Thursday, February 13, 1975 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Five Thursday, February 1 3, 1975 THE MICHIGAN DAILY P~ige Five Hill audience cooks with 1 lively By JAMES FIEBIG Th jazz was hot and the audience was cooking Tuesday' night at Hill Auditorium. The Michigan Jazz Band and Lab Band were joined by the Inter- lochen Studio Orchestra for oyer three hours of lively jazz. The concert opened with the Michigan Lab Band working under the direction of Louis Smith. The group sensitively handled all the vital dynamics and rhythmic effects of the material which included several Thad Jones-Mel Lewis pieces. One Lab Band highlight was "Double Exposure," a really "cool" arrangement by Sam Nestico that exhibited the nice brass ensemble tone with good feeling. Rhythm section and! piano also added a nice touch. A small student combo, Spec- Michi gan jcezz set trum, consisting of trumpet, tional jazz program that in- tenor sax, Rhodes electric cluded everything from Elling- piano, Fender bass, and drums, ton to Herbie Hancock. The played between band acts. One group exhibited excellent bal- couldn't help but think that ance in all sections despite the Spectrum's name came about bad acoustics for jazz. from the group's ability to play Some of the charts played either bop, neo-bop, or modern were: "First Light," a very dif- jazz. ficult piece by Freddie Hub- Mention must be made of the bard; "You've Made Me So trumpet player, who sounded Very Happy," which featured like a reincarnation of Clifford a male vocalist; and "Things Brown when Spectrum played Aren't What They Used to Be," "Joyspring." with some fine, female song- There isn't much that can be stylization. A Sam Nestico ar- said about the Interlochen Stu- rangement of three Duke Elling- dio Orchestra. Interlochen Arts ton pieces was played beauti- Academy has some of the most fully with a very solid, swinig talented young musicians in the feeling. country and nothing proves their Certainly all the listeners versatility better than this jazz agreed that the high point of the ensemble. entire evening was the last twoI Ray Downing directed the Interlochen numbers, "Maiden Interlochen band in a sensa- Voyage" and "Chameleon," & es1 both by Herbie Hancock. "Voy- age," an older Hancock piece, led smoothly and melodically to the rocking rendition of "Cha- meleon." With a penetrating bass eu- phonium-trombone line and the rest of the band answering with solos, The Interlochen group brought the audience to their feet for a rousing ovation. After two bows, Downing emerged and led the band through their encore number, "Memphis to Montreaux." Unfortunately, due to the late hour, a good portion of the audience left without hearing the Michigan Jazz Band. Louis Smith returned with our top jazz band to play more great charts. Included in this part of the program were a: couple of Woody Herman num- bers and more Thad Jones. Smith chosebnot to announce the pieces because of, lack of time. The Michigan Jazz Band has some of the most inventive soloists around. The drummer and vibes player really stole the show on several numbers with incredibly good rhythmic feelings. All the soloists were obviously seasoned in performance and showmanship. They also gave those feelings of coope.ration and enjoyment so vital to jazz. The ensemble sound was very tight on even the most difficult charts. The major dilemma which faced all the groups throughout the evening was the size of Hill Auditorium. Miking the soloists was no real solution. The brass always penetrated but listeners could hardly hear the woodwinds, creating an un- comfortable balance problem. 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I Highlighting 8 mm films sub-E mitted from as far off as' Seattle, the festival is an at- tractive forum for amateur, filmmakers who cannot afford the luxuries of 16mm, but who; are ambitious enough to s'istain a remarkable quality in an; otherwise primitive area of the1 medium.+ -The festival is no fly-by-night affair. Offering over $700 in prize money, it has received publicity from such notable pub- lications as Film Comment. Of the 100 plus entries re- ceived, a limited number of the best films, as judged by theI festival's committee, will be shown Friday and Saturday nights starting at 7:00. From these films exhibited will be chosen the final winners, and they will compose the showing on Sunday night at 7:00. The festival serves a legiti- mate purpose for several rea- sons. Superficially, it is a unique alternative to the regular farej of campus films. The entries, which range in length from 2-30 minutes, vary in content from underground experimental to documentary. They are done, on the average, by students, and thus allow individual and personal criticism that is rele- vant to our own perceptions. This "amateur unresponsibil- ity" is, of course, merely an inborn trait that accompanies any type of non-commercial cinema, affording the filmmaker total freedom as to the direction he wishes to pursue. But even more is this theory applicable to 8mm filmmaking, where spontaneous creativity can be tapped with a minimum of fric- tion. Eight millimeter offers nu- who seeks its use, 8mm opens merous benefits, the most sig- an arena of cinematic experi-j nificant being the cost. Equip- mentation whose boundries are ment can be owned or borrowed limitless. Allowing exploration, with relative ease, while the and thus education, to those who actual cost involved with film wish to increase their knowledge stock and processing is less of the artform, the mere cx- than half that of 16mm. posure to the techniques and The versatility of the camera theories of actual film making may allow for experimentation could give rise to a generation that would otherwise be un- of fl audience hoould attainable for the amateur, and transcend that very confine- thus accounts for the uniqueness ment. of many of the films presented. They would be active partici- But perhaps even more im- pants (even if strictly on the- portant than the mere recog- sub-amateur level) in a medium nition of 8mm as a legitimate that would suddenly take on a vehicle for serious filmmaking new dimension. are the theoretical possibilities It is an exciting concept, but that it promises. With the in- one that is still far off. But with creasing technical quality of the such events as the 8mm Film actual film stock and subse- I Festival, the medium is opening { quent lab work, 8mm could feas- up to at least the acceptance of ibly become the experimental the mode. This is one of the "larval" stage for advancement few 8mm festivals in the coun- of film techniques and applica- tions. try, and for 50 cents, or any Boasting a high coefficient of price, is simply too much of a accesibility to virtually anyone golden opportunity to pass up. EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY'S OFFICE OF STUDENT LIFE PRESENTS I- KRIS KRISTOFFERSON and RITA COOLIDGE IN CONCERT FEBRUARY 21-8 P.M. BOWEN FIELDHOUSE $3 50-$4.50-$5.50 Tickets available at; EMU McKenny Union, Mr. Music (Briarwood), Huckleberry's (Ypsilanti) , and J.L. Hudson's. WILLIAM WELLMAN'S 1943 THE OX BOW INCIDENT (at 7) A chilling and compelling exploration of violence and injustice in American society starring Henry Fonda and Dana Andrews. Three strangers are cap- Lured and accused of murder by the citizens of a small frontier town. Cn,+rt renrne I ,t-nsc' ri r,nr i Ihrinth-the forerunner to TH-1 138. -, - / ' ~ 4 - a ~ ~ .