European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 12, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                An american Success Story sings the blues by Ron Mckinney entertainment writer the lady can sing the blues. When expatriate Joan Faulkner takes the Small stage at the Tiger a last in Frankfurt Germany she delivers with a powerful voice blessed with a Heartfelt emotion that captures the essence of the blues. Her High Energy performance culminates with her interpretation of the classic Georgia on my mind after spending most of her show laughing bouncing around and exuberantly coaxing the audience to sing along Faulkner unexpectedly stands still at the Side of the piano and grips it. And does t let go. The smile disappears her posture wakens and slackers. Her eyes Darken and shimmer with sadness As she embraces the pain of the classic blues song. Yes the lady can sing the blues. But Don t dare Call Joan Faulkner a blues Singer. Not the Joan Faulkner who is about to release a Sony record that she says leans toward disco. Not the Joan Faulkner who last week Sang classical songs at Frankfurt s magnificent alte oper with a philharmonic band. Not the Joan Faulkner who has performed at the Bern jazz festival. Not the Joan Faulkner who has provided vocals to a 100-plus studio recordings. Not the Joan Faulkner who Sang in Yugoslavia with a 25-piece big band. And certainly not the Joan Faulkner who provided studio backup on the infamous Midi Vanilli album. Faulkner wants no part of being labelled a blues Singer. Quot not just jazz. Not just gospel. Not just blues. A Good Singer. A darned Good Singer Quot is How Faulkner wants to be known. The Indiana native has to be Good to succeed in the format of Tiger Palast. Talks amps Jim de Helm Joan Faulkner came to Europe a military spouse. Now she s a top notch Singer. About unplugged a Faulkner delivers without even a microphone. She is accompanied by the Larry Quot wild Quot Rice Trio consisting of a pianist bassist and drummer. Faulker is no longer a struggling performer she favors designer clothes from Paris and French perfume and yet she still keeps her ties to her american family of troops Here in Europe. She came to Germany As a military wife in 1978. Although she has been singing since she was a toddler serious stardom has eluded her. But she has met her own definition of Success Quot Success is doing something you enjoy and making a living. That s Success that and giving audiences pleasure. Quot i be done a show for an hour and forty minutes and they still wanted More. That s a great  and then Quot what s important to me is being Able to  whether she s singing in front of 4,000 at the alte oper or several dozen at the Tiger Palast she has the ability to reach people. Quot i m a personable person and i m a personable Singer. I touch people when i m singing. That s the part of me that comes across she said. Usually a Faulkner show is More an experience than a night out. Her audience often is captivated not just with her voice but also by her personality. She sings to them and with them. Arid they sing along. Call her the pied Piper of nightclub music. Quot that s the Way it should be Quot Faulkner says. Quot i m not Tina Turner or Michael Jackson. When a group of people come Here they want to be entertained. My repertoire reaches the youngest to the oldest Black White Blue Green it does t matter she admits being nervous the night at the alte oper when she fulfilled a dream by singing classical music with the philharmonic orchestra. As she waited to sing then she had Only one thought Quot trying to remember these damned words Quot she laughs. Her upcoming single due out in Germany in late March or Early april is called Movin higher by Delevah featuring Joan Faulkner. She also performs with a gospel group called awakenings which has a special performance at the Tiger Palast on april 12. Note Joan Faulkner  Larry a wild Quot Rice Trio i moving to John place in the Middle of Frankfurt Haupt Wache each sunday beginning March 14. R will include mondays and tuesdays in april when her gig at Tiger Palast end. At the Tiger Palast there i no cover charge but drink Are expensive. Yuppie attire of the  pop a singles 1. Informer Snow 2. A whole new world Poablo Bryson and Regina Belle 3. Nothing but a Quot a Quot thang or. Dro 4. Ordinary world Duran Duran 5. I m every woman Whitney Houston 6. Freak me silk 7.1 will always love you Whitney Houston 8. Or. Wendal arrested development 9. Don t walk away Jade 10. Bed of Rosea Bon Jovi top albums 1, unplugged Eric Clapton 2. Soundtrack to Quot the bodyguard Quot various artists 3.19 naughty Iii naughty by nature 4. Breathless Kenny g. 5. Live right Here right now Van Halen 6. Some gave All Billy Ray Cyrus 7. Duran Duran Duran Duran 8. The chronic or. Dre 9. 