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LOS ANGELES F2 JAZZ REVIEW Pharoah Sanders, Friends Offer an Exuberant Treat outvie iitMi laintlMMSIsilfc 11 By ZAN STEWART SPECIAL TO THE TIMES HOLLYWOOD-The healing power that can be found in music was demonstrated Wednesday as tenor saxophonist Pharoah Sanders took the Catalina stage, offering an exuberant musical balm that, in at least a small way, counteracted the anxiety lingering from Monday's earthquake. Working in the unique and appealing style that he developed in the early 70s, Sanders played three lengthy, compelling selections that blended the expressiveness of free improvisation with the lush tunefulness of strong melody. Delivering his tunes with an alternately gleaming and gritty tone, the saxophonist was backed with elanv and passion by pianist William Henderson, bassist Jeffrey Littleton and drummer Ralph John Coltrane's exemplified the Sanders' jazz approach. After a tender, rhapsodic, unaccompanied introduction by Henderson, Sanders led his cohorts into the tune, which sported a driving waltz beat. As Henderson and Littleton played a repeating figure that anchored "Old," and Penland banged and bashed his drum set, creating a rhythmic boil, Sanders began to solo.

He delivered stretched-out high notes and passages juxtaposing two notes so rapidly they formed a third, as well as captivating swirls of melodies and high shrieks composed of two or three notes played simultaneously. The solid platform provided by the rhythm team made Sanders' already evocative performance even more so. The often-electrifying, yet ultimately soothing Sanders closes Sunday. i MORNING REPORT i. i Arts and entertainment reports from The Times, national and international news services and the nation's press.

QUAKE AFTERMATH I Recovery Program for Artists: Help may be on the way for artists and arts organizations who lost artwork or suffered damages l- to their spaces or equipment in Monday's earthquake. The Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department is establishing an ArtsEarthquake Recovery Program, including a fund for individ- ual artists; technical aid; equipment replacement and temporary rehearsal space for nonprofit arts groups; a program of family arts events to ease the mood at shelters, and a citywide survey of damage to arts organizations and facilities. Although no specific funds have been identified yet, the department is seeking funds from private groups, the city, the California Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts. In the meantime, affected artists and arts groups should call the 24-hour arts hot line, (213) 688-ARTS, to register their losses. I A DOSe Of Laughter: The Laugh Factory at 8001 Sunset Blvd.

is offering free comedy shows through the end of the month for Southern California earthquake survivors. Dubbed "a complimen- tary respite of fun and humor amid chaos," the shows will be open 1 to all who bring any broken object or a picture of their home in disarray. Comedians who have agreed to perform through the free run include "Hangin' With Mr. Cooper" star Marc Curry, "The Second Half star John Mendoza, "Good Times" star Jimmie Walker, KLSX deejay Frazier Smith, George Lopez and Charlie i Fleischer, who supplied the voice for film character Roger Rabbit. "This whole thing is about our community coming together," says Laugh Factory owner Jamie Masuda.

"And laughter is a relief for everybody." Showtimes are at 8 and 10 nightly, with additional midnight shows on Fridays and Saturdays. Aftershocks Hit New York: Shock waves from Monday's earthquake have reached at least one New York theater. The result is a two-day postponement of the New York Theatre Workshop's production of "Unfinished Stories" because the director, Gordon Davidson, returned to his L.A. base at the Mark Taper Forum over the weekend and couldn't get back to New York as scheduled. The lost rehearsal time means the Sybille Pearson play will now begin performances Feb.

6. Davidson is the Taper's i artistic director. I I Hit I (( IMf. i It BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! STARTS TOMORROW SANTA MONICA Laemmle's Monica (310)394-9741 TELEVISION Jury Sides With Vanna: a Los Angeles federal jury has ordered Samsung Electronics to pay Vanna White $403,000 in damages for running an ad featuring a robot designed to resemble the letter-turning "Wheel of For tune" hostess. But attorneys for Samsung, which earlier rejected a $950,000 settlement offer from White (down from her original request of $6.9 million), called the verdicts a "win." White testified that the ads which depicted a robot in a red sequined dress with a blond wig on a "Wheel of set damaged her image, her career and her by cutting into potential endorsement income.

