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Friday, January 31, 1975
University Dally Kansan
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
ENTERTAINMENT
Foxu Fable
By Staff Photographer DON PIERCE
A giant thinker toy set dominates the stage of "Reynard the Fox," a children's play to be produced Feb. 1 in University Theatre. Steve Johnson, Johnson sophomore, strikes a kingly pose as the lion. The play tells of Reynard, a rigorous fox. In the production for this proaduction, he plays illustrates various degrees of goodness and badness, but it doesn't sugarcake life.
'Pimples' blemished
By ELLEN BLANK Kansan Reviewer
Despite fine performances by the actors, the opening night performance of "Pimples" was the mediocre script of the play.
The script was written by David Wills, Wichita graduate student. The play is about three characters and how they mature.
"Pimples" begins when Santa Claus arrives on a desert island on a tricycle with a propeller on the top. His friend Pimples, with whom Santa has only radio contact, has directed him to the island to obtain some peace and quiet.
On the island Santa encounters a dolphin and Virginia, a prostitute. Pimples informs him that he is going back to the North Pole, he must make friends with the dolphin and Virginia. Pimples then gives candy to Santa as a means of getting to the Dolphin to associate with him.
The different elements of the play seem to be good. Subtle reclections from my childhood, especially those characters were convincingly adolescent and were just abuzz enough to be interesting. The audience was excited and I especially liked the makeup of the dolphin's face.
However, when I sat back and thought about what was going on, the elements of the play just didn't gel into a coherent whole. Each separate segment of the seated made sense but the killers in it weren't characters wasn't enough to hold the play together.
Excellent performances were given by the cast. Satta, played by Cliff Rakerd, Lawrence sophomore, seemed just like a dog. He was obviously padded and didn't match—he had gray hair and a white beard. While sunning himself on the beach in his polke dot-shorts, he poured over the catalog catalog like a kid in November.
Virginia, played by Judi Sterling, Lawrence freshman, and the Dolphin, portrayed by Jamie Bobins, Lawrence senator. The three renditions of Augie Duggle, the cartoon dog who dances critically and floats back to earth on a cloud after eating a dog that is ridiculous manner after he receives some of Pimples' candies.
A rather strange incident was when Santa broke out with pimples after eating some of the candy. He had to have heavy layers of acne medicine to clear up his complexion. The incident
By the end of the first act I felt so hungry that I wanted to go downstairs and eat a stray piece of coconut. Then at the end when Santa had grown up and he was about to leave the North Pole, I felt about as tired as he seemed to be by the experience.
was rather comic,but also somewhat sickening.
Groups such as Weather Report, the Mahavishnu Orchestra and Herbie Hancock have formed not only a new, harder approach to their music but also a harder sell of their talents to a greater commercial impact. Joe Zimbalu of Weather Report needed more unknohn John McLaughlin of Mahavishnu needa了god; and Hancock needed "headhunters"
With the advent of jazz-rock and improvised leads over rock polyrhythms, jazz artists began to reach millions of rock 'n' roll teen-eagers and tap the revenue that commercially brings.
He rurn to Forever featuring Armando "Chick" Corea stands in the forefront of this movement. With one of the most important keyboard stylists of the last decade in Corea, the group also sports an energetic rhythm section in Stanley McGraw's drum work. Add a 19-year-old McLaughlin replica named AI DiMeola on guitar and serve up an electric, and eder, ver-
YES' eighth album is timeless
Amid fears that keyboardist Rick Wakeman's exit for solo laurels would destroy the
"Where Have I Known You Before," HITR's latest, certainly fits that mold. Replacing Corca's early work, including his Atlantic sessions and the bubbly quintet with Joe Farrell and Flora Purim, is a more forceful and Latino rhythmic
By ROBERT A GAVIN Records Reviewer
BY ROBERT A. GAVIN Records Reviewer
work, which is closer to its immediate predecessor "Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy" than to any other work with Garv Burton on vibes.
Santa had one of the richest velvet suits I've ever seen. originai her knickers and yet somewhat cent in her sailor suit dress, a gift from Santa. But I liked the Dolphin's costume the most. He was dressed in grey tails and tails with white feathers and a very fluid blue bib.
"Where Have I Loved You Before?" is one of two acoustic Corea solos on the album and conveys the effervescent, sparkling feeling that has made the Massachusetts—bred Scientologist such an important contemporary force.
floating high passages contrasted with funky low rhythms.
