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‘A COUPLE of Halifax jan a

cats have been planning.
their holidays around the ‘du

Mautier International Festi-“

"val Vancouver since the

“event’s inception three years. -

With this swinging festival now.”

making a name for. itself interna-

tionally, people from across the

water.in Japan and from as far.
cross the continent as Florida ; are
also in on the scene..."

”* Absorbing disparate cultural

rhythms and beating them.out on -
he wings of improvisational tech

f talent lined up; the show i is
‘defi nite winner before he first

Le Super Etoile De Dakar. ‘and Be
-Zawinul Syndicate, headed by.

with’ ‘lay Clayton! ‘swinging hillbil-
: ly jazz proponents, 'the. Yodell's;

international post-bop: purveyors,
-Reflexionen; South indian percus-*

‘sionist Trichy Sankaran" 8

Coastal Jazz & Blues Socicty

- producer John Orysik, who labors ©

Jalong with Ken Pickering and Bob

“Kerr.throughout the yearto pull -

Single event ‘ticketa’and festival

: TP passes are still available at all:
“ Vicketmaster/VTC outlets. Charge
by phone at 280-4444. ‘

Salif Keita — Soro, island Re-
corda/MCA 1983 °
‘Keita isa direct descendant of

*. Soundjata Keita, a warrior king.

* who in 1240 established the empire

. Of Mali. Although born into‘an

: aristocratic family in the West.
.. African state of Mali, as an albino, :
“\ Keita’s early,lot in life'transtated
into a lesson i in rejection and :

* But hope and conciliation are

- «the major themes played out on.

his album. The sound quality is -

éxcellent thanks to recording work:
; done. at a 48~ “track digital ‘Studio i in:

‘Islamic:sounding cry punctuated «
y a snappy. brass section, intricate:

25° Friday, dune 10, 1988 =

The Zawinut Syndicate = _ ~The’

sTmmigrants. CBS Records 1588 -

Diversity is what makes this
band click. The co-founder of

_ Weather Report and a longtime
“ name in the jazz wortd through his

work with Maynard Ferguson,”

North Shore. News

including No Mere: y For Me (Mer.
cy, Mercy, Mercy); a song written

by Zawinul and popularized by.
Adderly 20 years ago. Criolla

*. draws on Third World sounds

while Zawinul’s Korge-constructed
‘Pepe’? synthesizer gets a ‘work:
olt on King Hip. The vocoder
voice treatment or” You Unders-
tand spoils. an. otherwise. fi ine ‘me
ody. - :

. Manteca — Fire Me Up,

Street Records 1987.“
It’s bizarre that-a ‘band of this

“ calibre hasn’t hit Vancou er before ;
this year

's appearance at the fesii-