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University Daily Kansan, July 22, 1983
Spare Time
By ANNE AMOURY Staff Writer
staff Writer
In a tiny, rectangular room with dirty, chipped paint on the pester-covered walls, radio announcer Tom Hoyt talked about his modern jazz
Disjointed and seeming musical chaos came from two small speakers on top of grey file cabinets in JKH-FM's music library. It was the Chicago Art Ensemble, a group of five middle-aged black musicians heard in the Jazz Show," which is narrated by Hoyl and Airdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
"STUFF LIKE THIS is quite vital. It deserves to be heard. That's KJIKH's philosophy — to expose music that you wouldn't hear elsewhere." Hvoi said
He held up the Art Ensemble record jacket and said, "There are millions of jazz fans who will listen to the first edition of this album and say, 'This is not jazz.'"
He dropped the record jacket back on the wooden desk in front of him and
From the speakers, the scream of a desperate saxophone rang out over a furious, convulsive bass on the Art Ensemble's album. "Nice Guys."
"I didn't know a thing about jazz —
Wes Montgomery and Miles Davis and
Jazz."
Hoyt, a 23-year-old KU graduate in psychology, admitted he was ignorant of jazz when he started working at KJHK in the summer of 1980.
HIS FIRST SHOW on KJHK was devoted to "crossover," a hybrid of jazz and rock exemplified by such artists as Chick Corea and Herbie Hancock.
During that show, as his awareness of jazz increased, he learned to define and articulate its sound.
"My tastes bended more toward experimental, abstract music," he said.
He began to gravitate toward music that had no melodic or rhythmic base such as Ornette Coleman's, the Art Ensemble of Chicago and the later music of John Coltrane, he said. He also noted that the music could be a little unsettling.
SENIOR AND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL jazz ensembles will present a Midwestern Music Camp recital at 7:30 PM and a Southwouth Recital Hall, Murdhv Hall.
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, BANDS,
chorus and orchestra will present the
final Midwestern Music Concert camp
Crafton-Preyer Theatre, Murphy Hall.
THEODORE STURGEON will present a lecture in the Science Fiction
Lecture series at 7:30 p.m. Monday in
Auditorium Alderton. Kansas Union.
"ELDRED AND NEVELSON: Another Dimension," an exhibit of works by two sculptors, will open Tuesday in the Museum of Art and continue through Sept. 25.
ROBERT GOODIN, ORGANIST, will present a doctoral recital at 8 p.m. Monday in Swarthout Recital Hall, Murphy Hall.
On campus
“It’s kind of hard to tap your foot to this,” he said.
ALTHOUGH MUSICAL PURISTS would object to calling this music jazz, Hoyt said, it not only is jazz, but an uncorrupted form of jazz.
"Jazz is based on improvisation and this music is purely improvisation. To me, that's what makes jazz jazz," he said.
STUDENT CREATIVE ANACHRONISTS will meet at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday in parlor A of the Kansas Union.
What's not jazz, according to Hoyt, is playing other artists' written music.
His head of curly brown hair tilted downward as he talked about the kind of response his one-year-old show stimulates.
He gets phone calls "sporadically," he said. Some people call to request something and some call for detailed information, and he plays so they can search for them.
"They don't call very often — only when something really moves them, he."
THE BEST KIND of phone call, Hoyt said, is when people don't ask for anything in particular but just want to tell him they appreciate the show.
"Anyone who listens is a compliment.
They're giving me a reason to do this."
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The prompt says "Maintain the original reading order and flow of the text."
I'll just use standard indentation.
"Anyone who listens is a compliment.
They're giving me a reason to do this."
KJHK is operated by KU students. The disc jockeys follow broad guidelines established by the program directors, but they also are allowed a certain degree of freedom to experiment.
Disc jockeys such as Hoyt, who are knowledgeable about a particular type of music, are sometimes allotted a time slot for a special program.
HOYT'S SHOW IS NOT limited to jazz or even "experimental jazz." He also incorporates some rare ethnic music into his show.
One African artist, Fela Amukusa Kuti, whose politically oriented music and activities have earned him a jail sentence in his native Nigeria, generates a lot of favorable listener response. Hoyt said.
A West German group named Popol Vuh also attracts callers.
"The first time I played Pup Voh, I got a fascinator who wanted to run in the woods."
As for what motivates Hoyt to do the show, he said, "I get bored very easily. I see things out that are unnatural. I think it shows as a celebration of the unusual."
Stars to come out at gathering
Space Week activities will end tonight at the Astronomical Observatory in Lindley Hall with a "Star Party" and give participants a chance to get a first hand look at the benefits.
