University of New Orleans ScholarWorks@UNO Wavelength Midlo Center for New Orleans Studies 1-1981 Wavelength (January 1981) Connie Atkinson University of New Orleans Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.uno.edu/wavelength Recommended Citation Wavelength (January 1981) 3 https://scholarworks.uno.edu/wavelength/3 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]. fl\ 1 1.) -z/1 I What Makes THE COLD So Hot? JANUARY 1981 VOLUME 1 NUMBER 3 by The Editors of .Rolling Stone Magazine From The Wall Street Journal of Rock comes THE ROLLING STONE MAG- AZINE ROCK REVUE .. the idea behind the most exciti ng concepr in rock radio si nce the album-cut format. THE ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE ROCK REVUE is rock ·n roll news at its best-as onlv the bible of the Rock Music industry could bring to your listeners. Featuring behind-the-scene stories of concert tours. recording sessions. rock ·n roll parties. movies. benefits. record reviews. interviews. the latest album music ... everything happening in Rock today. and tomorrow. Listen for it Weeknights fm at 9:50p.m . B? 10:50p .m . Requests: 260-1100 100 Concert Info:260- WRNO JANUARY 1981 VOLUME 1 NUMBER 3 Features What Makes The Cold So Hot?______ ___,._ 6 Patrice Fisher _ 10 Cajun Bandstands 12 Salt Creek Band 14 Departments January_ 4 Jazz ____________________________19 Rare Records _20 Pop ___21 ~~ n Rock _ 3 Reviews _.25 Open 2 p.m. Tues.-Sat Last Page 30 Showtime: 9:30 weeknights Cover photo by Julia Nead 10:30 weekends Publi.shtr, Patrick Berry. Editor. Connie Atkinson. Contract Advtrtillng Saks, Kath~en Bishop, Steve Gifford. 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Songwriters' the upcoming spring semester. student Ramsey McLean, who will Association Taught by Andrew Kaslow, an augment his band, The Lifers, by ad- ethnomusicologist who played sax- ding a second drummer. The New Orleans musical heritage ophone with the late Professor has long been recognized as a rich Longhair, the course will examine the labyrinth of influences, having given esthetics and cultural context of the WWOZ-FM definition to nearly every phase of musical forms that have arisen in the American music since the begininning United States, the Caribbean and On The Air of this century. As musicians here Latin America since the period of well know, a significant aspect of this European contact. For information WWOZ FM-90.7 is on the air and history has been the almost on registration, call the UNO Metro that, as regards New Orleans music, systematic theft of both compostions College at 283-0665; Kaslow can be may be the single most important fact and playing styles New Orleans' great reached during registration at of 1980. artists. The list of influencial com- 283-0294. Since November 28, founding posers and stylistic innovators stret- brothers Walter and Jerry Brock, and ches back beyond Basin Street and in- a staff of volunteers, have been doing to the incomprehensible isolation of interference testing. the bayous. The rip-off has become a Musical Year Opens As of this writing, all the music is tradition, carried on today with un- With Flourish pre-taped and they are broadcasting precedented zeal as the next genera- from the tower itself, on the banks of tion of musicians takes the stage. The 1981 musical year opens with a the Mississippi. They expect by early It is no secret that local musicians flourish as WYES-TV presents three January to be operating from 10 a.m. have a reputation with national more "Jazz Now" programs to 10 p.m. daily, and, later the same record companies for ignorance to spotlighting contemporary New month, to move into their temporary the ways of business and finance. Orleans jazz. The half-hour shows home above Tipitina's. They have Fierce regional feelings and reluc- will run at 10:30 p.m. on the first ordered enough equipment for a tance to move north or west to work three Thursdays in January, beginn- ''rather modest but complete on-air have fostered the animosities, as have ing with a performance by the Astral and production studio," and hope to the devastating effects of inept Project on January 8. The second be broadcasting live by February. management, from which many New program, January1 15, pairs Ramsey WWOZ is non-commercial com- Orleans bands have suffered. The McLean and The Lifers with jazz munity radio. Walter Brock explains situation is so well established that poet Ron Cuccia, who performs two it like this:"Rather than sell the com- young musicians are raised on horror numbers from his new album. The munity to advertisers, we offer our tales about the outsiders from na- final show, January 22, features services to the community. WWOZ is tional firms, the failures of national Alvin Batiste and the Kidd Jordan membership sponsored, but in a uni- concert tours, the losses incurred Ensemble. Produced in collaboration que way. Each membership con- through fraudulent recording con- with the Contemporary Arts Center stitutes a share in the corporation: tracts. It is no surprise that ennui and Musicians For Music, " Jazz each member is a stockholder; each among local musicians has also Now" looks to be a real step forward stockholder has a vote." become a tradition. in music programming on local televi- WWOZ is committed to playing There has been some particularly sion. primarily the music that reflects the angry talk among music people lately; The CAC and Musicians For Music tradition and culture of New Orleans, many anticipate new episodes of are working with WWNO as well, and secondarily that of the Western usurpation with the renewal of R&B, producing the "Contemporary Music Hemisphere. In a city whose commer- its growing influence on New Wave, On Air" radio series at 10:30 on Fri- cial stations are far more eager to and with preparations for the next day nights, and bringing in outstand- break a single by Elton John rather World's Fair. Strong evidence is ing musicians from around the coun- than by Deacon John, that committ- emerging to show that New Orleans is try to play with local jazz ensembles. ment has resounding significance. moving into another period of On January 16, avante-garde com- Another threat to commercial radio is musical renaissance and ostensibly, poser and conductor David Amram is the fact that WWOZ is located smack another round of rip-offs. scheduled to play with Patrice in the middle of WWNO and WTUL. A group of New Orleans musicians Fisher's new group, Jasmine. So if you have a triumvirate of good and songwriters have taken the talk a Amram, who has recently conducted taste that may test your decision- step further. The New Orleans 4 WAVELENGTH/ JANUARY 1981 Songwriters Association, a recently organized, non-profit collaboration of composers, lyricists, musicians and skilled advisors, has been formed to take on the task of reversing this age- old trend. Though still at an em- bryonic stage, NOSA has attracted an THE initial membership of nearly 50 and held its first seminar on the business of songwriting and the potential hazards of making demonstration tapes, taught by experts John Ber- thelot and Jay Gallagher. Organizer Bud Tower is responsible for nursing the association from an idea to reali- Fri./Sat. 1/2,1/3 • Jimmy's ty, and plans to hold more seminars and, eventually, showcases of Fri./Sat. 1/9,1/1 0 • Jed's original material by local composers. Tues. 1/13 • Tipitina's The goals of NOSA are to educate Wed. 1/14 ·Iron Horse, local writers and musicians to business and legal practice, and with Thibodeaux, La.