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University Daily Kansan, January 21, 1981
Sample's latest album scores high in melody
By DAN TORCHIA Staff Writer
Joe Sample, "Voices in the Rain," MCA Records.
Joe Sample and the Crusaders have proven that there is life in the music world after turning your back on the jazz mainstream—a very nice life.
Sample is the pianist for the Crusaders, which began its career in the 1900s playing mainstream music.
In the early 1970s the group shortened its name and adopted more contemporary material. The group felt that the word "jazz" would limit the broader audience they were seeking.
The change in name and music has worked. With their last album, "Street Life," the Crusaders had a hit single with the title song, a rare event among jazz musicians. And though some critics dismiss their mix of improvisation and Latin rhythm as inferior to the more traditional forms of jazz, there is not another form of music that plays with as much plebby and taste.
AT THE HEART of the Crusader's sound is Sample's piano. Hearing his solo albums are as much a treat as hearing a Crusader album. And for all practical purposes, his solo albums are group efforts—the other Crusaders, Six Hooper and in playing, have a hand in the production and in the playing.
"Voices in the Rain," Sample's latest album, is a delight. It is not as orchestrated as "Rainbow Seeker" or as hard-driving as "Carmel," his two most recent solo albums, but it is a compelling work that can be found in elements very important to jazz that crossover artists usually use—dynamics and melody.
The first song, the title cut, demonstrates this.
Sample starts off by playing the main melody
ine. The rhythm section joins in the second time around, raising the dynamic level a little higher.
When the melody is repeated, the song's climax is reached. The melody is like all of Sample's tunes—pretty and understated with a lot of romantic feeling.
"Burning up the Carnival!" is the first of two songs that feature vocals. The hardest-driving song on the album, "Carnival," features lead arias James and background vocal by Filar Purum.
NEAR THE END they take turns singing, and it is then that you can hear the differences in their singing styles, which weren't apparent earlier in the song. James' tone is more bell-like and her melody lines are more complex, while the song is quieter and she relies more on single-note phrases.
Purtm also appears on the second side in "Shadows," singing the melody line in unison with the piano. She again sings a few notes at the end as in "Burning up the Carnival," but she never sings more than 24 bars. It would have been nice to hear her solo.
The lack of another soloist besides Sample is a problem with the album. As good as Sample is, another soloist would have been a welcome change of pace.
But aside from a few notes sung by Purim and James, there is not another soloist until the final song, "Sonata in Solitude." A three part song with the melody played in different rhythms, the song features L. Subramaniam on violin and John Collins on guitar, in addition to Sample.
Besides the lack of other soloists, "Voces in the Rain" is very good. Sample and company have shown time and again that commercially oriented jazz can be made without an arsenal of electronic toys or relying on two-bar funk phrases. This wonderful lyrical music combines the best of jazz and contemporary music without compromising either one.
The Deal brings life to top 40 music
Lawrence rock fans who are bored with the standard rock band formula of guitar, keyboard, bass and drums will find a change of sound that brings Opera House presents a local band, The Deal.
According to Ste Topping, the band's bass guitarist, the horn section is a "real tight unit" that offers Lawrence audiences a change from the style of other local bands.
the seven-member band features a three-member brass section, allowing it to perform the music of famous horn bands such as Chicago, Tower of Power, and Blood, Sweat, and Tears.
David VonBlönn, trumpet player and vocalist,
described the band's music as "straight-ear,
and strong."
*Almost 80 percent of our songs are from the radio within the last year, and the other 20 per-
The members of the band are Lawrence musicians who are out of school and, according to Topping, are devoted to establishing careers in music.
In addition to VonBlohn and Topping, the members of the band are Gary Frager, saxophone, keyboard, and trumpet; Mark Purvis, trombone; Tim Robinson, drums; Marshall Marbay, lead vocals; and Tormmy Cipolli, lead guitar.
Although the band does not perform any original songs, it is rehearsing some songs for
"Now we are not playing a lot of obscure music, but songs that people will recognize," Worley said.
A farmer's daughter from central Kansas was the first American woman to be an accredited war correspondent and the only woman to cover four wars from the battle
The reporter, Peggy Hull Deuell, is featured in a Kansas Collection exhibit until the end of February at KU's Kenneth Spencer Research Library.