A powerful, unified album,
"Where Have I?" stands as a stimulating, innovative offering.
sion of heavy metal with improvisation.
foundation of YES stood the fact that the band itself was a concept and its individual parts or parts of a coherent whole.
The set was a little disturbing.
It ascended from the beach as a normal island would, but for theatre in the round it was a barrier for visibility. The lighting was dramatic but not overbearing.
The title cut, Corea's second solo, sequestres into the tightly fitted waistband of Kings', perhaps the best cut on the album. This final piece illustrates his personalized whim accelerated ensemble
"Vulcan Worlds" is a powerhouse opener featuring characteristists deep bottoms by Clarke and White counterside. The light touch. Clarke's chime work adds to the dimension of
All in all, I highly recommend the acting and the visual effects of "Pimples." But I still can't figure how Santa can find the way so easily and yet not find the way back to the Nole Pose.
Corea rides again
Jazz buffs find home at Paul Gray's place
Friday night the entertainment was the Tom Montgomery Trio. Montgomery played piano, with Pete Wyman and Gayle Martinez on drums. These three KU students played jazz seemingly unaware of their audience. Montgomery seemed to be playing piano in turn doing an enthrancing job on the audience.
The trio is one of three men will be playing at the bar. The two others are the Mike Beisner Trio and Paul Gray's Dixieland Monongona. Beisner did a little play entertaining of his
"Sound Chaser" integrates anarchy and chaos reminiscent
Corea's jazzy buoyancy and sense of precision within a rock contest add to the flavor of the music. She can be associated with banalities of rock too long, the band has surfaced because of a higher musical sophistication of its audience and its own persevering for a mass market.
The bar wasn't wall-to-wall humanity. Instead of crowds was music.
By INGRID NYBERG Kansan Revlewer
own. Definitely jazz piano and definitely worth hearing
Juke box vibrations, pin ball wizards and pool sharks are pleasantly absent at newly introduced schools in 92% Massachusetts. In their places were dimmed lights, intimate tables for conversation and the opportunity to enjoy an entertainment rather than tolerate the crowds.
The performers are all local musicians who play because they enjoy it, according to Beisner. When asked how he some involved in jazz, Beisner answer: "I just grew up on it."
Access to the bar is in itself unique. From the alley behind Jenkins Music the jazz anticipant must climb metal
The big surprise of the album is new keyboardist Patrick Moraz. The thirty-year-old Swiss blends in jazz Corea-like synthesizer work to the layered textures of the electronically-orchestrated music. He proves that the instrument is the base of the band, and was, in fact, an easily dispensible figure.
Scott Busch, Lawrence senior, was one of those who found the bar. After listening awhile he said, "I like dancing and foot-stomping music but to be able to sit down and listen to some tight jazz is a treat I never expected to find in Lawrence."
Paul Gray's Jazz Place offers something new to the Lawrence bar hoppers. Lawrence bar hoppers will take advantage of the opportunity.
stairs, go over the roof and into the bar. Getting there is half the fun.
Purists may damn Corea, like Hancock before him, for selling his art out I, however, side with the artist who claims that before selling his art out he first must sell his art.
A large instrumental break featuring eight-bar trade-offs follows, leading to the final, adagio Dussely-like movement. The song closes on an optimistic key of resolution.
of "Siberian Khatru." A cooperative composition of the group, the hat has dynamic soles by guitarist Steve Howe and drummer Alan White. Anderson's surchin tenor grabs a
Continuing as a quartet while searching for a new keyboard player, Jon Anderson, Steve Howe, Christ Squire and Alan White emerged nearly four months later with their eighth album, "Relayer," a work that may finally quiet the critics.
"Gates of Delirium" begins with a prelude of shimmering water, bells and birds leading to vocalist and songwriter Anderson's abstract lyrics: "Stand and fight we do consider/Remind/Remember/That's seen we go and/ride there/in Motion To fields in debts of honour defending."
YES is as capable of the savage as of the subtle. The opening war and peace suite, "Gates of Delirium," has four movements and runs nearly 22 minutes. The cut maintains a sharp turn, and it carries the spontaneity that the previous album, "Tales From Topographic Oceans," sorely lacked.
catchy chorus of "ta ta ta" to blend in midway through the piece.
