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THE BUFFALO SEPTEMBER 7, 2014 C7 GUSTOSUNDAY: MUSIC, RADIO POETRY Post BRIEF REVIEWS OF SELECT YAM Robert Levon Been, above, celebrates the music of his father, the late Michael Been, on "The Call Live: A Tribute to Michael Been." Pop The Call with Robert Levon Been, "The Call Live: A Tribute to Michael Been" A seminal Californian New Wave band, the Call is best known for its early '80s hit "The Walls Came Down," but the entirety of the band's recorded output is revered by a sizable cult audience. Fronted by Michael Been, the Call's sound married the influence of NYC art-punk to the more grandiose, sweeping sound of late early '80s British alternative rock. Michael Been's son, Robert Levon Been, is with acclaimed indie-rock outfit Black Rebel Motorcycle Club; it was as live sound engineer for BRMC that Michael Been spent the last years of his life. The elder Been died following a heart attack suffered during a BRMC gig in 2010. The Call Live" finds Robert Levon Been joining with the surviving members of the Call to pay tribute to his late father before an enthusiastic audience at the Troubadour in Los Angeles in late 2013.

It is, not surprisingly, a deeply emotional affair. The album serves both as a beautiful tribute from a son to the father he loved and from whom he learned so much, and a testament to the enduring grace and majesty of Michael Been's songwriting. It's difficult to understand the lack of commercial success afforded Michael Been and the Call during the band's existence, but this lovely tribute does the man's considerable talent justice. Miers) Jazz Ahmad Jamal and Yusef Lateef, "Live at the Olympia, June 12, 2013, The Music and the Film of the Complete Concert" (Jazz Village, two discs plus DVD). Yusef Lateef was 93 when he died of Chimera By Charles Bernstein At dusk I found it silent there And sudden caught it in my hand It squeaked and hollered with despair But I was young of ruthless mind.

I scooped and cupped it in my palm So it would no more come to harm Yet quick I knew to let it go It was not mine to have nor hold. E'er since that day I've gathered twine To knot and glue unto a rime Resigned that tunes will never bind Shimmering shadows tossed in time. CHARLES BERNSTEIN returns for the 20th anniversary celebration of the University at Buffalo's Electronic Poetry Center Thursday and Friday at UB's Center for the Arts and the Burchfield Penney Art Center. (See this week's calendar for a complete listing of events.) The co-founder of both the EPC and the UB Poetics Program, Bernstein was the David Gray Chair of Poetry and Letters at UB from 1989 to 2003. He is currently the Donald T.

Regan Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Pennsylvania. His most recent books include "All the Whiskey in Heaven: Selected Poems" (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2010), "Attack of the Difficult Poems: Essays and Inventions" (University of Chicago Press, 2011) and "Recalculating" (University of Chicago Press, 2013), in which this poem appears. Poetry and Literature Calendar A list of readings and workshops MONDAY, 5 P.M.: Larkin Square the convergences of several major Author Series talk by Buffalo-born Romantic writers including English playwright Tom Dudzick. 745 Seneca Romantic Poets Lord Byron and St. Percy Bysshe Shelley, Byron's doctor MONDAY, 7 P.M.: Book talk John Polidori, the stepsisters Mary and signing by Josh Lerner, author Wollstonecraft Godwin (Shelley) and Fun: How Claire Clairmont and the literary of "Making Democracy Game Design Can Empower Citizens circle in which they traveled.

Talking Leaves Books, 3158 Main St. and Transform Politics" (MIT Press). Talking Leaves Books, 3158 Main St. THURSDAY, 7 P.M.: "The Shadow the Rose: A Survey of TUESDAY, 7 P.M.: Lewiston Arts the Life and of W.B. Yeats Series featuring poetry by Ken Poetry (1865-1939), moderated by author Feltges and music by and teacher Mason Winfield.

This writer Dee Adams. Lewiston Opera week: "The Early Years: Cuchulain's Hall, 732 Center Lewiston. $2. with the Sea." Haunted Fight History WEDNESDAY, 7P.M.: Reading Ghost Walks, 21 S. Grove and book signing with Portland, East Aurora.

