ALL THE NEWS THAT'S FIT TO PITCH FREE FREE CZ\gnsas Citt's Music ani 'Lnttrtainmtnt ~srartr ISSUE 20 AUGUST 1982 AKITOSHI-TABACkIN'S FREE BIG BAND JAZZ HITS THE PLAZA By John Geier monlC. He immediately Lew Tabackin, she leads an or­ sitions and arrangements of Aki­ his to Norman chestra which many critics con­ yoshi. Featured soloists have The Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Taback­ who shortly there- sider to be the most exciting included trumpeters Steven Huff­ after. and original in existence. As stetter and Bobby Shew, reedmen in Big Band will give a free composer and arranger, Akiyoshi Gary Foster and Dick Spencer, stirred much makes the orchestra her instru­ trombonists Jimmy Knepper and concert at Brush Creek on the among jazz lovers in ment, as did Ellington before Bill Reichenbach, and of course was soon to do the her. Akiyoshi enjoys experi­ the leaders themselves. The Country Club Plaza, Sunday, AInerica. Her piano art­ menting and giving her work an the :voters in the was described by Leonard oriental flavor. the band draws September at PM. It as "firey, powerfullv very reactions ,from 5, 7: 00 audiences and critics al ike. will be the band's first appear­ RECOMMENDED RECORDINGS BY TOSHI­ KO AKIYOSHI: ance in Kansas City since its triumphant performance at the 1978 Women I s Jazz Festi val. City Parks "Music in wi 11 bring money play exercises. free charge. cal impact. I'm very careful not to go into a contemporar'( music direction, where the sound gets complicated. That can and SUMMER has been, done by serious musi­ Tabackin is a virtuoso of the cians t, contemporary musicians, in and it' s nothing new. There are tenor saxophone and flute. His could sound the unlimited possibil.ities, and experiences include having JAM '82 pianist Bud Powell. He found it's ea.sy to go in that, direc­ ,played with Maynard Ferguson, Cab Calloway, Urbie Green, and the description stunningly ac­ ticin~, But, I like staying in The hard edged, youthful rock cura te. Before long he would be wl'lat I think jazz is ,SUpposed the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orches­ and pop sounds of REO Speedwagon joining her for piano duets at to ,be." tra. Tabackin played with the will be charging the air at the Harlem Club. Hawes fondly NBC Orchestra led by Doc Sever­ Summerjam '82. It will commence remembered those duets for the articula ted and exceptionally insen for a number of years, at 3 PM on Sunday, August 15 at rest of his life. fluent." Nat Hentoff wrote, first in New York and later in Arrowhec:td Stadium. Special "Her attack is hard and slash­ Los Angeles, before leaving it guests include Ted Nugent, Rain­ Hampton Hawes first met Toshiko ingly swinging. Her work surges in 1976. bow, John Cougar and, the most Akiyoshi in 1952, while he was and sometimes bursts with recent addition to the bill, in the service and stationed in emotion. " While Bud Powell 707. Japan. A year later another stands out as her main influence, Akiyoshi and Tabackin formed American pianist, Oscar Peter­ Toshiko's other favorites in­ their big band in 1972. Since For tickets, stop by Caper's son, heard her while touring clude Oscar Peterson and John its beginning the band' s empha­ Corner or Kief' s in Lawrence, Japan with Jazz At The Philhar- Lewis. Today, with her husband sis has been the original compo- call Dial-A-Tick at 753-6617. SU.... ER".' JOURNEY KENNY LOGGINS STYX BLONDIE PAT BENETAR HUMAN LEAGUE REO FOREIGNER KANSAS STEVI E WONDER WILLI E NELSON ELTON JOHN TOTO EDDIE MONEY SURVIVOR STEVIE NICKS JOHN COUGAR QUEEN STEVE MILLER J. GEILS BAND OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN QUARTERFLASH C.S.N. 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Contents ® 1982 Brody Records Available On A&M Records & Tapes PAYOLAS willie phoenix OINGO BOINGO S QUE E Z E Nothing To Fear SlWt1.s Jronl II I'ilnU",*," !Io9 .. ~ ......t~ f ..... 111 n "",h"l'n~~I' o • eJIJ· ~-t,. PAGE 4 K PI"f" gui 1 ty I'm no longer One person wanted to start a reviews se. I did lodge. (laughter) and to the Cher and sucks worse than I could ASK LEROI have ever imagined. Also, much to your pleasure I'm sure, I promise never to write about a Cher record again. Since 1'm writing this column for the first time, I obviously don't have a lot of distinct questions to answer, so I thought I'd answer a question than many people have asked: Why do some bands sound so much better live than they do on a record, i.e. the Nighthawks? In my humble opinion there are two reasons. One is a lack of studio experience and the other is that many bands function at a higher level when the crowd is recepti ve and the band can feed off of their energy. Other than Attention everyone! Take Plant called Pictures at Eleven that, it's probably something to notice! I'm no longer writing (Swan Son 8512). It has all the do with bio-rhythms or the stars You don't think that'd limit you my short reviews. The powers power and grit of early Led Zep or something. any? that be at the KC PITCH feel records and just enough new Well, if it would we wouldn't that you readers might prefer to twists to make it fresh for the Next issue I hope to have more sign it. ask me questions about what's eighties. It's a very pleasant questions to answer. Of course, happening in the ever changing surprise. that depends on you, the reader Truth now, are you guys mak·ing world of music. So in my less to send in those questions. any money? than infinite knowledge I will Releases to look for in August Till then ..• We make some money but we pile try and answer any reasonable are: *Bad Company's Rough Dia­ Remember, music is a sound it back into the organization. questions that any of you ask. monds *Rock and Roll Women by business. All you have to do is write to: Cheetah, which is said to be like an all girl ACtDC *A sound­ I thought so, beeause you guys LeRoi track called Zapped which fea­ are a Zways eoming up with new C/O KC PITCH tures two cuts by Topeka's Plain equipment. When you have an 4128 Broadway Jane *Steve Winwood' sTalking opening do you pay them, K. C" Mo 64111 Back to the Night *T-Bon:e­ or does ha Z Z pay them? Burnette's Trap Door *An album We usually split it with the In this column I will focus on by Vanity 6, an all female group club depending on the arrange­ some of the crucial music that backed by the very fruitful ment.