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University of New Orleans ScholarWorks@UNO Wavelength Midlo Center for New Orleans Studies 2-1986 Wavelength (February 1986) Connie Atkinson University of New Orleans Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.uno.edu/wavelength Recommended Citation Wavelength (February 1986) 64 https://scholarworks.uno.edu/wavelength/56 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Midlo Center for New Orleans Studies at ScholarWorks@UNO. It has been accepted for inclusion in Wavelength by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@UNO. For more information, please contact [email protected]. UNIVERSI COS50 12/31199 BULK RATE EARL KLON6 LIBRARY tnL U. S. POSTAGE UNIV OF N.O. PAID ACQUISITIONS DEPT I N.O., LA 70148 ·VV39 Lt} COL. VIITDANS AT DAVID MON. -THUR. 1o-1 0 FRI. & SAT. 10-11 SUN. NOON-9 885-4200 Movies, Music & More! METAIRIE NEWORLEANS ¢1NEW LOCATIONJ VETmiANS ..,.~ sT. 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The series will continue February 27 with an Orpheum concert by the Count Basic Orchestra under the di rection of trumpeter Thad Jones, George Wein and the Newport All Stars, and the local group Hot Strings. Workshops that day will be given earlier that day . Freddie Green, guitarist for the Basic C) a: Orchestra, will be at John F. Ken w nedy High School for a workshop "'zw en hosted by Ellis Marsalis. George 0 Wein will be at Loyola University a: z-< for a workshop primarily on the ~ business of music, hosted by Dizzy Gillespie, happy to answer a question from Antonia Antoine, --------------------------~ Loyola a senior at Clark High School in faculty member John New Orleans. Mahoney, and Thad Jones will be at UNO, with UNO music faculty put its surplus back into the com terested in music, to something member Rick Montalto. munity. they're not likely to hear on the pop Charlie Bering, organizer of the "We see this as audience de radio stations, and perhaps influenc workshops for the series, says "An velopment," he said, "with an eye ing them to want to play jazz. This Education in Jazz" is one way for toward exposing younger kids, es is especially exciting for us, be the Jazz and Heritage Foundation to pecially those who are already in- cause it's our first opportunity to do something away from the festival it self, and during this time of year." The workshops are informal con certs and symposiums, often with question and answer periods built in. They are a chance to have closer than usual contact with jazz per formers and learn a little about how they approach their art. All work shops are free, and open to all and sundry. The third and final concert in the series will feature pianist McCoy Tyner, trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, and tenor saxophonist Joe Hender son. Also on the program will be the New Orleans Saxophone Quartet (Tony Dagradi, Earl Turbinton, Fred Kemp and Roger Lewis), and The Gregg Allman Band played the New Orleans Jazz Couriers. to a good-sized crowd last month at This event will take place at the the 601 Club. Many in the audi Orpheum on March 13. ence, especially those who crowded Workshops surrounding this con in front of the stage, were long cert will include an apperance at term Allman fans who throughout McMain High School by the Preser the night requested the band to play vation Hall Jazz Band hosted by the old Allman Brothers tunes. All Ellis Mar.;alis, a session with Joe man and his very good band, Henderson at Xavier University however, mixed it up, keeping hosted by Earl Turbinton, and a everyone happy. A high point in the visit with McCoy Tyner at Southern night was Allman playing an acous University of New Orleans hosted tic "Melissa" with his guitarist by Kidd Jordan. Check your local who played delicate phrasings listings for times and dates for the around Allman's husky voice. For March workshops. an encore the band played the most Four Jerks and a OJ: The Circle Jerks showed up at WTUL for a little By the way, students are being requested song of the night, on-the-air fun with dj Ivan Bodley (the jerk in the middle). Later, an offered a 20% discount on some "Whipping Post," which was to no interview was taped for NO-TV, Wavelength's Cox Cable Channel6 seats at the Orpheum concerts on one's surprise but everyone's satis show hosted by Bodley on Thursdays, 6:30. the day of the shows. faction. -Jerry Karp - Nick Marinello 4 WAYELENGTHIFEDRUARY 1116 · : .. _; -....--- Publications ~DREAM BONES IS A XEROX COLLECTION of cartoonist Michael Dougan's hilariously macabre work. Dougan's work appears in The Weekly, The Market News and The Rocket, among others (Dream Bones contains three strips that first saw light in his ''Little Death'' comic in The Rocket), and his style is wonderfully unique and fresh (as well as downright weird). Available for $3 at Art in Form, 2237 2nd Ave., Seattle, WA 98121. ~GRIND IS A "SEATILE SKATFJHARDCORE ZINE" and is a thick xerox number stuffed to the brim with info. There's an in-depth report of the halfpipe/ freestyle competition at Des Moines Waterland Festival, a pictorial report on the Vancouver NSA competition, plus interviews with D.O.A., 7 Seconds and Russ from FaJlout Records.