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Jul Niiya conic1 Homo in upbeat tune ii bowl youngster who travel London in Hopes of making their Fortune enjoyed similar Success last july despite All appearances it would be Loo easy the cannibals As just Ino Lher Fine Young singles machine thai emerged lion the overgrowth of Fri lain s Fock n Roll Jungle. For one thing. The Cannibal s ignored the trend of electro pop and Opl cd instead Lor a rather strange brew of gospel. Blues and soul Brown eyed Memphis soul of the 60s with a Little Nolish whits reggae mixed in Jazzy Horn solos Al times muted and wailing and Al other limes Clear and cheery round out the cannibals sound. The band s Trump card is. Without a doubt Gim s voice which matches Tho Range in in Lection of the horns it is often compared Tho impassioned vocals of soul greats Otis Redding Al in in and the like Wilh a dash of jamaican singers Jimmy clip and Desmond Dekker thrown in Gill is undaunted by these Lolly comparisons la s something Lime will Tell really in 20 years in people Are still listening my voice then in Means Gih began singing Aboul 3 years ago. While growing up in Iho British midlands port cily Al Hull. His first major band was the Punk reggae group the acty Lix. Wlinich originated during the British 2-tone movement of the late 70s. A musical Force that featured multiethnic bands with jamaican influences Al the same time Steele and Andy Cox the cannibals guitarist Weie members of Tho Birmingham based group the English beat a band thai helped propel the revival of ska a pro reggae jamaican dance rhythm popular in the 60s. Following the Seal s breakup Leela and Cox spent an unsuccessful year auditioning More than 500 singers. When even an and on America s mtg proved fruitless Tho two musicians cornered Gilt whom they remembered Iron a time when the acrylic supported the Beal in concert choosing their rams from a 50s jazz movie titled All the Fine Young cannibals simply because says gift it made us ago the ban members Send a demo Lape of Johnny come Home a progressive British show and were accepted. Following Hie broadcast offers poured in from the record the con Nibalo co Vid Steele left Poland gift and Andy Cox companies unlike Many British bands the cannibals Lor i a most Par do nol address Pollica or social matters in their lyrics. Most of Tho Lunes on the album Deal Wilh love Bolh won and lost from Presley s suspicious minds funny How love is Don ask me choose an exception is Blue which is an attack on Iho Bulish government it s oppressive simple As that explains gift and it s in the Pockels of the americans Winch is pretty out gift has no illusions on the purpose nor Iho effect of music. One question i often gel asked is can music change politics " he says. I Don think it can Al All. I think All music can do is help music. Ii we do a really Good album youngsters listening that Are going grow up hearing a Good album rather than hearing a bad album. So our Bigge responsibility is make the Best music we can Fine Young cannibals perform a the Rock on the ring and the Rock in Kern Tes rivals in Germany june 14-15. Electronics Whiz Joe Zawinul updating weather report by Ken franckling United press International much like a Painter Wilh Canvas. Joe Zawinul is one musician who is in total control cd his sound Only this Man commands an electronic . A jazz Pioneer in use of the syn Lesii or and other electronic keyboard instrument is co founder and driving Force behind weather report the definitive jazz Rock fusion group he formed in 1971 Wilh saxophonist Wayne Shorter Zawinul tool Iho Road this Spring As a Solo act after he and Shorter decided it was time recharge their batteries. Everybody needs time breathe Zawinul said. Wayne and i have been taking about this Lor years. Weve buddies Lor life. We were stuck with a Little suffocation business Wise. In was Lime spread out a Shorter issued an album of his own. Called Atlantis and is fronting his own new and. Zawinul has been on the concert circuit As a one Man band and reaping Praise for dialects his first Solo recording since 1969. Weather report 15th album. This is this is due Oul in june and includes guitarist Carlos Santana on two tracks. Zawinul says the record includes some of the hottest and most inventive playing Shorter has done Wilh the group. As Zawinul describes it weather report is sleeping More or less. When Wayne and i decide do something together again ii will in july. Weather report will become weather update when Zawinul assembles a group Ullh guitarist John Scofield replacing Shorter Lor the time being. The other members will be three weather report veterans drummer Peter Ersk Lna percussionist min Cinalu and bassist Victor Bailey. Synthetic or Pioneer Tovtin us in live performance. Zawinul is a one Man band sitting behind his Bank of electronics twiddling knobs and playing his four keyboards. A Lisl Sels up Complex percussion patterns then plays rapid lire Bass lines with his led hand colouring them with bursts of Melody from his right. Zawinul Calls dialects a major step Forward in synthesizer use because All of the multiple layers of sound come irom him without overdubbing. And because in is electronic music that manages convey warmth and feeling. Most synthesizer players Are still slaves their instruments you have make the instrument an Extension of your Sall Zawinul says. What i would Liko 1o Tell Young musicians is thai m a not important what instrument you have because instruments can do Many things Bui in you have Talent and imagination you can do a lot Wilh a the album stems from his impression of the world of people he has met and places he has been since leaving his native Austria in 1959 accept a music scholarship Al the by Kloe College of music in Boston. The music is warm and it is Lun. A sonic tapestry blending sounds from african Arab and Caribbean idioms ii winds up Wilh peace a Zawinul tone poem that is a stately Anthem of Hope Lor humanity ii was inspired by the Luule sound of James Galway. Zawinul who is 53, got his break two years Atler coming the . His work Wilh Waynard Ferguson and slide Hampton led membership in Cannonball Adderley s band irom 1961 1970. He composed Adderley s grammy winning instrumental tune mercy mercy mercy. Alter 20 years of playing acoustic piano. Zawinul had become bored Wilh the instrument s limitations. He switched synthesizer on Sweet Nighter. The third weather rep Cal album and never looked Back. As a composer he has always believed in spontaneity. He Calls his works lorm i m a natural composer Zawinul says. There s always some new stuff coming Oul. Baui one shot. That s it when it s finished he form will the urn goes Tor his concerts. There is a lot of spontaneity and improvisation. When i first turn in on the synthesizer i mess Wilh the sound when 1 get the right sound ii will give a a rhythm. The release on a note its decay will give you a rhythm Reghl Zawinul says from playing an hour and a Hall on stage Wilh Tola responsibility i m live times the player i was last year. You be got do in. 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