bryan Center film nounced Pratt's retirement Friday night during intermis so much greater now. theater, 7 and 9:30 p.m. sion of the season's final Duke Artists concert. Griffith "More students need to become involved with the arts," described Pratt as "our impressario par excellence, and so she said. Tuesday much more, with her enthusiasm and commitment to the "If I could have one wish" Pratt said, "it would be for arts not only at Duke, but in our city, state and yes, our Duke students to look around [them] at the opportunities Genetics colloquium, Donna Kubai, research nation." that are available to them [in the form of arts programs] associate, Department of Zoology, 12:30 p.m. Pratt, herself once a dancer and involved with acting and take advantage of them." said, "I love the arts; they are my life. The enjoyment that Pratt said she was too busy now to think about what she Baseball, Duke vs. Hampden-Sydney, Jack Coombs comes from them is theraputic." will do when she retires, but she does plan to maintain Pratt said she sees the arts as another form of educa her Duke connections. "I will be of support or help to Field, 1 p.m. tion. "Entertainment doesn't necessarily mean the light anybody who wants it." and the frivolous; it can be deep and moving. Griffith said that during the June celebration of the Pharmacology seminar, John Doull, University of The Cultural Affairs director, who began her Duke career Union's 30th anniversary past student leaders of the Union Kansas medical center, 147 Nanaline Duke in 1956 as Duke University Union program adviser, said will pay tribute to Pratt. building, 4 p.m.
Freewater film, "The Homecoming," Bryan Center film theater, 7 and 9:30 p.m. New staff elected Duke Students for Life, speaker, Stephen M. Civic Center Krason, constitutional lawyer, Zener Auditorium, From staff reports 7:30 p.m. The Chronicle staff elected 10 senior and department editors Friday for the 1984-1985 academic year. Student Affairs, study breaks with coach Al Buehler, Trinity juniors Larry Kaplow and Kathy Burkett will model shown be associate editor and managing editor, respectively. From staff reports Brown Commons, 8 p.m. Kaplow, a news editor last year, is now a managing editor; Durham received a new plan for its long-delayed Burkett is an associate news editor. Al Bernstein, Trinity civic center project Thursday night at a special meeting Music department, senior recital, Cathy Suries, sophomore and a features editor, will also be a managing called by a Durham businessman and city's preferred piano, Nelson music room, East Duke building, 8:15 editor with Burkett. center developer. Trinity sophomores Townsend Davis and Elisa David The new plan, which George Watts Hill of Durham son were named news editors. Davis has been an assistant and the Murphree Co. of Houston unveiled to a group Wednesday editorial page editor this year and Davidson has been an at the Croasdaile Country Club, calls for an 18-story, assistant news editor. 250-room hotel, in addition to an 85,000 square-foot Davis was last seen hallucinating and could not be reach civic center and a 100,000 square-foot office building. Office of Black Church Affairs, Black Seminarians ed for coherent comment. Davidson, speaking a few oc City Manager Orville Powell and Frank DePasquale, Union, present lecture, James Thomas, Bishop, taves above normal in the Poodle register, could not be a Durham architect whose company built the model for Ohio East Area, United Methodist Church, York understood. the new center, will present the plan to the public at Chapel, 2 p.m. Paul Gaffney, assistant editorial page editor, was elected Wednesday's city council meeting. to editorial editor. The Trinity sophomore with exhibi "The key to it [the new plan] is Mr. Hill being willing Baseball, Duke vs. St. Andrews College, Historic and tionist tendencies, bought the title of editorial editor with to make his property available," R_well said. Hill's fami Refurbished Jack Coombs field, 3 p.m. his Dad's Swiss Bank Account. Guy Seay, Trinity junior, ly owns and has made available to the city the land sur will edit next year's magazine supplement. This spring he rounded by Chapel Hill, Market, Rarrish and Corcoran worked as editorial page editor. Duke Investment Club, speaker, Edward Kane, Pro Streets which is currently the site of the project's office Trinity sophomore Wendy Lane - and winner of grid fessor of Economics and Banking, Ohio State building in the news plan. picks by a furlong - moves up from associate sports editor University, Bryan Center film theater, 3 p.m. ' Powell also mentioned that several organizations, in to sports editor. cluding Duke University, IBM, Mitsubishi, General Will Hicks and Peter Ha, Trinity sophomore and junior, Electric, Liggett & Myers and Burroughs Wellcome, DUU Major Speakers, Shere Hite, author, resear respectively, were named photography editors, based on have committed to use the project's hotel if it is built. cher. Page Auditorium, 8 p.m. their outstanding work for The National Enquirer this "I'm very excited about the plan," said rWell. year. The two are now associate photography editors.
