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The Other Press

 
 

 

October 28th to November 10th

   

 

 

 

The Pat Metheny Group.
From left to right; Nana
vocals), Dan = Gottheb
[drums], Pat

by Mike Usinger

X, the L.A: based punka-
billy quartet, staged a succ-
essful second stand Monday,
October 18th at the Comm-
odore Ballroom, playing a
short but energetic set to a
crowd of about 550.

X, has been involved in the
L.A. hardcore scene since it
began in late 1978. The band
broke out of that category
with thier brilliant first al-
bum Los Angeles (Slash Rec-
ords). The album was given
rave reviews and sold over
sixty thousand copies, des-
pite the fact it was on a small
independent label. The sup-
port by both fans and critics
led to their second album,

 

\ Wild Gift.

 

   

boards), Steve Rodby (bass).
Vasconcelos [percussion and Photo Courtesy DuMaurier
Jazz Society Concert Pro

Metheny 874m.

X Is A Success

guitars], Lyle Mays [key-

    

Wild Gift Facet critics
all across merica. The
bands’ rockabilly accents
were highlighted, leading to
The Rolling Sone to call Wild
Gift the ‘‘best independent
release to ever come out of
America’. X were on their
way.

The band returned to the
Commodore for the second
time this year riding high on
the success of their new
album, Under the Big Black
Sun. The album has been
selling well all over North
America, partly due to the
fact that it is on Elektra
Records, which has given X
the wide distribution and
promotion that Slash could
not provide.

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Metheny Group Recieves Ovation

by Sean Schofield

On Sunday October 17th,
the Pat Metheny Group put
on a first-rate show at the
Queen Elizabeth Theater.
Right from their traditional
opening number, ‘Phase
Dance’, they carried through
with energy that lasted the
whole night. The two and a
half hour concert consisted of
very recent, untitled world
premier material, plus the

pick of their earlier tunes.

(like the image-forming, As
Falls Wichita...). After sev-
eral minutes of a standing
ovation from a_ capacity
crowd, the group came back
for an excellent double en-

core of ‘Cross the Heartland’
(the P.M. Northwest theme)

Koffman So

Moe Koffman played Frid-
ay night to a small crowd of
about 900 patrons at the
Orpheum Theater. His tight
professional sound was ov-
ershadowed by a mechanical
performance, lacking the vit-
ality and spontaniety one

 

and the title track from the
same ECM ablum, American
Garage.

Innovative _is a word.
otten used to describe art-
ists, and has been used
before to describe the former
Berklee music instructor, Pat
Metheny. It is a word which
does justice to his and May’s
compositions, and to his
guitar style. He plays like no
other before him, and makes
it look easy. The solo he
performed on the synthesizer
and stringless digital guitars
were yet another example of
his phenomenal skill, but I
feel his talent is best demon-
strated on the regular six and
twelve string instruments.

Special mention must go to
the percussionist, a native
Brazilian, Nana Vasconcelos.

So

comes to expect from a true
jazz professional. He wasn’t
as good as the last time I saw
him in Vancouver at the
‘Belvedere Jazz Festival’ in
1974.

Regarding the low atten-
dance, Koffman mentioned
that Paul Horn had a concert

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His command of several
percussion instruments, as
well as lilting and flowing
scat vocals, was.a highlight
of the performance. The
other members of the group
all performed good, tight
solos that accented Meth-
eny’s guitar wizardry.

When asked if they’d be
coming back next year,‘‘we
hope so’’, was their answer
That will be something to
look forward to.

April Wine

by Darrow Lee

On Sunday October 16th,
April Wine put on a truly
excellent concert. Their new
stage show, choice of songs, |

and their overall peform-
ance made this concert one

of the best of the year.

The new stage was comp-
osed of a slanted pentagon
platform that had four flights
of stairs leading to the top
where the drum setup was.
When the stage lights, spot-
lights, and smoke mists were
blended ‘into the different
songs, the fans clearly show-
ed how much they apprec-
iated the performance. The

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