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University Daily Kansan
Monday, April 27,1964
Oread Jazz Fans Split Over Merits of Bands
A schism was discovered in the ranks of jazz fans who attended the Oread Jazz Festival Saturday.
There were big band fans and small group fans, and they argued with each other the merits of small and large size jazz groups.
Big band addicts held that no small group could compete with the roaring, surging power that a 16-piece band is capable of mustering. For testimony, they cited the North Texas State University Lab band, which won first place honors in the big band category of the festival.
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And they were, in a sense, right, because the N.T.S.T. band did surge and roar, and unleashed a voluminous amount of power, and the audience reciprocated with almost equally voluminous applause.
True, agreed the small group jazz buffs, no trio, quintet or sextet could register as many decibels
But volume, they argued, isn't the only criteria for good jazz. Improvisation, they held, is the essence of jazz, and no big band could provide as much freedom for a soloist as could a small group.
on a volume level measuring device as could a big band.
The small group buffs also cited the old conflict of quality versus quantity. Anybody can read "charts," they claim, but it takes real talent to improvise well for several choruses with nothing but a rhythm section for support.
And quite a substantial number of big-name jazz musicians who now lead their own small groups, or play with other small groups, swear by the valuable training and experience a big band provides for the young, aspiring jazz musician.
But the fact is, it takes real talent to improvise well, no matter what the musical context is.
Also, there is no doubt that big bands have served as breeding grounds for some of the best jazz musicians in the world.
But in the end, the choice of which side of the seismist to stand on, is purely a subjective one, and it is possible to stand with one foot on either side.
KUYD Plans to Host Gubernatorial Hopefuls
The five candidates for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination are expected to be on campus tomorrow night.
Mike Rogers, Hutchinson junior and chairman of the KU Young Democrats, said last night that J. Donald Coffin, Council Grove; Joseph Henkle, Great Bend, and Jules Doty and George Hart of Wichita will give brief speeches and answer questions during the club's meeting at 7:30 p.m. in the Forum Room of the Kansas Union.
Gerald S. Bernstein, curator of the Museum of Art and instructor of art history at the University of Kansas has received a Kent Graduate Fellowship from the Danforth Foundation of St. Louis, Mo.
Art Curator Gets Grant
Bernstein is one of 32 outstanding men chosen from among 400 applicants for "remarkable promise as leaders within higher education in North America." The award will provide a $3,600 stipend, plus tuition and fees, for up to three years of study.
The fellowship program is aimed at encouraging faculty members for teaching or administration in American colleges and universities. The awards are given to men "who combine excellence in scholarship with a genuine religious commitment which they hold relevant to their chosen profession."
A native of New York City, Bernstein earned the A.B. degree from Adelphi College in 1957 and the M.A. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1959. He is a candidate for the Ph.D. degree at Pennsylvania, and will be on leave of absence from KU next year to finish his work toward the Ph.D. His special field of interest is American architecture of the 19th century.
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