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Durham: Northgat* Malt 2B6-44321 South Square Mall 493-3577 :i!15 Academy Rd. Durham. N.C. 27TU7 (919) 4_t-715ti (Opposite Durham Academy Lower Sri- Wilson: Parkwood Mall 291-0445 All Stores Open 10-9:30 Mon.-Sat. Page 4 THE CHRONICLE Monday, April 2, 1984 Leontyne Price pleases Dazzling 'Chicago' opens By SHERRYL HURD Buchanan portrays the "When You're Good Hoof'n' Horn's spring musical production To Mama" matron with exuberance. All "Chicago," which premiered Saturday night, four, especially Buchanan, have strong audience in season finale voices. will "razzle dazzle" you with its energetic By NEIL BECKER AND RAMONA JESTER Hugo, Vilmorin and Banville, respective performances and all-out glamour. Wonder J. Appleton, as the pushover journalist ly, were the best performed of the post- fully directed by Richard Elichuk and Mary Sunshine, is hilarious and steals the Internationally acclaimed soprano show whenever he's on stage, with an amaz Leontyne Price graced the Page intermission set. Her vocal renditions of beautifully choreographed by Rosemary select poems by recognized poets, such Howard, the show is filled with vaudeville- ingly good soprano range for a male. Steven Auditorium stage Friday night, Sullivan, who plays Roxie's downtrodden as Langston Hughes and E.E. Cumm- esque dance numbers, great songs and culminating the 1983-84 season of the husband Amos (always called Andy), gives ings, were unique, but not of the same bawdy humor from start to finish. Duke Artist Series. the best acting performance in the show "Chicago," based on the book by Fred Ebb Thunderous applause greeted Price as quality as her previous vocalizations. and is touching in his "Mister Cellophane" and Bob Fosse, is the story of this corrupt she walked elegantly on stage with her Price once again exhibited her ver sola accompanist, David Garvey. The au satility by ending her performance with town, where "murder is a form of entertain dience was captivated by her emotion- two well-known gospel hymns, "Witness" ment" in the late 1920s. Not your usual Memorable numbers with the whole com filled rendition of Marcello's "Dimando and "Ride on King Jesus." musical plot of thwarted/then attained love, pany are "Cell Block Tango,""All I Care "Chicago" is about two showgirls, Roxie About Is Love" and "We Both Reached for a voi pieta" which opened the program. Not surprisingly, continuous applause Hart and Velma Kelly, trying to get away the Gun." Price has the versatility of being both and a standing ovation from the crowd with murder and out of jail via the help of The set is ingeniously conceived with the a dramatic and a lyric soprano, and her brought Price back on stage, lb the their prison matron, "Mama" Morton, and orchestra on stage, minimal carry-on props second piece, from Handel's "Agrippina," delight of the audience, Price perform their lawyer Billy Flynn. The story revolves and brightly-colored hack-lighting. Despite demonstrated her lyric talents. Next, ed "Vissi d'arte" from Pucinni's "Tbsca" around the two female leads and capitalizes some minor problems with lighting, the Price chose to sing a set of German and "Summertime" from Gershwin's on the sequins, fringe, Charleston kicks and technical aspects of the show were pieces by Strauss and Mozart, including "Forgy and Bess." Price dedicated "Tosca" bare shoulders of the girls in the chorus. the aria, "Ach, ich fuhl's," from "The to Ella Fountain Pratt, director of Magic Flute." Cultural Affairs at Duke. As William Ruthie Martinez as Roxie is like Ruby The master of ceremonies who introduces Proceeding the intermission, Price Griffith said of Pratt, the same can be Keeler in her new-kid-in-town, make-me-a- each scene gives the show the feel of a demonstrated her ability to sing in both said of Leontyne Price, "Her commit star appeal. Megan Wilde as Velma is cabaret. His presence, along with such lines French and English. The pieces by Liszt, ment to the arts . . . makes her an in believable as the exasperated, has-been as "My exit music please" to the band, give R>ulenc and Hahn, with French lyrics by stitutional treasure." star. Al Parker is convincing as the slimy, the audience the feel of a show within a egotistical show-trial lawyer. And Beverly show.
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