Evening concert program inside (see page 3)

Volume 22, Number 8 Los Altos Hills, CA 94022 November 16,1979 Guest soloists featured at evening jazz concert

By STUART GORDON o f Jazz Educators. The Foothill Jazz Ensemble’s repetoire for the evening will The 4th Annual Foothill Invitational highlight some original Yasinitsky compo­ Jazz Festival on Saturday, Nov. 17, at sitions and arrangements. He has taught Foothill College will feature the outstand­ several music courses at Foothill, includ­ ing artistry of guest soloists Richie “ Alto ing Contemporary Music Styles (Music 7), Madness” Cole and Ashley “ Superbone” jazz arranging, jazz improvisation and the Alexander. jazz combos. Cole and Alexander will join the Foot­ This year the Jazz Ensemble has taken hill Fanfairs, the homegrown nationally- on a relatively new look, with many acclaimed vocal ensemble directed by Phil seasoned players from last year’s band Mattson, and the Foothill Jazz Ensemble having moved on to four-year colleges directed by Greg Yasinitsky for the and professional playing. Returning to 8 p.m. concert. add depth and experience to the band are Alto saxophonist , 31, trumpeters Chris Boissevain and Greg veteran of the and Doc Kuljian, trombonists Dave Carico and Severinsen big bands, has led his own jazz Joe Finetti, alto saxophonist Steve Lund- combos fo r several years and recorded a gren, and Chris Pantages on guitar. number of critically acclaimed albums Phill Mattson’s Fanfairs have long under his own name, including his latest been regarded as one o f the premier vocal ensembles in America. Comprised of Guest soloist Ashley Alexander (left) and Foothill music release “ Keeper o f the Flame.” A direct 12 vocalists and a rhythm section, the instructor Terry Summa. descendant of the fiery style of straight­ ahead playing o f jazz greats Charlie Fanfairs repetoire runs the gamut of Jazz ensembles and choirs to Parker, Sonny S titt and , Cole vocal jazz literature from blues to gospel is a frequent visitor to the Bay Area to swing; from complex arrangements music scene, including recent gigs at the by Mattson and Gene Puerling (of the perform at Foothill and San Fran­ H i-Lo’s and Singers Unlim ited), to cisco’s Keystone Korner. This is his classical vocal literature, to “ Super Sax” style virtuoso vocal material. The groups (excluding the Colleges second year as guest soloist at the Foot­ By W ILLIA M BURKE The Fanfairs plan to go into the and Universities) w ill be rated by selected hill Jazz Festival. studio in December to record their next judges who w ill give out awards fo r o ut­ Cole has also accompanied the Foot­ hill Fanfairs on tunes that are scheduled album "Fanfairs: A Tribute to Gene The 4th Annual Foothill College Invi­ standing individual performances. Awards to be released on that vocal group’s next Puerling.” The album will be devoted to tational Jazz Festival will take place this w ill be selected fo r each event. album in January. various selections arranged or com­ Saturday, Nov. 17. The festival will in­ The judges fo r the events w ill be Ashley Alexander, 42, is a nationally posed by that vocal artist. Orders for clude performances by 12 high school Ashley Alexander (Mt. San Antonio known trombonist, music educator, that album, which is slated fo r release and college jazz ensembles and 18 jazz College), DwightCannon (San Jose State), clinician, recording artist and jazz fesitval in early January, can be made in the choirs. Elliott Charnow (Chabot College), and adjudicator. A veteran o f the Stan lobby of the Foothill Theatre during The jazz choirs will perform in Room Dave Eshelman (San Jose C ity College) Kenton, Louis Bellson and Maynard the Nov. 17, 8 p.m. concert. A—80 (the chorale building). Perfor­ fo r the jazz ensembles, and Frank Ferguson big bands as well as philhar­ The Fanfairs recently finished en­ mances start at 8:30 a.m. and w ill include DeMiero (Edmunds Community College), monic orchestras, Ashley is now the gagements at San Francisco’s H yatt choirs from Los Altos, Los Gatos, Pitts­ Waldo King (Roosevelt High School), director o f Jazz Studies and Bands at Regency and Fairmont hotels and were burg, Kennedy, Del Norte, Cal Berkeley, Jack Kunz (Lake Washington^ High Mount San Antonio College in Texas. invited to sing with Tony Bennett next El Cerito, Await, American River, Folsom, School), and Kirby Shaw (College of He has been the featured guest soloist year during his Fairmont engagement. Placer, Sparks, Andrew H ill, Cordova, the Siskiyous) for the choirs. and adjudicator at all of the Foothill On Wednesday, No. 14, Fanfairs will College of Marin, Rio American, Sacra­ As an added attraction, the local group Invitational Jazz Festivals. be performing on channel 29’s live “ Jazz mento City and San Jose State. The day “ Solar Plexus” will present a free concert Greg Yasinitsky is directing the Foot­ in the City” television program which will be highlighted by performances by at noon which will feature music from airs from 6-9 a.m. their next album to be recorded in hill Jazz Ensembles this quarter while Foothill’s Fanfairs at 1:10 p.m., and the In February, the vocal group will hold December. regular director Terry Summa is on leave Foothill Choir at 4:20 p.m. a clinic and concert for the Music Associ­ The daytime jazz Festival events are pursuing a full schedule of musical The jazz ensembles will perform in ation o f C alifornia'C om m unity Colleges free to the public and offer a chance to activities in the Bay Area, including the Foothill Theatre starting also at (MACC) and in a similar concert/clinic see some fine young musical talent, playing woodwinds and flute in the 8:30 a.m. Bands from Fremont, Moun­ for the California Music Educators Con­ mostly from around this area. The day group Solar Plexus. tain View, Carlm ont, Monta Vista, Los vention in Sacramento in March. events will be followed by a night concert Altos, Gunn, Santa Cruz, Mt. Eden, Yasinitsky teaches music related In April and May, Mattson takes his at 8 p.m., featuring Richie Cole (sax­ Terra Linda, Homestead and Await courses at San Jose State as well, and Fanfairs on a w hirlwind tour o f several ophone) and Ashley Alexander (trom­ w ill appear. The afternoon performances has taught at San Francisco State and the Mid-western cities, and for the first time bone) w ith the Foothill Jazz Ensemble w ill conclude w ith a special performance College of Marin. An instrumentalist and the tour will be guaranteed $750 per con­ by the San Jose State jazz ensemble, and Fanfairs. Tickets are $4 for adults composer, he has been a recipient o f a cert. Also in April, the ensemble plans a directed by Dwight Cannon. and $3 fo r students and senior citizens. commission by the National Association (Continued on page 4) Pag^^ovember^jJ^QJFootfjn^SENTlNnEL Fine Arts Briefs