3 years 5 months amp 2 Days in the life of. Arrested development 10. Pocket full of Krypton note spin doctors country a singles by Ron Mckinney entertainment writer Frankfurt s jazz Keller can easily be mistaken for just another dive. The Small rustic club is in the Shadow of the awesome alte oper just a Block away. And it is located literally in a cellar. When san Francisco jazz bandleader Brian Melvin first stepped Down the staircase leading into it however he sensed its history. Quot every City should have a place like this Melvin said gesturing to the bar. Quot wooden bar Brick Walls Nice stage. You can understand Why it s been Here for 40 years. You can feel the history in the room. A lot of spirits floating  and a lot of icons on the Walls pictures of dizzy Gillespie Joe Henderson Chet Baker Lou Donaldson James Moody and Many. More. The photos have been collected in the seven years since Eugen Hahn and Regine Dobberschutz bought the place and resurrected what was a dying club a fading piece of German culture. The jazz Keller was opened in 1952 by Carlo Boh Snaer then a Premier German trumpet player. Bohlander now 74 years old and still a regular said the jazz Keller s roots go Back even further. Nine Days after the War ended in Europe Bohlander and friends performed for american Cis in that same cellar. In the old Days the jazz Keller was the club the greats went to after playing a concert in Frankfurt. They gathered just to Jam have a few drinks share some laughs. Count Basie s band played there. So did a amps Ron Mckinney Brian Melvin second from left and his band enjoy the jazz Clear. Dizzy Gillespie and Louis Armstrong. Billie Holliday visited. As did Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin. Quot it was usual in the 50s everywhere in the world that after the shows the great stars go the clubs. Now that s finished Quot Hahn said. Bohlander said the jazz Keller looks basically As it did in its heyday. Quot some changes for the better and some changes for the worse Quot he said of the club. Quot but the people Are All the  today the jazz Keller caters to the jazz lovers of Frankfurt every thursday and saturday night. Bands on tour from As far away As san Francisco As in Melvin s Case Stop at the intimate Little club that reaches capacity once 80 people have descended the stairs. The atmosphere is very relaxed. Melvin described it As walking into someone s House and performing in their living room. Quot it makes you want to play Good Quot he said. Quot you need places like this. They re cozy and you need  Melvin a drummer and his group a Tim Hauff on Bass Cary Fisher on keyboards and saxophonist Wayne de Silva a played two sets of spirited jazz highlighted by a space Odyssey interlude engineered by the imaginative Fisher. Using a keyboard and computer Fisher produced sounds from outer space straight from the big screen soundtracks. Attire is generally whatever is comfortable. Jeans to shirts and Tennis shoes Are no problem. Chris Hogan an american began working at the jazz Keller As the Doorman two years ago when he got out of the military. He still Sells tickets at the door but added responsibilities have earned him the title of manager. Quot a lot of the Guys i used to hear about and read about. They re right Here. It s unbelievable i m joking around with them. I m part of history now Quot Hogan said. Quot before i thought i knew some things about jazz but it s been proven wrong Quot said Hogan a former Alto sax player. Playing off a beatles line Dobberschutz explains the arduous task of running a jazz club Quot it is a really hard and Tough night s work. But i always wanted to do  note admission it 20 Marks on thursday and saturday nights. Opens at 9 . Beer Are 5 and 6 Marks White wine 4 mams. Tha jazz Keller i one Block East of the alte oper on Kelne Ockenh Elmersr. Is Justoff Gooth Estr a amps Ron Mcton nay jazz Kellar owners Eugen Hahn and Regine Dobberschutz 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. What