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Page 12 • DTH • Omnibus Thursday • February 25, 1993 Got the blues tonight? By Mike Workman The Arts Center has got blues if you want it tonight. Blues slide guitarist John Hammond (who also plays the har- monica) will be in concert at the Arts Center in Carrboro tonight at 8 p.m. Hammond’s lat est album, entitled Got Love i/You Want It is his first major label release in more than 15 years. And he’s sharing it with us. THURS DAY Hammond has played with rock legends like the Rolling Stones’ Bill Wyman and the great Jimi Hendrix, who held his last job as a sideman in Duke (jazz) deserves respect By Scott Timberg Jazz, unlike basketball, is based on cooperation instead of competition. That’s why every Carolina Blue blooded Tar Heel owes him or herself a trip to Duke University sometime this spring to check out the North Carolina International Jazz Festival. Duke’s jazz series is consistently one of the best in the South, and the gruffbut lovable Paul Jeffrey frequendy invites friends and colleagues from all over the world to add to the programs. Duke’s Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Festival Ensemble, which back up most of the performers, are mean little combos. I’ve seenjazzalloverthe East Coast and Western Europe, and few shows beat, say, a gig I caught at Duke last fall led by drummer Ralph Peterson, one of Jeffrey’s former stu dents. See the world almost for free By Jennifer Brett Everyone wants to travel the world. Almost no one can afford it. That’s what University of Arizona graduate Mark Field thought, but he figured out a way to travel for next to nothing , and wrote a book about it The Courier Air Travel Handbook may not sound too appealing at first. The idea of gophering your way around the world might not seem too attractive —but wait! It’s realty not that bad. Here’s how it works: Companies that need toship stuff to other countries buy round-trip airplane fix for die goods because round-trip baggage moves fester. (Go figure.) Anyway, they’ve got the package, they’ve got the airline ticket, now they need someone to Hammond’s band in New York City. He contributed to the Grammy award winning 1984 compilation Blues Ex plosion, which also included perfor mances by Stevie Ray Vaughan, Koko 1 Taylor, J.B. Hutto and Sugar Blue. Hammond spe cializes in Delta blues, inspired by Missis sippi Delta bluesmen like Robert Johnson. His father was John Henry Hammond, who played a key role in the discovery and development of the careers of Billie Holliday, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Aretha Franklin, Pete Seeger and Count Basie. Songs from Hammond’s new al bum include remakes of Chuck Barry’s Can’tpromise anything will be that good again, but why not? Tonight Joanne Brackeen, com poser and pianist, performs at 8 p.m. in the Nelson Music Room on East Campus. Brackeen was the only fe male Jazz Messenger in the history of Art Blakey’s accomplished hard bop group. She also played for three years with tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson. After playing with Stan Getz and Dexter Gordon, she set out as her own leader in 1977. Brackeen is one of a few pianists who can hold her own playing solo, and who has recorded this way in the past. Her style is composed of bebop, Brazilian, “out” stuff and free jazz. Jazz critic Nat Hentoff said of Brackeen, “The music comes from her like a force of nature.” The New York Times called her “an exuber fty along with the baggage (seems the airline folks won’t let baggage travel alone, maybe because it’s no fun for them to lose it if there’s no one there to wail and weep after their stuffs been lost). In short, these businesses need you, the flexible college student or grad who wants to travel, is flexible and most of all, is broke. Important to note is that it’s all perfectly legal You won’t be trans “Nadine," Charles Brown’s “Driftin’ Blues” and Son House’s “Preachin’ % Admission to the show is $10. Call M antly hearty romantic” with a “clear, ringing tone.” Future gigs: • Steve Nelson, vibraphonist, and Pedro Moreira, tenor, March 26, 8 p.m., Baldwin Auditorium • Ron Jackson, guitarist/composer/ arranger, March 27, 8 p.m., Nelson Music Room • Marcus Roberts, piano, April 1,8 p.m., Baldwin Auditorium. Roberts is a big shot, has a hot new record, and those who want to see him should get tickets while they still can. Tickets to all events available from Page Box Office 684-4444 or Ticket Master, 834-4000. General admis sion $9, students SB. Visa and Mastercard accepted. For more infor mation call 560-4636, ext. 1133. And remember, don’t think too much about basketball. porting anything stolen or illegal — actually you won’t have to haul it around, so what do you care? Any way, it’s all on the up-and-up and your input is minimal. Even if you don’t want to see the world via courier work, Handbook is a handy guide for anyone who’s going to be travelling. Field has included ton of numbers for hos tels, tourist centers and other places that can help you during a stay abroad. Also included, of course, are the names, numbers and profiles of companies who most frequently hire couriers. Handbook is available in book stores, but if you can’t find it, call (800) 345-0096 or send 110.70 to: Thundefbird Press, 5930-10 W. Green way Road, Suite 112, Glen dale, AZ 85306. Don't call 'em metal, flake By Kristi Tumbaugh Hey you, just because they’re called Metal Flake Mother, don’t be calling them a metal band! The Chapel Hill quartet’s sound is about as metalty as sawdust, and their songs are even tastier. I could tell you to imagine clean, ringing guitars spread over swinging drum beats and assure you that was MFM’s “sound.” I could say that most-of-the time-lead singer Ben Clarke reminds me of XTC’s Andy Partridge or some times Black Francis of the Pixies. But it ain’t that simple, folks. Metal FlakeMother —Ben Clarke, Jim Mathis, Quince Marcum and Paco churns out near-perfect two-and-three-minute pop songs to fit any occa sion. There’s the instrumental, Ventures’ surfish sound of “The Inquisition,” the Eastern fairy tale-ish “Sutpen,” the ballroom waltz of “Safer," the frantic rocker “Wiggle Like a Wide One,” the moody, Creedence Clearwater Revival ish “Our Love for the Bone,” and the country-tinged “Got a Lot ofBlood.” And that’s only a handful of the 17 gems on their glorious debut, Beyond the Java Sea, which has been out for more than a year. Don’t have it? Buy it. It’s on MOIST Records, so look for the pink cover with the clever design tipping its hat to ’sos counter culture. Metal Flake Mother rarely plays out, but they are finally this Saturday night at Cat’s Cradle. Maybe they’ll play oldies (meaning about two years old, the time that MFM’s been together) like “Deem On” or “Elsewhere.” Maybe Jimbo will break out his Krusty the Clown makeup to sing, “She’s as mean as Mr. Grinch” in my personal favorite, “Mean to Me.” Whatever happens, it’ll be worth your time to check out Metal Flake Mother. I urge you to witness one of the best Chapel Hill bands, and one you can’t tuck away into the punk, grunge or metal comers. SATUR DAY
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