Master Sinfonia concert

David Ramadanoff, Associate orchestra while founder-conduc- Conductor of the San Francisco tor John Mortarotti is on leave Symphony Orchestra, will con­ from his post as chairman of duct the Master Sinfonia in the Fine Arts department. a concert on Sunday, Nov. 18 Repetoire for the perfor­ at 8 p.m. in the Foothill Theatre. mance will be Ravel’s “ Mother The Master Sinfonia is a resi­ Goose Suite,” Haydn’s “ Sym dent adult chamber orchestra phony No. 99 in E-flat major," composed of professional caliber and “Concerto No. 2 in G musicians from the community. major for Strings” by Pergolesi. Ramadanoff is conducting the Tickets will be $2 at the door.

Alto saxophonist Richie Cote Richie Cole: Year of the child activities

The multi-cultural fashions of The benefit will be held in ‘Keeper of the Flame’ Sally Miller will join the rhythm- the Foothill Theatre on Friday, and-blues sounds o f the musical Nov. 23 at 8 p.m. Tickets can By STUART GORDON group Precision in a benfit con­ be purchased through BASS out­ his jazz genealogy. When you o f notes into the upper register, cert/fashion show for the Foot­ lets and in C—31 on Campus for No one who has followed the listen to Richie, you’re listening blowing so hard and high you’d hill College Scholarship Program $5 in advance or $2.50 at the ebb and flow or the meteoric to all these men. In Japan, they think the saxophone was going and the International Year of door. rise and fall o f careers in the refer to people who perpetuate to fly out of his hands and take the Child fund-raising activities. music industry would ever con­ traditional art forms as “living off into the stratosphere on its tend that stiff competitiveness treasures.” Cole’s last album own. wasn’t the norm in that field. earned him the credentials for Holiday crafts fair Competitiveness is a fact of such a title . life for the music industry in Cole, 31, grew up in Trenton, The truly amazing thing is A four-day holiday crafts fair o f Bay Area artisans and pro general. But in the world o f jazz, New Jersey and began playing that one could play so h o t and will be held on Campus Monday ceeds will benefit the scholar­ this competetiveness is tradition­ the saxophone at the age of ten. wired and yet technically be so through Thursday, November 26- ally tempered by a kind of He made his firs t contact with cool and effortless in execution. ship program of the Alpha 29 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. daily in ceremonial rite of passage that the hand-me-down art of playing After a rubato introduction Gamma Sigma honor society. the Campus Center. The fair will links one generation of musi­ be-bop when he met perennial suggesting that the classic “ As Admission is free. Time Goes B y” w ill receive the highlight the hand-crafted work cians to the next in a spirit of award-winning alto saxophonist cooperat'on and inspiration. Phil Woods at a jazz summer ballad treatment it is so accus­ Unlike most other fields of camp. The strong apprentice- tomed to, Cole and the band take off into a hard-driving, music, imitation is the expected mentor relationship that Free concert route for the aspiring jazz musi­ developed between the two men moderate tempo swing version cian. The journeyman jazz which your toes can’t resist can still be heard in Cole’s Classical guitarist Dave Line- on Friday, Nov. 30 at 8 p.m. player is expected to imitate his buoyant, driving and, above all, accompanying. In this tune, in F o o th ill’s Appreciation Hall predecessors, to assimilate what Cole goes on inventing and barger w ill give a free concert freeswinging style of playing so (A —61). he can of their style of playing reworking melodic lines in a reminiscent of Woods’. before breaking