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for the jazz idiom as an art form, and to musician to step off the stage saying Club where it's small size results in an
provide an environment where students that they have never had to play that intimate performance.
could get hands-on experience in the well - ever. But besides snaring prominent artists
music business. So far, the company's And with shows like these, Ann Arbor for big-time shows, Eclipse also offers
goals have been realized. may be the only town of its size that can jazz improvisation workshops, classes
Eclipse has gained an international boast such variety and quality jazz. It in composition, jam sessions for
reputation as a first-rate jazz promoter. may even exceed that offered in amateurs, and sound engineering
f io c tis e sEclipse is run entirely by a staff of 25 Detroit. classes.
to 45 student volunteers, but it operates Besides the large concerts in 5000- Eclipse has a lot to offer. From the
out of the University's Major Events Of- seat Hill Auditorium or the 1400-seat big shows of Dave Brubeck to the
* 0 fice. It's financially independent of the Power Center, Eclipse also stages per- smaller jazz jam sessions, Eclipse has
U University and raises all of its budget formances in the smaller, cozier at- it all. And it gives Ann Arbor all it want
by itself. It has the ability to attract big- mosphere of the Union's University in jazz.
name acts because it tries to show that
in Ann Arbor - the great American
By Georgea KovaniS college town - students would kill to
__________________________ hear them.
VEN THOUGH the School of When Wynton Marsalis played here
,.Music emphasizes classical two years ago he was ushered through
music Ann Arbor has a remarkably record signings, interviews, and a
usiongpopulaionArborhazas makhighly successful teaching workshop.
strong population of jazz fans - thanks Eclipse kept him busy and made sure
to a student run jazz promotion group. Ele kepth ua nde ree
Because of Eclipse Jazz, music gian- he knew that the audience appreciated
ts like Miles Davis, Ornett Coleman, him s a
Dave Brubeck, Charles Mingus and Eclipse has developed a permanent
Wynton Marsalis have all stood under audience in a town that's generally
the Ann Arbor spotlight, supportive of jazz. "We've kept the
Eclipse has a fine-tuned ability to ex- audience that's hung out in Ann Arbor
ploit Ann Arbor's student population, over the years," Hudock says. as n
and create a highly literate jazz More people turn out for jazz acts in
following that can bring big shows as Ann Arbor than they do in New York,
well as dozens of smaller ones to town. Once the performed hits the spotlight,
"Jazz is sort of alternative music in the audience consistently reinforces the
town, says co-director Al Hudock, build-up Eclipse has given the artist.
"It's not like rock 'n' roll ... " Performers know they can count on a
Eclipse was born in 1975 with two knowledgeable and enthusiastic
major goals; to establish public support audience. Its not unusual for a Jazz: Playing it cool on campus.
Magazine Editor............Richard Campbell Edited and managed by students on the staff of The
Thursday, September 6,1984 Assistant Editor.............Georgea Kovanis Michigan Daily at 420 Maynard, Ann Arbor,
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EFORE I expound on the many 9
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hearty music metropolis, I must relate
a tangential tale. It won't take long, I
can assure you.
As you read this, I am dwelling in San 1
Francisco, where the elder gods
deemed I sojourn. I know that I am in1' /
the Golden Gated burg because-well,
my plans at this time guide me there,
and because-because-dang it all to '
heck, my psychic aunt says that's where
I'll be!
Some of you out there might not
believe in psychics, but I sure do.
Especially since I have one in the
family: Auntie Nym, which is short for
"Nimbus," the cloud kind. Her pappy
was a weather forecaster back in the
early days of channel 72, and had this Record stores: If it's flat and round, we got it.