part of no Lorris Morgan heartland George Strait. Once upon a lifetime Alabama. Drive South Suzy Bogguss. Passionate kisses Mary Chapin Carpenter 6. Tryon to hide a fire in the dark Billy Dean 7.1 want you bad and that ainu to goo Collin Raye 8. Its a Little too late Tanya Tucker a 9. Just one night Mcbride amp the ride 10. When my ship comes in Clint Black ramp a singles 1. Freak me silk 2. Nothing but a Quot a Quot thang or. Dre 3. In a so into you Sov 4. Hip hop Hooray naughty by nature 5. In a every woman Whitney Houston 6. Get away Bobby Brown 7. Don t walk away. Jade 8. Comforter Shai 9. Or. Wendal arrested development 10. So alone men at Large adult contemporary 1. Forever in love Kenny g. 2. Simple life Elton John 3. A whole new world Perabo Bryson amp Regina Belle. 4. No mistakes Patty Smyth 5.1 see your smile Gloria Estefan 6. Love is Vanessa Williams 7. Angel Jon Secada 8. Reach out Quot ill be there Michael Boiton 9.1 have nothing Whitney Houston. 10. Faithful go West jazz a albums 1. Perfectly Frank Tony Bennett 2.25, Harry Connuck or. 3. Cite movement Wynton Marsalis 4. Letter to Evan David Benoit 5. Standards Mike Stern 6. Devil s got your Tongue Abbey Lincoln 7. Or. To Billy Taylor 8. Rhythm of the Earth Jackie Mclean 9. To Bird with love dizzy Fei Flossie 10. So near so far Joe Henderson a compiled by billboard disc notes Baird High voltage love songs Dan Baird american deaf very once in a while it s Nice to be reminded that Rock n1 Roll can be a very simple Art a a few chords a leering sense of humor and some people who like to make a lot of noise. Dan Baird late of the Georgia satellites offers up his Solo debut love songs for the hearing impaired that s a rip snorting album of Good time Rock n Roll. Knocked up about a fellow who impregnates a preacher s teen age daughter who s also the granddaughter of the county judge is proudly politically incorrect. Quot you got knocked up and i got locked up Quot he sings. Baird who says hts record company rejected All of the slow songs he wrote for this album May learn to regret the country Hick image he a saddled with on this album. A by David Baude associated press write swing and Dine the Melod ians heartbeat reggae did t begin with Bob Marley a fact that s sweetly and abundantly Clear on this greatest hits collection by the Melod ians a jamaican group that flourished from the mid-1960s to the mid-70s. Except for a Little distortion on the first track the sound Quality is excellent and the dominant mood is sunny. A1975 track All in the family introduces a socially conscious theme that became a hallmark of reggae under Mari Eye a leadership. As the Exchange of ideas continues swing and Dine offers a thoroughly entertaining look at its evolution. A by David Dishneau associated press write number 10 . Cale Silvertone Aid Back to an extreme . Gale s Low key drawl and dry Bluesy guitar often seem comfortingly monochromatic As if he had yet to get out of the Groove he generated on after Midnight and cocaine. As such the relative jerkiness of his 10th album a imaginatively entitled number 10 a comes As quite a Surprise. It in t just that the rhythm work is More adventurous with Cate trying his hand at a jazz Samba artificial paradises cajun Waltz take out some insurance and a bit of electro pop Jailei what really sets this album apart is the unexpected Range of caters picking which augments the usual blues moves with everything from Bluegrass Flat picking to the Fleet fingered flourishes of digital blues. . Considine Baltimore us hard Workin Man Brooks amp Dunn Arista Ohn Hiatt once quipped that a new song should sound familiar enough that people will think they be heard it before yet not so familiar that you wind up in court Kix Brooks amp Ronnie Dunn have taken Hiatt s advice to heart minus the spark of originality Hiatt always ignites. In this duo s Case familiarity Breeds Comfort not contempt the title Cut of their second album predictably lionized All things Blue Collar but its As unpretentious As this kind of ode can be. I can to put out this fire finds them credibly sorrowful Over a Jove that cannot be. Brooks amp Dunn a muscular country is aimed less at provoking soul searching than at packing dance floors with two steppers but make no mistake a it will pack those dance floors. A Randy Lewi United press International 18 the 5tar5 and stripes Frida March 12, 1993 the stars and stripes 19