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pianists -- Tyner, Jarrett, Taylor and
Peterson -- who play mainly acoustic
piano; all other major jazz pianists --
incl u d in g Ch!CkCu]r e_aa, Herb e He]nCFrk
and Joe Za p , .....
keyboards, and all the equipment tnaL
goes with them.
Jazz is once again attracting young
musicians, and a corollary to that is the
interest generated in the public for
what musicians themselves dig. People
h
ave to choose from what s offered, and
eventually the serious public comes
around to what, music makers are
serious about. It s simple; at least I
tsh c °to Austin, what makes a jazz
cene and why. Simple. What kind of
music is an improvising musician going
to play in town? The local live music
Scene is monopolized by various forms
of country music, which by only the
broadest stretch of the imagination can
comfortably house the improvisor. So
the ,improvisors go elsewhere, and
that s where we find them: playing
"jazz."
Five years ago it would have been
rock at the Armadillo, before that at
the Vulcan Gas Company -- where is
Shiva's Head Band when we need
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Zilker Park at the Pecan Picnic Area Site,
the Peoples Bicentennial Commission will
present a "Buy" centennial Xmas Tree
adorned with the worst examples of
Bicentennial junk products. A short protest
statement about Bi-centennial Commer-
cialization of this Xmas Season by the giant
corporations. The PBC calls for fellow
citizens to join together in protesting the
corporate version of America's 200th
Birthday. It also calls for a movement
against the big business Tories in 1976 and
for democracy for the American economy.
For further information contact:
Phyllis Krantzman
208 East 34th Street
Austin, Texas 78705
476-7850
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The .University Jazz Ensemble: Still alive and swinging
them? So rock is dead. So what?
They're still playing the music, and no
matter what it's called the business-
men can't steal it because they don't
understand it. So we let them have
what they can understand, and the
musicians go for something deeper.
What comes next is an audience
willing to support a local scenes and
that's something I can't explain
because I don't understand it.
Somebody wants to hear jazz in Austin.
You can thank the country music crowd
for creating a live scene in Austin;
before the progressives came to town
there was nothing. Redneck rock has
done wonders for our public musical
consciousness. Before them it was all
TV. Now we're reaping the benefits, in
the form of listenable improvised
music. We call it jazz; others call it rock.
There is a jazz scene in Austin. It's
the best kind of jazz scene, because it's
local. We're not just a spot on the map
for one-night stands, though it would be
, nice if someone would bring some big
names back (has anyone seen Rod
Kennedy lately; I guess it would be too
much to ask). That'll come later. We're
lucky to have the local thing, which is
harder to come by.
Now that we've got it, we should
make the best of it. So go out and hear
the home boys, or pick up on some new
sounds from 47 X, Steam Heat and the
Electromagnets; they've all got
records out and they're all good. Oh,
and while you're at it, check out James
Polk; he's just cookin' on the East side.
AND HIS MOTOWN
The well-known blues man from Chicago, Luther Allison, star of the '74 Ann Arbor
Blues Festival, comes to Austin with his 6-piece band--as featured on his many Motown
LP's--for an exclusive engagement only at:
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