new ground by seemingly inexhaustible flow of ideas. attaining a personal sound and Cole’s tone is a bit brighter Ella at Flint Center style of his own. In jazz, origi­ than Woods’ dark, lush tone, On side tw o, Cole is joined nality always has deep roots to and this seems to be more in by his compatriot, jazz vocalist the past and pays homage to character with the humor and World-renowned jazz vocalist and $15 at F lin t Center Box , for a highly what came before. energy so common in Cole’s Ella Fitzgerald, alias “ First Lady Office in Cupertino and all entertaining romp through a Richie Cole is currently the improvisations. of Song,” will appear in two per­ major ticket outlets. The con­ boppish “Harold’s House of most accomplished practitioner A t times, in the “ Keeper o f formances at Flint Center on of his generation to perpetuate the Flame” album, he seems like Jazz.” Jefferson’s great uptempo Saturday, Dec. 1 at 7 and cert is sponsored by the Asso­ a legacy of playing that was a stand-up comic telling jokes scatting squibs and sparks like a 10:30 p.m. ciated Students of Foothill Col­ weaned in the big bands of the through his horn, as on the free­ Roman Candle, leaving the Tickets are $8.50, $12.50, lege (ASFC). 30’s and 40’s, matured in the wheeling avant-garde tune, listener ogled and exhausted at backrooms of sleazy nightclubs "Strange Groove.” the end. Jefferson, who accom­ and on countless ghetto street In a more serious vein, Cole panied Cole as featured guest Wind Ensemble in concert corners where booze and heroin can be heard wooing and sensu­ soloist at last February’s Foot­ flowed freely, and was finally hill Jazz Festival and whose ously molding each note to the The Foothill Wind Ensemble and Nicholas Rimsky-Korsakov forged in the marathon jam spirited vocals seemed to jazz standard “I Can’t Get directed by John Williamson will in their concert in the Foothill sessions in the clubs on that embody the spirit and joy of Started.” feature music by Shostokovich, Band Room (A —41) at 8 p.m. street in Manhattan which be-bop as much as anyone, was “ Holiday fo r Strings,” o f all Robert Russell Bennett, Fred­ on Wednesday, Dec. 5. Admis­ seemed to live, breath and seethe unfortunately killed in Detroit, things, which you might recog­ erick Fennell, Vacale Nelhybell sion is free. the be-bop style of jazz—52nd nize as having once been the Michigan on May 9, 1979. street. theme song on CBS-TV years Besides Jefferson, Cole is Cole is more than just a pas­ joined on this album by Vic Annual Christmas Concert sive inheritor o f that tradition. ago, becomes a showcase for Juris on guitar, Cole’s amazing virtuoso tech­ on piano, on bass He is, as the title and contents This year’s Foothill Annual The concert w ill be held in nique. and on drums. o f his last album suggest, “ The Christmas Concert will feature the Foothill Campus Center at All do an adequate job o f Keeper of the Flame.” Cole’s the Foothill Choir, Chorale and 8 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 7. There are times on this cut supporting Cole, whose playing saxophone playing is the deposi­ Fanfairs directed by Phil Matt­ when he sounds like a musical seems to constantly shine and Tickets are $3 general admission tory o f the spirits o f jazz greats son in an evening o f holiday acrobat, frenetically plunging to make you smile, no matter what and $1.50 fo r students and like Charlie Parker, Cannonball music, Christmas carols and a the outer limits of his instru­ senior citizens. Adderly, , Jackie your mood, with his matchless narration of the Christmas story. McLean and Phil Woods. That is ment, searing through a cascade brand of “ Alto Madness.” Foothill SENTINEL, November 16, 1979, Page 3 Evening Jazz Concert Program

