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THIS WEEK'S crop of sound tidbits features a new, young
artist poised to snatch the throne from Prince; a highly
listenable exercise in multiple personality disorder from the
Eurythmics; a crisp collection of standards from Wynton
Marsalis, the man with the golden trumpet; and a nod to the
Stones at the height of their creativity. -

The disc is a sentimental journey
for thase old enough to roman-
ticize the past and 4 perfect in-
troduction for those young enough
to be curious.

OLD PLASTIC MADE NEW
PICK OF THE WEEK: Rolling

Terence Trent D'Arby — In-
troducing The Hard Line Acccor-
ding To Terence Trent D’Arby,
CBS 1987

He says he’s going to be bigger

_than Madonna in 18 months time.
Listening ! v the debut album zipp-
ing up the charts, you kind of have
to believe he’s more than just
another ego with a mouth.

D’Arby's got a strong R&B
voice, good hook-laden tunes and
fine production on this North
American debut album, The disco
went platinum in England just
three weeks after a July '87 release
in England.

The Manhattan-born son of a
New York gospel singing mother
and Pentecostal preaching father,
D’ Arby, 25, is currently based in
England.

The album is loaded with poten-
tial hits. If You All Get To
Heaven, Wishing Well, and Sign
Your Name stand out as the kind
of tunes that ramble on inside your
head long after listening. The
acappella As Yet Untitled shows
off a blistering blue, haunting
voice. ;

Watch out for this guy.

Eurythmics — Savage, RCA 1987
It shouldn't work —- but it does.

Stones — Let It Bleed, 1986 Abkco

Ever since synthesizers arose to
compete with the guitar to bend
the ears and mind of the popular
music consumer, Eurythmics have
become onc of the few bands
around to squeeze warm-blooded
soul from microchip vibes.

The combination of Annie Len-
nox’s powerhouse cast of vocal
characters and David Stewart’s
barren synth backdrop makes for
some hot aural moments this time
around on Savage.

Standout cuts include I Need A
Man, Shame, and I Need You, a
curious acoustic guitar-accom-
panied sadomasochistic romp
through Lennox land.

Wynton Marsalis — Standard
Time — Volume i, CBS 1987

A flawless ensemble effort by
Marsalis on trumpet; Marcus
Roberts, piano; Robert Hurst,
bass; Jeff Watts, drums.

This smooth mix of great popu-
lar classics, including Ellington's
Caravan and Mercer’s Autumn
Leaves, is stretched and pulled
through the improvisation jazz wr-
inger and imbued with new life.

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HIS ALBUM, Introducing the Hard Line According to Terence Trent
B’Arby, went platinum in England three months after its July 1987
release, so D’Arby’s claim that he wili be bigger than Madonna in 18
months may have some validity.

Sax player
te perform

MASTER TENOR and alto sax
and flute player James Moody
breezes into town with the James
Moody Quartet for an 8 p.m.
show, Saturday, Feb. 6, at the
Vancouver East Cultural Centre.

Moody, a Grammy Award win-
ner, first attracted attention in
1946 as a member of Dizzy
Gillespie’s band.

Tickets are available at VTC/
CBO outlets for $12.

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While the event didn't receive
the media hoopla the Beatles did in
the jump from vinyl LP to CD,
this digital reworking of the classic
Stones '69 rebuttal to the fab four-
some’s Let It Be, is worth a re-
listening.

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