$50 for the based fiction writer Baer Charleton, per class. author of "Stoneheart: A Path of IdenTHURSDAY, 7:30 p.m.: Wordtity Redemption" novels. flight at Red Doors Series reading and (Createspace, 2014) featuring poets Jorge Guitart and and other Talking Leaves Books, 3158 Main St. Sam Magavern. New series location: THURSDAY, 1P.M.

TO 5 P.M.: Stowell Lounge, Parkside Lutheran 20th Anniversary Celebration of the Church, 2 Wallace Ave. $4. University at Buffalo's Electronic 1 P.M. TO 05 P.M.: 20th Poetry Center featuring a panel disFRIDAY, Anniversary Celebration of the Unicussion with Steve McCaffery, Laura versity at Buffalo's Electronic Poetry Shackelford and Danny Snelson, Center featuring a poetry readperformance: Chris Cheek, "On ing by Myung Mi Kim, poet-critic "Distance No Object" by jazz saxophonist Joan Retallack "Gertrude Stein on Wildness and Poetic Form," a lecture Modernist Visual Art," Charles by poet-critic lecture Loss Bernstein on "The Pataque(e)rical Elizabeth Willis, and "Making Not-Moth," a by Midrashic Antinomianism Glazier. 232 Center for the Wager: and the Authority of Bent Arts, followed by a plenary conversation UB North Campus.

on THURSDAY, 7 P.M. TO 10 P.M.: the 112 Center for the Arts, 20th Anniversary Celebration of the UB North Campus. University at Buffalo's Electronic 7 P.M. TO 10 P.M.: FRIDAY, Poetry Center featuring perfor- 20th Celebration of the Anniversary mances by Tammy McGovern, Danny University at Buffalo's Electronic Snelson, and Wooden Cities with Ethan Hayden, followed by Poetry Center featuring a performance by Cecilia followed at performances and by Conrad. 8 p.m.

by readings by Loss Joan Retallack, Chris Cheek, Tony Glazier, Elizabeth Willis, and Charles Burchfield-Penney Art Center, 1300 Bernstein. Burchfield Art Elmwood Ave. Center, 1300 Elmwood Ave. THURSDAY, 7 P.M.: Book P.M.: Book Launch for "The Poet and the SATURDAY, 7 signing by Judith Frizlen, director of the Rose Vampyre: The Curse of Byron and Garden Childhood Center and the Birth of Literature's Greatest Early author of "Words for Parents in Small Monsters" (Pegasus Books) by UB Doses" (Life Ways North America, Professor of English Andrew Stott. 2014).

Talking Leaves Books, 951 The book is group biography tracking Elmwood Ave. RELEASES prostate cancer in December. Somewhat incredibly, then, he was 91 when this remarkable jazz event took place in Paris' Olympia Theater in 2012. Other than their early turns to Islam and their name changes preceding so many other black Americans (Amiri Baraka, Muhammad Ali), Ahmad Jamal and Yusef Lateef wouldn't seem all that compatible as musicians to be pairing up in 2012 which is why this is both a recording of an astonishing live jazz event and an extraordinary reminder of what hugely creative figures they'd each been in very different ways. Listen to 91-year old Lateef here the coughs, mutters and wheezes of his tenor saxophone that begin "Exatogi," the later, Leon Thomas-like vocal yodels and weird sonorities like crying mechanical babies from nowhere and you fully understand that Lateef, almost alone in jazz in his prime, was experimenting with sound in a way analogous to Cage, Varese and Stockhausen in international classical music's avant-garde.

This is a meeting like no other. The pairing of drummer Herlin Riley and percussionist Manolo Badrena makes Jamal's version of "Blue Moon" an incendiary heir to Jamal's epochal and hugely popular classic version of "Poinciana." And yes, his 2012 reading of that ends this event. To be released on Tuesday. (Jeff Simon) The Bad Plus, "Inevitable Western" The Bad Plus were largely responsible On the Radio AM Stations Today 9:45 AM, WUFO 1080, Abundant Health: Vegetarian Cooking 10 AM, WBEN 950, Hardline WUFO 1080, Bible Truth Prison Ministry: Earthly and Heavenly Sanctuaries with Pastor Lawrence Nelson WHLD 1270, Vinny Cerrato and Rob Long WLVL 1340, NBC Local Sports; also noon and 5 p.m. Sat.

