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20- the gmtt qJeC/rJed bird atlan theatre I CAN'T COPE Don't Bother Me.l Can't Cope. a sophisticated black musical review, is now at the Peachtree Playhouse. It is one of the six shows that Atlanta's New Cosmos Cultural Theater, Inc. is planning for this year. 1 Can't Cope is almost all music and dance. It features the culture of New York's Harlem, out of which many of the singers and dancers come. Along with this is a bit of the West Indies, as dancers move to island rythms and sing in the dialect of Jamaica and Barbados. Choreography is by George Faison whose troup was recently in Atlanta. Cope's appearance in Atlanta is part of New Cosmos' ambitious campaign to bring Atlanta into the world as a the- atrical cultural center. Cope's message is not only that life in the ghetto can be hard, but also that black artists and performers are good, funny, and exciting. It's really about time that Atlantans found this out. For ticket information call 892- 4110. -steve seaberg • musle BROMBERG AT THE MUSIC HALL David Bromberg returns to the Great Southeast Music Hall this week (until Sun- day) to ply his trade/tirade on your hun- gry ears. Highly respected for his pro- ficiency on guitar, dobro, mandolin, fid- dle and what not, Bromberg will undoub- tedly live up to last spring's gig. He's a man who loves to play. For a long time Bromberg was a session man-the list of musicians he's played with is lengthy-with work on Dylan's New Morning being one. of his more notable efforts. Not until 1972 did he record a solo album, however. There have been two more since then, Wanted Dead or Alive being his latest. By now you've probably heard his "El- ectric Chair Blues". Performed in con- cert it's a special treat. His new band is apparently minus Bob Gurian, "The Trum- pet That Walks Like A Man" which is too bad, but Bromberg isn't one to let the dust settle and you can always ex- pect a few new surprises. Word has it he's fiddle crazy now and that's guaran- teed to get the Hall moving. If you like country and blues with a brassy flourish here and there, David Bromberg is right up your alley. -war4 silver McCOYlYNER McCoy Tyner is an intensely reli- gious man. He is a member of the Ah- madiyaya Movement in Islam. His Mos- lem name is Salaimon Saud. Those facts are probably as unimportant as most facts are, as is the fact that McCoy Tyner has won so many awards and received so much praise from critics, other musicians and audiences as to make them all seem (to me, at least) to melt into one big cosmic. pat of approval. But the spirit these facts represent is not unimportant. It manifests in his music. It manifests in his relationships with people (even casual aquaintances). It manifests in the energy that comes from any stage he's on. McCoy Tyner occupies a special place in my emotional and musical "heart" And I should explain why I wax so sac- charinelyeloquent. When Robin Feld and I decided to go "the whole route" t , s a and remodel, revitalize the Twelfth Gate, we knew almost instin~tively that McCoy Tyner was the ideal person to inaugurate the "new" Gate. By one of those cos- mic coincidences, we didn't even have to call him. Wayne Shorter of Weather Report had done our work for us, and McCoy called us. He agreed to come- play (for a pittance considering his stature) for our Grand reOpening, and The Gate was on its glorious, if short lived, way. McCoy's belief in what we were doing gave us much needed energy; and a re- turn engagement during those last rocky days fed us with optomism about what we had done, however long we had ma- naged to do it. s e r a e RAMSEY LEWIS TRIO Jazz pianiit Ramsey Lewis, Bassist Cleveland Eaton, and drummer Morris JellDinp have fmally moved across town! The Ramsey Lewis Trio, which they com- prise, was once the staple entertainment at Paschal's Carousel Lounge on Atlanta's West Hunter Street and center of the black West Side commercial community. In fact, for awhile, the names Carousel and Ramsey Lewis Trio seemed synony- mous. Now they have made the trip, via New York and Boston-so short in space but so long in time-to Atlanta's North- east (and white) part of town for a one day appearance at The Great Southeast Music Hall. Monday, Dec. 16 • I I ·\ll( II \1 I \1 \II ()'1 1111> \\11<1 ()'-.Illnl" I'I,I( I !~'1\11 \il, \\1 ()I 1)\\ :'111', 1>\ \'-.1) \ I \ I) \ \ 1\ Il 1\ ( ) V I"I ( )'-." : I I I \\ : II()\, I/ \ no -, I( )!\ ( )j'! " I I -, I 1\ \ I \1(,l"l [il"'\I)) ()(,'\III()'\ r-,v In(, \ 1'1 '\'\"'11 \',\'\1\ (()I\I'()I\\ II()'. .. "1)"',,, \1: (,llid,.'I" I'll ]il'l'l! :Iil' 1\)lI1 ;I," lIP1!\l' 'I:U!)" 