European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 6, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse August 1977 Byj Obweiser Jan writer he Northsea festival offered such a profundity and variety of jazz artists that i Felt like a child an ids first visit to one of those mull Illavon i ice Cream establishments which flavors to Sample and which to forego the Hagues Wilra modern Congress Center spilled Forth n simultaneous Cornucopia of Jaa from five Halls grouped about the buildings spacious Central so overwhelming was the selection that i made a Tenta Tive schedule for each Days doings More than 10 hours a Day for three Only to have my carefully made plans interrupted by captivating performances which proved irresistible id leave some of he highlights i was Able to see before my legs turned la Jelly Only one of the balls bad Ade quate seating and my senses became saturated blues Singer Joe always a delightful per fronted a group made up of Ellis Tarkins on major Holley on Alan Dawson on Billy Mitchell and Amott Cobb on Tenor saxes and with guest Star Denny Carter playing Buth Alto sax and Trum a rarity in recent years the delights of this set were the humming along of Tolley with his Bass solos 3 la slam Stewart and the appearance of who haunt been seen by this fan since he replaced Illinois Lionel Hampton band in although assisted onstage by crutches made necessary by illnesses and Auto crash injuries Over the Cobb still produced a roaring Texas and ideas to that belled his phys cat an interesting and amusing contrast was to see Trum Peter lloy Eldridge trading vocal chores with Anita Oday on let me off Uptown in front of gone Krupas band in the 1941 movie Karwand imme a lately after to watch Odny a years later in Bert Sterns classic film of inc 1958 Newport jazz Jaa on a Summers even More Eon Rasty was seeing Al i Dridge in the flesh 30 years after Tho original Short was i bassist and innovative composer Charles adorned in a two piece Block chinese peasant style attempted to explain the intricate and Subtle of the blues piece be was about to play Ullh his which included Richmond in the midst of his narrative an exhortation was made by an impatient listener to not talk and the Bas in typical Mingus bad mouthed the heckler into silence and then proved his right to do so by a stun Ning he finished the set with a vocal Rendi Tion of mamas Little baby dont like no shortening Charles bread to rebut the popular notion likes Mingus notes the gentlemen at the count Basle band reestablished their rights in the Noble retinue by their swinging attacks on such Basl standards As shiny Orange Sherbert and ill Darlyln Butch Miles proves to to the perfect big band both visually and rhythm and plunger trombonist Al Greys humorous antics Are always Forrest played his not Tenor Solo on body and dropping Golden tones from the Bell of his Horn As if they were bases frugal fingering of the keyboard seems to say More with the notes he Doest play than most pianists can say All a nostalgic retrospective was the Harlem on Parade revue headed by hide to Man cab Callo v dressed in an Allwhite formal sans tails this Calloway repealed the act been doing for More than 40 and got away Wilh proving something about the durability of he still knows How to bring an audience in of his plus with the help of the excellent backing band which featured such Stalwart jailers As Hank Jones Budd Johnson arid buddy tale Tenor Eddie Barefield Alto Doc Cheatham and Dick Vance Bill Pemberton and Oliver Jackson Calloway Sang and hoofed his Way through his old standards Minnie the Good time Charlies got the and the Jim Jam jump is the and perfect timing examples to to followed by those who would Keig in the tenuous show world expressive Voe Felsl cart Smith did an sex clue it Louis Arm Strowig on one of Roo to with cheap Iamb some other highlights of us weekend included Teddy Wilsons elegant attentive1 Young Jon fad la with his inspirational ditty cell Lepple and his exciting group Gill Cople seems to hold Faddis in Check could it be fear of stronger lung British blues Singer Beryl Bry Dotis Capers on her chromed Wash Board vibraphone is Gary Burtons poetic interpretation of Keith Jarry its in your quiet Kal windings forceful yet passionate trombone renderings of for Lover Man and bags Groove and the Fine Alto work irom the backing groups dutch Man Frew Kawalec on Horace silvers spiritual and lyrical piano sly Lings on for Maude and song for my and Lenorls George Coleman tread Ghis Multi noted Way along the path of John col tranes giant trumpeter composer Don Ellis started his set k minutes late and then masted those faithful enough to endure the Wall with the sheer Power of the electrified i piece bund behind some of the individual including 17 year old Alto sexist Ted were impressive in their but the weight of