30 — Friday, May 1, 1998 — North Shore News Jazz fest announces line-up OTHE du Maurier International. ‘Jazz Festival Vancouver breezes into town again June 19 to 28. On Wednesday, jazz fest organizers Coastal Jazz & Blues Society held its festi- val line-up unveiling event at O’Doul’s Restaurant in Vancouver. ___ -Here’s a taste of the skinny: B Wynton Marsalis opens the festival June 19 with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra at the Orpheum Theatre; @ Capilano College music instructor Brad Turner leads the Brad Turner Quartet June 19 ar Studio 16; @ Toots Thielmans and Kenny Warner June 20 at the “Vogue Theatre; °” @Silk Road June 20 at Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese ‘Garden; & Deep Cove resident and percussionist and Glass Slipper founder Roger Baird heads Roger Baird and MuseaArt June 20 at Studio 16; @ Diana Krall Trio takes to the stage at the Orpheum . Theatre June 21; B Willem Breuker Kolicktief plays the Vancouver East ‘Cultural Centre June 21; @ North Vancouver harmonica great Keith Bennett leads Michael Becker the Keith Bennett Band June 21 at the Granville Island market stage; B Andy Summers (ex-Police guitarist) plays Richard's on Richards June 22; @ Cubanismo, featuring Jesus Alemany, - show at the Vogue Theatre June 22; ® Mark Murphy and Alan Broadbent are at the Vogue June 23; B Jane Bunnett and The Spirits of Havana play the Vancouver East Cultural Centre June 24; @ The ever fun Jazzmanian Devils play Performance Works June 25; @ John Scofield Quartet appears at the Vogue June 26; B Jack Dejohnette’s Oneness is at the Vogue June 27; @ Lhasa returns to Vancouver June 28 at Richard’s on Richards; @ Colin James and The Little Big Band play the Vogue June. 28. Vatch for more North Shore This Week jazz fest cov- erage in the weeks to come. Call Ticketmaster at 280-4444, visit the festival web- site at www. jazztest.bc.sympatico.ca, call the Jazz Hotline at 872-5200. @ Juno award winning Metalwood (with -- f Brad Turner) play the CBC Jazz Cate June 24; Coverdale Page disc. David Coverdale delivers a suitably Plant-like vocal performance and Jimmy Page works out -some break-neck demons. In 1994 Page and Plant reunited to put out the exotic No Quarter. Aboard the Zeppelin: an Egyptian ensem- om Marrakech ' , and the London Metropolitan Orchestra. It was a crowded *-ble, musicians bur good trip. Last year we got Led “: Zeppelin’s BBC Sesstons and _ Were reminded of just how fan- tastically hard this band rocked in 3ts prime. Jimmy. was a glori- . ~ For the air guitarists out ‘there the best Post-Zep bang ° for the buck remains s 1993"s ous monster on guitar. While sull an original, this time out he’s not so scary. For the most part Walking Into Clarksdale is a wistful, mid- tempo affair. Offering no shock to the system and zero agitation, the de-clawed cats settle for a pleasant somewhat Zepplinesque groove. Warm the milk please. ® Us 3 — Broadway & 52nd, Blue Note/Capitol Records 1997 kkxkk - - Five years ago British. mix- . master Geof Wilkinson and a bunch of jazz youngbloods from across the pond put Blue Note back on racks with Hand On The Torch. Wilkinson rifled © through labels archives, sam- pled some of the best and fused it to fresh hip hop, rap and jazz. tracks. The disc's opener, Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia), featuring sam- ples from Cantaloupe Island as PETE i is actually ; a type of plastic. And as of. May Ist, any plastic bottle e with this symbol performed by Herbie Hancock, went on to becom a minor hit. US 3 toured, went away, on and returned with Broadway & 52nd. The latest features rap- ; pers KCB and Shabaam Sahdeeg at thé mike and sam- : ples from the likes of Wayne -* Shorter and Horace Silver...‘ Urban smooth and sophisticat- . eth - your Blue Box. It’s just one 2 of the great new - improvements to the North Shore Recycling Program coming your - north shore way on May Ist. Watch your door during the week of April 27 for the arrival of your guide to the new recycling services. @ North Shore program