thing for clouds, so he named her after
cumulus numbus, his favorite. Talk
about bringing your work home with Tina-May Plethbaum, to see that new and the list goes on. for a coup]
you ... horror film." She said horror like In the same pop-rock-and-other- the may,
Anyway, Auntie Nym is the one that HA WR-roar. Then, turning to face my spinoffs vein, Make Waves, claiming shanty on
we all keep hush-hush about, mainly pubescent, mystified face, and the downstairs of 209 S. State, has its the numb
because of that "Dewey Defeats tweaking my cheek with her wizened own competitive clientele. The how the ca
Truman" hullabaloo a few years back, scissor-like fingers, she concluded, wavesers proudly bear their own stock- a prefab s
But we all make mistakes, right? "Have fun in San Fran. From there, pile of imports, domestics, 45s, and etc., Co. stock
America was founded on the second- you'll go on to become a Presidential but the unique claim to fame of this care-of ass
chance principle, wasn't it? "Land of aide; your twilight years will be spent establishment is their wall-to-wall T- and imp
Opportunity?" in Buenos Aires, cultivating grapes." shirt collection. Made-to-order, pre- authorized
Psychics are pretty unemployable as The smile she left me with in that sun- made, and trendy, the latest visionary of local (a
it is, but the D.D.T. fiasco cost Auntie a filled flower shop was an ambidex- slogans can be emblazoned 'cross your the windo
Rolodex-or-two's worth of customers. trous one, meaning neither right nor Hanes for the meagerest of yen. And, announcer
She spent the next few decades working left, as she went out to the backyard lest I forget, a-la their Liberty rivals, bands-thi
as a floral arranger, which doesnt pay greenhouse to drink her Jack Daniels. Maek Waves has paraphernalia galore, ports local
much more, but which did help put food It was Auntie Nym, also, who mostly in the musical scheme of things. dence! & F
on the table, thank God. After that, she cultivated my love of music. She bought For a delicate alternative, a few Wazoo, :
kept her psychicness to herself, with my my first Lothar and the Hand doors down from S-kids', one can find two stores
occasional sprees for the family, at People LP, and chaperoned me and my harpsichord-heaven in the guise of of the old
Christmas and the like. date to my initial concert experience, Liberty Music, 417 E. Liberty. While not since the:
But let me tell you how I got to ex- King Crimson. How could Auntie Nym endowed with a particularly creative amont of
perience Auntie Nym's gift of sight for not come to mind when I think of recor- moniker, the folks at Liberty Music have a sea
the first time. ds? It would be sacrelege to forsake nonetheless heap about the most exten- put in yot
One sizzling summer, in my eleventh her! She on we go with local record sive assortment of classical LPs in want. With
year, I helped Auntie out at the store. outlets. town. Even better, you can saunter in, might get 1
Ever the jovial lad, I made the dullest If you're an initiate to the Eve of Em, pull out some possible merchandise, searching:
of the days pass with a few witty and an afficianado of vinyl, then this and give it a spin in one of the her- On beau
pranks. One afternoon, enamored that record store rundown should be of use. metically-sealed soundbooths provided exact, on'
Charles Addams' visions had sprung to Let me add, however, that I'm for the public. That way, you can be Record ar
life across the cathode-rays of relegating off-of-campus stores to sure the Dariuvs Milhaud disco greats sui genet
America, I clipped all the petals off the Yellow Page, nirvana, where you can album you're thinking of buying is by the mur
roses in out paltry stock, leaving behind seel 'em out if so inclined; here we deal exactly what you want. than spea
thorny stems as unsaleable remnants. with those edifices- in walkable- Next, we have the wonderful world of records, ar
Auntie Nym returned from lunch anf distance, feet being a student's best chain stores, exemplified by Discount Last of
met me behind the counter, a full fif- means of transport. Records, 300 S. State, and Where House Schoolkids
teen minutes after the deed. "Think Beginning with the biggies: record Records, 1202 S. University. Both of William. S
you're pretty funny," she said, fixing stores for new releases of mucho these places have a raison d'etre to call silling, thi
me with long, hard stare. "The money variety, we come to the first signpost, their own, that being occasionally tem- in the rar
for those flowers is coming out of next reading Schoolkids', located at 523 E. pting bargain prices, but beyond that, with used
week's allowance!" Liberty. Now, anyplace that was writ- they're fairly run-o-the-mill. at. Where
"H-how did you know?" I mumbled, ten up in Oui magazine's lost of the best Sometimes they get a jump on new Nelson's
barely able to conceal my disbelief and record stores in the nation has to be the releases, however, having found proof Dream, if
inherent skepticism. spot to spend a few minutes (if not of rare incidents of browsing, plus both your neigh
"A lucky guess," she replied, turning dollars), whether or not you be a music stores will keep cut-out hunters busy. Nowhere
her back on me to do the stock. Before I fan. Rest assure, the laurels are well- In addition, Where House Records is a So that's
could get another word out, she added, laid, as Schoolkids' is one swell joint. local CTC ticket outlet. me), with
"because I know what you want to go Not only do they have about the most For those hard-to-find and bargain offs," and
see The House That Dripped Blood." extensive selection of imports and new priced LPs, give some of A-squared's bemuses y
I was stunned. "Huh?" domestic releases, but they pander to used record stores a gander. Each one Motorcycl
"You were wondering why I didn't various in-crowds by stocking up on has personality aplenty, and crate after reference,
take the money out of this week's pay. I small label discs, jazz records, 45s, crate of discs. Starting off the inven- open mind
know you want to go to the Bijou with - Japanese pressings, fanzines, cut-outs, tory, P.J.'s, at 619 Packard, is unique foresaw m
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