The final cut, “To Be Over,” is perhaps Anderson's finest love song. Howe counterpoints two themes by playing both pedal steel and sitar. Anderson's “After all your soul has been taken away” don't doubt your part/Be ready to be loved.” is harmonized perfectly by bassist Chris Squire.
A huge commercial success (number seven in Billboard), "Relayer" is a highly complex statement and isn't a primer album for the uninitiated. The group does not play any of the music world that a hit single isn't the only criterium, for super-stardom.
"Relayer's" highlights are many. The timing and musical structures are fascinating. Snatches of previous albums are stretching to hear. The music itself is more flexible. It ever rocks.
I see an element of timelessness in "Relayer" that will make it stand five years from today as a valid work.
Besides, who said Rick Wakeman was all that hot?
"—MARLON BRANDO THIS, MARLON BRANDO THAT?"
On stage
PIMPLES-fable for adults written by David Willis, Wichita graduate student. A comedy that laughs at things of the everyday in a perception draws together three diverse characters—Santa Claus, a dolphin and an adolescent on a deserted island. (A 8:p. m., Jan. 24) In the William Impey Hall in Murphy Hall).
REYNARD THE FOX—this spring's presentation in the KU Theatre for Young People. It features a playwright Arthur Faust, it explores degrees of goodness and badness while telling an action-filled story of a roguish boy and a day in the University Theatre.)
KING GONG AND NYFYR
THE SPIRE—the first, a
chairman, to guide the
second, part of a continuing
adventure, by the Meade Hall
Theatre. (At 1 p.m., Saturday in
early-morning Community
Buildings.)
THE GENESIUS PANTOME THEATRE—mime theater group from Columbia, Mo., in an afternoon workshop and evening performance. (At 1 p.m. Saturday at the Canyon Theater, at 3 p.m. Saturday at the University Lutheran Center.)
PEPSI THRENDODES—also a repeat performance. This play was written by Eric Anderson, McPherson graduate of the University about the social sensibilities of America in the late '50s as compared to the late '60s. It was three hours and 20 minutes long but has been cut by the artist more than two hours. (At 8 p.m. Monday in the University Theatre.)
GODSPELL—repeat performance of the popular rock musical. It was the only musical to be selected for the American College Theatre Festival, which provided the screening of college theatre. At 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the University Theatre.()
On screen
THE WAY WE WERE-Good-jearer tjerk especially popular with Barbra Streisand and Danny Grabner, soundtrack. Shown with a Betty Boop cartoon. Directed by Sydney Pollack. 118 minutes. (A7 and 9:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday) In Woodruff Andorlumber.)
THE PRESIDENT
VANISHIS-interesting, topical,
depression style film. Made in
1934, directed by William A.
Wellman. With Edward Arnold,
Rosselian and Russell.
85 minutes. At 7:30 p.m.
monday in Woodruff
Andotiorium.)
FORTY-FIRST-1956 Russian film directed by Grigorij Chukrai. 100 minutes. At 7:30
This Week's ENTERTAINMENT
p. m. Wednesday in Woodruff Auditorium.)
THE MAN WHO LAUGHS—one of the greatest silent pictures. Directed by Paul Leni, made in 1928. With Conrad Veidt and Mary Philbin. Atmospheric adaptation of Hugo's tale of a clown whose face is perforated with black holes hideous grin, 124 minutes. (At 7:30 p.m. Thursday in Woodruff Auditorium.)
THE TOWERING INFERNO-the super-epic of disaster films. Based on two novels, with a star-studded cast. Unfortunately there is no hope for any intelligent drama during this movie. Actors are forced to contend with lines such as "I leave you burning!" while smoke plies into a room. Fay Dunain provides the greatest suspense as the audience watches to see whether she will fall out of her dress.
Directed by John Gullermiller, some of the stars are Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, Michael Keaton, Richard Chamberlain, Jennifer Jones, O.J. Simpson, Robert Vaughn and Robert Wagner. Rated PC. (At 8 p.m. daily with TV). Includes Sundays and Sundays at the Granada.)
SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON-Walt Disney version of Johann Wyss book. Full of action and adventure, and fine if you haven't seen it before. Read daily with matinees Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Varsty.)
