26 - Sunday, September 15, 1985 - North Shore News

Entertainment _

Blues guitarist returns
to heat up music scene

THE PACIFIC Jazz and
Blues festival will present the
return of blues guitarist
Albert Collins to Vancouver
on September 27 and 28 at
the Town Pump in Gastown.

They call him ‘‘The
Icepicker,’’ “‘The Master of
the Telecaster,”” ‘The Razor
Blade’ and ‘“‘The Houston
Twister.’" Whatever the
label, both fans and critics

alike say he is the fiercest
guitarist alive, a slim and
ominous-looking musician
who rivets audiences around
the world with cnslaughts of
stinging blues notes.

Collins’ live performances
are legendary. He plays over
200 nights a year, perform-
ing everywhere from’ Deep
South dance halls to plush
metropolitan showcase

Pratt exhibit
set for VAG

A MAJOR exhibition of
paintings, watercolors,
drawings and prints by
Christopher ‘Pratt opens
November 23.

Pratt’s show runs for eight
weeks starting November 23
at the Vancouver Art Gallery
before travelling te Toronto,
St. John’s and Halifax.

Pratt is considered a
leading Canadian contem-
porary artist.

The show is sponsored by
the Continental Bank of
Canada.

Bank president Bonar
Lund said: ‘“‘the gallery’s
collaboration with the Con-
tinental Bank of Canada is
the first step in developing
our program of. corporate
sponsorship for exhib-
itions.””

“Christopher Pratt’s poet-
ic vision of his native New-
foundland is captured in
these paintings, which have a

Jacques
Brel
returns

THE Arts Club Theatre will.
present Jacques Brel is Alive

and Well and Living in Paris -

in a limited engagement
from September 24 - 28, at
the Arts Club Theatre on
Granville Island. Showtimes
are Tuesday to Friday at
8:30 p.m, and Saturday at
6:30 and 9:30 p.m.

Onstage for six perfor-
mances only, Jacques Brel...
is a gala fundraising benefit,
with proceeds going towards
the Arts Club Theatre En-
dowment Fund. Jacques
Brel... is an intimate evening
of musical theatre that has
become a world renowned
classic.

The observations and ex--
periences of poet Jacques
Brel, distilled into 26 moving
and emotional songs, are in-
terpreted with exuberance by
original cast members Leon
Bibb, Ann Mortifee, Ruth
Nichol and Pat Rose.

timeless inner reality,’’ said
vice-president Jeffery
Smyth. The Continental
Bank is pround to play a
part in the bringing the
much-awaited _ retrospective
of this senior Canadian artist
to fruitation.”’

clubs, from college
auditoriums to the stages of
European jazz festivals.

And all the while, Albert
Collins remains the master
showman, all! over the stage,
encouraging his band, ex-
horting the audience,
squeezing icy notes froin his
guitar.

Then, just when it seems

ose S$
TRAVELTALE FILM NARRATED {N PERSON BY JOE ADAIR
resents

Q.E.T. TOMORROW
Mon. Sept. 16
2 shows: 5:30-8:30 |
Res: $7.50, 6.75, 6.25
Students $5,0¢

there’s no more energy left
in the man, he'll bring the
volume down and sing a
sweet, Slow blues that evokes
the all-night Houston tav-
erns where his carcer began.

His albums continue to
score high marks with the
critics. For further informa-
tion: 734-2828, 254-0904.

NORTH VAN CENTENNIAL
Tues. Sept. 17
MATINEE 2:00 p.m.
Evg. 6:00-8:30 p.m.
Res: $7.50 Students $5.00

Plus $1.00 ASF

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