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in ·the articl and you're Ulllle,stlllldi", the Black
going to see i rectified be- . Womln, Shlrazad Ali ay
cause Debbie lien doesn't thlt III Black women should
play, and we've lot some be subservient to Black men
good stufr co ing back this and even promotes violence
year. I believ you bave as a means of keeping the
respon ibility when you have Black woman in her place.
a BI ck show on TV, thlt you Well, a group of BI ck
don't become like, gee r sociologi t, p 'ychologist ,
ho�e tbey don't dislike us, or social worker and educators
let s not become too deep". re boiling over Ali' claims
Sinbld and If A Different and have put out' a book of
Worldlf director/producer, . scholary essay that collec­
Debbie Allen must have tively denounce the Black
shaken omebody awake be- Man's Guid«. It's called.
cause Sinbad's character, Confusion By 04111 Other
Walter Oakes is a student Name » Bssav s Explo,ing
counselor this season. The 'Negative Impact 0/ The
He's the voice of what' Black. Man's Guide To Un-
happening in the Black com- der tanding The Black
munity and head of a social Woma.
program that deals with sex The scholar felt the need
education, teen pregn ncy to have 'an official written
and d rug s . I n add i t ion tore po n sed u lot hem e d i a
"Brain DamagedH and"A hype the book received.
Di//uent World", Si nbad
taped an HBO special in At­
lanta Georgia, which will air
in November.
From the PP& T (People,
Places & Things) File: Mega
producer/songwri tcr, Teddy
Riley, is reportedly about 0
get his own record compan .
The deal has been offered 0
several record companies and
i looks like Black music I/youhaveanopinionon-
giant, MCA is in the lead. this or any of our stories,
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,.�.: There aren't
any comedians wbose
material is clean enoulh for
tbe airwaves, but Sinbad i
one of the talented few who
can be funny ithout beina
dirty.
Si nbad ha come a long
Iy lnce he lost the
$100,000 Star Search final,
back in 1984. Since then,
he's worked steadily, both
touring and performing with
those like Anita Baker and
Luther Vandros and no ,
star in the NBC sitcom, "A
Different World".
All of which helped him
land a record deal wi th
POlygram where he cut his
unique comedy and music
album, "Bra in Damaged".
The album was kicked off by
the outrageous rap tune, ttl
Ain't Lying" which creeped
onto the Billboard's Black
single charts. But don't
think that musical success
has gone to Sinbad's head.
He say he' not about to
hit the stage and perform, ttl
Ain't Lying" live. "No, I ain't
tryin to rap nothing, I just
put it on tbe Ilbum to have
run with it. The music is
Ilmmin because the auy
were lood-.
Sinbad',
performances in Wlshinaton.
D.C., Atlanta and Detroit
which has Sinbad pokina fun
It everything from relation­
ships to kids to sports to
today's music.
One of the higbliaht is a
wild, hip-hop parody, called
If/ Think I Wallt To Rap",
which teams Sinbad up with
underaged hit maker- , The
Boys. On the serious side;'
Sinbad �as recently the
focus of a TV Guide cover
story in which he criticized
the producers of "A Different·
World" for shying away from
seriou Brack issues.
Speaking outlike that is
good way to 100 e your job in
Hollywood. But Sinba<1 said
the only problem he had with
the story was the cover
photo. Sinbad jokes, "They
put the dO-WOp head on the
cover! I don't say anything
that I don't believe in, and
that I haven', said to the
producers myself.
I believed in what I said
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From Our Feedback Line:
In upport or Mariah Carey -
a caller .ays he' tired of
folks dissin' Mariah Carey on
her race. She know' who she
is and she doc. n' have to
prove she' Black or white.
All she has to do i present
the gift God ha given her.
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Damaged" album is
hilarious. The stand-up com­
edy section were taken
straight from Stnbads live
. G .aystone brings jazz to st .. Regis
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young, future Ellingtons and players all the support they
Arm trong played the clubs need.
I n .Mon9aYJ igbl � h on W�
night when Black were al .. e comm ,
lowed to play. Back then, Thi event at the St. Regis
everybody looked forward to will help us get involv ment
going to the Graystone to with the corporate ector, .
dance," he add nostalgically. which will give u the a si -
More si gn ificant to ranee we need.
Je nk r ns , however, . re ·the We're trying to continue
jobs thi series provide. for this very valuable part of
Detroit musicians, and the Afro-American culture and
need to preserve a part of not lose it. We want to get
Detroit' Black young people involved in thi
America's history. culture.so that it will not die. .
If we do not five young T
"IT'S THE LEAN time of people and apprectsuon for
this, they're Ii ble to set a,1I
our jazz memorabilia in the
alley and call it junk."
Performances for the" J zz:
Uptown: . Blue Mond.y"
Series arc Mondays from
5:30 to 8:30 p.m. The Hotel
St. Regi is located at 3071
West Grand Blvd. For more
information, call the (irIYs­
tone Museun at 871-0234.
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Now through ovember
9, tho G r y tone nte rna- ·
tiona I Jazz Museum presents
"J 'lZ Uptown: Blue Mon­
day," a musical serie show­
casing local and na ti o nal
talent, for Monday afternoon
nd evening performances at
the Hotel SI. Regis in
Detroit'S New Center. Ar­
tists to be featured i ncl ude
the Jimmy Wilkins Quintet,
the George "Saxophone"
Ben on Quintet, and Karen
"Zoom" Lawerence and the
Blue Diamonds.
James Jenkin, president
and founder of the Graystone
Mu eum, explains that thi
serie , and other like it are
de igned s reminders of
Detroi r' musical past.
"The history of thi goes
b c to Paradi e Valley in
old Detroit. 'Blue Monday·
refers to the days back in the
20' ,30's and 40's when the·
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year for musicians/he says.
"After the Montreux (Jazz
Fe tival) and until
Chri tmas, there are very few
performance opportunities
for them. Detroit has
produced some of· the
greate t musician th t ever
'played, but in the pa t. they
couldn't 'get upport here.
Toda y, we try to give our