JANUARY 20 - 26,19
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The Count Basie orche tra
led by jazz great, Thad Jon ,
will be the special uest band
Jan. 23 for th St. Joseph High
School jazz concert for 1986,
according . to announcement
from th St.Joseph High School
in trumental music depart­
m nt,
The annual concert which
ill also feature the St. Jo ph
High SchoolJazz Ensemble, will
be h ld at 7 p.rn. in the St.
Jo ph School auditorium.
Tickets are $7 and are avail­
able from any St. Joseph band or
orchestra member, by calling
the high school at 983-()671.
The S]HS Jazz Ensemble ill
perform numbers by Herbie
Hancock, Glenn iller, Wea­
ther Report, Steely Dan, and
MUSKEGO - Works by
Saundra Johns, Linda Kelley,
Jon McDonald, Marcus SaiD, J.
Arthur Sanders and Edith Smith
will be on cUsplay in the colorful
"MINORITY WORKS" exhib
tion at tb Muskegon u.seum
of Art. Guest curator Sally
LaBaugh orked with area ar­
tists to identify practicing mi­
nority artists. According to
LaBaugh, "Whenever an invi­
tational exhibition is put to-
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Count Basie.
The Count Basie Orchestra
is one of th rno t well kno n
Big B nds still in existence from
the Big Band Era, Reed y.
Since William James "Count"
Basie's death April 26, 1984, the
band has been led on the road by
Jones, a former band member
who also has made a name for
himself i� the Jazz o rid
trumpeter and compo r.
Basie played the Harlem
club in the early 1920's when
I the piano as the instrument of
I the day. The musicians and their
contributions were part of the
· B ie scheme - the original
rhythm section in his orchestra
has been considered one of the
most brilliant of its kind in the
gether sp ce is alway a con­
sideration and only a partialli.st
of worthy attists can be in­
cluded."
The 1985 ORITY
ORKS features orks by six
noted area black artis . The
ho is scheduled to open on
Sunday, January 19 in conjunc­
tion with Dr. Martin Luther
King's birthday and will con­
tinue through March 2.
To complement the area-
de celebration of Black Hi
tory Month. a special reception
to meet the artists has been
planned for Sunday, February 9
from 2:00 - 3: 30 p.m. The u
kegon Heights Jazz Combo ill
provide up-best background
m ic and refreshments will be
served. At 3:30 p.m, in the
auditorium, internationally
known artist Paul Collins will
present a lide lecture entitled
U An Artist Reflects. ,;
The Muskegon useum of
Art salute the many con­
tributions of all minorities and·
pleased to be a part of uch a
vital community.
SaundraJohns, Linda Kelley,
J. Arthur Sander and Edith
Smith are all from uskegon
Heights, Marcus Sain is from
uskegon, and Jon cDonald
from Grand Rapids.
history of jazz - Bill B ie,
piano; W Iter Page, b ; Fred­
die Green, guitar, and Jo
Jones, drum .
At the fourth annual Ken­
nedy Center sp cial a ards
ceremony in Washington, D.C.,
in December, 1981, Bill Basie
was one of five honor d that
evening. Several months later at
Radio City usic Hall in Ne
York city, the Black Music As­
sociation paid homage to Basie
as an outstanding member of
American jazz royalty. The pro­
gram acknowledged his accom­
plishments during his then
nearly 50 years a band­
leader.
Thadjones, current leader of
the band, trumpete! and
flugelhorn player, h created a
olid niche as one of the mo t
distinctive and prolific arran­
ger in the bi band field.
Followin hi original ocia­
tion ith the B ie band (195 -
63) her h functioned in th
trumpet ection in addition to
compo ing nd arran in for
the band, he as co-leader of th
Thad Jones- el Lewi Band
from 1965 to 1978. He also
arranged for the Harry Jam ,
the George Rus 11, and Charlie
ingus' orche tras.
Among the fe tured side­
men in the orchestra are Eric
Dixon, rpusical director; Fred­
die Green, guitarist; Tee Car,
son, piani t, and Carmen Brad­
ford, vocali .
undr. John.
Bottom: Jon cDonald at ork. Th artl t, ho gre up In
Grand Ha n, no t 8ch t Kendall School of D san.
Special Celebration
of Black lIistory Month
Sunday, February 9, 1986
"A Art I ' eOect "
51 d lecture by Internationally kno n artl t P ul Co Un
Adml .on 1"ree
2:00 • 3:30 p.m.
3:30 p.m.
All Are elcome
of Art