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KST AVAILABLE COPY He KEMM City Str Tucsalay June 17 1997 The sssewfiaf Wynton Marsalis Continued from E-1 andsur- i (1982) Still one oT I prisinafy progressive in fight of his I Seed (1966) Music of timntm an abundance of brilliant solos An i and deep txmtL with understated 1(1987) Splendid performartfcr: of js zz standards with Vie trumpeter tettume tyncal and taerat ing tJ Hm ef fl Mree (1989) celebrates hi tat update New Orleans i (1991) The most engaging album in Vie on Gestures in Southern trilogy Modem jazz at its mopo compeMng (Al albums cited are on the Columbia label) ioo Wilson enthralling And although the lyrics are mostly prosaic and obvious Marsalis does have his moments of bitter wit In that regard the standout performance is Ttaal for As a slave buyer Hendricks mines the words for maximum irony: What a great day for shop I cm feel money dropping People that's what I'm copping Soul far Sale Checking their teeth and hairlines Pinching a buck whose skin shines Looking for brown concubines Soul for Sale The sheer exuberance of delivery meshes i lyrics in such 1 to beg comparison to the I collaborations of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill Threepenny 3 nc of foe most popular i mngtn around flocutts iMsrgtlf I in this new arena aa does the 'Griffith In fact if talent were afi it took to make on the Fields aftted bit qualified success Pit unfortunately its undermined by conceptual prob- ducted by Marsalis Of special note are the contributions of saxophonist James Carter pianist Eric Reed and trumpeters Russell Gunn and Marcus Printup Marsalis plays also although his trumpet contribution is minimal This project with which 1m has toured extensively was cfearfy intended to emphasize his compositional skills while testing his talents as a librettist While on the may not be his most cohesive wprk at almost three hours long undoubtedly the most expansive in a unique career Whatever one thinks of musical conservatism his tenacious advocacy for jazz has helped restore the cultural significance In the 1970s bop was passe Now hip You can even get a credit card featuring a picture of Miles Dam in the act of creation Marsalis owes his ascendancy partly to his jazz pedigree he played in Art Jazz Messengers the Harvard of hard-bop bands and followed that up with a straight-ahead stint with Herbie Hancock But the trumpeter also grounded himself in classical music at the prestigious Juilliard School thus providing himself with the range of musical knowledge needed to effectively pursue his muse fact that he was so bi-musical especially at the beginning of his career gave him a kind of credibility that few people in the jazz world said Thomas Owens author of Bebop: The Musk and Its Players seemed as though he and his brother (Branford) and their early quintet suggested to a lot of people of his generation that there was another way to go with Owens said were not trying to be pathfinders but perhaps that suggests a new maturity about the music that it isn't subject to the latest craze With on the Marsalis is definitely attempting to create a work that can stand beside the timeless compositions of both jazz and classical music The tkm of whether he has i is problematic From a purely musical standpoint there is much to enjoy Many of the instrumental passages are looser and more alive than previous work for large ensembles Market not only swings with authority but also elicits a transcendent turn byCarter on baritone saxophone The meditative tenor saxophone of Victor Goines enhances the melancholy mood of Some of the vocal work is just as ybut And through the yean he has mam lamed a reputation for jazz toewmtien la baht of all that Blood on die is some-of a departure ended com- Movement (Griot t)" (1993) and This House On This (1994) oad perhaps too much to the works of Duke Ellington With their swinging melodies brisk ensemble sound and dynamic mixture of die sweet and the bitter they evoked that Efimgtonian ter-lfailmg expertise but whit only intermittent inspiration In on the however the BBmgton influence is much less evident Instead Marsalis draws on such disparate sources as gospel the blues Afro-Hispamc rhythms nd New Orleans swing totdlfoesfofyof a slave couple Jesse and Leona and their struggle to survive and thrive in America The recording featur she vocnl talent Cassandra Wilson as Leona Miles Griffith as Jesse Jon Hendricks in several roles and the 16-member Lin- con covers more I tkm about who they are Not only that but the choral narrative a downright corny as much for its writing as its delivery Even given that operas are ideally intended to be seen as well listened to on the suffers from an absence of dramat ic tension that despite its musical virtues leads to moments of listen- Simply put not enough ory to justify the music Leona id Jesse arc constantly telling us 7:30 pm Grace and Holy Trinity Broadway (4: Cathedrai 13lh and Broadway KC Calendar a lot that trying to tackle in this Sastagg uud soft of overambitkwx MMV definitely overstaffed Ultimately the historical amifi cance of on the FiteBYwV may be that it helped to