ESPN 1520, Western New York at Work 10:30 AM, ESPN 1520, Brenda's Bites: Brenda Alesii talks about food and restaurants in WNY 11 AM, WXRL. 1300, Your Hour with God: With Pastor Galen Purpura, St. John Lutheran Church, Depew NOON, WBEN 930, Meet the Press WXRL 1300, Polka Jamboree: Scott Cleveland 1 PM, WGR 550, NFL: Bills at Bears 4 PM, WBEN 930, Money Talk: Bob Brinker WXRL 1300, German Show: Herman Endres ESPN 1520, NFL: Carolina at San Diego 6 PM, WHLD 1270, Josh Innes and Ted Johnson 8 PM, WGR 550, NFL: Colts at Broncos Monday 9AM, WLVL 1340, Tradio: Paul Oates; buy-sell-swap show; call 433- 1433 (M-F) WJJL 1440, Viewpoint: Tom Darro; two-way talk; call 297-1059 (M-F) 9:30 AM, WSPQ1330, Tradio; call 592-1330; (M-F) 10 AM, WLVL 1340, Ask the Pro: Host Ron Raetz and Racin' Ray Sherman; local business peoples share their expertise with listeners; call 433-1433 (M-F) WJJL 1440, John Restaino: local two-way talk; call 297-1059 (M-F) ESPN 1520, The Herd (M-F) 11AM, WLVL 1340, Stuck in the Middle: Tim Schmitt; call-in talk show at 433-1433; 11 a.m., 12:15 p.m. Fri. 4 PM, ESPN 1520, Dan LeBatard (M-F) 5 PM, WXRL 1300, Drive Time Polkas: Ron Dombrowski; M-Sat.

6 PM, WHLD 1270, Moore and Jones (M-F) WLVL 1340, WGRZ News (M-F) 6:30 PM, WGR 550, NFL: Giants at Lions 7 PM, WGR 550, John Murphy (M-F) WBEN 930, Sean Hannity (M-F) 8 PM, WLVL 1340, NBC Sports Network; Mon. also 7 p.m. Fri. 10 PM, WBEN 930, The Savage Nation (M-F); also midnight WHLD 1270, Ferrall on the Bench (M-F) ESPN 1520, Freddy Coleman (M-F) PM, WGR 550, NFL: Chargers at Cardinals Tuesday 6:30 PM, WLVL 1340, Green to Checker: Racin' Ray Sherman 7PM, WLVL 1340, NASCAR Live: Eli Gold Wednesday 12:15 PM, WLVL 1340, Stuck in the Middle: Tim Schmitt for the once-dubious notion that a thoroughly comfortable home in an acoustic jazz piano trio could be found for the relative rhythmic bombast of rock drums. What the Bad Plus was doing in the 21st century used to be a relatively new version of what the unelectrified Ramsey Lewis trio used to do in Chitlin Circuit clubs in the '60s.

That the essential mood couldn't have been more different is made known here by the Bad Plus' first studio disc in a couple years. Let's not discuss, if you don't mind, their last disc which was a jazz piano version of Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring" the world didn't need (changing all of Stravinsky's rhythms is like making a Scarlett Johansson movie with the actress in a bunny costume and Jennifer Lopez dubbing her voice). Unfortunately, the aura of pretentious bombast all-too-often persists here, specifically on "You Will Lose All Fear" which sounds a bit like Ferrante and Teicher Meet Frank Zappa. It's all quite nuts, mind you, but in a way that is less exhilarating than unfortunate and pointless. Let's not even ask why the disc's publicity encourages us to think of this music evoking "a spacious milieu redolent of Wim Wenders' Paris Texas' and the American West of Richard Avedon" (Richard Say what?) Let's just say there really is some excellent playing here by pianist Ethan Iverson who can be haunting and genuinely exploratory when he forgets to be an unplugged 21st version of Keith Emerson.

