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THE JAZZ SCENE...
Three new jazz albums are
in the spotlight this week...
and two of them are by sax
players.
“Say It With Silence” is new
from Hubert Laws on Colum
bia Records. It’s another ex
ceptional album for Hubert.
What makes this one even
better is that his brother Ron
nie makes a guest appearan
ce...and the two really blow it
out on the title cut.
Also on hand is Joe Sample,
who accompanies Hubert on
acoustic piano on “It Happens
Every Day.”
Two other songs which are
very well done are “False
Faces,” and “Love Gets Bet
ter."
Sonny Rollins “Easy Liv
ing” LP is well named. His
sax style is more of an easy
listening approach... good
springtime music.
Rollins wrote mo6t of the
songs on this album, which is
on Fantasy Records, two of
the best are “My One and Only
Love,” and “Hear What I’m
Saying.”
However, the highlight of
the album is Rollins version of
Stevie Wonder’s “Isn’t She
Lovely."
Of course, it helps when you
have George Duke backing
you up on piano.
Dexter Wansel took us way
out on his “Life on Mars”
album, came back to earth for
Jim Berry I
a while, and now, he’s ready to
take off again.
Dexter is done in his
spacesuit ..ready to hop into
his UFO on the cover of this
new album “Voyager”, on
CBS Records.
Actually, Wansel gives us
a lot of variety...and that helps
hold the interest all the way
through this album.
Standout songs on this LP
are “I Just Want To Love
You,” Solutions,” and “Time
Is the Teacher.”
For those of you into very
progressive jazz... Shakti, the
group led by John McLaugh
lin, has a new release on the
record shelves. It's called
“Natural Elements,” on Co
lumbia Records.
This is not for most jazz
fans...but if you can relate to
Miles Davis, you can relate to
Shakti.
Saxophone and flute player
Joe Thomas has done an LP on
his own, for the first time. He
calls it “Here I Come”, on
T.K. Records.
There’s one cut on here
that’s not .bad at all... It’s
entitled “A Place In Space.”
Other than that, there’s not
much else worth mentioning.
SOUL SOUNDS...
Something about listening to
a whole album of Jermaine
Jackson still bothers me. I’ve
done it twice...and each time
emerged with the same feel
ing...! wasted time. ■
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Giovanni Lights ’Up Stage
by Furma Bridges
Special to The Poet
Nikki Giovanni lit up tbe
stage in McKnight Hall a few
weeks ago at UNCC.
On Wednesday night, she'
enchanted an audience at Bar
ber Scotia College in Concord.
The tiny woman, who is appro
aching 35, seemed much too
small to house the extent of
knowledge, insight, and poetic
expression she possesses. For
those of us who idolize the
lady, the simple introductions
as on^ of the “most brilliant
personalities of our time” and
“the princess of black poetry”
were all that needed to be
said. We were there to escape
into the beautiful, intimatfe
world of Nikki Giovanni.
At UNCC, Miss Giovanni
began her journey by speak
ing out against Gov. Jim
Hunt’s refusal to free tbe
Wilmington 10, and President
Jimmie Carter’s fear of get
ting involved. At Barber Scot
ia, Miss Giovanni’s words
were not political. She criticiz
ed the school for not having
some visual recognition of
Mary McLeod Bethune, a gre
at lady among American edu
cators, and once a student at
Barber Scotia. Miss Giovanni
also urged the students to “try
to make better grades. The
world is cokl. Noboby cares,”
she urged. "If all we’re
going to do (in life) is float
around...then life is not worth
that existence.”
After unwinding from the
political overtones and the
iA-am *av-irmmm
Nikki Giovanni
...Enchants audiences
personal challenges, Miss Gi
ovanni eawt^Wto^ter^oet^^
and took her audiences sailing
along with bar. The lady was
simply beautiful. She spoke
with the same ease and clarity
that is exemplified in her
poetry. Her conversation and ■
her poetry are almost one and
the same. Her poems expand
through her concern for her
people, for politics, for human
relationships, and mostly for
love.
Miss Giovanni’s credits in
clude Black Feeling-Black
Talk, Black Judgement, My
House, The Men and the Wo
men, and an autobiography of
her first thirty years, Gemini.
Her latest book will be releas
ed in October, COTTON CAN
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