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,-n-• ■ ■ ■ ■ '■■■ ■'• ^-— ^iii-awii, ■ -» ^iSHSiBMiHaa«iS£iS3S£-iS322—SSSi—i»S T' ''' x DANCE THEATER—Presenting their own distinct brand of Leningrad, as wed as Mart Raisa Batbacbev, the wife ot ballot to Russian audiences, the renowned Dance Theater of Soviet leader Mikhail Goriachev at the KramHn’s Palace of Harlem wins rave reviews on three stops within the Soviet Congreses, the troupe exploded myths about Macks’ ability to Union, the first such tour by an American dance company in dance ballet. 13 years. Performing at the famed Kirov Theater in SEMncoEOTS-s ©mm Prince’s new love under wraps: Rumors are flying that Prince is in love, and while he’s being secretive about the whole affair, word is that the lucky lady is an actress who was recently a regular in a hit TV series. Meanwhile, tickets to Prince's con cert in Madison Square Garden on Oct. 2 sold out in 48 minutes. With his European tour winding down, he’s all set to open his first full-scale U S. tour in nearly five years Sept. 14 in Minneapolis. His high-energy tour, featuring Sheila E., won raves in Europe. So where does Prince get the time to pen a rap tune for Chaka Khan? Well, he did, with the legendary Miles Davis coming to his aid on trumpet. The tune, “Sticky Wicked,” will be featured on her coming Warner Bros. LP due to be released this tall Cosby hobnobing In style: Bill Cosby is still vacationing with his family on the French Riviera at the 51,000-a-night Hotel Du Cap And in good company, too. He and wife Camille were seen lunching with Frank Sinatra and Roger Moore (and their respective spouses). Additional reports have the Cosbys spending time with Prince Rainier of Monaco. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar speaks too soon: When 41-year-old Lakers' cap tain Kareem Abdul-Jabbar announc ed he would pursue an acting career after this—his 20th and final NBA season, he added that he had an op tion on the book, “Bloods" (chronicl ing the impressions of a Vietnam Wat correspondent), to produce as a feature film or TV special. Bui "Bloods author Wallace Terry denies the report, saying Jabbar’s claims on the property were detrimental to those negotiations. . Speaking of negotiations, word is Fox Broadcasting is seriously think- 1 ing shutting Aresnio Hall up. Indeed, Fox may be considering legal action to prevent former "Late Show” star Hall from hosting a syndicated talk show in January. Fox reportedly has a first-look contract with Hall. Hollywood "Black Pack" member Keenen Ivory Wayans makes his directorial debut in “I’m Gonna Git You Sucka,” a spoof on every type of action-packed, Maxplolitation film ever made. He was inspired by the film “Airplane” and the success of “Hollywood Shuffle,” a film he co wrote. Bobby Mcrerrin Kicks Off Series With Improvisational Techniques mere is some'hing almost superhuman about ; e range and technique of jazz v calist Bobby McFerrin’' (Newswec. >. A dynamo whose a < ppella perfor mances have been r>'< fining the art of jazz vocals with the click of his tongue, tap of his feet and pound of his chest, he stands alone onstage em bodying a full repertoire of singers, instruments and animals. “His voice can sound like a walking bass or a growling trumpet, a bebop sax ophone, an opera singer, a blackbird, a female rhythm and blues singer, a lead guitar, an aria by Bach or any of the above in tandem'' i International Herald Tribune). His one-of-a-kind improvisational performance will kick off the WUNQ Jazz at Center Stage Series Tuesday, Sept. 13, at 8 p.m, on the Stewart Theatre stage The series, co sponsored by WUNC radio, will also feature Sheila Jordan on Nov. 12 and Shirley Horn on Feb 4. Born in New York City to Robert and Sara McFerrin, both classical fingers, Bobby concentrated on piano in high school. In 1970, his musical direction took an extreme left turn when he heard Miles Davis' seminal fusion album, “Bitches Brew.” Later, seeing Davis perform, McFer rin was particularly impressed with keyboardist Keith Jarrett, and traces his decision to do spontaneous solo vocal concerts to Jarrett’s similarly conceived piano concerts. Honing his skills and developing his own unique style, Bobby McFerrin has risen to become one of the top vocalists in the world. Voted No. 1 male jazz vocalist in both the Downbeat Critics’ and Readers’ polls for the fourth consecutive year, he also received the 1986 and 1987 Gram my Award for that category as well as best vocal arranger. His television appearances include theme music for “The Cosby Show,” “Sesame Street” and “The Max Headroom Show,” to name a few. With several albums to his credit, McFerrin has been perfor ming throughout the world in virtual ly unheard-of solo a cappella con certs. The audience response is in evitably overwhelming as he involves them directly