This disc was self- produced. Let's Highlights of the week's programs 12:30 PM, WLVL 1340, Sharing the Victory: Cal Kern 9 PM, WOR 550, Pit Reporters Thursday 1PM, WJJL 1440, Music Chat: Jeanne Kerl 4 PM, WJJL 1440, Just Me and The Dog: Dale Campbell 8 PM, WGR 550, NFL: Steelers at Ravens Friday 11 AM, WJJL 1440, Elvis with Uncle John Phillips 6 PM, WSPQ 1330, Free for All Friday: Call in your Classic Hits requests at 592-9500 8 PM, ESPN 1520, College Football: Baylor at UB 9 PM, ESPN 1520, Sporting Life Saturday 6AM. WGR 550, Mary Davis WBEN 930, Buffalo's Early News WHLD 1270, Marc Malusis WLVL 1340, Super Dial-a-Deal: Racin' Ray Sherman and Ron Raetz; call 433-1433 6:30 AM, ESPN 1520, Rusk Report: Host Brian Rusk 8 AM, WGR 550, Hobby ESPN 1520, Dr. Jay Richards 8:30 AM, WJJL 1440, Steve Richard's Motor World 9AM, WBEN 930, R-House Real Estate: Peter Hunt WXRL 1300, Ramblin' Lou Schriver ESPN 1520, Saturday Morning Drive 10 AM, WGR 550, Inside High School Sports WHLD 1270, Brandon Tierney WLVL 1340, Hometown Homeshow: Wayne Malcomb; call 433-1433 with your questions and comments WJJL. 1440, Casa Rico: Lenny Rico; Italian music ESPN 1520, Dollar Doctor 11 AM, WGR 550, Sports Talk Saturday: Sal Capaccio ESPN 1520, Think Again NOON, WBEN 930, Mutual Fund Show WJJL 1440, Radio Luz: Host Lumy; Hispanic program ESPN 1520, Car Connection 1PM, CKTB 610, The Cross-Border News: Host Arlene White WBEN 930, Financial Guys: Glenn Wiggle and Mike Lomas WXRL 1300, Around the Town: Dan McBride Show WLVL 1340, Unforgettable Music: Mike Melody ESPN 1520, College Game Day 2 PM, WHLD 1270, Gregg Giannotti 4 PM, WBEN 930, Jill on Money 5 PM, WJJL 1440, Saturday Night Old Time Rock and Roll 6 PM, WHLD 1270, Jody McDonald WBEN 930, Buffalo Means Business: Buddy Shula 9 PM, WBEN 930, Sean Hannity Weekend MIDNIGHT, WHLD 1270, Ferrall on the Bench FM Stations Today 11AM, WBFO 88.7, Car Talk; also 06 a.m.

Sat. NOON, WBFO 88.7, Prairie Home 3 PM, WBFO 88.7, Bob Edwards Weekend 4 PM, WNED 94.5, Los Angeles Philharmonic indulge the boys a little, OK? (Jeff Simon) The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, "Over Time: Music of Bob Brookmeyer" (Planet Arts). Once upon a time, there was an amazing Verve record by Bob Brookmeyer called "Gloomy Sunday and Other Bright Moments." Don't even ask where to find replicas or even shards of it now in the years since his death because though they exist (in pieces on YouTube, for instance) they're not all that easily come by, and almost not at all in complete bulk (it was last seen on a single disc twofer with Gary McFarland's version of the music to "How to Succeed in Business Without Really What the record did was feature Bob Brookmeyer's valve trombone in some remarkable arrangements by Eddie Sauter, Gary McFarland, Al Cohn and Brookmeyer himself that served notice that Brookmeyer was ready to spend the next half century in the vanguard of thinkers about just what exactly a jazz orchestra might be. His most important disciple now is the much-honored Maria Schneider. This great disc collects all sorts of charts and compositions by Bob Brookmeyer in the exact way they SHOULD be collected: by a terrific 21st century jazz orchestra that understands both the music and the increasingly vaunted place of the musician who, as a soloist, spent so very many years as a supremely playful countervoice to the likes of Stan Getz, Gerry Mulligan and 5 PM, WBFO 88.7, All Things Considered Weekend: also 6 PM, WBFO 88.7, This American Life: Ira Glass; also Sat.

