The Daily Tar Heel
.Black Fe1tival to start Sunday
ack Arts Schedule!
F rid ay, March 30. 1973
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by Mary Claire Blakeman
Assistant Feature Editor
"Habari Kwa Afrika"
Translated, it means "Message from
Africa." That message will find a means
of expression through the numerous
events of the second annual Black Arts
Cultural Festival which begins Sunday.
The festival will focus on the Black
experience in America through literature,
drama, music, dance and ideology. It is
co-ordinated by the Cultural Committee
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by Adrian Scott
Feature Editor
Dizzy.
What can you say about a man like
Dizzy Gillespie?
In any book about jazz you will find
his name.
In any record store you will find his
albums.
But neither the books nor the records
can convey what the man is all about.
They can't tell you about the clowning,
the endless small-talk, the obvious
enjoyment he has in what he's doing.
Dizzy Gillespie came onto the stage of
Memorial Hall last Wednesday feeling
very, very good indeed. He was loose,,
man. ;'
When he came to the microphone for
the first time I don't think even he knew
what he was saying. It was just a stream
of words, the j longest and most
outrageous words Jie pouid think of.
Then he introducedme members of
the band. T6 each other, of course, with
everyone shaking hands with everyone
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Janice Mills, BSM publicity committee
chairman, said, "The message that we will
emphasize is that the influence of Africa
on the culture of the Black American is
still very much alive and functional."
Performances by the Opeyo Dancers
and the BSM Gospel Choir will highlight
the opening day of the festival. Both
groups are composed of UNC students.
Memorial Hall will be the setting for the
events, with the choir singing at 2 p.m.
and the dancers performing at 8 p.m.
jazz a Fine Art
In fact, the whole band was pretty
happy.
And, when the music began, so was
the audience.
Right now, Dizzy is playing as well as
or better than he ever has. His music is
logical, but always surprising; disciplined,
but loose; and it's always superlative jazz.
His sidemen are no slouches either.
Mike Longo has been Dizzy's pianist for a
while, and he has always been a highly
respected figure. Al Gafa is a nothing
short of amazing guitarist. He was at his
best in a long number called "Ole," which
Dizzy wrote as a tribute to some gypsies
he met in Spain.
Few drummers will ever have the
ability of Mickey Roker. He is the
complete jazz drummer, and he got his
chance to shine towards the end of the
concert in a long and dazzling solo.
Earl Ray, the newest member of
Dizzy's band, is an unusual bassist, in that
he plays a bass-guitar left-handed without
reversing the strings. He was
disappointing. His sound was muffled and
unclear, and his style of playing is too
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Emphasis on the Black Theatre is
included in Monday's program.
Playwrights Ed Bullins, Douglas Turner
Ward and Philip Hayes Dean express the
Black man's struggle in America through
their plays, "Clara's Old Man," "Happy
Ending" and 'The Owl Killer."
' Karen Da cons directs BSM students in
"Clara's Old Man," while Mrs. Linda
Norfleet will direct the Ebony Expression
Community Players in the other two
productions.
Another artistic event is slated
busy to come through effectively.
Dizzy's bent-up trumpet ("I dropped
it") sounded incredibly fine, with his
incomparable phrasing, dazzling high
notes and smoky low register. And his
cheeks were as firmly puffed out as ever,
a fact which is a mystery to all
brass-players everywhere.
A high point of the concert was what
Dizzy called, eventually, the "Wallow in
Degradation Blues," featuring the
sensitive piano playing of Mike Longo.
Another was "Summertime," words
by Gillespie.
"Your Daddy's rich,
And your Mommy's good-looking,
(That's why your daddy's rich!)"
Perhaps the best thing of all was the
final song, a low-down, basic blues kicked
off by trumpet, featuring Dizzy's vocal
talents, which are considerable.
Thank God for Dizzy. It's no cliche to
say that jazz wouldn't be the same
without him.
And thank God for the Fine Arts
Festival and Peter Ingram of the Frog and
Nightgown for bringing him here.
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Wednesday night when poet Don L. Lee
will speak in Memorial HalL Lee, a
lecturer at Howard University, is author
of "Don't Cry, Scream" and "Black
Pride."
Relating the lives of blacks to political
realities, Ben Gurira of Southwest Africa
People's Organization (SWAPO) and
Melba Smith of the United Nations will
speak Monday night. Their topic is
"Black African's Liberation Struggle in
Angola and Numibia."
Chapel Hill mayor Howard Lee and
Owusu Saudakai are scheduled to speak
on "The Role of Education in the
Cultural Survival of Black People."
Saudakai is the founder of Malcolm X
Liberation University.
In a lighter vein, a musical group,
"Funk Train and the Four Fellows"
perform Tuesday night. The group grew
out of a youth program under the
guidance of "Your Own Thing Theatre"
in Durham.
More musical presentations and
entertainment is on tap for the closing
days of the festivaL The African Cabaret,
featuring Chocolate Buttermilk, is
scheduled for Saturday night, April 6.
Admission is $ 1 .
The next night, Sunday, the
"Bar-Kays" will appear in concert, with a
party at the Upendo Center following.
Admission to the concert is $2.
Closing out the festival is a review of
the "Message from Africa" as seen
through the various events. It includes
performances by the BSM Ebony
Readers, Opeyo Dancers, and Gospel
Choir. Sponsors of the festival look on
this event as a reiteration rather than a
termination of the week.
As chairman Mills put it, "The impact
of this festival, in terms of exploring the
Black Experience, should live on and
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Sunday April 1
: - 2 p.m. BSM Gospel Choir, under the
X; direction of Francine Randolph. Memorial Hall.
$ 8 pjn. Opeyo Dancers, under Herman
yl Mixon. Memorial Hall.
: Monday April 2
4 pjn. Ben Gurira of the Southwest Africa
$ People's Organization and Melba Smith of the
$ United Nations will speak on "Black African's
X; Liberation Struggle in Angola and Numibia."
:$ Room 217, Carolina Union.
$: 8 p.m. Three Black Theatre presentations:
: "Clara's Old Man," with BSM students under
Karen Dacons, "Happy Ending" and "The Owl
$ Killer" with the Ebony Expression Community
:$ Players under Mrs. Linda Norfleet. Great Hall
X of the Union.
Tuesday April 3
8 p.m. Concert with Funk Train and the
; Four Fellows, from Durham's Your Own Thing
: Theatre. Great Hall.
: Wednesday April 4
8 p.m. Poetry reading by Don Lee.
Co-sponsored with the Fine Arts Festival.
I Memorial Hall.
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Thursday April 5
S p.m. Owusu Saudaki and Mayor Howard y
Lee will discuss "The Role of Education in the X;
Cultural Survival of Black People." Hamilton-:;:
Hall Auditorium. x
Friday April 6
10 pjn. The African Cabaret with Chocolate:
Buttermilk. An opportunity to deKe into the;
African Experience through fashion, music and:
dance. African-oriented attire. Admission SI.;
Great Hall of the Union.
Saturday April 7
8 p.m. The Bar-Kays in concert. Memorial;
Hall. Admission $2.
1 1 p.m. Party at the Upendo Centre.
Sunday April 8
8 p.m. A consortium featuring the BSM
Ebony Readers, Opeyo Dancers and Gospel
Choir. A reiteration of the festival's Message
"Habari Kwa Africe." Memorial Hall.
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