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— Thursday, July 31, 1980 -THE CHARLOTTE POST -Page IB
One’s New Album
Enjoying Heavy
Radio Action
Atlantic Records has announced
the release of the new album from
Chic, entitled “Real People” (At
lantic SD 16016). This is the fifth
album to be released by this
multi-million selling group since
they made their debut in late 1977,
The first single to be culled from
"Real People” is the song “Rebels
Are We,” which is enjoying heavy
initial radio and retail action. As
with all Chic music, the songs on
the new LP were written, arranged
and conducted by Bernard Ed
wards (bass) and Nile Rodgers
(guitar), with the album produced
by Rodgers and Edwards for The
Chic Organization, Ltd. The other
members of the group are Tony
Thompson (drums), Luci Martin
(vocals) and Alfa Anderson (vo
cals).
u nas aiso Deen announced that
Chic will be the Special Guest Stars
of the 1980 Miss America Pageant,
which will be held at Convention
Hall in Atlantic City, N.J. on
Saturday, September 6. The con
test will be televised live on the
NBC-TV network (10 p.m. - Mid
night NYT). Chic will be sharing
the Miss America stage with Texas
Ron Ely, who makes his debut
this year as host and master of
ceremonies. Chic is currently in
the midst of a major headlining
summer U.S. tour, with many
dates as part of the Kool Jazz
Festival.
Chic’s numerous previous music
chart-topping records include the
RIAA platinum albums “Risque”
and “C’est Chic,” their RIAA gold
debut album “Chic,” plus the
RIAA platinum single “Le Freak,”
^and RIAA gold singles “Dance,
HDance, Dance,” “I Want Your
Love,” and “Good Times.”
Janet Volz Hosts
Live CaD-In-Show
WBTV News Anchor Janet olz
will host ‘‘In Touch With Eco
nomy,” Sunday, August 3 at 6:30
p.m. on WBTV, Channel 3.
Guest panelists joining Ms. Volz
in the studio will be A1 Smith, Chief
Economist for NCNB; Babe Mer
rill, Extension Home Economist in
Mecklenburg County; and Jim
Berry, WBTV Business Correspon
dent.
The panel will discuss what
people can do to cope with the
current inflationary economy and
offer advice for :he small investor.
They will also respond to com
ments made in a taped on-the
street interviews.
Viewers will be invited to call-in
questions to the panel during the
live 30-minute program
SENGER AL JARREAU
~~.JSucct>H* d'ul not come overnight
“Scat” Sound Has Made
A1 Jarreau Top Jazz Vocalist
By Anthony Hayes
Post Staff Writer
“Scat” to someone other
than a jazz enthusiast, may
mean to get away or move
fast. However, to jazz sing
ers it's a musical improvi
sation using nonsense syl
lables with an instrumental
accompaniment. To A1 Jar
reau - it’s the sound that
has made him one of the
top jazz vocalists in recent
years.
Born in Miiwauxee, wis.,
Jarreau received his B.S.
in Psychology at Ripon Col
lege, and his M.S. in Psy
chology at the University of
Iowa. In 1965, Jarreau
joined the Army Reserves
and later (1966) moved to
San Francisco, where he
began work as a counselor
at the California Division of
Rehabilitation.
Success did not come
overnight for Jarreau, as
he searched to quench his
thirst for jazz. He started
on his road to success by
working three nights a
week in San Francisco’s
club circuit as vocalist for
George Duke’s piano trio.
Upon discovering the po
tentials of his talent, in 1968
Jarreau moved to Los An
geles and began perform
ing in local clubs.
Seven years later, Jar
reau had become an es
tablished performer in the
jazz circuit. In March, 1975,
his ability was put to a test
as he recorded his debut
LP on Warner Bros, en
titled “We Got By.” The
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dazzled jazz fans and sent
Jarreau on a SRO Euro
pean tour that earned him
a German Grammy for the
Best New International
Soloist. That same year
(1975-76) a collector’s item
was bom as ”A1 Jarreau,”
a double live LP was re
leased.
Eager to meet the de
mands of his audience, Jar
reau released “Glow”
(June, 1976) his third
Warner Bros. LP, and in
1977 won his second Ger
man Grammy for the Best
International Artist. '77
was a year when the United
States stood up and took
notice of Jarreau's
amazing talents
In 1978, Jarreau reached
his peak at home and re
ceived an American Gram
my for the Best Male Jazz
Vocalist. In September, he
release “All Fly Home,”
his fourth Warner Bros
LP
i ms i ime, released in
May, 1980, is the studio
follow-up and fifth Warner
Bros. LP for Jarreau. In
cluding hits such as "Never
Gonna Give It Up,” "Alon
zo,” and “Spain,” the al
bum sizzles with intensity.
The emotional impact that
hits the listener is sure to
make the album yet an
other candidate for a
Grammy nomination. Ai
Jarreau sings from his
heart to those who have
doubted the musical form
of jazz. Sit back...Enjoy...
and let Al Jarreau make a
believer out of you...“This
Time.”
Heston Narrates
Flintetone’s Energy
Special” -
v. narimn nesion narrates an
animated program entitled "Flint
stone's Energy Special." Satur
day. August 2 at 2 p.m. on WBTV.
Channel 3.
Stone Age celebrities Fred and
Wilma Flinstone are used to il
lustrate the energy crisis as the
special traces man's daily struggle
to trap “free" energy without
wasting some of it in the process
Going back to Fred and Wilma's
:ime. we find them living comfor
tably in a cave, but always needing
more firewood Fred, who's tired
of gathering the wood, discovers
piles of large, black rocks. He feels
that they contain the secret of
warmth, and is determined to find
out for sure. He goes off in search
UI me secret, and down through the
centuries finds out a lot about
energy. Finally, Fred is transport
ed back to the Stone Age. and finds
his once colorful canyon now bleak
am. cold. The trees are gone.
Wilma huddles by a small fire - the
wood box is empty. Fred reassures
her they no longer need wood
because he knows the secret of the
black rock, and there's enough to
last forever. Wilma says. "For
ever. Fred? I heard THAT about
wood."
The "Flintstones explain the
need for conservation of energy in
America in an amusing and de
lightful fashion, getting across the
message that we must conserve if
we are going to enjoy the future.
Joan Armatrading
Best Unknown
Pop Artist
Joan Armatrading, the A&M
recording artist the NEW YORK
TIMES calls “perhaps the best
known pop star in the business,"
has once again proven that on the
other side of the Atlantic she is
anything but unknown.
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man auni^ llilfc :>U1U OUI ail
three of her shows at London’s
4,000-seat Hammersmith Odeon,
and has been forced to add a fourth
London show at London's Rainbow
Theater
The London dates are part of an
eleven-county* four-month tour
which has led European pubjica
lions to call Armatrading /’bril
liant” (Germany “Hamburger”)
and “An idol” (Germany's “Der
Spiegel”). In addition, Ms Arma
trading’s new A&M LP, "Me,
Myself, I,” has gone top five on the
record charts in Holland (where
it’s currently number one), En
gland, Norway, Belgium, Sweden
and Denmark.