Elliss intricate arrangements and the Decibel level of the gun aral performance detracted from their this music Doest swing and comes off As so much grandiose movie this being Only the second annual festival to be held in these one is Apt to forgive few shortcomings such As the Lack of seating the emptiness of the snack stands by Early sunday the unexpected crowd of to that showed up for saturdays concerts probably look the organizers by Surprise but should be sufficient encouragement to begin planning next years pro Ducer Pau Lacket deserves credit such an array of Talent anyone who plunked Down 30 Guild ers for a Days performances got decidedly More than his two airmen from Icahn air base whom 1 talked to confirmed both Richard sounders and Harry Payne agreed that it was a fantastic fit you Knout about a att Toppen Fuff in Europe Tettat Joa concert tour or other Newt he Art share it with other readers by dropping a line to co entertainment it 09i7j the Clit Ian 11 10 dorm too much of a Good thing in Portugal s 1nce the 1974 revolution disrupted Portugal tourist the government has been begging International travel agents to Send Back thelor Eigners with their hard the result has become the classic dream during the first two the agents ignored the but this summer they have responded with More enthusiasm than the government really wanted and the starvation experienced by the Southern a Garves resort hotels has today turned into severe Case of tourists by the tens of d thousands with confirmed in conducted by bookings Are daily Locking Cruger to the Lod Miles of hotel made Overly cautious by two years of apply accepted extra bookings As a safely in this time the cancellations did not Materia Lize and some hotels have three to five More guests booked than they can overbooking a newly coined portuguese word bad reached the crisis level by the end of july and was expected to get worse in the government has caused for an official inquiry with fines for offenders and urged the portuguese to avoid their beaches so Mare roams will be available for toe National association of travel agents has warned the hotels could be courting disaster web their for the contracts they signed with charter groups carry penalty clauses u agree a spokesman for the group said the biggest culprit was the state run Terraha which recently told 21 foreign agencies their groups would have to be Given alternative a German company countered with the threat of a lawsuit for Marks about while a swedish company diverted charter flights to neighbouring Lio Rallas troubles were multiplied by militant work ers sporadically cutting Oft lights and water to the High Rise they were demanding immediate pay ment of Back wages the Complex had been unable to meet due to the Lack of Many of the unwashed guests who had to climb 10 floors to reach their rooms did not appear to support the workers one frustrated German demonstrated his displeasure by punching a hotel receptionist in the others simply checked out and went Ai the problems we National hotel As soc Uin worried that the penalty could be the last Straw or the financially strapped tourist in if things go on this by october the hotel Industry will be association president Oliverra santas for the a setback in the tourism revival would be a body it is depending heavily on the Esti mated 1500 million plus to be spent by tourists to keep its Economy in 1 Bui no matter what the future might a show ing so far this year has been for even As the overbooking scandal the government announced that in the first five months foreign tourism jumped site reason for the increase was easy to discern be cause of the revolution and the drop in tourism it hotels held their prices steady in Hopes of recouping Cus As a visitors his year Are paying prices out of tin salaries in inflation Ridden Nat up the following films Are new this week on the army and air Force Exchange systems european movie circuit a Star is born it a lading Rock Star discovers a new Talent and helps push her career upward while his own gets drowned in Kris Kristofferson and barbra Streisand Are the ill fated Locra whose Fame leads to one of the big films of the the great Texas dynamite Chase u two Young ladies Are the source of a whole lot of fireworks As they work their Way across the Texas holding up Banks with the High Speed action is punctuated with loud explosions and spectacular stars Clau Dia to celum the late show pm Art Carney is a retired Pri vate detective who gets wrapped up in a murder and blackmail Case when be goes looking for a Ladys lost a classic but with the accent on there is some profanity in the also stars uly Bui Gus g this Disney mule has a special Talent for kicking footballs through his unique ability gets i m a contract with a losing pro team which starts a dramatic superbowl bound stars Edward Don Tim
