October 28th to November 10th

   

. The Other Press

 

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X, consisting of Xene Cerv-

enka on vocals, her husband
John Doe on bass and vocals,
Billy Zoom on. guitar, and
D.J. Bonebrake on drums,

hit the stage around 10 p.m.
They played for over an
hour, including their set
underground hits such as;

‘Universal Corner’, Johnny
Hit and Run Paulene’, ‘Bey-
ond and Back, and The

 

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that night also, he chen
opened up with a Dizzy
Gillespi tune. ‘Tanga’. It
was an upbeat number and
reflected’ “the tight profes
sional sound of .a veteran
showman. ‘Greensleeves’,
his second number, had the
added feature of beginning
with .a..non: -amplifted « flute,
which Neck: ‘a certain intimacy
to the song. One of his best
songs, ‘If You Don’t Know
Me By Now’, from his new
album of the same title,
featured Koffman on the alto
sax and sounded a little like
David Sandborne. Through-
out the concert, Koffman
gave his sidemen many opp-
ortunities to explore their
talents, especially guitarist
Ed Bickard, who gave a solo
with Koffman offstage. Two
classically inspired baroque-
jazz songs were also played.

Koffman returned to the sax
with the jazz standard ‘Noc-
turn’ and ended with what
Koffman called a ‘‘melody of

my hit'’,. ‘Swinging She
herd Blues’, . eae %

For you non-jazz_ fans,
Moe Koffman is a jazz

flautist, and is famous for his
1958 composition. ‘Swinging
Shepherd Blues’.. He. has
played with such big bands
as Jimmy Dorsey and Charlie
Burnett as well -as: having
various quintets. His present
quintet consists of Moe Koff-
man on flute and sax, drum-
mer Howie Silverman, guitar
player Ed Bickert, Bernie
Serensky on keyboard and
Niel Swenson on bass. Moe
Koffman is presently on a
cross country tour.

A fair concert? Yes! A jazz
experience? No!

by Graham Hunter
Other Jazz Critic

 

 

The Douglas College
Chess Club For Fun and
Adventure is soon to be
organized. The Student So-
ciety will be approached for a
charter, and perhaps some
money to cover equipment
costs (clocks, boards). If you
know how to perform the
Queen’s Gambit Declined
with one hand tied behind
your back (or would like to),
please contact 525-3542
(Other Press Office) and ask
for Robert Knight.

 

 

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new rotating video screen
that was used to open the
act, was also quite attention
grabbing.

Most of the songs perfor-
med this year were off their

‘Nature of the Beast’ album, |

but there were a few cuts off
their newest album ‘Power
Play’. Some notable songs
were ‘Just Between You and
Me’, ‘Sign Of the Gypsy
Queen’, ‘All over Town’,
‘Future Tense”, ‘Enough Is
Enough’, ‘Roller’, and ‘I like
To Rock’,

All the members of the
band performed with expert
preciseness and showed a lot
of talent amd energy.

 

Door’s, ‘Soul Kitchen’.
Xene, decked out in a
highschool jacket and mini-
skirt, played the part of a shy
school girl gone punk. She
beckoned seductively, invit-
ing the audience to come and

Douglas College has had
jazz bands in the past that
have done little outside of
rehearse and do the required
one performance per sem-
ester. Last year, though,
with the arrival of the new
band director, things chan-
ged. Blair Fisher entered the
band in the New Westmin-
ister Jazz Festival, and they
recieved the honorary award
in the open class, a class
open to all non-professional
bands. Then with this same
band and a grant from the
Student Government, he
took them into a recording

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presents the first

R PRESS
FUNction

- lots of prizes for costumes
- Other contests (these to be approved by the New Westminster
Police Department Vice Squad Division).
- Chris Wong Woon (and his massive record collection) will
be the disc jockey for the evening.

NOTE:proceeds from this event will go to the
Other Press Building fund.

take a look at the darker side
of life that her band portrays.

John Doe bounded around
the stage, pausing occasion-
ally to attack the microphone
with his‘share of the vocals.
Billy Zoom stood motionless,

Jazz band needs help

studio and produced..a 30.-
minute tape.

This years band is now
working hard on new mater-
ial to take into the studio to
complete the other side of
the tape and have it pressed
into a record. To accomplish ;
this enormous task they need
the help of interested people
to assist in various aspects of
production and advertising
etc

If you have any skills or
ideas that would assist in this
type of production, your help
would be greatly appreciat-
ed. Posters are being put up
around the _colléee with

The Other PTESS _

“HALLOWEEN”

    
 
  

    
         

October 29th
New West Caf.
6:00 to 12:00

legs spread, an ear-to-ear
grin on his face, as he
grinded out flawless riffs.
Wailing in harmony, John
and Xene sent the crowd
bopping across the floor,
from beginning to end.

tuyjuayoy uvas hq —

times and dates of the ] AZZ
club meetings. Attend to find
out about the project.

For those of you interested
in just listening to the band
they rehearse every Wednes-
day from -1:00 to 6:00 in the
Board room, Everyone is

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After a clean sweep of Abottsford

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on Saturday theDouglas Rugby
Club headed over to the College.
The team led by super Dan
[Riordan] Osborn then made a clean
sweep of the College Place,
checking out the girls and drinking
the brew.

The team was led on the field as
well as off by Super Dan, who made
a lunging dive for a pitcher of beer.
Drinking Dan was supported
moraly, if not physically by Greg

McEwen, who failed to show up.
The boys then headed next door to

brief stay they made a hasty retreat

to the exit, due toa ;

misunderstanding between Dan

and some girl over the ownership of

a full Hienken. Down [but not out]

Dan failed to score but it was a nice

try. For plenty of fun and a good

time the ‘College Place’
by Other Press Reporters

Robert Birosh and

Kevin Manson.
This ad paid for by The College Place
located at 7th and Carnarvon in New
Westminster Phone: 521-3757

 

 

 

 

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