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p Review pU/^NlE ■ by Slephanie Mills anolhv monster from Stephanie - Side One ffwilii a real winner, called Winners. Two 'isthenew single with Teddy Pendergrass 'locals. “Top of the List” is tops. In lltwhoie album is a winner.-^'fflBest Cuts: ALL IZZ LP REVIEW all means pie A Record Review of: singles (including 12") IIP Iff Oospel LP IP consists of: jljr/ttnt"' of 3 IP’s 6 one 45 or 12“ Siiort comments - (1) overall view ■ one note cuts - (3)* Rating ^ not worth it. liio notes woitb a listen. arm Reviews by WAAA Madto I information within Triad area A s out of town (•) Tis in area, a! info. IP REVIEW ro SLAM - by Isley Brothers ley’s have done it again. Another Smash From the up tempo “Hurry & Wait” slow smooth “Once Had You Love” ,um has hit written all over it. , Best Cuts: ALL witsp Mouson ing noted pro’s helps one to an exceptional len hats of to Alphonse Mouson. He’s used lancock, Freddie Hubbard, Lee Ritenour Seawind Horns to instill life into five of his lefeatures ‘Do I Have To!’ and ‘The Next Love,’ which flow at a medium terhpo with guitar solos respectively. Alphonse displays lining talents on this side with ‘Space In- a title well suited. Side two is stronger on the lion and more uptempe. Cut one, ‘The Jog- ireat for jogging if not outside, inside with Icis fine. Cut two, ‘By All Means’, is the t and longest cut on the ip 13 minutes and Ihevery note... AZZ LP REVIEW KISSES BY Jack McDuff Sigarhill Records branches out from money [ram its ‘rap’ artist, their first effort in the area Eis very nice. In Jack McDuff, the company’s man artist with a superb background and, of *, he’s an acomplished musician, le A starts with the title cut which strongly sets »te for the entire side. Say Sumpin’ Nice,- co rn with George Benson, has a message involved • lyric’s, Primavera which follows also has a lliiie that’s really smoothe. Night Fantasies, the Mon the side, is soft and easy on the listening Side B contains three all instrumental tunes 81 Change is a medium tempo multi-faceted areminder of what jazz really is about. Nas- itiiat, uptempo and strong solo’s Tunisian ■is medium tempo with very smoothe solo lines OP TEN GOSPEL « title lls ^ Is Real, ARTIST . J. Cleveland/Sou Cal Comm. Choir Savannah Comm. Choir Waller Hawkins ^^I^Love Commodores Grace James Viner Singers “^l®e Hardie Clifton Elite Jewel Singers Walter Hawkins Keynotes Patient With Me Keynotes World of Books Bv Dollie Butler Hard Words By Ursula K. LeGuin Ursula K. LeGuin, the author of previous award winn ing novels and short stories has a new collection of poems entitled Hard Words. Certainly not a book for the casual reader of poetry, Ms. LeGuin writes with intensity about her own experiences and fantasies. Images abound in these selections as in “The Mind Is Still.” The mind is still. The gallant books of lies are never quite enough. Ideas are a whirl of mazy flies over the pigs’ trough. Words are my matter. I have chipped one stone for thirty years and still it is not done. And to what is she referring here? Is there here a puz zle, a “foreign language” meant for interpretation? Ms. LeGuin succeeds with her “hard words” not in the sense of difficulty but in the sense of using metamor- phoric language requiring sensitivity and full use of men tal capabilities when reading. What are the “lies” to which she refers? Are they the many unfulfilled thoughts which are never actualized? Or do they symbolize bafflement? The “pig’s trough,” the “stone?” Are these just words set upon a page? What do they really mean? This is just an example of Hard Words. Most of LeGuin’s poetry is not so “simple.” Many of them reveal her wide experiences and travels. In “For Mishka,” she writes The goats of Orenburg the ghostly goats of cobweb, walk in procession on the snow between the izbas of Orenburg. Written, obviously, from a personal experience, one would need to know more in order to interpret these lines, but they do create thought. “Ghostly goats of cobweb?” The imagination soars creating curiosity and perhaps leading to further research. Ms. LeGuin’s poetry is definitely not light-powerfully heavy! The kind which must be read and re-read. It’s on ly shortcoming is that readers may become discouraged at first glance, as this reviewer almost was, but on its second and third readings, I grew more and more intrigued and challenged remembering that success is not measured by simple tasks but by those that at first appear just out of reach. TOP SINGLES Give It To Me Kick James Being With You Smokey Robinson Do For Me Chaka Khan How Bout Us Champaign You Like Me Jermaine Jackson Make That Move Shaiamar When Love Calls Atlantic Starr Yearning Gap Band Keep On It star Point Magic Man R. Winters & Fall TOP LFS Street Songs Rick James Gap III Gap Band Women Needs Love Raydio The Dude Quincy Jones Let Me Be The One Webster Lewis Do For Me Chaka Khan Miracles Change License R/cer Radiant Atlantic Starr Three For Love Shaiamar The Chronicle, Saturday, May 9, 1981-Page 1 UPl PHOTO New York: Singer Lena Horne, ageless and still glamorous although she’s a grandmother of five, rehearses 4/20 for her upcoming one-woman show. The show, “Lena Horne: The Lady and her Music, ” opens on Broadway May 12. Rap, Bounce And Rockskate With all due respect to Blondie’s song “Rapture,” which is a knockout, this is the first rap record that I’ve heard that suggests rap music could be here to stay. This single features two fast-talking 19-year-old dynamos from the Bronx, Jerry Miller and Eric Isles. They have added a new dimension to the term, “jive talk.” 1 liked a lot of different things about the record: the smooth and undaunted fast-paced flow of words, the pulsating rhythm and the earthy-urban street sound of Miller and Isles. But most striking was the simplicity of the words-the message. They are rapping about basics in “Western Gangster Town,” which is almost self-explanatory, and of course “Rap,. Bounce, Rockskate,” which deals with a fellow who comes from the coun try to the big city. The words are plain talk, the kind most of us can understand—none of the boring and played-out political themes that have inundated the airways in re cent years. Producer Eugene Griffin, who has taken the kids under tutelage, said Miller and Isles are in the process of making a record dealing with staying in school. I don’t mean to put down disco, it’s a valid form. I’m turned on to some disco, but frankly it’s never come up to rhythm ‘n’ blues and soul as a major musical force. I’d like to see a fu sion of old r&b with more advanced rapping. Technically speaking, rap music does not yet encom pass any advanced musical components. But with brilliant rappers like Miller and Isles oh the scene, good things can happen. They obviously have on this sparking piece of hip, urban fun, which is highly recom mended. the Third Crusade. '*1 THE BEST WAY to get (to the 18th green at St. Andrews is the bridge built during T800 years ago, , , The good things in life stay that way. Dewars® never varies, jp ^ ^ /luthentic. The Dewar Highlander Ma io.-r-- BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TELEVISION Friday, May 8, 11:00 p.m. Channel MOVIE: LADY SINGS THE BLUES, Starring Diana Ross and Billy Dee Williams. The tragic film biography of one of America’s most loved and memorable blues singers, Billy Holiday (R) THE BOBBY JONES GOSPEL SHOW: The best in black gospel music entertainment from Nashville. BLACK SHOWCASE: Variety entertainment featuring music, comedy and short subject presentations. 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