break down barriers to the appreeuitipm of jazz as an art form of vitality ongmalityandculturalsgnfi cance wT A As to its musica significances opera is encouraging evideteerAkt Marsalis is still mowing as irt artist And thats something wofth celebrating Pulitzer or not BOYS AND Musical 1 and 8 pm doaas JutyS American Heartland Theatre 2480 Y' Grand (842-9999) HOT flCKS BOOK DtSOUSSWN GROUP: 1-2 pm Wednesdays through Aug 6 Johnson County Central Resource Library 8675 87th n1 Overland Park (405-2490) tw KANSAS CTTY ROYALS: vs sk Anaheim Angels 1t pm Kauffman Stadium (921-8000) i DEEPAK CHOPRA: 7 pm Unify Temple on the Plaza 707 47th $31 -3330) SKY WATCH: Sky Introduction 7 pm Southwest I School Planetarium 6512 Woma i Free (871-0900) KANSAS CITY I Improvisations! comedy show sot i courtroom 7:36 pm 512 Delaware (842-2744) JOHN TESH: 8 pm Starlight 6824) NO DOUBT With 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Nahh Wells swears she practiced safe animal keeping mean nobody stuck their hands in the cage If foe big cats had gotten loose? would have probably eaten my goats Choctaw and Cheyenne But we made sure they were in a Very funny not exactly a secret that been plenty of nasty stuff floating in area waterways such as Brush Creek Still Pitch Weekly columnist CJ Janovy found Country morning jock Randy recent joins about murdered prostitutes offensive lUyjwlteda itional stunt in which blow-up dolls were dumped into the Missouri River in some kind of flaccid joke based on the fact that local women keep showing up dead in the Janovy writes adding sarcastically it dead prostitute humor I know about you but I'm rolling on the floor laughing According to Miller (producer) Arlene Franck the promotion was inspired by the dead prostitutes and the fact that June is Fishing Month' The radio station dumped the Now-up dolls in the river and whoever caught them won Reba McEadre heard Memories all got Alternative rockers Weezer shared one of theirs at Sandstone last week when bass player Matt Sharp reminisced about last playing here before with gasp! Kansas and Lowboy If you remember both those bands or if you have either group in your current CD collection you have the right if not the obligation to remain silent in Baltimore when a judge that police should have had a search warrant when they entered the apartment after a December incident in which he fired two shots into the air during a parking dispute He still faces a misdemeanor charge of marijuana possession Leo has been in the 1 after accusing actor her ex-boyfriend and I 9-year-old son of stalking and harassing her Heard star of was acquitted of the ha-1 rassment charges but was convict- ed of telephone misuse and treev passing Ceedel tackiness can be divine Especially where the royal family is concerned have Chuck and the Hill- crest Hie mentary School reading specialist a royal family bobkthat you pull a little tab and lies) lews over and kisses And holding a Union VHP at waist level aim when he leans over to kiss her the Union Jack pops up quite Goadell realized her ultimate thrill live and in person during a recent visit to Minneapolis by Sarah Fierynu the Duchm of York The cornerstones of her collec-tkfa she says are replicas both and engagement rings that my husband saw and bought for ril on late-night TV But he ordered the wrong size he ordered my shoe size tacky cheap and 1 says for the col- Gootkll achieved nirvana after teaming with Minneapolis Star-Tribune reporter and pal Martha AJfan for a story about their shared collecting hobby that ran in conjunction with arrival In the story Goodeil pined for the duchess to try on her ring went to her speech and before she got started she said Tonight need to do one thing And she took off her ruby engagement ring and sat it on the podium and asked if 1 was there and would I come tacky trea sure the dudbess it Gooddl says she held it up ML THT NBChascoti Leo who has played Detective Kay Howard on Life on the since its 1992 premiere be back for the sixth season in the fall As part of a cast shake-up Max Perlich who played JH Brodie the videographet also will be missing in September Joining the cast in the fall will be Jon Seda and Peter Gerety who both appeared in the season finale in which Lt Al Giardello (Yaptaet Kotto) told the homicide unit of an upcoming staff rotation system that could result in transfers for any one of them Seda will play Paul Falsone a car theft detective and Gerety returns as internal affairs Detective Stuart Gbarty A spokeswoman for NBC said last week that the network wishes Leo and Perikh but wouldn't disclose just how they 11 be written out of the story line The New York Post points out that both ousted actors have been A Service 8f the Kaasas City Star Free to Local Callers! 816889 STAR (7827) Then Your 4 digit Choice Murphy Wells and her uneaten animal pals and said quite lovely But rather big Could life possibly get any better than this for Goodeil and Allen? was like the best Christmas said Allen Goodeil adds: decided that the only thing that would be better was if we met Di But we live through Wild kingdom Who knows? 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