By KARI ELLIOTT Staff Reporter
Peace Hull Deuel
In addition to photographs, newspaper clippings, letters and scrapbooks, the exhibit has one of Deuell's World War I correspondent's uniforms.
Kansan first woman war reporter
Deuel, born in 1890, always wanted to be a soldier, and she dressed the part, according to Elizabeth C. Stewart, assistant curator of the Kansas Collection.
"A mild told me an Army camp was no place for a woman and that he didn't want one around his command, even if she was a newspaper writer."
IN ONE OF her letters, Deuell said, "I have profound respect for the uniform. While I felt kindly toward the Army, the Army did not reciprocate.
Years later when Deuel was in Shanghai, a Chinese general gave her a photograph of himself when he learned she was an accredited war correspondent.
Before Deuell became a war correspondent, she was a reporter in Junction City, Denver and Honolulu. In 1914 she was working for the Cleveland Plain Dealer and was assigned to cover the capture of Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa.
The general inscribed the photograph to "Mister" Peggy Hull, which was the highest compliment possible to pay a woman in China.
"Any woman who can bring me a record of two years in the field, benefitting the troops and causing no trouble, can get a pass anvtime," he said.
With help from General Peyton March, Deuell received her war correspondent's credentials in 1917. In news stories, other journalists liked it favoritism. ButMarch raised Deuell.
After the Armistice, Deuell went to Vladivostok, Siberia, to cover the American Army of Occupation for the Newspaper Enterprise Association.
In one of her articles she reported that a Japanese sniper was killed 100 yards from her tent. She never went out at night and by day she always had an armed escort.
After the war Devell retired to California. She died of cancer in 1987.
The Kansas Collection in Spencer Library is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Friday.
Music class offers orchestra alternative
By KAREN SCHLUETER
Staff Representative
Frustrated string players or students who used to play a string instrument but now lack the time, or interest to be in the University Symphony, still have an opportunity to play.
This semester they can dust off their violins, rosin their bows and play in a string orchestra created for the musician's enjoyment and benefit.
The orchestra is the Art and Music Education, Music Therapy String Orchestra class, offered by the department of music education and music therapy. The class provides ensemble playing experience for students who are not primarily string instrument players.
He said the group would play intermediate level string music from the late Baroque and early Classical periods, also some popular selections will be played.
professor of music performance and the group's other director, decided to offer the class when they realized that many of their students were at an intermediate level of ability.
The class, which has a credit, non-credit option, is open to all students who have had some experience playing string instruments, according to George N. Heller, associate professor of music education and one of the directors of the group.
They wanted to provide a non-threatening environment for these students to gain more confidence.
The orchestra, which will meet two hours a week, is not a performing group.
Band and vocal music classes have been offered for students uninterested in a performance career but is the first time a class was offered. The two who are not members of the University Symphony.
"If we get pretty good, we might sit on the
table and play it," he said. "you if I rails, you
play a few tunes, " Heller said.
There are currently four students, all violinists, enrolled in the class, and Heller plans to work on string quarts with them. The music education and music therapy department will have all of the interested players. Heller said that he would like to work with a group of about 30 musicians.
Heller and Michael Kimber, associate
On Campus
TODAY
The UNIVERSITY FORUM will be at noon at the Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1294 Oread.
THE DEPARTMENT OF SLAVIC LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES will present a Soviet film of Dostovsky's novel "Crime and Mafia" 7:30 to 11:15 p.m. in Room 3 of Lippincott Hall.
**Orientation for SPRING SEMESTER**
**School of Nursing for adults will be at 5**
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TOMORROW
THE GAY AND LESBIAN SERVICES OF KANSAS
IN THE INTERNATIONAL ROOM of the Kansas Union.
A FREE DANCE FILM SERIES will present "Great Performances in Dance" and "The New York City Ballet" at 9:30 a.m. in 103 Bayle and at 2:30 a.m. in Room 5 of Lincolnchic
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The Tenth Annual Legislators' Dinner
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Monday, February 9, 1981
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Registration deadline: January 26
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