Astronomy Associates, a student organization for people interested in astronomy, is co-sponsoring the party with the Ad Astra L-5 Society, a campus-based group that promotes the scientific exploration of space.
Posters, T-shirts and star finders, which are used to identify stars, will be sold at the gathering. Paulette Falk, a history professor at Associates of Lawrence, said yesterday.
Several telescopes will be used at the party, which will begin at 9:30 p.m. at the observatory.
Starlight's plays benefit from outdoor setting
By KYLE RITCHEY
Staff Writer
The glamor and romance of performances under the stars is what makes the Starlight Theatre in Kansas City, Mo., so special.
The outdoor amphitheater, which is owned by the city, is situated in the heart of Scoop Park amid golf areas and two diamond, picnic areas and a跑.
WHEN CONSTRUCTION BEGAN on the Starlight in 1949, it was the dream of the planners to make the theatre one of Kansas City's most magnificent theaters. They hoped to create stars to the stage of the Starlight.
Beginning in the summer of 1951, Broadway musicals and light operas were presented at the Starlight during a 10-week summer season.
the first performance at the Starlight, a pageant called 'Thrillis of a Century', was staged in 1950, in Cincinnati City celebrated its 100th year.
The format of the Starlight was changed in 1980 when two contemporary concerts were presented. Now there are more concerts than plays, according to G. Crawford and Katie Swainsker for the Starlight Theatre.
"This season there are five musicals and 28 contemporary concerts." he said.
THE FINAL MUSICAL of the season, "They're Playing Our
Starlight's season runs from mid-May through September.
Song." is scheduled for Aug. 7, and a wide variety of concerts will be presented through September, Carlland said.
The concerts are announced one month ahead of time by New West Productions, the promoter for all concerts at the Starlight
Other events scheduled at the Starlight include:
- Aug. 19 Rick Springfield
- Aug. 29 Hank Williams
- Aug. 30 Elvis Costello
- Sept. 2 Sheena Easton
- Sent 2 George Ronenn
- Sept. 5 Men at Work
- Sept. 9 James Taylor
- Sept. 7 Anne Murray
- Sept. 11 Manhattan Transfer
- Sept. 18 Little River Band
A schedule of events is printed every Sunday in the Kansas City Star. Additional information can be obtained by calling the Theatre League at 1-816-421-7500, or the Starlight Theatre.
TICKETS RANGE in price from $8 to $13 for the musicals and $10 to $18.50 for the concerts. They can be obtained at any Jones Store, Capital Street, Ticket outlets, or by calling a A-Tick at 1-813-7651-6371
Tickets for most concerts at the Starlight also can be purchased at Omni Electronics, 540 Fireside Ct., in Lawrence.
Celebrations to honor Bolivar's birth
To offer a chance for more people to participate, Latin American students at the University of Kansas will wait until Sept. 6 to honor Bolivar's birth with lectures by Latin American intellectuals, a historical film, an exhibition of books and documents in Watson library and a Latin American party.
Big celebrations will take place in South America Sunday, July 24, commemorating the 200th birthday of Simon Bolivar, liberator of six South American nations, while in the United States 10 million Latin Americans coast to coast will join them in the celebration.
recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature and to KU to present a book about Rolf Wolff.
"We haven't got a confirmation, but we are optimistic of having him here at our disposal."
ROSA HELENA HIDALGO, president of the Latin American Student Association, said the group invited Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Colombian
Bolivar led Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Panama, Peru and Bolivia to freedom from Spain.
Charles Stansifer, director of the KU Center of Latin American Studies, said Americans recognized Bolivar as the "pre-eminent hero of Latin American
He was born in Caracas, Venezuela,
on July 24, 1783, and died near Santa
María de la Vega.
HE HELPED LEAD several years of fighting against Spain before freeing the first South American country from its control. Nueva Granada, today's
Colombia, was liberated in 1819, and by 1821. Venezuela was free.
Ecuador gained freedom under Bolivar a year later and Peru followed in 1824. Upper Peru took the name of Bolivia after its liberation in 1825.
Celebrations have been going on since the Organization of American States proclaimed this year, beginning last week with "Bicentennial Year of Simon Bolivar."
In 11 towns named Bolivar, spread throughout the United States, small Latin American communities Sunday attended an event organized by the Organization of American States.
THOSE TOWNS NAMED BOLIVAR can be found in Missouri, Virginia, Tennessee, New York, West Virginia, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, Mississippi and Cleveland
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