8- The Michigan Daily - Weekend etc. - Thursday, September 15, 1994 Blues and Jazz Festival - Winston Walls Winston Walls is one of the few remaining greats of the jazz organ. His style is steeped in R&B, but includes elements of rock, country and gospel and is on a par with organ masters like Jimmy Smith and Bill Doggett. While he's done everything from being a professional wrestler (fighting under the name of "The Claw) to running a roller rink, Walls' true talent is wringing cathartic, blistering sounds out of his modified Hammond organ. Schoolkids' Records has just released a special live session Walls recorded with his great friend and contemporary Brother Jack Mc Duff in a "dueling organ" style. But it will be most exciting to see one of the greats of this rare breed perform live on Saturday the 17th at Gallup Park. 1-day passes are $10 for students with ID, $13.50 in advance, and $15 at the gate. Gates open at 11 am; for more information call 747-9955. Central Cam pus' Complete Grocer Open 8 a.m.-1a.m. 7days South University at Forest 995-1818 Cor Books Film Fine Arts Music Theater Write for Daily Arts Mass Meeting September 21 7:30 420 Maynard Blues and Jazz Festival - Toshiko Akiyoshi She's had a career that has stretched over 45 years; she's been called "the greatest female jazz pianist" by no less than Oscar Peterson; she's played with Duke, Dizzy, and Mingus - and she's appearing on Saturday the 17th at the Michigan Theatre for the second day of the Blues and Jazz Festival. It's Toshiko Akiyoshi and her Quartet. Akiyoshi is one of the major figures on the jazz scene today, besides being one of the greatest female players of all time. This woman is seriously cool: she's a multitalented composer- arranger-pianist-bandleader of Japanese descent who was born in Manchuria and began playing piano at age six. Many years and 12 Grammy nominations later, her new album "Desert Lady-Fantasy" is artistically rich, with intriguing original compositions like the title cut, "Harlequin Tears," and "Hiroko's Delight." But one of the most moving moments on "Desert Lady- Fantasy" is her reworking of "Bebop," a homage to the late, great Dizzy Gillespie, one of Akiyoshi's personal idols. "Into each tune I try to put a little spice," says Akiyoshi. Her concert at the Michigan is sure to be a real "ear- opener." Reserved seats are $15 and $20; gold circle seating is available at $40. For more information call 747-9955. Hey! Read that box to the left! Specialty Foods & Fine Wines & Spirits PARTIES Continued from page 5 their ancestors did to our ances- tors. The differences between "Black" and "white" parties are plentiful. The music played, for example, is so obvi- ously different, I needn't go any fur- ther. If "This DJ" by Warren G "Basketcase" by Green Day are bo the same to you, then you are prob- ably a University administrator or professor who thinks all popular mu- sic is junk anyway. However, there are deeper divi- sions that should be discussed. These differences are primarily noted in the atmosphere of parties. As a person who has attended a variety of both "Black" and "white" parties, I V qualified to discuss these distinctions "White" parties strike me as more open. At these parties, everyone is accepted for who they are regardless of what they can or can't do. Making new friends is much easier (granted that's because everyone there is drunk). At "white" parties, there's no fear of being shunned when trying to meet new people, being jeered b cause one can't dance or being talk about for not dressing "right." This is not the case atmost "Black" parties (of course there are always exceptions). People at these parties tend to associate only with those they already know. Except for a few very outgoing people, no one attempts to intermingle fearing being shunned. The dance floor remains empty a lot as no one with dancing skills weak@ than Hammer's would risk the public humiliation that comes with attempt- ing to dance when one is only medio- cre. I wish Blacks at the University would take just a little of the "Broth- erhood and Sisterhood Unity" rheto- ric we all spout to heart and become a bit more accepting and supportive of each other-both in the dance h and in everyday life. I must rag on the white people, too. They're not gods after all (al- though a few would beg to differ). I have always marveled at how much Budweiser any given white student at any given party can consume. Hell. they have paraphernalia to help them guzzle more brewskies down their throat in any given period of time. They even invent party games whe* the loser is forced to drink beer (thereby becoming the winner?). It's amazing the number of whites who would stay awake and party all night if they didn't pass out from drinking so much. What's worse is the profuse peer pressure to drink at white parties. Alternatives to alcohol for those, like myself, who don't drink are nonexis. ent. This is not to say that Blacks don't drink; some of us can throw down with the best white person. However, I've never been to aBlack party where kegs were the main attraction. A t shirt I once saw worn by a white frat member best describes alcohol's in- trinsic nature within "white" parties. "College," it said, "is a bar with $15,000 cover charge." It would be nice to see a time when no one at a "Black" party is made to feel self-conscious and beer bongs aren't the centerpiece of "white" par- ties. Many may consider it unimpor- tant to discuss something as trivial as the blatant differences between "Black" and "white" parties, and on the surface these people are right. * However, different ways of par- tying between the races underscore the various, more important facets of American life where both Blacks and whites stubbornly separate themselves when they could be more productive and learn more about each other, and themselves, if they were together. I would encourage all by brothas and sistas to attend a white part even if the music doesn't appeal t you. Similarly, I persuade whites to join us at our gatherings at the Union; I promise you, we won't bite. Visiting each other's parties may seem trivial, but every meeting of our respective races is important. 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