European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 14, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse January 1978 the stars and stripes Page 19 jazz talk new years milestones byjoe Wetsel Jan writer Memphis slim ambassador of Good by Joe Weisel jux writer several important milestones on the Road Are Worth nuking note at before getting Down to the Here Andonow Kerns Benny who broke Down the classically Hal Lowed barriers at new Yorks Carnegie Hall in 938 by giving the first jazz concert Ever presented will celebrate the 40th anniversary of his accomplishment it with another Carnegie when the concert was announced the tickets went to fast that Goodman had trouble getting his family forty years Laier the Goodman Power next tuesdays concert sold out the Day tickets went on an interesting note last year Woody Herman celebrated his 40th anniversary As a bandleader with a con Cert at this musical Stan Kenton who has been resting in los Angeles Fol lowing a serious head injury last was due Back to work he Hast own completely Idle during his with reports saying that he has been doing some intensive legendary composer pianist Eubie Blake will Cele brate his 95th Btu today Blake who spent three weeks performing in Oslo and Copenhagen last and has been booked for the new Orleans jazz heritage festival this april is bes known for his compositions pm just wild about Harry which became Harry tru mans Campaign song 27 years after it was written and memories of Only five years to go and jazz will have its first and blues Singer pianist Memphis bom Peter Chatman in Memphis in has been honoured Tor his musicianship and popularity on two continents by the a Resolution introduced by Tennessee Sena tors Jim Sta scr and Howard along with Hayakawa of has named slim As ambassador at Large of Goodwill for the United composer of everyday and Many other blues has lived in Paris for the past 16 jazz on a sunday morn the jazz organization of Stuttgart presents its first fru Schoppen it at 11 in the featured will be the Dixieland group jump la hone the jazz studio Numberg features the Gypsy swing of the Alfred Lorra que Inlet 29 at Entrance is 3 Marks wives and children get in in Sachsenhause the Scala Ohlhof on hat the humorous songster Eckart Kahlhofer with the swing stars Frankfurt scheduled for is at and skiffle train listed for also at evening performances at 8 at the Schlacht Hof feature the barrelhouse British clarinet St Acker bilk and his Paramount jazz and a dance evening with fats hit in the Alloria jazz Saloon at Turke Strasse 33 has a Schukin Bolen roast pork fro Schoppen sunday at 11 with Fate Hagen and his memo at in in the Cele Brating its 2nd anniversary with its first and Only fru Schoppen at 19 on 22 and the alter also in schwaben a at showcases the jazz kids every sunday at 11 Jersey Bounce British trumpeter and Cornelist Alex Welsh and his band will commandeer the musical chord of British Halls second annual Jan ship to Jersey the that is from the journey begins Friday you can pick up the Tram London Waterloo or Reading at Portsmouth the jazz boat Earl William trans ports the party to a concert in us hold Ball shopping trip and Lour Are scheduled for saturday and sunday and the return trip takes place on will arrival at the originating Points scheduled for monday the Al inclusive fare for the weekend with a bottle of booze and Carton of cigarettes thrown in for Good is 43 pounds booking forms Are available from Llod British rail travel is station Reading Book Ings close club notes the Kauri jazz Keller in colognes old City at afdem Routenberg 11 246166 will present Chicago blues with vocalist guitarist Joe Carter backing Carter will be Georg urges on electric Bass and Karaten Gronholz on who has played with Muddy Waters and Sunnyland is a specialist of the bottle or guitar technique and plays authentic 1950 Era Chicago belgian Harmonica player and guitarist Toots thielemans makes his first Ever appearance at Ronnie Scotts club in at 47 Frith Street 01439 for two weeks beginning he will be backed by a group including at least two american playing opposite sets will be the Tony Kinsey quartet and Singer Lola Munich at Leopold Struoe 19 39945 has pianists Eugen Cicero Trio with Gary Todd on Bass and Joe nay on drum winding up from 16 to in the George Morrison big band will be the feature and Bliss will perform there from american Tenor and also saxophonist George aided by austrian pianist Niz and americans Jimmy Wood Bass and Tony Inzalaco will be appearing at the club correction Swiss linger Miriam the while Billie a scheduled to perform at Frankfurt sink Kasten but will not be backed by the Fritz Pauer As reported in last weeks jazz Klein will definitely make the Date but will have a different group accompanying you know about jazz happening a Europe jazz concert Lour or other Neua of he Art than it oath other by dropping a line to to entertainment Start Apo civilian add Raj pos Faeh 1110 d6100 dollops of the Dixie Dregs by James Simon associated the Days when every Rock band coming out of the South had to have two guitarists mimicking the Allman Brothers band Are Long we dont fit into a says Andy Bas Sist for the Dixie a band that the Southern stereotype by playing High powered jazz Rock with dollops of traditional Jatz and far a new band the Dregs Are very sure of them selves and Belr musical they paid Belr duct by playing Jin oriented Rai ulc or two Yean id Southern refusing to take play mule or Perdunn cover Venlon Iii popu Lar that was the thing we didst West said during a group interview after a club we just played in the bars that had to have it disco and we just didst play there the Dregs refuse to add lyrics to their a Deci Sion that might limit the bands ability to attract am radio airplay or a mass you write differ Ouy when you dont have any said guitarist Steve who wrote All of the songs on the bands debut when you have vocals you can repeat the you can get that kind of repetition that ends itself to top 40 and massive audience which is great for the business end at but this music is More challenging to write and play and just to which is Why its More the buds new free features inter play Between guitarist Mone add electric Violio Allen Sloan it was Cut quickly with a minimum of we had enough material for three West the hard part was picking what would sound we were very conscious of cutting songs thai we could handle in on stage the bands musical style can be Loo diverse and sometimes on a single song like wages of weirdness they play furious Maha Vishnu orchestra shift Dobro to a Funky break before moving into a traditional jazz Cue of the things thai makes us a Little different from other Guys is thai we have some Basic Rock and country in our music that you dont find in the newer Jan Rock Morse and if people can tap their feel to what youre 1 think a lot More people can enjoy ii than if they just sit the band is one of the few to evolve out of a uni vanity an Roost of us members having studied at the University of Miami where us faculty included Jan veterans Jaco Pastorin and Narada Michael we started this version of the band while we were Fin Ishing school Down in Morse four of the five of us were going to school at the it was actually a class we were getting semester rehearsal rooms and gave Back a Little it worked out that a lot of people liked us and we just kept on doing in ail of the tunes we did then we amuse now and some Are on the West and High school friends in started their musical careers playing in a conventional Rock band named Dixie Morse said they viewed themselves As the Dregs of the hence the name Dixie the band Hopes to Latch a big name group and Lour As on opening wed be comfortable with anyone from Zappa to almost heavy Metal said we did some dates with Marshall Tucker that worked out real Fine of 1 know we can play with Jan Hammer or and while the bands interplay closely follows the example set by Hammer and John Mclaughlin in the Early their More diverse styles should allow them to move beyond the usual jazz Rock Speed limits vary from Border to but when you Cross into things really get speeds circled Are prescribed for cars and motorcycles according to engine Dis placement in cubic
