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May 30, 1985 Page B6 <+> ^ i ' ~ Musical Notes Drunk dtivir Stevie Wonder's music video, "Don't Drive Drunk" will be distributed nationally by the National Association of Broadcasters. The video, along with public service announcements featuring Wonder and Casey Kasem, will kick off NAB's summer segment of its continuing campaign to combat alcohol and drug abuse. A news conference with Stevie Wonder was held May 23 to launch the event. Over 1,000 Washington, D.C. high school seniors attended the news conference, held at the Kennedy Center's Eisenhower Theater. NAB will distribute the video and the public service announcements on two special satellite feeds. The video is being sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation in conjunction with the Advertising Council, with additional funding by Chrysler Corp. The director, Bob Unr %!?/% * ^ f\I\ ? - ? ?11 ami, lias rr^u JUVJI C lliail JW IlldJUI advertising awards and a dozen music video awards. Columbia recording artist Miles Davis kicked off the release of his new album "You're Under Arrest," ?t the opening night of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, headlining two sold-out shows with Wynton Marsalis at the Performing Arts Center. "You're Under Arrest," Miles' 44th album for Columbia, takes off with his new single version of the Cyndi Lauper hit, "Time After Time." The new album is a major breakthrough, with Michael Jackson's "Human Nature" and D-Train's "Something's On Your Mind," all of which Miles and his group have 1 II W ? fSi 1 Kk^S irSTATSAfl t ig video coming been performing on tour since last sum--mer.. This marks the first time since the mid-60s that Miles Davis has recorded "popular" songs by contemporary artists. The New Orleans fest capped an intense touring period for the man whose last album, "Decoy," won the "Jazz Album of the Year" award in the Down Beat year-end poll and earned a Grammy nomination in the "Jazz Fusion" category as well. After a dramatic behind-closed-door discussion with Wynton Marsalis between sets at the concert, Miles was presented with a proclamation naming him an honorary citizen of New Orleans from the office of Mayor Dutch Morial. "The Jesse Johnson Revue," the premier album from Jesse Johnson, a former guitarist with The Time, was ranked number one in Radio and Records, knocking out Luther Vandross, and in the top five in Billboard Magazine. In only three weeks, the album has sold over 400,000 copies and has been critically acclaimed in such magazines as Rolling Stone, The Record, Musician and Billboard. In addition to his outstanding record success, Johnson has a featured single on the movie soundtrack from The Breakfast Club, an album that's sure to go gold and an upcoming concert tour with the number one pop-singing group, New Edition. Maze, featuring Frankie Beverly, Patti LaBelle, Teena Marie and The O'Jays will Please see page B7 a 0 PIE ARTS s ? f ^ #* 1 R jj_g|||jj|Ba0^ jj^miMI '< From singing in batnrooms to singi King headlines The effervescent Evelyn "Champagne" King will headline the third edition of the Kool City Jam national tour of 10 cities this summer. Joining the versatile King at various points on the tour will be national recording ar tists KoKo-Pop, Klymaxx and RJ's Lastest Arrival. These national stars will be joined by an array of local musical groups as the 1985 Kool City Jam tour crisscrosses th' country with one of I J 1 r Up Qlose Dispute ^ didn't s He might have become Tl Time's lead singer, but I couldn't agree to Prince financial terms. Today, Ale l ander O'Neal is stepping in the spotlight with the relea | of his self-titled debut albu on Tabu/CBS Records. The soulful Scorpio wi born Nov. 13, 1953, in Na chez, Miss., but moved i Minneapolis, Minn., with h family in 1975. Over the ne Br few years, O'Neal honed h ^ vocal skills in a succession < popular local bands like T1 [ Mystics, Wynd Chymes ar Enterprise. His next grou| Flyte Tyme, also included sue budding musical talents < Jimmy Jam (James Harr III), Terry Lewis and Mon Moir. Under the often dictatorii direction of Prince, Flyt Tyme evolved into The Time and went on to strike gold wit best-selling hits like "Ic Cream Castles," "The Bird and "Jungle Love." Bi O'Neal and Prince didn't se ^ eye to eye on the group financial arrangements, an just prior to the recording c The Time's first album, Ale> M ander left the band and wa M replaced by Morris Day. ^ This turn of events barel slowed down the ambition I young singer. "I went on t I I form Alexander, a rock an I I roll band," he recalls. "Ca ypu imagine a black rock an roll band in the Twin doing Rolling Stones and D< Leppard songs? But I'v always felt that black artisi created rock and roll: We gav MM it away, and they took it. 1 MM .you really listen, you'll realiz aK??B that the original rock and ro M was just speeded-up blues." Meanwhile, The Time ha shifted personnel after thei second LP. Jimmy Jam an | Terry Lewis struck out o their own a ng before the president, Evelyn "Cham Kool City Jam i I the largest free concert tours ever assembled. The Kool City Jam tour is I sponsored hv the makers of KrvM I cigarettes, Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., headquartered in Louisville, Ky. The Kool City Jam tour debuted in 1983 and met with both audience and critical acclaim immediately. Nearly a million people have witnessed these electrifying outdoor concerts in its short two-year history. The free after "he arts, television, eviews and columns. i with Prince itopOTSeal I ie songwriter/producers, racking le up an impressive string of 's chart records with artists like Cherrelle, the SOS. Rand *1 to and Cheryl Lynn. se When Alexander O'Neal m signed with Tabu/CBS Records in 1984, Jam and as Lewis were the logical choice t- ?3- . . I I ii I al f te a? :e Alexander O'Neal: He didn't become the lead it singer of The Time, but he * went on to become a star in 's his own right. d of producers for his debut t- album. Another fnrm#?r Tim?? is mate, Monte Moir, joined in to write and produce three of y the album's seven tracks, is "Innocent," O'Neal's first o o single, shot into the upper d reaches of the soul and dance n music charts within a few I d weeks ? of release. The song also became the basis of ;f O'Neal's first video, shot on e location in the down-home setts ting of Mickey's Diner in St. e Paul, Minn. But the album, If "Alexander O'Neal," is no one-hit wonder. It's neatly N divided into a "dancing side" and "romancing side;" the d characteristic Jam/Lewis ir sound is colored with touches d ^ of acoustic piano,, jazzy sax n solos and some storming lead s Please see page B7 % ?<&?; / ' v ? * ~ - pagne" King has come a long way. national tour noon concerts take on a festival flavor in each city, with picnic lun cues and lawn chairs creating the open-air theaters for the concerts held in public parks. The 1985 edition of the Kool City Jam tour starts in Los Angeles, Calif., on June 2, on the campus of the Southwest Los Angeles Community College. Evelyn King and Klymaxx, the six-member, all-female Please see page B9
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