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McCoy's piano is the sound of water flowing and spiritual forces col- liding and blending and moving through each other and out again. The Oriental influences of his trips to Japan and his wife Aisha move throughout his music. McCoy once said something about Coltrane which I feel like. saying abou t him. "He felt that music was like the universe. It's like you look up and see the stars, but beyond them are many other stars. John was looking for the stars you can't see." McCoy puts you in touch with those stars and you come away feeling rounder and more positive from being in contact with his vision. Come see him at The Great South- east Music Hall Thursday, December 12 through Sunday, December IS. The num- ber there is 261-8643. -ursula Starting as a performing pianist at the age of fifteen, Lewis recent appea- rance on the white music scene has been in preparation for many years, Even a million selling The In Crowd couldn't bridge the.gap until now. Not that play- ing for white youth is anything new to black musicians-how else do white musi- cians learn about jazz?-it's just that we ought to remember how far the trip real- ly is, right here in our own home town. gl is lip a PRAIRIE FIRE Puzzled about Christmas presents? You know that you can give your little brother a Bird subscription, but what about your Grandmother? Knowing what to give for Christmas is always a problem for people who are into alternatives, but don't want to total- ly alienate their relatives-in fact, want to give something that represents thought and love. Prairie Fire Book Center to the rescue. Prairie Fire (75 Cone St. NW, between Walton and Marietta) has laid in a supply of papercuts, scrolls, prints, posters, picture books, children's books, greeting cards, records, and so on, parti- cularly for the holidays. Prairie Fire is an anti-profit store any money we make goes back into expanding our stock, in- stead of into sorneonc's pocket. So you can help us grow and serve the communi- ty, by giving a gift that is beautiful and educational. Papercuts, for example, are a Chi- nese folk art that was stifled before the revolution. Today in the People's Repub- lic of China, craftspeople use only a scis- sor and knife to turn out incredibly intri- cate and lovely designs-flowers, butter- flies, children, dancers, revolutionary fighters and more. These mounted de- signs also come in different colors, and range in price from 15t to $5.00. Store hours are II :00 a.m, to 6:00 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday, and Friday; 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. on Thursday; and noon to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. Drop by and check out the holiday selec- tion, and be sure to come back to look through our stock of books from revo- lutionary movements around the world. u f w WHY WE BOYCOTT The Atlanta Chapter of the United Farmworkers of America AFL-CIO will ..hold a meeting at 7:30 pm on Thursday, December 4, at Emmaeus House, which is located at 1017 Capitol Avenue in At- lanta. The meeting will be open to ev- eryone and the movie "Why We Boycott" will be shown. The subject of the mo- vie is the 1973 Grape Strike in Califor- nia at which time 10,000 workers went out-on strike and 4,000 people were jailed. The meeting will also be to discuss strategy in the upcoming boycott cam- paign against Atlanta A &.p, which has refused to stop selling non-union lettuce, grapes, and wine. A & P, which is already haveing three of its stores picketted by Metro Summit Leadership Congress for selling second rate meat and produce to the black community, is also being taken to court by the Farmworkers for harassing their pickets in previous boycott demon- strations. Due to national boycotts by the farmworkers, the price of best grade grapes is now down to $4.50 a lug, a drop of $6 since early summer, says Ken- ny Snodgrass, Farmwroker boycott or- ganizer. Come help the boycott. Don't buy non-union grapes, lettuce, or Gallo Wine. Look for the Aztec Eagle Farm- worker label. -steve seaberg benefits KESSLER & MARTINEZ A benefit dinner for Stephen Kess- ler and Jose Martinez will be held at 5: 30 p.m. Monday December 9 at the Morn- ingstar Inn, located at 1451 Oxford Road, next to the Emory Cinema. Tickets are $2.00 at the Morningstar, the Great Speck- led Bird, or at the door. Kessler and Martinez have been in jail for seven and fifteen years respec- tively on charges of crimes against pro- perty. On the eve of their paroles last summer they were charged again, this time for the murder of another convict, which took place some six years ago. Kessler and Martinez protested this charge. Although Martinez is now out on bail Kessler is still in jail and at this moment has been put into solitary confinement. All money collected at the bene- fit will go toward their defense fund.
