THE MICHIGAN DAILY
A rts & Enterta inm ent Tuesday, November 4, 1975 Page Five
Raitt
in a
By JO MARCO
performs at Hil
blues celebration
TTY seen," she said about Hill. she did. Raitt is tough, slightly
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It was Sippie Wallace's birth- K s v 4LLLu to1tI wr
at their height. She breezed c
day Saturday, and Bonnie Raitt thrghe e breze d
threw a party for her in Hill: through "Love Me Like a Man,"
- belting it out like the demand- f
Auditorium. ing woman the song describes,
The entire evening was a and sang John Prine's "Angel,
blues extravaganza, from Ro- From Montgomery" with the
bert Williams to Buddy Guy and hopeless, tired tone of an old
Junior Wells, 77-year-old Wal- woman
lace and culminating in a fine Her newer music is still the
performance by Bonnie Raitt same combination of blues, and
and her four piece band. ballad, but nowadays it's slick-
By the time she came on er, directed at a wider audi-
stage, the audience was readyi ence. 'Funk' has made a defi-
for her, and by the time she nite appearance, especially
left they were in love with her around the piano player Allan
-with good reason. Hand.
She sang old songs like "I'm At one point the guitarist,
a Fool For You Baby," and new Will McFarlane, went off into
Daily Photo by KEN FINK ones like "I'm Blowin' Away" a long guitar solo which had
in her usual clear and effort- clear traces of rock and roll.
Bonnie a it less style. And it was obvious ; But blues is still Raitt's baby,
from the very start that she and when the Wallace, one of
loved doing it. grande dame's of the blues gen-
" e "If I could do this every eration sang "Woman Be Wise"
R COCK L ew i n ' night," she said near the end of with Raitt, it was a startling,
a the show, "play with friends for but delightful contrast.
people like you, I'd die doin' it." Raitt's voice was young, vi-
Her 'friends' consisted of brant, and she sang the words
styles, v Veu sou n d s Freebo on the fretless base, Al- like a know-it-all. Sippy sang
lan Hand on the piano, Dennis it like the wise old lady she is.
Whitted on the drums and Will Her voice was deep, sometimes
By JAMES FIEBIG He proceeded with a medley Tyner's quintet played a va- McFarlane playing electric gui-, gravelly, but she sang it with
and BRUCE JORDAN of Stevie Wondar compositions, riety of model pieces,, but sur- tar. And all five of them to- all the power of her 77 years.
Both Herbie Hancock and Mc- including "All is Far in Love" prised everyone with a beautiful gether were a mesmerizing "I just hope you see me like'
y Tyner were part of the and "Living For The City", rendition of an old Theolonius combination. that when I'm 77," Raitt said
iles Davis - John Coltrane mixed with an interlude drawn Monk tune, "Ruby My Dear".. They were tight, and played as Wallace walked slowly off
hool of jazz that grew up in from Beethoven's "Moonlight" Azar Lawrence's beautiful tenor excellent music without loosing: stage leaning on the arm of a
e fifties. But as Hancock and sonata. sax runs were always sensitivej their individual styles. But young man.
msey Lewis fans saw at De- After a brief intermission and effective in the mood set- aside from the musical profes- And if Raitt continues in the
oit's Masonic Auditorium on Herbie Hancock and the Head' ting of the piece. sionalism, there was none. same vein, we probably will.
iday, and Tyner aficionados hunters began a torrid, quick- After the concert, Tyner re- There was an almost tangible, She's good. Her singing is ex-
rienced Sunday here at the paced set, opening with the vealed much about himself and silent communication between cellent. But at the same time
wer Center, both have since classic "Watermelon Man". his great love for music. He feels them and the audience. It she's different from other fe-
verged outward into the mu- Most of Hancock's set featured that although he doesn't use, cont just another stop a, male vocalists of equal talent.
