The Michigan Daily-Tuesday, February 5, 1980-Pae 5 - - I ' Oscar succeeds in the tradition By ERIC L. SMITH Saturday night's concert at Hill Auditorium reaffirmed what most Ann Arbor Jazz , fans already believed. Oscar Peterson ranks alongside of Art Tatum, Bud Powell and Earl Hines, as one of the primary jazz pianists. His greatness is solidified by his mastery of many techniques and styles. Both in treatment of old standards and contemporary tunes, the concert's highlights repeatedly proved Peter- son's skill. One might expect the lack of a bassist or percussive support to prove a problem. Not so for Peterson. He has never been a band pianist and although he works in a trio and duet format of- ten, he is quite comfortable in the solo setting. He alternates the melody and bass line from left to right, then back again. "Making Whoopie" was a good example of this. The aggressive tone of bluesy swing, the unexpected chord changes and horn-like lines made this one a crowd-pi Baser. PETERSON'S DELIVERY of "Green Dolphin Street" was hardly predictable. Here Art Tatum's device of adding chords to the original struc- ture and eventual conquest of all inter- vals and octaves was clear. This preoc- cupation with form and variation of styles also appeared in the medley of Charlie Parker songs: "Ko! Ko", "Dream of You", "Lover Man" among others were executed with stunning speed and emotion. "Just The Way You Are", in Peter- son's hands, a vehicle for numerous stylistic possibilities. It started as a slow, funky blues, picked up into a stride style, and eventually added bits of bop, ragtime, swing, before retur- ning to a soulful climax. "Just The Way You Are" showed that Peterson is aware of the contemporary pop scene though many people consider him an archaic traditionalist. THE SELECTIONS from the album Nightchild and "Days of Wine and Roses" (the encore) showed a tender side of Peterson beneath the torrent of frantic keyboard runs. Peterson likes to interject various embellishments and melodic variations. When this is done with a relaxed feeling, as on the Night- child songs, the sonata-like effect is hypnotic. The standard "Days of Wine and Roses", which Peterson recorded with Harry Edison, finally received a fresh interpretation. He dropped the frantic uptempo pace of the recorded version and reverted to a more traditional lyrical exploration of the theme, featuring contrast of high and low registers. Peterson has been a major influence on the jazz mainstream for more than thirty years. He has performed with such veterans as Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Pass, Dizzy Gillespie and Royi Eldridge. A composer as well as a pianist, Peterson is regarded as the master of traditional jazz piano. As anyone at Hill auditorium Saturday night can attest, his accumulated knowledge and ability can't be questioned. IIEE PUT'EI lUST FO A AWAY If you can live without your cigarettes for one day. you might find you can live without them forever. R ADAY. A2 CIVIC THEATRE TRYOUTS FOR "THE CRUCIBLE" Feb.3, 4, and 5 at 7:30 P.M. Some callbacks on Wed. Feb. 6 THERE ARE ROLES FOR: 11 men and 10 women (5 women between 14-21). In addition to reading from the script and spontaneous improvisions each person may audition with 1 or 2 prepared poems, speeches from other plays, or naturalistic pantomimes-2-3 minutes-optional. AACT Main St. Building 338 S. Main St. The Ann Arbor Film Coopers ie Presents at MLB: $1.50 Tuesday, February 5 TRUFFAUT FEST THE SOFT SKIN (Francois Truffaut, 1964) 7:00-MLB3 Truffaut's least seen and most underrated film this is the story of a menaoe-a- trois with a weak man at the triangle's apex and two stronger women at the base. What makes this film stand out from hundreds of others on adultry is Truffaut's extraordinary capacity to combine several restrained, impartial observations of his characters with a real synpathy and sensitivity to their problems. French with subtitles. JUL ES AND JIM (Francois Truffaut, 1961) 8:00-MLB3 This is the film that propelled Truffaut to the. head of the French New-Wave.:, Although it evokes the romantic nostolaia before the First World Wdr, Jules and Jim exquisitely illuminates a modern woman, Catherine (JEANNE MOREAU), amoral and classically beautiful, loves two fraternal friends and must have them both. For her, no commitment is forever and only death is final. "Will rank among the greatest lyrical achievements of the screen." -Pauline Kael. OSCAR WERNER, ,HENRI SERRE, MARIE DUBOIS. French with subtitles. Plus short: LE MISTONS. Tomorrow: Makevejev's INNOCENCE UNPROTECTED and Thursday: THE KIDS ARE MAN IS NOT A BIRD at Aud. A. FREE. ALRIGHT in Aud. A $1.50 THE DEER HUNTER has been postponed. GET OUR YOUR HANDKERKCHIEFS will show both Feb. 12 and Feb. 13 at Aud. A. Jazz pianist Oscar Peterson is seen after his Saturday night concert at Hill Auditorium. Peterson's combination of traditional and contemporary material won the approval of the Hill audience. FeldBallet glows Saturday By ELLEN REISER Despite ann illness in the company which necessitated changes in their Friday program, the Feld Ballet was back in form at Power Center for its Saturday evening performance. Har- binger, Feld's first choreographic ef- fort, was at the top of the program. Even though the ballet is now well over ten years old, it has not lost the charm and wit which brought it acclaim when it was premiered in 1967. Drawing upon *oth modern dance and classical ballet, the plotless ballet is a showpiece for dancers with strong legs and the ability to make the most awkwardly placed lif- ts look like fun. In short it is a perfect ballet for the Feld company. WEARING