FOOTHILL FANFAIRS Fanfairs A DIRECTED BY PHIL MATTSON: Fanfairs B Sopranos: Altos: Tenors: Basses: Sopranos: Altos: Tenors: Basses: Debbie Maradzadeh Penny Miller Michael Lloyd George Black Tina Youngstrom Angie Doctor Joe Finetti Dave Carico Martha McKellar Stephanie Waldrop Bob Wasson Greg Stokes Theresa Stan fill Karen Trebe Roy Turpin Greg Lee Nancy Yewell Karen Johnson Kevin Joyce Andre Cooksey Cecily Best Sara Jennison Walter Barry Steve Saxon

Percussion: Joe Caploe FANFAIRS* PROGRAM TO BE SELECTED FROM Bass: Rick Steffans THE FOLLOWING TUNES: Piano, conductor: Phil Mattson Publisher Selections Arranger FOOTHILL JAZZ ENSEMBLE DIRECTED BY GREG YASINITSKY Studio PR Georgia On My Mind Gene Puerling “ Button Up Your Overcoat Small Fry “ Rockin’ Chair “ Saxophones: Trum pets: Shawnee Press London By Night “ Steve Lundgren Chris Boissevain “ Indian Summer “ Joe Corbett Greg Kuljian “ Here, There & Everywhere “ Paul Baba Steve Saxon “ April In Paris “ Michael Lloyd Jon Doyle Studio PR Long Ago and Far Away Phil Mattson Jim Youngstrom Vince Larkin Little Girl Blue Trombones: Rhythm Section: The Way You Look Tonight “ Dave Carico Greg Lee, Piano “ Body and Soul “ Greg Hopkins Chris Pantages, guitar “ Sing A Song “ Joe Finetti Nancy Moon, bass “ Melancholy Baby “ Vocalists: Peter Thielen, drums Jennie Richie Cole-Phil Mattson Michelle LaFortune Josh Cohen, drums Hal Leonard Opus I Kirby Shaw Angie D octor

Music scholarship

JAZZ ENSEMBLE SELECTIONS JAZZ ENSEMBLE WITH VOCALISTS WILL BE CHOSEN FROM THE FOLLOWING : Wave, by Antonio Carlos Jobim to be awarded Jazz Theme, by Rick Davis arr. Greg Yasinitsky Good Morning Heartache, by Higginbotham, Drake and On A Clear Day, arr. Charlie Gray Jensen Publication, Inc. and NAJE (National Fischer, arr. Greg Yasinitsky ‘Round Midnight, by Thelonius Monk, arr. Brian Cook Association o f Jazz Educators) are sponsoring a Color Me Warm, by Sammy Nestico scholarship to be awarded to the outstanding soloist Lover Man, by Davis, Ramirez and Sherman, JAZZ BAND SELECTIONS FEATURING chosen from the choirs that will be participating arr. Bob James GUEST ARTIST ASHLEY ALEXANDER in the Foothill Invitational Jazz Festival. The $100 Dolphin Dance, by Herbie Hancock, arr. Dave Eschelman TO BE CHOSEN FROM: scholarship money will be used for tuition to attend Fly Me to the Moon, by Bart Howard, the Phil Mattson Vocal Jazz Workshop held next arr. Sammy Nestico Miscabah, by Danny Williams summer at Foothill College. Elbow Grease, by Greg Yasinitsky Told You So, by Bill Holman Big Dipper, by Thad Jones Little Girl Blue An instrumental scholarship is being offered by I Know, Don’t Know How, by Gerry Mulligan the Selmer Instrument Co. to the student chosen arr. Dick Lieb JAZZ BAND SELECTIONS FEATURING as the outstanding instrumental soloist at the Foot­ Concert Score, by Bennett Friedman GUEST ARTIST RICHIE COLE hill Invitational Jazz Concert. The scholarship of All My Life, by Sammy Nestico TO BE ANNOUNCED $100 may be used to allow the student to attend the summer jazz camp of his/her choice. Solar Plexus to give free noon performance

