x::+}..: A i'_'...... :....,:....,...... :.?"`+:..:...... ; ,.,?`e:bº:Ó'ó6.`i;.. ::..:..a ON Willis "Gatortall" Jackson begins his first Miller and Dick Cary. TOP 40 L BUMS European tour in his more than thirty-year The First Harlem Jazz Festival will be career next week. Joining Jackson will be held August 17-31. This unique event will longtime associates Carl Wilson, Boogaloo have three different shows each night dur- Joe Jones and Joe Hedrick. The tour will W--- Weeks ing the period. Aiding the ambiance of the On last about three weeks and will include Festival is the fact that the performances 8,5 8/5 Chart stops in Belgium, Holland and France. will be held in clubs for the most part. 1 SOUNDS AND STUFF Jackson's latest album is "Bar Wars" on Small's Paradise, Celebrity Club, ... 21 MY SONG Cotton LIKE THAT! KEITH JARRETT (ECM -1-1115) 27 2 Muse. Club and Vincent's Place will be the main QUINCY JONES (A&M SP 4685) 1 8 The Jazzmobile lineup for this week in- locations. 22 MONTREUX SUMMIT ARTISTS cludes performances by , Bob to 2 FEELS SO GOOD VARIOUS Oregon Electra/Asylum with an album CHUCK MANGIONE (A&M SP 4658) 2 41 (Columbia JG 35090) 23 5 Cunningham, Art Blakey and The Jazz for September release titled, "Out Ot The Messengers, , Woods." The band thinks it is their best yet. 3 IMAGES 23 PAT METHENY GROUP BA -6030) 4 5 (ECM -1-1114) 28 2 Charles Rouse and Hugh Lawson. Also coming up on E/A will be LPs by CRUSADERS (ABC Jazz A Cordes, a young, swinging band Donald Byrd and Patrice Rushen. This will 4 SUNLIGHT 24 LOVE ISLAND that has their own conception of the Quintet be Rushen's first for the label. A new band HERO@IE HANCOCK DEODATO (Warner Bros. BSK 3132) 22 20 (Colu'nbia JC 34907) 5 6 Of The Hot Club Of France, appears this that has affinities with Weather Report, 25 THE CAPTAIN'S JOURNEY week at the Market at Citicorp Center Mon- called Sweetbottom, will also be a part of 5 WEEKEND IN L.A. LEE RITENOUR (Elektra 6E-136) 17 10 day through Thursday from 6 to 8 pm. If you the September release. GEORGE BENSON (Warner Bros. 2WB 3139) 3 28 26 SUITE LADY get a chance, catch this refreshing new romped through a weekend GAP MANGIONE (A&M SP 4694) 26 7 sound. at Storytown with a band that included John 6 DON'T LET GO Flying Fish continues to fuse jazz and Bunch GEORGE DUKE (Epic JE 35366) 6 11 27 SPYRO GYRA and . (Amherst AMH 1014) 24 14 bluegrass. Their latest release teams Doug Inner City continues to move with a con- 7 FREESTYLE Jernigan on pedal steel guitar with Bucky siderable amount of product from French BOBBI HUMPHREY (Epic 35338) 9 10 28 PHIL UPCHURCH (Marlin 2209) 31 4 Pizzarelll on guitar in an album titled sim- Black & Blue Japanese East and Wind 8 THIS IS YOUR LIFE ply, "Doug and Bucky." labels scheduled for the next month or so. NORMAN CONNORS 29 HEART TO HEART The latest from famous Door is Black & Blue LPs will be on Classic Jazz, (Arista AB 4177) 8 12 DAVID SANBORN "Hollywood (Warner Bros. BSK 3189) 25 11 Swing," featuring a group led while East Wind product will be on Inner 9 ARABESQUE by Jack Lesberg which features Eddie City. bob porter JOHN KLEMMER (ABC AA -1068) 7 10 30 SAY IT WITH SILENCE HUBERT LAWS (Columbia JC 35022) 29 20 UA Will Re -Issue Blue Note Jazz LPs 10 SUPER BLUE Classic 31 LARRY CARLTON LONDON - United Artists plans to reissue Morgan; Anthony Williams; Herbie Han- (Columbia JC 35386) 11 6 (Warner Bros. BSK 3221) - 1 20 albums from the Blue Note catalog cock; Ornette Coleman Trio; McCoy Tyner; 11 TROPICO 32 LIVE AT THE BIJOU next month. The re-release package from Wayne Shorter; Don Cherry; Art Blakey & GATO BARBIERI (A&M SP 4710) 20 3 GROVER WASHINGTON JR. UA will be comprised of 16 single albums The Jazz Messengers; Chic Corea; Charlie Kudu KUX-3637 MZ) 32 27 and four double albums. Mingus; Paul Chambers; Gerry Mulligan; 12 MAGIC IN YOUR EYES EARL KLUGH 33 SUNNY SIDE UP The Blue Note roster includes: Bud , Jean Luc Ponty and Lester (United Artists UA-LA877-H) 12 10 WILBERT LONGMIRE Powell; John Coltrane; ; Lee Young. (Columbia/Tappan Zee JC 35365) 36 3 13 MODERN MAN STANLEY CLARKE 34 ALL ABOUT ESTHER (Nemperor/CBS JZ 35303) 10 17 PHILLIPS MeHu PHILLIPS 14 ALIVEMUTHERFORYA (Mercurr y SRM-1-3733) 35 2 VARIOUS ARTISTS (Columbia JC 35349) 15 4 35 LIVING ON A DREAM WAYNE HENDERSON 15 RAINBOW SEEKER (Polydor PD16614145)) ?3 12 JOE SAMPLE (ABC AA -1050) 13 27 36 CUMBIIAn& FUSION 16 CASINO CHARLESUSINJAZZ AL DiMEOLA (Columbia JC 35277) 14 16 (Atlantic SD 8801) 30 8