in making his music, often wandering through the crowd or calling people onstage to enlist their talents. Tickets are available at the Center Stage Box Office (737-3104) Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5:45 p.m., where convenient VISA and Master Card orders are accepted. Tickets may also be purchased (cash only) At m&hr fUaaa D*H nulan |« naa|||aA|l In ■ "oinyVi no uyuin is vipnim m | I the Am of Retort Shotton’s i »Smith OMtar in Chapel M al I p.m. M Sept. 1C. Ladds’ Book Shop of North Ridge (878-4404) Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., and Sunday, noon until 5 p.m. Individual tickets are available Sept. 6 at $15 for the general public and $7.50 for NCSU students. In addition, tickets for the entire WUNC Jazz at Center Stage series are available for $30. The Inner Circle reserves a seat onstage during the series for $75. VTVD Telia Of New Newscast rhomas,Caplan Co-Anchor wivu iv li nas announced mai he station will launch a new 5:30 >.m newscast Monday through Fri lay beginning Monday; Sept. 19. The newscast will be co-anchored iy Miriam Thomas and Mike Caplan. The airing of the new 5:30 p.m. pro ;ram will mean news viewers across he WTVD viewing area will be able o watch the latest WTVD-TV 11 news me half hour earlier. The 6 p.m. newscast, anchored donday through Friday by Larry itogner. will continue its service to he community. “We believe the growing area VTVD-11 serves is ready for news larlier in the evening,” said WTVD ieneral Manager Alan Nesbitt. "This s a significant increase in our news ervice for the many viewers tvailable' and anxious to get the infor mation they want and need.” The 5.:«) p m news program will (resent all the latest news, sports and keen Weather forecasts, along with pec in I features designed to help peo >le meet the challenges of life. Miriam Thomas has become a avorite to news viewers for several rears on WTVD News at Noon, lemonstrating skill and profes iionalism in news reporting as well as :ompassion and warmth in her >resentation She will continue to host he noon news program. Mike Caplan has won many fans icross the state for his enthusiastic veathercasting on the 6 and 11 p.m. veekday newscast, which he will con inue Mike brings to the 5:30 pro ;ram an unbeat style as well as Soul Singer’s Daughter Shot in Michigan HIGHLAND PARK,'Mich. (APi—The daughter of the late soul singer Jackie Wilson was slain in what police said was an apparent drug-related shooting. Jacqueline Wilson. 37, was shot in the back Monday outside a store. Detective Hubert Yopp said. No arrests were made. The slaying is believed drug related because of the amount of narcotics trafficking in the area and because the people Wilson associated with had drug connec tions. Yopp said. Jackie Wilson, whose hits in cluded “Lonely Teardrops," “To Be Loved” and “(Your Love Keeps I if ting Me i Higher and Higher." died in 19X4 at age 4#. Ms. Wilson was the third of his :hildren to die unexpectedly. In 1977, Sandra Wilson Abrams died if a heart attack at 24; ill 1970, lackie Wilson. Jr., 16. was shot to Jeath. muiu-iaceieu experience in news ana 10 aamire ana resueci, m informational programming. According to WTVD-11 News Direc- The addition will provide the chan tor Dave Davis, the pair will make a nel with more than 2V4 hours of local great team. "WTVD is fortunate that news programming on weekdays, we have such talented people already along with the weekend news at 6 and nn hnarri whn nnr trimpm rnnw* H p.ni. MIRIAM THOMAS, MIKE American Airlines To Co-Produce “Figaro” American Airlines will continue to celebrate its daily, nonstop flights to Paris from Raleigh-Durham Interna tional Airport by co-producing the French comedy “The Marriage of Figaro” with PlayMakers Repertory Theatre this fall. Dates for the pro duction are Sept. 21-Oct. 9. Peter Birkett, district sales manager of American Airlines at RDU, said, “We are very excited about this production, since it pro vides yet another way for us to celebrate our Paris flights, which began in May. “Further, by supporting PlayMakers, we feel that we are con tributing to the cultural environment of more than 5,000 American Airlines employees and their families, as well as others in the community,” Birkett added. “Our partnership with PlayMakers last season was ol significant mutual benefit, and we are pleased to work with the company again.” PlayMakers’ co-producer program is designed to forge a link between the company and area businesses tc enrich the cultural uie u» me area. A professional, not-for-profit theater company, PlayMakers relies on con tributions for about 40 percent of its operating budget. The third largest employer in the Triangle area, American Airlines also provides support to other cultural programs such as the North Carolina Symphony and the Durham Arts Council. “The