BEST PICTURE BEST ENSEMBLE CAST -1993 Venice Film Festival uu White earning potential- "Ian DM IFqDddd Vm I Peter Travers, ROLUNG STONE Bob Campbel, NEWHOUSF. NEWSPAPERS Joe DeCMck, CINCnUTI ENQURER Peter Heime, LA. VUAGE VEW Mich Martin, SACRAMENTO UM0N Scott Rosenberg, SAN FRANCISCO EXAMHER Paul Sherman, BOSTON HERALD Michael Wilmington, CHICAGO TRIBUNE Jay Carr, BOSTON GLOBE ON OVER IUJ TOP TEN What a 'Relief: HBO's five-hour telecast of "Comic Relief VI" on Saturday drew more than 12 million viewers, according to the Nielsens, beating network prime-time fare and NBC's late-night comedy show "Saturday Night Live" in HBO homes. In addition, pledges for the show to benefit the homeless have now topped $7.2 i million. HBO will air two "Comic Relief VI" highlights specials Feb.

8 and 15. And, for die-hard "Comic Relief" fans, another cable channel, will extend the fund-raising efforts with "The Best of Comic Relief," a series of 13 one-hour specials culled from the first five "Comic Relief" programs, beginning Feb. 12. MOVIES The Awards Race Continues: Five films won nominations this week in the Producers Guild of America's fifth annual Golden Laurel Awards. Nominated were Arnold Kopelson for "The Jim Sheridan for "In the Name of the Jan Chapman for "The Mike Nichols, John Calley and Ismail Merchant for "The Remains of the Day," and Steven Spielberg, Gerald R.

Molen and Branko Lustig for "Schindler's List." Nominated in the TV categories were the producers of "And the Band Played On," "Gypsy," "Home Improvement," "Law and Order," "NYPD Blue," "Picket Fences," "The Larry Sanders I Show," "Seinfeld" and "To Dance With the White Dog." The awards will be presented March 2 at the Regent Be irty Wilshire Hotel. THE ARTS A $10-Million Present: New York's Guggenheim Museum has started the New Year off with a major gift of $10 million from Ronald O. Perelman, chairman of Revlon Inc. and a museum trustee. As part of the gift, the Revlon Foundation will commission a major sculpture by noted American artist Roy Lichtenstein, for the exterior of the museum's new tower building.

The donation launches the museum's $100-million "Campaign for the Next Century." --SHAUNASNOW USTS lUATIOHDE INCLUDING: Kenneth Turan, LOS ANGBES TMES Owen Glemerman, ENTERTABVMENT WEEKLY Michael Wilmington, CHICAGO TRIBUNE Jay Carr, BOSTON GLOBE Peter Travers, ROLUNG STONE Paul Sherman, BOSTON HERALD Gene Slskel, S1SKEL EBERT Bob CamptmO, NEWH0USE NEWSPAPERS PEOPLE MAGAZM Jack Mathews, NEW YORK NEWSDAY Kevin Thomas, LOS ANGELES TMES UZ SMITH Mystery 'Host' Identified NEW YORK Readers, I love you. You're all so curious. Not that it matters a bit, but so many of you seem to want to know whose house I was sleeping in at the time of the Los Angeles earthquake and who was my "host" that I give up! I was on Stone Canyon Road in the Bel-Air house of movie director Joel Schumacher, who was on his way to London, via New York, for meetings on "Batman III." My "host" was Joel's butler and houseman, Andrew Lightfoot, onetime servant to Queen Elizabeth II in Buckingham Palace, When I wrote my original item about the experience, it sounded a bit cheeky and elitist to be "suffering" in beautiful Bel-Air under the care of a butler. I decided to call Andrew my "host," which he was a gifted and talented manager equal to any occasion, any emergency. And Andrew enabled me to deliver a famous Mae West line one of her funniest, As we stood, scared and shivering on the.

I tennis court, I saw that Andrew had stuck his licensed Magnum revolver into his bathrobe. My line, of course, was: "Andrew, is that a gun in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?" We both fell down laughing, which is exactly what we needed to do at the time! Fine Line Features Presentsm Association with Spelling Films Internationd a BrokawAvenue Pictures Production A Robert Altman Film "Short Cuts" Andie MacDowell Bruce Davison Julianne Moore Matthew Modine Anne Archer Fred Ward Jennifer Jason Leigh Chris Penn Lili Taylor Robert Downey, Jr. Madeleine Stowe Tim Robbins Lily Tomlin Tom Waits Frances McDormand Peter Gallagher Annie Ross 1 Lori Singer Jack Lemmon Lyle Lovett Buck Henry Huey Lewis Music Producer Hal Willner original score composed By Mark Isham Production Designer Stephen Altman Edited By GeraldinePeron'l DirectorOfPhotography Walt Lloyd Execute Producer SCOtt Bushnell Basedonthewritingsof Raymond Carver fTneLine Features Sr1 i wan I screenoiayBvRobertAltmanlkhrankbarnyat Produced Byiary broKaw DirectedByKODeriAiiman FWI, StickiMUknimipCgnOMsindCi (hni-gol. a3S" 1993 Fine Line Features. All Rights Reserved.

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