Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Tuesday, September 12, 1972 Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Tuesday, September 12, 1972 music Blues and Jazz i i i I, I U U By HARRY HAMMITT Sunday's music, on the final day of the Ann Arbor Blues & Jazz Festival '72, began with the local Mojo Boogie Band. While the group includes some very good musicians,. some of whom have worked in various other bands around town, as a whole, they are not very strong. The set was none-the-less fairly enjoyable. Following, was Rob- ert Junior Lockwood, who play- ed a low-key typical set of Chi- cago blues. Audience response rose drama- tically for the next act, Luther Allison; it was only to be ex- pected that he would receive a good response since he has been a favorite here since the first, Blues Festival. His band h a s changed since his last Ann Ar- bor appearance and.now has a large brass section which warm- ed up with a ,pleasant s o u 1 instrumental. Luther soon swit- ched to blues, running through a number of tunes including previous ones. He played some nice trumpet experimenting with wah-wah and other distortion equipment, once in a while let- ting forth a quick scattering of clear, clean notes. The music remained fairly static w h i l e solos were taken over the con- stant rhythm. The real star of the new Davis line-up is the gui- tarist who played some excit- ing and inventive solos. Oddly enough, it appeared as if John McLaughlin played with them, but he took no solos during the set. After more equipment changes, the Boogie Brothers came on. They are one of Ann Arbor's finest bands, and its best blues band. They are really tight, and their unpretentious approach giv- es them real class and in a k e s them a refreshing change. With the recent addition of Boogie- Woogie Red on piano, they have added another excellent soloist. Highlights of their set were an unaccompanied gospel tribute to Son House, and a rollicking har- monica instrumental. The band was joined by Johnny Shines who had a somewhat softer approach. Shines was then replaced by Lightnin' Slim who really let loose on vocals and finished over with a short guitar solo. Nei- ther Shines nor Lightnin' Slim played long, but the audience got a good sampling of their music. Trumpeter Leo Smith a n d multi-instrumentalist M a r iw Brown followed. The music was more experimental and less ex- citing than any of the o t h e r jazz artists. Unfortunately, they didn't get the chance they de- serve since most people w e r e pretty tired already; they re- ceived a very restrained ap- plause. Afterwards Jane Fonda appeared and talked about her recent trip to Vietnam and other items unrelated to the Festival. She was greeted with interest becauses of her unexpected ap- pearance, but not much atten- tion was paid to her talk. Otis Rush closed the Festival, playing a great set that includ- ed "All the Loving" and "I Can't Quit You Baby." His set was dynamic, and he showed that he deserves his reputation as a fine and exciting guitarist and sing- er. Jimmy Dawkin on guitar was an added attraction in his band, but couldn't compare to Rush on guitar. - The Festival ended in anti-cli- mactic fashion, but established itself as an artistic success. The juxaposing of blues and jazz was effective and anyone willing to compromise predetermined mus- ical rigidity could find some- thing enjoyable in nearly every set. It seems likely that the 'es- tival will continue as an annual institution and will hopefully maintain the high standard set at this year's festival. paey fand mui or writing feature stories about the. arts: Contact Arts Editor, c/ The MicignD aily Rent your Roommate with a Classified Ad ANOTHER RETURN ENGAGEMENT of Mart Crowley's off-Broadway hit T HE BOYS IN TH E BAND . ... is NOT a musical! 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Sparks do fly, genu- ine tension is worked up, and it's good to see actual conflict up on the screen again."-THE INDE- PENDENT FILM JOURNAL TONIGHT!-Sept. 12th-ONLY 7 & 9:30 p.m. 35mm. R TOMORROW Documentary Feature TH E Q UEEN the 1967 All-American EVENING by Frank Simons drag beauty contest "An authentic shriek of sociology, hairer than most and strangely sad.''-Ployboy 7 & 9:30 p.m. PLUS PROGRAM OF FOUR UNDERGROUND FILMS THURSDAY Vivo. Taylor Mead s EVENING andJoe Warol'fS Lonesome Cowboys. Dallesandro in 7 & 9:30 p.m. Get your tickets early-we expect to SELL OUT! oil showings in AUDITORIUM "A" ANGELL HALL-$1 tickets on sale for all of each evenings performances at 6 p.m. outside the auditorium WE HAVE RAISED OUR ADMISSION PRICE TO $1 The Ann Arbor Film Cooperative is established to promote and support filmmaking in the community. Any profits earned at our film showings are invested in the cooperative's editing and production equip- ment, our film school, grants to community filmmakers, our 8 mm festival and other projects. It is to increase the effectiveness of the cooperative that prices have been raised. Anyone interested in the co- operative or its activities is always encouraged to seek membership and to patronize our) showings. 4l I, MIDWESTERN PREMIERE ENGAGEMENT Junior Walker "Dust My Broom," and "Sweet House Chicago," - the m o s t frequently played number at the Festival. Luther really let loose with'some fine guitar licks bring- ingsthesaudience to their feet. Allison is still not a master blues guitarist, being a little choppy and borrowing a lot from Buddy Gruz; but in five years or less, he should emerge as one of the -very best. Until then, he still has the distinction of remaining one of the most interesting and elusive personalities in the blues world. Bonnie Raitt played through a few couhtry blues numbers and folk tunees before introducing Sippi Wallace, a famous female vocalist of the blues era of the '20's. Sippi sang a few songs accompanying herself on piano and then joined the band for a few more. She must have been a fine singer in her time, but the years had taken their toll and her voice now has a limited range and power. After equipment changes, Ar- chie Shepp took the stage. His set was fairly mellow, conserva- tive avant-garde, making it pleas- ant and easy to listen to. The star attraction of the afternoon, Freddie King took over immed- iately and produced some of the finest, most powerful blues of the festival. His guitar playing is devastating; he has a cutting edge on his notes, yet his s yle is so fluid that there are never any rough spots in his soos. He has a powerful voice which he used to good advantage, and certainly belong in the top ranks of blues along with the o t h e r Kings -- B.B. and Albert. 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