COSTUMES in crayon colors, the - company pranced, leapt, and twirled through the , five movements of the Prokofiev ballet, Concerto No. 5 for *Piano and Orchestra. Richard Fein, a last-minute substitution, danced the first movement well. The second movement, aggressively danced by Christine Sarry and- Gregory Mitchell, featured Miss harry throwing herself into, onto, and over Mr. Mitchell. A change of pace was provided by the third movement which was notable for a languid but "elegant pas de deux by Linda Miller and Patrick Cea. -In slow motion, Miss Miller swung around Mr. Cea and framed his body with her long legs. The final movement, which contained some startling backward.leaps of the women into the arms of their partners, was done in a playful mood with the dancers jumping up in a variety of poses to form a melange of shapes and colors. A SOLDIER'S TALE, set to Stravinsky's L'Histoire du Soldat, was the second ballet of the program. A mock-sleazy paean to soldiers' leaves since time immortal, the ballet traced the nocturnal adventures of the soldier, danced by Jeff Satinoff, and his com- patriots. Eliot Feld himself danced the role of the oily bowler-hatted pimp. Fingers undulating, outlined in a dim violet glow, he appeared and reap- peared out of the blackness at the back of the stage. The two whores, danced by Gloria Brisbin abd Nancy Thuesen, prepared for business with ragdoll abandon. -.As might be expected, the whole lot eventually met up together. The soldier and his friends launched themselves like spawning salmon at the feet of the whores. The pimp let loose his ladies who promptly set about in- teresting the soldier in a number of ways which probably shouldn't be men- tioned in this space. Finally, the soldier was rolled and the ladies and their pimp triumphantly swayed away. THE LAST ballet on the program, Half Time, was a crazy celebration of a footall show. According to a member of the company, when the Feld Ballet took this ballet to Francem, the French, never ones for obscure American rituals, booed the piece. However, if you are American, Half. Time, set to Morton Gould's rousing Formations, is a wicked parody of every football game half time show ever seen. With a white star shining it) the middle of the stage, the dancers, who wore sweat socks and red, white, and blue cheerleading. uniforms, proceeded to camp their way from a march all the way throughto the traditional salute to the flag. In bet- ween, the audience was treated to a male cheerleading drill team, a spritely trio of saluting dancers, a sorority "waltz," and a baton-twirling Old Glory, Nancy Thuesen, performed an enthusiastic solo with two pom-poms which wandered about her body in a style which had little to do with ballet. 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TEA M Q~ A LL .y w SEATS $300 YoS rickets now available Michigan ticket office and at Yost 6:00 PM Wed._ KHOMEINI PR OMISES SUPPOR T: Iran president sworn in Mon, Tues, Thurs-6:20, 8:10, 10:00 7P Mon, Tues, Thurs $1.50 til 6:45 Wed-2:30, 4:20, 6:20, 8:10, 10:00 Wed $1.50 til 3:00, $2.50 til 4:30 From APand UPI Abolhassan Bani Sadr became Iran's -first president last night at the Tehran hospital where ailing Ayatollah *Ruhollah Khomeini swore him in and endorsed him before a television audience. At the hospital ceremony Bani Sadr pledged to Khomeini and the broadcast 'audience that he would work to rid the -country of hundreds of years of corrup- tion brought on by successive monar- chical governments. In return, Khomeini promised to en- dorse and support Bani Sadr's electoral *victory as long as the new president followed the sacred principles of Islam, abided by the constitution, and helped the poor and the oppressed. KHOMEINI'S public display of sup- port for Bani Sadr should provide the 46-year-old president with enormous political strength at least in the initial stages of his four-year term. During his brief tenure as Iran's foreign minister last fall, Bani Sadr displayed a more moderate approach to 0 =2-M -) the American hostage crisis than his breakthrough in the Tehran hostage successor, Sadegh Ghotbzadeh, has. situation, despite the fact the new Militants occupying the I .S. Em- Iranian president Bani-Sadr did not in- bassy in Tehran have rejected all effor- lude the return of the shah in his list of ts to win release of the 50 Americans, requirements for the release of the who began their fourth month in cap- hostages, when he appeared in a broad- tivity yesterday, insisting the deposed cast interview Sunday. shah first be returned to stand trial for Carter said, "The problem continues corruption. The government endorsed to be one of finding an authority in Iran their demands, but has agreed to to deal with the question." establishment of an international Election of a parliament, expected in commission to investigate alleged about a month, will complete the tran- crimes of toppled Shah Mohammad sfer of power from the shah. Reza Pahlavi. The shah is in Panama. KHOMEINI HOLDS supreme power T HE STATE Department said under the new Islamic constitution and yesterday it sees no hope of an early can dismiss Bani-Sadr if he wishes. pm5 =====CLIP ummminmmmininU ATTENTION,e ENGINEERING STUDENTS! Cast aside your calculators and computers for a well-deserved break! Jog over to the Ice Cream ; Bar at the Little League with this ad and your ID card , and treat yourself toa SLIDE RULE SUNDAE* at half price -504 OFFER GOOD TUESDAY, FEB 5 , r1Jne-%11. ,., rDn F I r GRADUAT ING EN GINEERS Have you considered these factors in determining where you will work? j + C S a 1. 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