al forest of j azz: material from his new album, ilcrnc teei lc concert tour. Bonnie and her She has something special, a
al oret o Jaz. ateriald from his n alum, electronics "there is a place band were playing for this par-, disarming, engaging stage per-
Tyner has taken the path less Manchild, including "Hang up for everything" and it is valid ticular audience, for Ann Ar- sonality, tremendous wit, ("I'm
aveled, and that has made all' Your Hangups" and "Bubbles". in certain kinds of music. How- bor. smn sorhard t' make m,
e difference. Hancock has fol- Sunday evening, Tyner's quin- ever, he noted, "it sort of re- But Ann Arbor is a regular dimples bore right through to
wed the progression of ab- tet created some extremely - moves the human element be- stop for Raitt. And on Saturday the back of my head.") But it
act electronics through to the tense sounds - without beig tween the performer and the she reminisced about two of goes even beyond that.
ghly commercial funky-style plugged into an array of ampli- audience." her previous visits here, the Almost -no women vocalists
z t o ha s made the first jazz ers sound system eft muche Unlike Hancock, who regular- 1972 Blues and Jazz Festival get up out of their chairs and
album, In a somewhat simi- be desired, Tyner's music could y chants religious phrases be- and another time during that; play an electric guitar with the
swell have been played sans fore beginning a concert, Tyn- same year. style and charisma of a Bruce
'rfashion, Lewis is beginning.
expe nt wi me n l microphones - as indeed it has er doesn't merge his spiritual "I remember this as being Springsteen. Almost no women
> experiment with more elec- for years before the Rhodes life directly into his music. "I the biggest concert hall I'd ever vocalists can stand in front of
ic anoa ld synthesize m - electric iano became popular use Islam to gain personal - --- - --- 3,000 people and tell a friend in
omnatycosi ork on- Sicptebadmssdaln strength and foresight," he thefl aund e toa zip up their;
c connection and arrived at Pow- said. "Hopefully this will come twl adigeawy ith it. But
ersely, Tyner is best known
s a major force in improvisa- er Center at 7:30, there wasn't' through in my music: Have a flair
onal acoustic piano. time to conduct a proper sound Yet for all of the power he artistic wr tin?
Lews peedhi sttra k Tefirst set consequent- exudes on stage, one senses that ec anrevinerwl- E AV
Lei ndh strttu hsf e~eachnically, because MCCoy Tyner is just ass deep oer, and mUS Hot-shot, Big Indian,
nic with the popular tune the piano and bass couldn't be Imusically and spiritually as his 1or writing feature 4 Htso, i nin
eider Man", a hardcore funk heard over E. W. Wainwright's commercial counteart, Herbie stories about the
g from his latest album, zealous drumming. drama, dance, film Jumping Jack, and
gfo hilaetabm zeludrmig. 'Hancock - both excellent musi- arts: contact Art~s
aIN It Feel Good. He follow- comnct toi Edci t or, c/o TheLo mn
with "Love Song," a mellow, Yet unlike Hancock and Lew- cians trying to communicate to Da Mica ly.
ow paced composition which is, Tyner didn't rely on the ex-' increasingly discerning audi-'
ie sparse Detroit audience did tra "big concert" amplification ences. Check us out for
ot appreciate. on nomenon, but rather solely ~
on the superb musicianship and James Fiebig and Bruce or- - - - - --- P N BALL.
extreme energy of communica- dan write regularly about jazz U
7d i tion with the audience. for The Daily. 23IosU __LA E
Send a Mous -
cras L anL c arming, ut not
cute and sexy. She's lovely,
with her long red hair and
freckled face, and sexual, but,
not cute and sexy. That's why'
she's different. That's why she's
so likable.
Josephine Marcotty is the fea-:
f re editor of The Daily's news
department.
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1975 FESTIVAL OF
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Commemorating the
10th Anniversary of the
ELECTRONIC MUSIC STUDIO
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
PRESENTS TWO PROGRAMS
GUEST ARTISTS:
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