Transcript of 20- the atlan t a e lip theatre - Georgia State University
20- the gmtt qJeC/rJed bird
atlantheatre
I CAN'T COPEDon't Bother Me.l Can't Cope. a
sophisticated black musical review, is nowat the Peachtree Playhouse. It is one ofthe six shows that Atlanta's New CosmosCultural Theater, Inc. is planning forthis year.
1 Can't Cope is almost all musicand dance. It features the culture of NewYork's Harlem, out of which many ofthe singers and dancers come. Alongwith this is a bit of the West Indies, asdancers move to island rythms and singin the dialect of Jamaica and Barbados.
Choreography is by George Faisonwhose troup was recently in Atlanta.
Cope's appearance in Atlanta ispart of New Cosmos' ambitious campaignto bring Atlanta into the world as a the-atrical cultural center. Cope's messageis not only that life in the ghetto canbe hard, but also that black artists andperformers are good, funny, and exciting.It's really about time that Atlantans foundthis out.
For ticket information call 892-4110.
-steve seaberg
•musleBROMBERG AT THE MUSIC HALL
David Bromberg returns to the GreatSoutheast Music Hall this week (until Sun-day) to ply his trade/tirade on your hun-gry ears. Highly respected for his pro-ficiency on guitar, dobro, mandolin, fid-dle and what not, Bromberg will undoub-tedly live up to last spring's gig. He's aman who loves to play.
For a long time Bromberg was asession man-the list of musicians he'splayed with is lengthy-with work onDylan's New Morning being one. of hismore notable efforts. Not until 1972did he record a solo album, however.There have been two more since then,Wanted Dead or Alive being his latest.By now you've probably heard his "El-ectric Chair Blues". Performed in con-cert it's a special treat. His new band isapparently minus Bob Gurian, "The Trum-pet That Walks Like A Man" which istoo bad, but Bromberg isn't one to letthe dust settle and you can always ex-pect a few new surprises. Word has ithe's fiddle crazy now and that's guaran-teed to get the Hall moving.
If you like country and blues witha brassy flourish here and there, DavidBromberg is right up your alley.
-war4 silver
McCOYlYNER
McCoy Tyner is an intensely reli-gious man. He is a member of the Ah-madiyaya Movement in Islam. His Mos-lem name is Salaimon Saud. Those factsare probably as unimportant as most factsare, as is the fact that McCoy Tyner haswon so many awards and received somuch praise from critics, other musiciansand audiences as to make them all seem(to me, at least) to melt into one bigcosmic. pat of approval. But the spiritthese facts represent is not unimportant.It manifests in his music. It manifestsin his relationships with people (evencasual aquaintances). It manifests in theenergy that comes from any stage he's on.
McCoy Tyner occupies a specialplace in my emotional and musical "heart"And I should explain why I wax so sac-charinelyeloquent. When Robin Feldand I decided to go "the whole route"
t , saand remodel, revitalize the Twelfth Gate,we knew almost instin~tively that McCoyTyner was the ideal person to inauguratethe "new" Gate. By one of those cos-mic coincidences, we didn't even haveto call him. Wayne Shorter of WeatherReport had done our work for us, andMcCoy called us. He agreed to come- play(for a pittance considering his stature)for our Grand reOpening, and The Gatewas on its glorious, if short lived, way.McCoy's belief in what we were doinggave us much needed energy; and a re-turn engagement during those last rockydays fed us with optomism about whatwe had done, however long we had ma-naged to do it.
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Jazz pianiit Ramsey Lewis, BassistCleveland Eaton, and drummer MorrisJellDinp have fmally moved across town!The Ramsey Lewis Trio, which they com-prise, was once the staple entertainmentat Paschal's Carousel Lounge on Atlanta'sWest Hunter Street and center of theblack West Side commercial community.In fact, for awhile, the names Carouseland Ramsey Lewis Trio seemed synony-mous. Now they have made the trip, viaNew York and Boston-so short in spacebut so long in time-to Atlanta's North-east (and white) part of town for a oneday appearance at The Great SoutheastMusic Hall. Monday, Dec. 16
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You wonder whdl thiS is all ahollt? F~i~dcJ THE LAST ROCI< FESTIVf\L,a novel in sericil forn~ startlrllj flex t w(:ek ill the B I R0 NothincJ like it('nywhercl
Well, McCoy Tyner is coming backto Atlanta, to get to the point of all this.And this article/letter is a way of tryingto repay him. 'He's coming to the MusicHall, and I hope this encourages every-one who reads it to consider putting outtheir precious dollars to hear him. Be-cause McCoy Tyner and his music arean experience. There is no music any-where like his.