FREEBIE AND THE BEAN-James Caan and Alan Arkin wasting their talents in what purports to be a screwball force but turns out as a nightmarish bad joke. It's not just a bad mistake, but really an excellent one. At 7:35, at 9:45, daily plus matines at 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Luckhurst L.
THE SAVAGE IS LOOSE—George C. Scott should have stayed with acting instead of directing this awful piece of phenomenal junk. Rated R. (At 14) and Lifetime with matinees in 1:45 pm, Saturday and Sunday at Hillcrest 2.)
THE GODFATHER, PART II—One of last year's best movies. A fine fokie epic, more than just a sequel to the Godfather, takes its time with hours with no intermission, it never gets dull. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Al Pacino Rated. D at 8 p.m. plus matinees at 1:30 p.m. and Sunday at Hillcrest 3.
In concert
KANSAS UNIVERSITY
SYMPHONY ORCHHESTRA—in a concerto concert. Conducted
George Lawner, Lynn Schroeder,
Jonathan Petterson, and
program：“Bach’s Cantata No.
5,” Klainny Theater, soprano
solist, with Greg Clemons on the trumpet. Haydn's "Violoncello Concerto in D," first movement, Stew Shumway, solist. Puccini's "Chegelida manina," tenor aria from "La Boheme," Patrick Neve, solist. Jacob's "Concerto for Horn and Strings," first movement, David Tallent, solist. "Verdi's II Lacerato" from Simon Bacon, Thomas Heard, a mass solist. Mendelssohn's "Piano Concerto in g minor," last movement, David Huebert, solist.
Debussy's "Clinart Rhapsody," Diane Snodgrass, solist. Verd's "O don fate!" Verd's "O don fate!" soprano solist. Maurice's "Tableaux de Provence," second, fourth and first movement, Roger Kendall, Shostakovich's "Violoncelo Concerto No. 1" first movement, Gwen Lewis, solist. Rice-Weber's "Jesus Christ Superstar," Symphonic James Barnes, at 8 p.m. Sunday in University Theatre.)
PHYLLIIS BRILL,
SOPRANO-with Carole Rose
at the piano. Program: "E pucos in gi unorno. Plangero
Gullo Cesare" "O had I jubal's yre" from Handel's
"Joshua; 'Les Nus d'eTe"
by Berlioz, "Ve'ulai" from Y.
Sharett's "Rachel"; "Ovinu Malkenu", traditional Hebrew melody, and "Qui La Voe San Soave" from Bellini's "I Puritan". (At8.p.m. Monday in Swarthout Quirit Hall.)
THOMAS K. HEARD,
BASSO—with Jane Tedder,
pianist. Assisted by William
Horn, William Stanley, James
Keen, Jon Robichaud and Brea
Bloomberg. Program."Fill mi,
Absalom" from Schuetz' a "Symphoniae Sacrae I, nr. 13." "Helligste Drieeinheit from Bach's" "Erschaltet, ihr Lieder," "Brahms" "Alte Liebe," "Brahel敷inseltamn" "Die Felsenheilkunst" "Theerse." "In diesen hellen Hallen" from Mozart's "Die Zauberflote," and "Reynaldo Hahn's" "Offrande," "Les Cygnes," and "L'Heure Exquise." Folskoss: Irish—"Jilliburero" "Billy Boy" "Baby John" "Every night when the Sun goes In." (At 8 p.m. Tuesday in Swarthout Hall.)
MIKE BEISNER TRIO-
rock, jazz play. (9-12 p.m.
Friday and Thursday at Paul
Gray's Jazz Place.)
ESTES—a rock band. (8:30-12 p.m. Friday at the Free State Opera House.)
KANSAS—with Mud Creek.
(8-12 p.m. Saturday at the Free State Opera House.)
GASLIGHT GANG-
Dixieland jazz. (9-12 p.m.
saturday and Wednesday at
Paul Gray's Jazz Place.)
At the gallery
KANSAS UNION
GALLERY—Painting and
Sculpture department faculty
show. (Through Monday.)
SPENCER LIBRARY—"A Kansas Immigrant's Experiences: The Robert L. Gilbert Family," "Art of the Spanish Book," *Petrarch* and "Aliens in Asia."
NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM - Contemporary IN-
gression pottery, including example of steps in making coiled pottery.
LAWRENCE PUBLIC LIBRARY-Haskell Indian Junior College student and facultate him, Richard West, jewelry, and John Blakee, photography.
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