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Dexter Gordon, the great bebop jazz tenor saxophonist,
will appear in concert at 7:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. Wednesday
May 6 at The St. Joseph's Performance Center in Durham.
Gordon, who some have called the "King of the Tenor
Bebop Saxophonists," will be returning to Durham by
popular demand after a successful concert last summer.
"We are definitely looking forward to coming back
down there," said Gordon, during a recent telephone
interview. "The people in Durham treated us so nice the
last time we were there. Everybody was so warm and lovely.
We are really looking forward to coming through there
again."
Gordon, who was in New York "relaxing and
rehearsing," said that he has been overwhelmed by his new
popularity. "These young kids are the greatest," he said.
"They love my music. They are happy to hear this kind of
music. It's new to them. It opens up their minds. You
know, because they have been listening to that rock 'n' roll
for so long. And when someone like me comes along, they
eat it up. I love it, man. I like to be able to do that."
Gordon will be appearing in Durham along with his
quartet: Kirk Lightsey, pianist; David Eubanks, bassist and
Eddie Gladden, drummer, and a local jazz act which has
yet to be announced. They are expected to be in Durham on
Tuesday and will be participating in a live interview on
WDBS-FM, the local jazz station, that night. Gordon will
also be featured in a telephone interview Saturday on
WXYC-FM's "Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon."
"We just got back from Japan," said Dexter, who was
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recently the recipient of Downbeat Magazine's Hall of
Fame, Top Jazzman of the Year and Top( Tenor
Saxophonist of the Year awards. "We got a tremendous
reception. We've been in New York for about ten days."
Gordon said that he was thoroughly satisfied with his
group, and that he was anxious to see what his Durham
fans thought of Eubanks, the new bass player.
"We're just relaxing and rehearsing," said Gordon.
"We go back on the road in May. So tell everybody hello
and that 'Big Red' is swell."
The concert is being sponsored by the Sallam Cultural
Center, a non-profit cultural and educational organization
based in Durham. Tickets may be purchased at the Sallam
and in Chapel Hill at Big Shot Records for $6.
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"1 think the state cf jazz is strong,
refreshing and developing. I think it's
in good shape," said Amiri Baraka,
noted playwright, author, teacher and
jazz critic.
Baraka, also known as Leroi Jones,
was in Chapel Hill this past month to
attend a conference on black scholars.
After his speech, the short, bearded
and talkative New Jersey native talked
candidly in the lobby of the auditorium
about jazz, a subject about which he
has written extensively, most notably
in two highly-acclaimed books, The
Blues People and Black Music.
"jazz didn't die after bebop," he
insisted.
Baraka also said he didn't like the
term avant-garde as a way to describe
the "new" jazz music played by alto
saxophonist Arthur Blythe, reed man
David Murray, Air, the Chicago Art
Ensemble and the World Saxophone
Ouartet.
"Louis Armstrong played avant
garde jazz," he said. "At least that's
what some people called it when they
first heard it back then. "
Baraka had high praise for young,
performers like Blythe and Murray,
whom he said had a great deal of fire
and should be watched closely.
"Jazz ain't dead. It's alive and
growing," said Baraka. "And it will
remain so because the people who play
it are going to see to it that this is the
case. You dig?"
LARRY REM THOMAS
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DURHAM The Carolina Theatre,
215 Roney St., will have a week of
special programs to celebrate the
Durham County Centennial. -Among the
highlights will be the appearances of
Blanche Sweet, a silent screen star and
Victor Nunez, an independent
filmmaker.
The celebration kicks off today with
special shows of Footlight Parade at
7:15 p.m. and San Francisco at 9:17
p.m. The two movies of the 1930s will be
shown at the low prices of that decade:
75C for adults and 25$ for children. Foot
light Parade, a 1933 Busby Berkeley mu
sical, stars James Cagney as a feisty
Broadway producer. San Francisco, with
, a script by Anita Loos, stars Clark
Gable, Spencer Tracey and Jeannette
MacDonald in a story of love amid the
1906 San Francisco earthquake.
Saturday there is an afternoon of
westerns. Milo Holt, an expert on B
movie westerns will host the event which
runs from 2:30 until 5 p.m. Destry Rides
Again, the 1932 version of Max Brand's
novel with Tom Mix and Zasu Pitts, will
be shown. Also OA Susannah; a. rarely
seen film with Hoot Gibson and Smiley
Burnette, will be screened. And prizes
will be given to the best dressed cowboy
and cowgirl under 16 years of age in at
tendance. '
Gal Young Un, an independent film
made by Victor Nunez, will be shown at
8:15 p.m. Saturday. The film is set in the
backwoods section of Florida during the
prohibition era. The film has received
high critical praise and was shown at the
Cannes, New 'York, London and Edin
burgh film festivals. Director Nunez will
be present at the screening.
Sunday is Blanche Sweet day; two si
lent and one early sound features
starring Sweet will be shown. Anna
Christie, the 1924 silent version of
Eugene O'Neill's play, will be shown at
2 and 5:05 p.m. Showgirl in Hollywood,
the tale of a New York showgirl who be
comes a movie star only to be forgotten
when sound pictures arrive, will be
shown at 3:35 and 9:15 p.m. At 7:30
p.m. Blanche Sweet will speak on her ex
. periences in Hollywood. And The Sport
ing Venus, in which Sweet plays a Scot
tish heiress forbidden by her father to
marry the commoner she loves, will be
shown at 7:45 p.m.
Monday the short Tribute to An Ar
tist: Paul Robeson, which 'examines the
career of the extraordinary singer and
actor, will be shown at 8:15 p.m. And
Cabin In The Sky, with Ethel Waters,
Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Lena
Home, Louis Armstrong and Duke
Ellington,, will be shown after the
Robeson short.
. And Tuesday As You Desire Me, with
Greta Garbo as a cafe entertainer who
has amnesia, will be shown at 7:20 p.m.
All About Eve, with Eette Davis, George
Sanders, Anne Baxter and Marilyn
Monroe, will be shown at 8:35 p.m.
For more information call the Caro
lina Theatre at 688-1939.
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educed bus service to begin
Altered summer bus service for
Chapel Hill and Carrboro and changes
in campus parking for the summer will
begin in May.
Chapel Hill Transit spokeswoman Julie
Sellers said reduced bus service will begin
May 12 and continue until August 14.
"There won't be any rate change or
reduction in the number of routes," she
said. "There is just a reduction in the
number of buses that run and a change
in the times."
The reduced bus schedules are printed
on all Chapel Hill Transit brochures
along with the regular schedules. They
are available at the Carolina Union desk
and various other locations in Chapel
Hill and Carrboro.
Campus parking stickers will be
available for both sessions of summer
school, the UNC traffic office said.
Stickers will be available for the same
lots that are available during the regular
school year N-4, S-3, S-4, S-5, and F.
All stickers are $9 per summer session
and students may come in May 26 to fill
out applications and pick up -f their
stickers for -first session, and July 6 for
second session.
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Everyone will bo housed -in Granville East this summer.
Meals will be served from Sunday evening through Friday
lunch. (You won't miss anything if you go to the beach on the
weekend!) In door and outdoor recreation, the sundec!;, the
pool and the socials are only some of the extras. Apply now
for Housing and Meal accomodations at Granville Towers for
either or both summer sessions. The cost is the same as last
year, $325 per summer session for room, 15 meals per week
and all utilities!
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