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Tuesday, April 22, 1986
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Lyle Mays brings good cheer to all
By Marc S. Taras
T HE TEMPTATION is
irresistable. I could write "Lyle
Loving at Lydia" or "Mays Amazes at
the Mendelssohn," but I won't give in
to such purple prose. I just did? Rats.
You caught me. But the truth is that
you didn't catch the keyboard vir-
tuoso Mays with his equally adept trio
at the Eclipse Jazz presentation at the
Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre in the
Michigan League Sunday night, you
missed something special. If Mays is
a magician (take my word for it),
then bassist Marc Johnson is a genie,
and his partner in rhythm, drummer
Peter Erskine is an elder.
Together this trio played a beautiful
and diverse set of music that ranged
from state of the art fusion to sen-
sitive readings of standards and
"straight jazz" pieces. Mays perfor-
med admirably on a bevy of keyboar-
ds: an acoustic piano surrounded by
synthesizers that were connected by
the MIDI device. The guy is driving
the newest models available. Johnson
stuck with acoustic bass, however,
and his playing was forceful enough to
provide great drama in contrast. Er-
skine showed how he has continued to
grow since his time with Weather
Report, deftly moving form brushes
and sticks to mallets and electronic
drums (while winning over the crowd
entirely).
Most of the material they perfor-
med came from the Lyle Mays album
which has been released on ECM and
just hit the stores this week. The
opening tunes suggested the wide
variety of musical textures that the
evening could hold. "Slink" from this
new LP was carried by the great
velocity of Johnson's basswork and
embroidered by Mays' multiple
voicings. "August" was a beautiful,
evocative pastorale. "Teiko," also
from the new record, featured the
whole range of techno-keys-and-
drums in a delicate oriental tapestry.
Mays' keyboards painted gentle rain-
drops speaking Japanese in a
language that everybody understood.
Peter Erskine was heard to be
swinging hard in a dusted-off Mays
piece. called "Fictionary" while John-
son's basstalkin' on the same tune
was one of the real bright moments.
This guy is heroic; a great and
thoughful player. But the real top
flight ensemble playing came during
another of Mays' stunning new pieces,
the lovely ballad "Close to Home."
This was an extremely lyric piece of
gentle beauty and internal strength
that brought the stars out and set
them twinkling before our eyes.
A wonderul show was completed by
a great reading of Miles Davis' "Nar--
dis" which led in to Mays' magnum
opus, the four part "Alaska Suite."
This one had a spotlight feature for
everybody and Erskine's mix of
acoustic and electronic fricatives was
varticularly dramatic.
A beautiful encore of Mays' "Waltz
for Bill Evans," with its musical nod-
dings towards the lyrical pianist for
whom it is titled, was as heartwar-
ming end to a surprisingly diverse
evening of quality music-making. I
wonder where these cats will be at
when they're fifty! And I hope that
this old jazzhead will be there with
them, 'cause these guys are on the
move! Bravo, Lyle and pals!
Soon forgotten
Legend'
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WHAT A DOWNER. I thought if
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and his unlikely band of elves and
leprechauns Good's last chance to
triumphover Evil, a fair maiden
(Mia Sara) who might end up as
Darkness's bride if her prince doesn't
come real fast.
To these magic ingredients Scott
adds zero freshness and zero insight,
just a bold visual interpretation that,
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what I saw was not a great flick.
It did have its moments, though. No
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By Alan Markiewic
B rian DePalma is no wise
latest film, Wise Guys,
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cesses Carrie and Dressed
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Guys follows suit in a wa
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Piscopo have been genuinely:
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that no movie can be funny if
good writing.
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hoodlums Harry (DeVito) a
(Piscopo) upset their bos
Hadaya) so much that he ord
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s motion terest. For example, when Harry and
that the Moe find their nemesis's credit acard,
the suc- we expect they will use it in hilarious
to Kill ways; instead they utilize it on fancy
s to the clothes and jewelry. Boring.
a is best Piscopo ends up looking the worst.
and Wise Amazingly, his character is even
1y; it is more foolish than DeVito's idiotic
role. His stupidity isn't even good for
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pseudo- not admirable in any way, so the
and Joe audience can't identify with him. More
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on the his character is so unlike his roles on
mancing Saturday Night Live, where he was
ay Night fast talking and witty, not dull and
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