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Thursday. Oct- 13,1977-THE CHARLOTTE POST-Page Bl
Smokey Robinson
To Appear On
Soul Train
Two show business veterans
star on Soul Train this week
end—Smokey Robinson and
Dee Dee Sharp Gamble.
Smokey Robinson sings two
of the compositions from the
soundtrack of Motown's mo
vie, BIG TIMES - the title
song and “Hip Trip.” Not only
did he write and perform the
music, he also produced the
movie, thus adding another
title to his already expanded
career as singer, composer,"
record producer, actor and
vice president of Motown Re
cords.
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claim as a member of the
famous singing group, The
Miracles, and it was their first
million seller, “Shop Around,’’
which brought them and Mo
town recognition.
The fivfe octave range voice
of Dee Dee Sharp Gamble gets
full play on “Nobody Could
Take Your Place” and “What
Color Is Love,” the working
title of her second new album
within a year.
Born Dione La Rue less than
30 years ago, she began her
career at age 13 when she
answered a newspaper ad in
viting girl singers who could
sight read to audition for
Cameo Parkway Records.
Now married to Kenny Gam
ble of Philadelphia Interna
tional Records famed Gam
ble-Huff writing team, much
of her material is tailormade.
Soul Train is produced and .
hosted by Don Cornelius.
Mel Ferrer To
Appear On
Logan’s Run
Mel Ferrer guest stars as the
high priest of a 24th-century
society presiding over a
"Sanctuary” which regards
computers as the objects of
worship rather than technolo
gy from which knowledge is
gained. He comes in philoso
phic conflict with scientist
David Eakins, played by guest
star Paul Shenar, a mysteri
ous figure who has projected
himself ahead from the 22nd
century via a time probe to
complete a mission be consi
ders indispensable, on "Lo
gan’s Run,” Monday, October
17 at 7:30 p.m. on WBTV,
Channel 3.
Eakins has not revealed his
incredible secret on Logan,
who regards Eakins with sus
picion
MUSICIAN ART WEBB
-4ttracts Attention
Flutist Art Webb
Captures The Imagination
By Jacquie Levister
Post Staff Writer
Since his migration from
West Philadelphia to New
York City 5 years ago, Art
Wehb has managed not only to
attract the attention of nearly
every other jazz musician and
bandleader in town, but has
also captured the imagina
tions of the city’s Latinos as
well.
The young flutist has distin
guished himself night after
night in what stands as this
decade's equivalent of the late
- SO’s early ’50’s bop and cool
nightly jam sessions around
Manhattan; and has also gar
nered the respect of the ever
growing, influential Latin mu
sic audience that has been
making its way into the jazz
and rock mainstreams more
and more each year.
His debut album (MR.
FLUTE, a February *77 re
lease) brought him in front of
the New York community who
were eager to hear him out on
his own. But LOVE EYES
surpasses its predecessor by
such leaps and bounds that
comparisions have alrea
dy become meaningless.
The heady atmosphere of
LOVE EYES takes off from
Michael Gibbs' soaring string
arrangements and the brass
charts of co-producer and bas
sist John Lee. Art’s flute takes
off on “You Can’t Hide Love’’
and "Devotion’’ (from Earth
Wind and Fire, featuring the
lead vocals of Tamatha Agee
and Cheryl Alexander, res pec
, tively). There are three tunes
each composed by the pianist
who plays on them: Onaje's
“Glass Dreams," Mike Ma ri
del's “Pryramids," and the
title tune written by Hubert
Eaves. Above all, there is the
deft flute work of Art Webb.
Born September 25, 1950,
into a rawer musically orient
ed family living in West Phil
ly, he wasted no time in
exposing his musical talents.
Following his mother’s cue,
Art quickly put together the
rudiments of piano, even a
greeing to a few lessons early
on. When those proved too
demanding, he took up the
local Board of Education’s
offer of free music lessons
every Saturday, settling upon
the flute as his new instru
ment.
His musical tastes broaden
ing at a fast pace, he quickly
began listening seriously to
other jazz flute masters like
Herbie Mann, Yusef Lateef,
Hubert Laws and Bobby Por
celli while absorbing the spec
trum of Coltrane, Miles Davis,
Lester Young, James Moody,
Phil Woods and anyone else
who could show him a new
blow.
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mates, namely Stanley Clar
ke, John Lee, Gerry Brown,
Charles Fambrough (Stan
ley’s brother-in-law), and
Greg ‘Peachy’ Jarman, Art
was breaking into the jazz
scene, playing "Afro Blue,"
and discovering (through
‘Peachy's friend, timbalist
Gera Ido Kaplan) the steamy
mysteries of Latin jazz.
With his friends he made
regular visits to New York,
visiting Slug's, the Village
Vanguard and especially the
Monday night jams of the
Thad Jones - Mel Lewis Band
at the Village Gate.
James Caan
To Star In
Killer Elite
James Caan and Robert
Duvall star as professional
assassins in the action-packed
suspense drama ‘ The Killer
Elite." to be broadcast on
"The CBS Wednesday Night
Movies," Wednesday, October
19at 9 p m. on WBTV, Channel
t.
Communications Integrity
Associate (Corn-Teg i, a com
pany specializing in assassi
nations and other illegal acti
vities, has been hired by the
CIA to protect a Chinese poli
tical activist during his stop
over in San Francisco. Com
Teg puts one of its crack
operatives, Mike Locken
(James Caan), on the assign
ment.
Locken has just recovered
from an almost successful
attempt on his life by a trea
cherous colleague, George
Hansen (Robert Duvall). This *
new mission means once a
gain confronting Hansen.
But that’s not Locken’s only
worry. Terrorists, skilled in
the martial arts, are after the
activist whom Locken is to
protect. To complicate mat
ters further, Com-Teg’s exe
cutives have a confusing poli
cy of playing all sides of the
game.
Arthur Hill and Gig Young
co-star in the action drama.
“The Brooklyn
Story” Will Be
Told In Slides
Jimmie McKee, owner-ope
rator of the Excelsior Club,
921 Beatties Ford Road, will
sponsor a series of showings of
“The Brooklyn Story" slides
at the club. These slides,
which tell a pictorial story of
Brooklyn, were assembled by
Rev. D C. Burke as part of a
history of Brooklyn that he is
compiling.
The showings will be on the
following dates: Monday, Oct.
17-7:30 p.m; Sunday, Oct 23 -
7 p.m.; and Monday, Oct. 24 •
7:30 p.m. Refreshments will
be served.
Donations will be accepted
and the proceeds will be used
to further the work Rev. Bur
ke is doing to preserve a part
of the Charlotte Rlnrk mm
munitv’s rich heritage