By WILLIAM BURKE its first album called, simply, “Solar Solar Plexus will give a free concert at Plexus,” in the same year. The album noon on Saturday, Nov. 17, as part of featured music which blended the char­ the 4th Annual Foothill College Invita­ acteristics of American jazz with African tional Jazz Festival. and South American musical traditions. Solar Plexus is a fairly well known six- Solar Plexus has enjoyed a growing piece band, featuring Randy Masters reputation for being a fine, innovative (trumpets), Denny Berthiaume (key­ band, and has played much in this area boards), Terry Summa (woodwinds), over the past few years. They will record Erik Golub (electric violin-viola), Jon their second album in December for Ward (electric bases), and Russ Tincher Inner City Records, and plan a national (drums and percussion). Three of the tour for Spring and a tour of Europe group’s players have, or still do, teach in Summer, 1980. at Foothill: Masters (music), Berthiaume For those unable to attend the free (American literature and composition), performance Saturday, Solar Plexus will and Summa (music). perform locally at the Keystone in Palo The band was formed in 1976 by Alto on Nov. 18, and at the Keystone Solar Plexus: (top left to right) Russ Tincher, Denny Berthiaume, Jon Ward; Masters and Berthiaume, and released Korner in San Francisco on Dec. 3. (bottom left to right) Erick Golub, Randy Masters, Terry Summa. Movie Review: And Justice for All' succeeds Sohls,s al evenlng concert (Continued from page 1) concert for the Music Educators Con- ^ os formula entertainment vention in Miami, Fla. Admission for the evening concert is If money allows, Mattson said the $4 f ° r adults and $3 fo r students and group is planning to tour Europe next senior citizens. Tickets can be purchased year at this time, including concerts at ln advance in C—31 or on the day of the By WILLIAM BURKE the Montrose Jazz Festival and the North concert at the Foothill Theatre box is much tragedy and death in this movie, Sea Jazz Festival in Amsterdam. office. “ And Justice for All,” currently play­ far too much to be believable. It seems ing at the Pruneyard Theatre in San Jose, that everyone who comes in contact with MmMMMMMMMMWMMMMIMMMIMImiMMMMMMMIWMMMMm is a film about the corruption and negli­ Pacino is doomed. gence o f the judicial system. The director of this film is Norman The Great Jazz Vocalist In the film , Al Pacino plays an honest Jewison, a distinguished director of many lawyer who is unable to clear an innocent fine films (“ In the Heat of the Night,” man o f murder charges because the judge, “ Fiddler on the Roof”). It is interesting to note, however, that his last film was Abbey Lincoln played by John Forsythe, refuses to hear evidence. The judge is later accused o f the hopelessly pretentious Sylvester Stal­ rape and surprisingly asks Pacino to lone vehicle “ F.I.S.T.” In “ And Justice defend him. The remainder of the film for All,” Jewison makes many of the In Concert deals w ith Pacino’s battle with his con­ same mistakes he made with “ F.I.S.T.,” science. but fo r some reason the result is much Friday, Nov. 30, 8 p.m. This type of film has been done many different. times before, under many disguises, and A fte r all o f the problems discussed, covering many occupational fields. In you may be surprised to hear that this at the Foothill Theater essence, this film is the judicial system’s movie is actually enjoyable. “ And Justice version of “ Rocky.” for A ll” is pure entertainment. This type With a film of this type, it is difficult o f film may not be great, or even good, to judge the performers because they are but fo r some reason it is fun to watch stuck with stereotyped, one-sided char­ this type of “honesty vs. corruption” acters. The cast is led by Al Pacino, Jack story. Warden, and John Forsythe. Pacino is I ’m not quite sure how Jewison basically “Serpico” with a briefcase managed to pull it o ff, but this combi­ which should give you some idea o f what nation o f stereotypes and endless tragedy we are dealing w ith in this movie. works well. I can recommend that you As is the case with most pretentious see this film, but don’t go expecting to movies, the script is the major culprit. see a masterpiece. This is a highly watch- The writers seem to have no grasp able film , and is a satisfying waste o f whatsoever on reality. Specifically, there four bucks. Flint Center events

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