- Michael Becker
RECORD REVIEW

T IS a good time to be a

fan of all manner of live

music and it’s good to be
living in Vancouver.

The just-completed Music West
festival gave club crawlers a gen-
erous four-night round of more
than 200 acts, most showcasing

* their new music for recarding in-
dustry powerbrokers im town for

. the event.

The du.Maurier International
Jazz Vancouver Festival breezes
through June 25 to July 4.

As in previous years, the broad -
reach of festival organizers Coastal

~ Jazz and Blues Society ensures

.. something for everyone.

_” Best bets-at.a glance:

+, STuck and Patty, June 30 at the
“Commodore. Tuck Andress is a
vibrant jazz guitar original. Patti
Cathcart has'a warrn, soulful way
with vocal nuance. Together they
“spark'and sparkle.

eTom Ze, July 4 at the Com-

_ modore. Listen to his latest, Brazil
5 — The Return of Tom Ze ~ The
Hips of Tradition. Still fired with
the avant-garde heat he generated
within the Tropicalismo musical
movement in Brazil during the
1960s, Ze fuses the pretty lines of
samba with earthy Afro-Caribbean
rhythms and then spins and
pushes it all to combustible limit.
oSonny Rollins, June 28 at the
Commodore. He is known as the
greatest living tenor saxophonist.
Here's some context. He's gigged
with Charlie Parker, Miles Davis,
Thelonious Monk, Bud Powell,
Fats Navarro, Dizzy Gillespie.

e Dr, John, June 25 at the Com-

. modore. Gumbo-good New
‘Orleans piano funster Mac
Rebennack threatens to shake
things up on the sweaty side of the
festival. -

@ Betty Carter, July 1 at the

- Commodore. The award-winning,

tempo-twisting jazz vocal tempt-

Photo submitted

TOM ZE pushes Brazitian music to its combustible limit,

ress promises to transform and
transfix. Listen to her latest Verve
release, It’s Not About the Melo-
dy, for a sense of where Carter's at
these days.

® Boukman Esperyans, June 26

at the Commodore. They are the
founders of Haitian vodou jazz.
Due to political realties, they are
not allowed to perform in the
United States. We are lucky to
have them at this festival. In-
strumentation for this driving
Afro-Caribbean blend is high-tech
and traditional.

© Khaled, July 2 at the Com-
modore. He is the voice of rai
(Algerian pop). “| come and go

as | please — like a fax,”” he has
said. Send and receive that blues-y

North African musical missive. The

King of Rai reigns for a day in
Vancouver.

2 Abdullah Ibrahim, June 28 at
the Vancouver East Cultural Cen-
tre, This South African jazz pianist
is all passion play. Listen to a new
solo release, Desert Flowers, and

DON'T MISS

SAT. MAY 15TH IGI PM

Doors open 8 pm. Ladies only till 10 pm
Reserve your stagette party.

CALL NOW! 985-6013

. This week May 14-15; Mad Max
Next week May 21-22; Fandango

700 LILLOOET RD.

PREIS SEAR

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Mantra Mode, Ibrahim with septet,
recorded in Cape Town after 14
years in exile.

Call the Jazz Hotline for more
information at 682-0706.

earner

Here are some random quotes
from the A&R II (Making the Re-
cord) session held Sunday at
Music West. The panel included
Talking Heads’ Jerry Harrison,
producer Steve Lillywhite, Brian
Allen of Attic Records, producer
Steve Brown, Private Music A&R
man Michael Gallelli, producer
Bernie Leadon and producer
manager and criminal lawyer
Dennis Muirhead.

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