Jazz Music Easy Listening with No Preconceptions
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OCTOBER 17, 1971 GEORGI A tten tion Brothers A ny Brother who enrolled in GSU and who is interested in forming an active chapter of Phi Delta Theta on campus, please callDean Englands Tau Kap'!a E'.f!silonmember uwis Soffold, I~ft,accepts the "Top Tde Chapter AWQJ'd"for th~ Gtorgill ~ate Universlty chapter of the national fraternity. Dan Laird, grand chaplain of nation01 Tau Kappa Ep_ officeat 658-2200 or stop by SIlon, presented the aWQJ'dat an nctobu 7 banquet. ! and leave name andphone number with the secretary. Jazz Music Easy Listening With No Preconceptions Phi Delta Theta by Robert M.... oli John McLaulhlin's newest ways, the mo t difficult album album,"Extrapolation," which is to get into. As Elvin Jones Atlanta Alumni Club In reality this should be two actually a re-release of a Briti h tated, while commenting on reviews because the record import, is a brilliant te timony thi group in the current i ue of reviewed here stem from at least not only to the virtuo 0 guitar Downbeat, "it' very hard for two widely divergent style. The playing of McLaughlin but also some people to take that, fir t two, John McLaughlin' to th exc II nt mu ician who becau unl th y'r mu ically "Extrapolation," and Weather accompany him on thi album; oriented it would app ar ART and DESIGN STUDINTI Report's "I Sing th Body Elec- John urman, baritone and initially to be a I tof noi ,and tric" are excellent examples of soprano x; Brian Hodg , they wouldn't be ble to accept TUB progre sive jazz whil the latter b ; and Tony Oxley, drum. the valu that w re apparent." three, "The Chuck Mangione McLaughlin ha been playing Th nucleus of this group i Quartet," "Sing Along Junk" guitar ince the age of II. H compo ed of Jo f Zawinul, PLEXIGLAS and "Hurtwood Edge" are from has play d with uch keyboard; Wayn Shorter, =~S a much more traditional vein. distinguished groups as the AU COLORS - WE CUT TO SIZE re ds; and Miroslav Vitous, BARGAIN BARREL FOR CUTOffS The great Charles Mingus Graham Bond Organization ba s. In addition the group in- perhaps best characterized the and Brian Auger's quartet in cludes Eric Gravatt on drums COMMERCIAL PLASTICS difference between modern and England and Tony Williams' and Dom Um Romao, per- traditional jazz when he spoke Lifetime and Miles Davis in cussin. The credits of Weather 554 North Avenue, N.W. Phone 577.26JX) about "swing." America. Report are literally too long to J 0% Discount wltlt tltl. Ad "Swing went in one direction, This album, on the whole, mention. Both Shorter and it was linear, and everything sounds very much like some of Vitous won the 1970 Jazz Poll had to be played with an ob- McLaughlin's earlier music. in Downbeat for their respec- vious pulse. "This," he said, Since forming The Mahavishnu tive instruments. Zawinul and "was very restrictive. In con- Orchestra, he has developed a Vitous both attended music trast to swing Mingus used the hard driving sound which is conservatories and Shorter term rotary perception. If you literally one long, sustained wrote an opera when he was I7. get a mental picture of the beat burst of energy. "Ex- All three have worked with existing within a circle you're trapolation" i softer and Miles Cavis and Zawinul wrote more free to improvise ...each mellower than the Mahavi hnu the title tune for Davis, "In a guy can play his note anywhere Orchestra while till main- Silent Way" as well as several in that circle. The original taining a good deal of the tune for "Bitche's Brew." feeling for the beat isn't dynamic intensity. I particularly The jacket states that Weather changed ...the pulse i in ide admire McLaughlin's tight style. Report teaches u to "concern you." He is like a veteran athlete, our elve with each musical Thus, traditional jazz is never wasting a move; moment." The question which organized around beats, tem- eemingly lagging behind and immediately come t mind is SYMPHONY HALL pos, themes, and variations. It i then darting ahead with a "do these mu ical moments ever ea y to listen to because it brilliant riff. I don't know come togetherform any sort of a MEMORIAL ARTS CINTIR doesn't violate too many anything abo ut the other mean ingfu I who Ie?" After WED.& THUR.,OCT.25& 2~:30 P.M. preconceptions about what musicians except that they are listening to this album, the an- music is.Modern jazz, on the very good. A note from the swer which emerges is yes, but Prices (Inc. Tax) $6.00. S5.00 other hand, is very difficult to producer, Giorgio Comelsky, onIy if one can open up to this listen to initially. It requires a states that it is only a matter of music and establish a diologue Only Southern Appearance great deal of openness towards time until they will be in the between listener and musician; one's own feelings as well as forefront of yet another then the patterns and rhythms towards the music. It is also challenging period of musical of Weather Report become as GOOD SEATS NOW! much more spontaneous and taste evolution." I don't doubt natural as the beating of one's it a bit. ALLIANCE BOX OFFICE JIM SALLE'S makes greater use of paradox heart. 1280 PEACHTREE ST BUCKHEAD and nonsense. Weather Report is, in some CoaliaDed oa Pille 8.