By way of background information,McCoy met John Coltrane when he wasjust 17, forming a long and productiverelationship which both paid homage to.McCoy quickly became a major force inimprovisational piano, a force he stillmaintains. McCoy's piano is the soundof water flowing and spiritual forces col-liding and blending and moving througheach other and out again. The Orientalinfluences of his trips to Japan and hiswife Aisha move throughout his music.
McCoy once said something aboutColtrane which I feel like. saying abou thim. "He felt that music was like theuniverse. It's like you look up and seethe stars, but beyond them are manyother stars. John was looking for thestars you can't see." McCoy puts youin touch with those stars and you comeaway feeling rounder and more positivefrom being in contact with his vision.
Come see him at The Great South-east Music Hall Thursday, December 12through Sunday, December IS. The num-ber there is 261-8643.
-ursula
Starting as a performing pianistat the age of fifteen, Lewis recent appea-rance on the white music scene has beenin preparation for many years, Even amillion selling The In Crowd couldn'tbridge the.gap until now. Not that play-ing for white youth is anything new toblack musicians-how else do white musi-cians learn about jazz?-it's just that weought to remember how far the trip real-ly is, right here in our own home town.
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PRAIRIE FIRE
Puzzled about Christmas presents?You know that you can give your littlebrother a Bird subscription, but whatabout your Grandmother?
Knowing what to give for Christmasis always a problem for people who areinto alternatives, but don't want to total-ly alienate their relatives-in fact, wantto give something that represents thoughtand love.
Prairie Fire Book Center to therescue. Prairie Fire (75 Cone St. NW,between Walton and Marietta) has laidin a supply of papercuts, scrolls, prints,posters, picture books, children's books,greeting cards, records, and so on, parti-cularly for the holidays. Prairie Fire isan anti-profit store any money we makegoes back into expanding our stock, in-stead of into sorneonc's pocket. So you
can help us grow and serve the communi-ty, by giving a gift that is beautiful andeducational.
Papercuts, for example, are a Chi-nese folk art that was stifled before therevolution. Today in the People's Repub-lic of China, craftspeople use only a scis-sor and knife to turn out incredibly intri-cate and lovely designs-flowers, butter-flies, children, dancers, revolutionaryfighters and more. These mounted de-signs also come in different colors, andrange in price from 15t to $5.00.
Store hours are II :00 a.m, to 6:00p.m. on Monday, Tuesday, and Friday;11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. on Thursday;and noon to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday.Drop by and check out the holiday selec-tion, and be sure to come back to lookthrough our stock of books from revo-lutionary movements around the world.
u f wWHY WE BOYCOTT
The Atlanta Chapter of the UnitedFarmworkers of America AFL-CIO will
..hold a meeting at 7:30 pm on Thursday,December 4, at Emmaeus House, whichis located at 1017 Capitol Avenue in At-lanta. The meeting will be open to ev-eryone and the movie "Why We Boycott"will be shown. The subject of the mo-vie is the 1973 Grape Strike in Califor-nia at which time 10,000 workers wentout-on strike and 4,000 people werejailed.
The meeting will also be to discussstrategy in the upcoming boycott cam-paign against Atlanta A &.p, which hasrefused to stop selling non-union lettuce,grapes, and wine.
A & P, which is already haveingthree of its stores picketted by MetroSummit Leadership Congress for sellingsecond rate meat and produce to theblack community, is also being taken tocourt by the Farmworkers for harassingtheir pickets in previous boycott demon-strations.
Due to national boycotts by thefarmworkers, the price of best gradegrapes is now down to $4.50 a lug, adrop of $6 since early summer, says Ken-ny Snodgrass, Farmwroker boycott or-ganizer. Come help the boycott. Don'tbuy non-union grapes, lettuce, or GalloWine. Look for the Aztec Eagle Farm-worker label.
-steve seaberg
benefitsKESSLER & MARTINEZ
A benefit dinner for Stephen Kess-ler and Jose Martinez will be held at 5: 30p.m. Monday December 9 at the Morn-ingstar Inn, located at 1451 Oxford Road,next to the Emory Cinema. Tickets are$2.00 at the Morningstar, the Great Speck-led Bird, or at the door.
Kessler and Martinez have been injail for seven and fifteen years respec-tively on charges of crimes against pro-perty. On the eve of their paroles lastsummer they were charged again, thistime for the murder of another convict,which took place some six years ago.Kessler and Martinez protested this charge.Although Martinez is now out on bailKessler is still in jail and at this momenthas been put into solitary confinement.
All money collected at the bene-fit will go toward their defense fund.
