30 - Wednesday, September 26, 1990 —- North Shore News

Trio.

Phota submitted

NAT COLE, Oscar Moore and Wesley Prince as the King Cole

Early Cole

swings

in

1940s reissue

OLE SWINGS; Rob

and Fab reprise real-

ized; Hiatt gets real;
various artists rock England;
various artists rock Ger-
many.
Nat King Cole Trio — Hit That
Jive Jack, Decca/MCA Records
1990

Before Cole came to be one of
America’s most beloved crooners,
he was, given the evidence of this
wonderful reissue, one heck of a
scat-singing, rhythm-swinging jazz
pianist.

Hit That Jive Jack catches a
young Cole on piano and vocals,
Oscar Moore on guitar and
Wesley Prince tying down the bot-
tom end on bass. The 16 cuts on
the digital reissue were recorded
during 1940 and 1941.

The spartan piano-guitar-bass
configuration ensures the distinct
instrumental voices speak clearly
and are not lost in the crosstalk.
Cole’s protean sentimental
tendencies are previewed on two
of the selections — Sweet Lorraine
and This Will Make You Laugh.

The balance of this release soars
with sprightly jazz guitar picking,
(Moore flew high in many maga-
zine musician's polls during the
1540s) hip vocals and a light-
hearted, jumped-up beat as best

record review
expressed with tunes including
Stop! The Red Light’s On, Babs
and / Like To Riff.

Milli Vanilli — The Remix
Album, Arista 1990

The beautiful boys took a big
bashing last year following the
runaway success of their debut
album. Peevish questions flew fast
and furious. Was the duo inher-
ently without talent? Was all of
that gorgeous hair for real? Could
Rob Pilatus and Fab Morvan really
dance or did they employ limber-
legged doubles? And what about
those names anyway?

The answer to the doubters:
high concept equals high art in
some cynical circles. Packaging
detail is all.

Yet the self-dubbed Brothers of
Soul tend to come off as strangely
without soul. The production
values are crackerjack slick with
every sonic hip-hop cliche
precisely trotted out to extend and

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Whistler eyed as cultural centre

Federal government gives $50,000 contribution for summer festivals

A $50,000 contribution to help
develop Whistler as an interna-
tional cultural destination during
the summer, through the pro-
duction of world-class arts teste
vals, has been announced.

“Whister is a superb. setting
for summer festivals,” said Wally

Kozar, executive director of the
Department of Communications’
Pacific Region. “Developing the
community's potential as a
summer cultural destination
could have a significant impact
on the region's economy.”

The project will involve the
development of a strategic mar-

keting plan which builds on the
community's reputation and ex-
pands on existing events to
establish Whistler as an interna-
tional cultural destination during
the summer, It will also look at
the possibility of a Whistler festi-
val serving as the Vancouver
Symphony’s summer home.

North Van flutist wins study award

LOCAL FLUTIST Joanna G'Froerer has received a
$5,000 Advanced Arts Study Award from the Van-
couver Foundation.

The funds will help assist the North Vancouver
musician with her first year of study at McGill Uni-
versity in Montreal.

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