17 LOVE AFFAIR 37 EVERYDAY, EVERYNIGHT GARY BARTZ (Capitol 11789) 19 5 FLORA PURIM (Warner Bros. BSK 3168) 34 11 18 ELECTRIC GUITARIST JOHN McLAUGHLIN 38 EASY (Columbia JC 35326) '8 11 (Versatile 60021 - 1 BRUBECK TO TOMATO Dave Brubeck recently signed a long term recording contract - 19 TIME with Tomato Records. (l -r) outside Carnegie Hall the Jazz festival IN THE NIGHT 39 LIVE AT MONTREUX Pictured during Newport MICHAEL HENDERSON DON ELLIS (Atlantic SD 19178) 37 8 celebrating the signing are (l -r): Warren Rossman, vice president of Tomato; Chris (Buddah BDS 5712) 21 6 Brubeck, Nina Herman, executive assistant to the president for Tomato Records; Jack 40 GREEZEORGE BNNSON 20 SKY BLUE Levy, director of marketing for Tomato: Dave Brubeck; Allen Rosenblatt, vice president of PASSPORT (Atlantic SD 19177) 16 13 (Warner Bros. BS 291e) 39 27 Tomato Records, Darius Brubeck, Russ Gloyd, Brubeck's manager; and Dan Brubeck. JAZZ ALBUM PICKS gtlf BEST Of MUCK 111tK10fIf. THE BEST OF CHUCK MANGIONE - Mercury 2-8601 - AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' - Original Cast - RCA 2-2965 - Producer: Chuck Mangione - List: 7.98 Producer: Thomas Shepard - List: 7.98 This best of collection contains both live and studio This Is the original cast of the smash Broadway show devoted recordings made by the virtuoso jazz trumpet player and his to the music of Fats Waller. The show won every award possible, quartet between 1970 and 1973. The LP contains a well selected and the album accurately captures the excitement of the theatre cross-section of Mangione's music including his hit "Hill Where production. Prime Waller melodies tend to overshadow the in- The Lord Lives" and "Lullaby For Nancy Carol," which features dividual performances, but Almeria McQueen stands out of the some superb vocals by Esther Satterfield. five singers here. A smash show and a smash album.

SOMETHING BORROWED SOMETHING BLUE - Tommy STREET WIND - - Marlin 2214 - Producer: Flanagan - Galaxy 510 - Producer: Ed Michel - List: 7.98 Don Sebesky and Dick Duane - List: 7.98 Flanagan, in his twenty -odd years of playing, has yet to gain Multi -talented jazzman Eddie Daniels gets a real workout on as much notoriety as Adam Makowicz before his first release. sax, flute and clarinet on this funky instrumental Yet Flanagan is a better jazz pianist in every way. This album, album. For clarinet aficionados there's "Preparation F," a coupled with recent entries on Inner City and Pablo Live, gives a bouncy upbeat number, while sax is featured on "What's At The definitive picture of a consistently brilliant player. Hear Thad End Of The Rainbow," a mellow mood piece. And for flute fans Jones' "Bird Song" and hear it all. there's the immediately infectious "Fantasy Of A Street Corner Flute Player." FIRST VISIT - Walt Barr - MR 5172 - Producer: Jay Kessler & Wal Barr - List: 7.98 ADAM MAKOWICZ - Columbia JC 35320 - Producer: John Walt Barr on guitar and his players Roy Braverman on Hammond - List: 7.98 keyboards, Doug Hodges on bass and Jack Turchin on drums Makowicz is a talented pianist, but one wonders whether or offer pleasant explorations of jazz fusion on this debut LP. The not the pre-release ballyhoo may find people expecting more. emphasis is on melodic line rather than solo over -indulgences. At this point, Adam is no Tatum (not even Phineas Newborn Jr.), Transitions are energized by razor sharp precision and produc- and his weakness is ballads. Given time, he could get close. tion values are well -crafted. Two cuts offer Barr unaccom- This one will be widely discussed and heavily played, but comes panied while "Front Street Shuffle" highlights the band in full up somewhat short of expectation. flight.

34 Cash Box/August 12, 1978

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