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V WEST HOLLYWOOD,
rCAUF.- Jimmy. Smith, the
' worlds greatest organist '' has
been contracted to headline
iThe Russian Jazz. Festival,
Sundav. Sept. 24. This
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tu'rikg Jlmmy Smith and his
group ; iouow me re
lease. ' dat of his ' tecently
recorded album "It's
Necessary" for Mercury
Records, that was recorded
'live' at Jimmy Smiths Supper
Club in West Hollywood
; The festival adopted its
name from the site location
on the banks of the Russian
River located 75 miles out
side of San Francisco; and
outdoor music festival
the
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termanet featured D. Garrett, D. Hill, G. Ledbetter, P. Led better, G. Pennington
and V. Boone. (Photo by Kelvin A. Bell). J '
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by KELVIN . A. BELL
Durham Annual Bimbe
Festival kicked off this year's
activities on Monday, July 25
at the Student Union on the
campus of 'North Carolina
Central University. The open
ing ceremonies, under the
direction of Obataiye B.
Akinwole, featured poetry
by; Melvin Hamilton, rtiusic
by Vusef & Friends, and a
highly informative lecture
and discussion on the festi
val by Robert Harvey, pro-,
fessor of History at NCCU.
The theme r of this' year's
festival is "Sharing," which 1
Is the essence of the African
festival called Bimbe.' I
"The kind of sharing that
is . Bimbe," , said Harvey,
"would not be possible with-
To llcadlino
Is sponsored by J the Cham
ber of Commerce; -
This years festival is a
two day event, and will fea
ture the Phil Woods Quartet,
an ail-star oia timers jazz
lgup,- t other Jazz
unft. and Jimmv Smith head-
units, and Jimmy Smith head
lining with his group that
will feature Teddy Edwards,
tenor saxaphone; Ray Craw
ford on guitar; Kenny Dixon,
drums; and Buck Clarke on
congas.
The
appearance,- of
Jimmy Smith and group at
this years Russian Jazz Festi-,
val, will follow the groups
appearance at Club LaVeek in
Houston; Texas, and a major
city promotional tour on be-
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out a sense of cultural unity
on the part of its partici
pants. This unity stems from
a common spiritual, social,
political or intellectual bond.
When a people lack this sense
of cultural unity, they lose
sight of their past and their
future, and their present be
. comes meaningless. Once 'this
occurs- they will become
fatalistic that is they will
have no past, will see no
future, and will reach the
conclusion that only fate can
determine their lives from
day to day.
"When a people get tto
: the point of living from day
to day they only become con
cerned with obtaining the
basic necessities of life - food,
clothing and shelter. There is
no such thing as' saving for
the future, because every
thing that is obtained goes
for right now. There is no
such thing as going back to
your past to .find out how
your ancestors handled their
situations or to study other
people to learn how they
handle their problems simply
; because time and inclination
do not allow for such intellec
, tual . and philosophical pur
i suits .", , .
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"... we were forced to
leave.s forget , and denounce
much of our African culture
and forced "to accept '.andor
borrow from other cultures.
''ThuSVeTia've notnihg unique
or original to offer or hare
with America except :y the
' color of our skins. We 'can
only accept what isgivei) to
. us or borrow from someone
, else and, not give anything in
return. When this occurs we
become students, and slaves of
other people's cultures.; We
ACTIVITIES
Mercury Records has set
the date of September to .
v release l limmy SmithV new-?
album Necessary" 1 that.
. was recorded live at Jimmy
Smiths Supper Club recently,
' :AUgust 18th through. August
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begin to lose respect for our
selves and in the final analysis -we
begin to hate , and de-(
nounce ourselves. ' ! s", V 't ; a .
, '.Thus, anything that a , .
. plack person obtains in this
society." becomei'his' alone,. -
and he feels that it is not to ,v
be sharedi with anyone who f
cnnotofferhimj; something
j. in etunvThis is therway -blacks
feel toward,. other
blacks. It can easily explain i
why,. it is' that every black t
person that tries to "make it" .
feels , that he owes - black,
people , .and the . black; race
nothing and that the only ,
way to be accepted into the
America mainstream is to
denounce anything black. . .
