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Marsalis to return
to Hill Auditorium

Famed jazz group
to perform for
anniversary tour
By MAX RADWIN
Daily Fine Arts Editor
Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at
Lincoln Center Orchestra return
to Hill Auditorium on Thurs-
day as part of
a tour celebrat- JAZZat
ing their 25th
anniversary. Lincoln
Since 1988, the Center
big band has Orchestra
committed
itself to tour- With
ing, producing Wynton
music and edu-
cating people Marsalis
on the genre Thursday at
that is arguably 7:30 p.m.
America's most
distinct cultur- Hill Auditorium
al invention. From $10
But don't go
in expecting to
see the same show Marsalis put
on in 2012 for his 50th birthday
or, for that matter, anythingsim-
ilar to the other 13 visits he has
made to the University's campus
through University Music Soci-
ety. This one, like all the others
before it, is going to be different.
"We have a setlist of all of the
music that we have played (at
Hill Auditorium) within the last
at least 15 years," JLCO drum-
mer Ali Jackson said. "We never
try to repeat the same music
we've played. Every time we
come, we play a different setlist."
Jackson, a Detroit native who

went on to study with jazz leg-
ends Max Roach and Elvin Jones
in New York, spends over a third
of the year touring with the
other 14 members of the orches-
tra - a testament to the group's
commitment to keeping jazz
alive and relevant.
"It's one of the greatest art
forms our.country has ever pro-
duced, if not the greatest," Jack-
son said. "There's going to be
very few opportunities from this
point in time moving forward
where you'll hear an ensemble
this size with this quality of
musicians. It becomes more and
more rare. This is something
that (people will) tell their kids
about one day."
It's with this understanding
of jazz's depreciating relevance
among the average American
listener that JLCO constructs its
tours, shows and programs.
"Education is the future of
any idiom. If you can't get good
information, then you basically
will not sustain your art form,"
Jackson said. "It is very crucial
that we educate young people,
middle-aged people, old people
- all people about jazz music
and every aspect of jazz music
and the cultural component that
makes jazz and its art form so
unique."
JLCO's devotion to education
comes in the form of workshops,
seminars and narrated concerts.
"Essentially Ellington," which
expanded its availability to all
50 states in 1999, is a free, year-
long high school program focus-
ing on the life and work of Duke
Ellington. Through mentorship,
student conferences and an

eventual year-end festival, stu-
dents explore Ellington's major
work and hone their craft in the
process.
Musicians of all talent levels
can also work with members
of JLCO at.the Irene Diamond
Education Center at Frederick
P. Rose Hall in New York City,
where cliqics and workshops
are held when the orchestra isn't
touring.
"Whether you're a young
musician and you want to know
more about jazz, or you're just a
fan of the music or however you
come to the music, there's infor-
mation out here," Jackson said.
For Jackson and the other
members of JLCO, the edu-
cational responsibility that
comes with playing with one of
the best jazz orchestras in the
world has evolved into a way of
life.
"If I go to Minnesota, for
example, and I know the teach-
ers and educators there and
they say, 'Hey man, Ali, can you
come by my school and work on
my rhythm section?' (I'm) more
than happy to," Jackson said.
But similar to the one hap-
pening on campus this Thurs-
day, shows at large venues like
Hill are particularly crucial for
expanding jazz's listenership
and influence. The members of
JLCO will be playing some of
the most renowned music the
genre currently has to offer,
in hopes that the sound they
are celebrating from their own
25-year history and long before
will be resonating in the ears of
their audience for days to come.
Or, perhaps, for a lifetime.

6

"Go ahead Academy, make my day."
Jamie Foxx is one
exceptional Oscar snub

By CONRAD FOREMAN
Daily Arts Writer
Oscar nominations were
announced recently and, as
always, there were several snubs
and surprises. One of the most
discussed snubs, especially
among some of my co-workers
here at the Daily, is Leonardo
DiCaprio not receiving a nomi-
nation for Best Supporting Actor
for his role as Calvin Candie in
"Django Unchained." As good as
I believe his performance was,
Christoph Waltz deservedly
received the nomination instead.
Not to mention that Leo's snub
wasn't the biggest to come out of
"Django": It's acrime that Jamie
Foxx isn't nominated for Best
Actor.
Perhaps it's because his co-
stars turned in such phenomenal
performances in their over-the-
top roles, but it seems to me that
Foxx isn't receiving the proper
recognition for',the amazing job
he did as the titular role in Quen-
tin Tarantino's latest master-
piece.
It's natural that Foxx would

be overlooked. His character is
quiet for much of the film. This,
however, makes his performance
all the more impressive. The eyes
are the most expressive feature
of an actor, and Foxx is able to
convey powerful emotion with
them, in spite of his sparse dia-
logue. When Dr. King Schultz
gives him a beer, Foxx takes a sip,
then stares down at the beer with
subtle surprise and intrigue, as if
to say, "Oh, so that's what it tastes
like." This is a miniscule detail
that's easy to overlook, but that
stood out to me as Foxx going the
extra mile in his role.
On the other hand, when Djan-
go does decide to speak up, dam-
mit can he steal a scene. Upon
arrival at Candie Land, he gives
Calvin Candie's henchmen a
tongue-lashing that sets the tone
for his character for the rest of
the film. He then goes.toe-to-toe
with Candie himself, not backing
down when Candie expresses his
curiosity in Django, instead look-
ing him in the eye and stating,
"I'm curious what makes you so
curious." A simple line, yes, but
Foxx's delivery makes it great


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and makes it known to Candie
that Django is not a man to be
messed with.
I recently had an hour-long
debate with my roommate, in
which I defended "Django" as
an incredible movie and well
deserving of its 'Best Picture
nomination. You could say that
there are better, more productive
ways to spend your time at 3 a.m.,
and you'd probably be right. But
hey, it's my job (sort of). Among
the things we disagree upon is
Django's speech at the end of the
film. He thinks that it is unim-
pressive and unnecessary. But I
remember seeing that scene and
being blown away by the sheer
badassness of Django.
Why is
DiCaprio
getting all of the
sympathy? <
The two most important fac-
tors, to me, in measuring, the
greatness of a performance are
the ability to capture the audi-
ence's attention' and believ-
ability. Foxx possesses both in
"Django." Even when Christoph
Waltz is delivering his lines with
slicing precision right next to
him, my eyes were always curi-
ous to see what Django is doing
in the background - how he's
reactingto the scene and absorb-
ing his surroundings. As for
believability - from the opening
sequence of the film, Foxx takes
on the character completely,
while also injecting some of that
signature swagger that helped
him win the Best Actor Oscar
for "Ray."
Unfortunately, come Oscar
night, Jamie Foxx will be just
a spectator like the rest of us
(at least as far as the individual
awards are concerned), rooting
on his co-star, Waltz. I imagine
(hope) he'll get drunk and even-
tually break out into a chorus
of "Gold Digger" at some bar at
3 a.m., already having forgotten
about the Oscars and deep into
preparation for "The Amazing
Spider-Man 2." But he knows,
and I like to think he knows I
know, that he deserves to be,
nominated. He plays his charac-
ter with emotion and intensity -
a badass in love who is smart and
cunning - like a Foxx.

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