Marriage of Figaro,” written by Pierre Caron de Beaumarchais, will preview on Wednesday and Fri day, Sept. 21 and 23, with opening night on Saturday, Sept. 24. Perfor mances will continue on Sunday, Sept. 25, and Wednesdays through Sunday, Sept. 28 through Oct. 9. All performances are at 8 p.m. ex cept Sundays at 2 p.m., and will be presented in the Paul Green Theatre in Chapel Hill. Tickets range from $12.50 to $25, depending on the perfor mance selected. Also available are subscription tickets for the 1988-89 season. For information, call the PlayMakers box offcie at 1-962-1121. A Personal Touch “Son” Thomas Is The Living Blues JACKSON) Miss. (AP)—Primitive biues, country blues, front-porch blues—all names for Delta blues, the raw, plaintive songs of that flat and fertile triangle of Mississippi black land. Those are then native notes blues man James “Son” Thomas has just secured on record—a personal album that, for the first time, can ac tually be called his. The record is named, naturally, “Gateway to the Delta.” “Well, my mind runs that way,” says the thin, sly bluesman of the ti tle. Thomas is a native of Eden, a patch of a town just north of Yazoo City on Hwy. 49 where he lived and worked, hard, for more than half his 61 years. There, with funding from the Mississippi Arts Commission and Rust College in Holly Springs, Thomas felt the memories and sang the song—front porch blues, literally, intoa microphone for half the cuts on the album. The rest were recorded at Rust College in Holly Springs. “I went to some of the places where I had such hard times,” Thomas says of the ironically named Eden. “I wanted to record on some of the land where I was working.” The result is a music documen tary-songs that buzz with the heat, humidity and harshness of a sharecropper’s life in the Delta. THOse are dreseed-down blues—or namented only by the mood and skill of the player, not by the voltage of his ‘It my own music,” __ don’t write music, and I don’t play out of no hook. I do my own recording—making my own Authenticity was the goal that led the album’s recording party “back in the hills” of Eden, the musician said, to the porch on the log cabin of James and Maggie Rouster, old friends of “We wanted Son to have a sense of place,” said Sylvester W. Oliver, Jr., the album’s executive producer. Oliver, a practicing ethnomtwical is director of institutional ad “The music scene was in that area- with his friends, where he grew up, where he farmed. This wasn't just an insensitive, plastic kind of production. It was ohe [in which ] he could actually relate to the days, the times, the place... the events that allowed the music fervor within him to be developed,” Oliver said. “That live portion in Eden, I think, is a very significant recording event. It’s outside, on a front porch and you can hear the crickets screaming, the bird flying by, the dog barking here and there The goal was to try to catch it in a natural setting. I think we succeeded in doing just that,” Oliver said Thomas is co-producer of “Gateway to the Delta," along with Walter Lunger, a research associate at the Blues Archives, a branch of the J.D. Williams Library at Ole Miss. Liniger provides harmonica ac companiment for Thomas on half the songs on the album. He frequently ac companies Thomas in live perfor mances as well. Rust College has its own record label, Rustron Records, and music publishing company, Rustco, both established to help preserve folk traditions of Mississippi and the mid Sout, Oliver said. “Gateway to the Delta” is the first blues album for Rustron, which usually concentrates on gospel recordings. The album was released Aug. 1. “Gateway to the Delta” features 11 songs, some of them Thomas’ own and others by Elmore James and Ar thur “Big Boy” Crudup—“Elvis Presley recorded some of his songs and made all the money. He never made none.” Thomas said. It’s a typical pattern of commercialization of the blues—from source to someone else’s success. The Mississippi Arts Commission Individual Artist Grant of $5,000 for the album’s pre-production, and the more than $5,000 provided by Ruat College, gave Thomas artistic control over this production. “This is the first time that Son Thomas actually had artistic control over his music. Most of the other records, he didn’t even know he made,” Liniger said, referring to Im port records and blues anthologies. “This one, he was involved from the very first step. It was a very painstaking experience for him... His proverb is, don’t make your move too soon.” “I love it,” Thomas said, satisfied with the freedom to control his work. THE BLUES—“Folkways: A Vision Sharad,” Bob Dylan. Brace Springsteen, Emmyiea Hants and la a tribute to Woody Guthrie and Huddle I esdhoBy. and Loadbody were cornofstsooi of Foftways ---J..- ,,
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