"Without ! cultural" and '
; spiritual unity the essence of
: the . Bimbe Festival is ini-
; possible
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JOHN STEWART, (foreground) and Dawud Hassan.
Also Harold Robinson (not pictured).
AND COLU BLURBS
20th, wUh find the worlds
greatest i organic pwy ui nc
LaVeek club in Houston.
Texa8,Aiollowing this engage
ment, -there is the , strong
possibility that the ole or
gan1; grinder . will be on road
promoting his new album in
cities - such as Chicago,
;petr'bit,NeW York, Philadel
phia, and Atlanta. Now for
the mid blower, Jimmy Smith
lias teen set to headline The
Russian Jazz Festival Sun
day t Sept. 24; now that
you've settled from the initial
shock, we might as well tell
you - this Russian Jazz Festi
val 1 will be played on the
banks of the Russian River
75-miles outside of San Fran
cisco, v and it's being
sponsoree by the Chamber of
Commerce. :
D. J. Rogers is being re
ferred to as a very sweet guy
by-all the nurses at the Cen
Mury City Hospital; reason -while
the RCA artistpro
t ducer is in the hospital losing
weight under the doctors
supervision,'" and his current
album-'"Love, Music, and
f Life"' 1 is soaring up the
' national ' charts, he had his
PR agency supply, all the
t nurses on the day and night
4 shift with candy in apprecia
tion of the care they're giving
him. i v
' 'Brother to Brother will
; soon be more than a phrase
a one hears on the streets. With
!"thi' releasing of a new album
, "Shades of Creation" on All
k Platinum Records by a uni-
que group of black and white
i talents that call themselves
Brother to Brother, brother
to brother will soon become ,
a household Word to music
loving America,, as the group
is -dynamite; and their new.
album is . an explosive;: outa' '
sight item. ' - t-." - -'
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"Pride in being an Afro
American will be a reality and"
a positive force for our
society once we develop this
sense of .history. But to
develop black pride without
progress is no good. As we
progress, we will develop cul
tural and spiritual unity as a
people and thus have sonic
thing to share with America
and all other nations of the
wrld - ourselves. And when
you can share yourself with
others it is the greatest gift
you can give."
On Saturday, July 30,
Bimbe will host a Blues
Festival and Picnic at Forest
' Hills Park from 6 8' p.m.
The culminating activities for
the Bimbe Festival will, be
' held at 1 p.m., Sunday. July
31st at Hillside Park. All are
i invited to attend.
(Photos by Kelvin A. Bell)
, Johnny Hartmans open
ing at The Parisian Room in
Lbs Angeles brought out just
about every name musician,
singer, and entertainment
manager in the business to
hear the bronze balladeer sing
pretty for the people. Upon
his return to New York, the
vocalist will go into the
studio under the direction of
an independent producer to
record a new album.
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The Emotions , have a
sense of togetherness which
- should be patented as their---trademark.
When i heard
their first I. p. a little over a
'year ago, this attribute stood;?
out most to my musical
palate. Their latest recording,
.REJOICE, is a long awaited
addii ion to chapter one. .
It require!, a tremendous
amount of rehearsal, patience
and pride to come up with
the degree of voice blending
characteristics of these three
.women. It seems that this
should be the goal of a vocal
group; to become one multi
toned voice. Aside from per
fect harmony, which is some
.what of a prerequisite, iherc
must be an even greater sense
of rhythm. Just as the human
brain is capable of perceiv
ing the direction of a sound
due to the small fraction of
a second il reaches one ear
before the other, so too. it
takes a sharp sense of timing
for three vocalists to hit their
respective lyrics precisely at
the same time. Many groups
have this down pretty good,
however, only a miniscule
amount throughout the years
have achieved the perfection
of the Emotions. So now
they've got another I. p. re-
All Platinum Retains PR Agency
For Nov Act Promo Plan
LNGLEWOOD. N. J. -Hoe
Robinson. President of
All Platinum Records
announced that he has re
tained Warren Lanier Enter
prises Public Relations
Agency to plan and conduct
a 15 city marketing and pro
motion campaign in
association with the releas
ing of the latest album by
Brother to Brother,
The album under the
title "Shades in Creation"
will be tested in Ne
York and the, .Baltimore
Washington area prior to the
all out program being
launched - in the following
markets: Atlanta, St.: Louis,
"ROOTS"
TRAVEL FOLDER
NEW YORK - A color
ful travel folder titled "Gate
way to Roots. Goree Island"
has' just been issued by the
Senegal Government Tourist
Bureau.