WNED 94.5, Young Performers: Marty Wimmer 7 PM, WBFO 88.7, Blues: Anita West WEDG 103.3, Next Wave 8 PM, WNED 94.5, Pittsburgh Symphony: Jim Cunningham WLKK107.7, Localized: Music show with Chelsea 9 PM, WGRF 96.9, Get the Led Out: Host J.P.; one hour of Led Zeppelin music and news 106.5, CMT's Country Countdown USA 10 PM, WNED 94.5, Pipedreams: Michael Barone WGRF 96.9, Little Steven's Underground Garage Monday 11AM, WNED 94.5, Exploring Music: Bill McGlaughlin; M-F NOON, WBFO 88.7, Now; M-F 2 PM, WBFO 88.7, Tell Me More: Michel Martin; news-talk show; M-F 3 PM, WBFO 88.7, Fresh Air; Mon.Thur.; also 7 p.m. M-F 4 PM, WBFO 88.7, All Things Considered: Mark Wozniak; M-F 8 PM, WBFO 88.7, Capital Pressroom; produced from Albany; M-F WNED 94.5, Chicago Symphony Orchestra Clark Terry. He was indeed a great, gloriously witty player. But it is the composer arranger who is so brilliantly showcased here and is the one who deserves continuing jazz reverence. (Jeff Simon) Annie Ross with Bucky Pizzarelli and John Pizzarelli, "To Lady With Love" (Red Anchor).

Don't be fooled. The names on this disc couldn't possibly be more inviting especially if you understand from the title they're going to be performing Billie Holiday repertoire. The trouble is that while Annie Ross is a great jazz figure and always will be she hasn't been a great jazz SINGER in decades. What's left of her voice is largely ruins. But we are not talking about the vocal wreckage, say, of Holiday's voice in her final years which was the result of a deeply tragic life and which still came through so dramatically when she performed.

Her vocal instrument was broken at the end but Billie Holiday's art remained. With Ross, we are talking about the marvelous, antic figure who, with Lambert, Hendricks and Ross, gave us that vocal version of Wardell Gray's "Twisted" that Bette Midler and Joni Mitchell loved so much. What used to be her art is antithetical to the voice she now has. With her voice what it is now, not even the guitar playing Pizzarellis, father and son, can save the disc from being a disappointment, to put it mildly. (Jeff Simon) Wednesday 6 PM, WBNY 91.3, Super-Friends Super Show 8 PM, WNED 94.5, Classical Canada: contributions of Canadian musicians and composers to the culture of classical music 10 PM, WNED 94.5, Millennium of Music: Robert Aubry Davis 11 PM, WNED 94.5, Record Shelf: Jim Svejda Thursday 8 PM, WNED 94.5, New York Philharmonic Friday 3 PM, WBFO 88.7, Science Friday 4PM, WBNY 91.3, MovieMaddness Show: Movie reviews, comedy 8 PM, WNED 94.5, The Cleveland Orchestra Saturday 6 AM, WBFO 88.7, Car Talk; also 10 a.m.

8AM, WBFO 88.7, Weekend Edition: Scott Simon (Washington), and local host Chris Jamele 9AM, WNED 94.5, From the Top; also 8 p.m. 1PM, WNED 94.5, La Opera On Airs 2 PM, WBFO 88.7, People's Pharmacy 3 PM, WBFO 88.7, Zorba Paster On Your Health A BUFFALO NEWS -SPONSORED EVENT THE 68TH BUFFALO INTERNATIONAL HORSE SHOW SEPTEMBER 10-14, 2014 950 AMHERST ST. BUFFALO, NY ALL PROCEEDS TO BENEFIT BUFFALO THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER FOR MORE INFORMATION GO TO WWW.THEBTRC.ORG NOWHERE BUT THE BUFFALO NEWS ON YOUR WGRZ SIDE 1071887 2.