The folder gives the
fascinating history of the role
Goree Island played as the
center of the slave trade.
The history of Goree Is
land is the history of slavery.
Discovered by the Portuguese
in 1444. Goree Island be
came the most important
transit center in West Africa
for the slave trade which con
tinued until slavery was
abolished in 1848. , '
The folder also takes the
reader on a visit to pictures
que Goree Island where visi
tors can still see the remains
of the original slave , houses.'
the Forts which protected the
harbor of Dakar' and many
other points of interest dat
ing back hundreds of years.
Copies of this interesting
and informative folder can be
obtained by writing the
Senegal Government Tourist
Bureau. 200 Park Avenue.
New York, N. Y. 10017.
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leased and although Tin not
as impressed with the
material as their last outing,
their' singing performance is
complementary to their royal
class talent. The album in
cludes their hit single, "Best
Of My Love"; "Key To My
Heart." which is the best
example of their rhythmic
versatility, and my favorite.
"Don" I Ask My Neighbor."
which brings to mind the
beautiful sirens' song that
lured some of Oddysseus
men to their death. Now
how's that for potency.
What does Norman
Connors have in store for us
these days after introducing
the likes of Jean Cam. Phyllis
Hyman and Michael Hender
son? With that kind of track
record, one might expect
another smoker. To be sure it
was not as earcatching as his
others. ROMANTIC JOUR
NEY features his latest dis
covery. Eleanor Mills who
simply doesn't match up to
those who went before her.
She is listcnable and ex
pressively imitative of Jean
Cam. But in singing, imita
tion rarely results in dupli
cation or the equivalent. She
simply sounds like she is
Detroit. Chicago. Cleveland,
New Orleans, Houston,
Dallas, Los Angeles, San
Francisco, Bosion and Phila
delphia. Ms. Carol Cruickshank,
vice president of the National
Promotion" for the New
Jersey based record company
will work directly with the
newly signed P. R. Agency,
and the campaign will include
television spots, radio time
buys, direct consumer print
medium advertising ... an '
all out publicity campaign on
the exciting new act 'Bro
ther To Brother' that will also
include a personal appearance
tour.
. , The album release on
'Brother To Brother' was
shipped nationally July IS,
and the date set to launch
the campaign is August I.
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she's o. L But alas, Connor
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without at feast one 'plea
sant surprise. This time it did ,
not come from a vocalist, but
a . y,.-, saxaphonist,
Pharoah Sanders, whose name
shows up on Connors album
for the second . time (the
first time was as an author of
the tune. "The Creator has a
Master Plan"! On ThembL
the Pharoah, gives his all-. In
fact the whole arrangement
sounds like a cut from a
Pharoah Sanders album rather
than Norman Connors.
"Thembf saves this album
from mediocrity.
GENSENG WOMAN is
an appropriate introduction r
for Fric Gale's first solo L p.
To those who religiously
study liner notes, the name
of Fric Gale is not new,
having played guitar and fen
der bass on hundreds of re
cordings a number of
which were gold. Erk: joins
a steadily increasing legion of
studio musicians who have
come out of the studio and
into the spotlight. On this
recording. Erie is handsomely
backed by some of the per
sonnel of Stuff, of which he,
' too. is a member. Most of
the cuts were arranged by
Bob James.
The title tune "Genseng
Woman." is upbeat and
peppery which comes com
plete with a solo by guest
artists. Grover Washington,
Jr. In addition, the tune is
quite danceable. Evidence of
Carribean influence is heard
on three of the six tunes:
"Red Ground" follows the
traditional calypso ballad
format (think of "Jamaica
Farewell"), while "Derabbit"
is more festive and jumpy.
"Sara Smile" is official
reggae.
This album shows good
planning not only in the
selection of personnel (which
are as good as any producer
could ask for) but also in the
choice of the selections. Not
to mention Eric Gale's very
distinguished playing style.
My choice cut on this record
ing is "She's My. Lady." It's
mellow, soothing and sweet
For this performance, I here
by make presentation of a
feather for the cap of Erk
Gale, '
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