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February 22, 1979 The Maroon Tiger
Speakers, Gospel Choir
Highlight Black History Week
Page 9
Entertainment
Two black women—a college
professor and a television
anchorwoman—spoke and several
Atlanta gospel choirs sang during
Black History Week, Feb. 5-9, at
Agnes Scott College, a women’s
college. Sponsored by Students for
Black Awareness at Agnes Scott,
the lectures and gospel concert
were open to the public, free of
charge.
Ms. Gloria Gayles, an English
professor at Talladega College,
Talladega, Ala., spoke Tuesday,
Feb. 6, on “Black and Woman: A
Study of Black Women in Selected
Novels Written by Black Women,
1946-1976.”
Ms. Jocelyn Dorsey, award
winning anchorwoman for WSB-
TV in Atlanta, spoke on “Blacks in
the News Media.” Ms. Dorsey pro
duces and anchors the weekend
noon Action News on Channel 2
and works as a general reporter for
all other WSB newscasters.
For Gospel Night at Agnes
Scott, Thursday, Feb. 8, perfor
mances were given by the St. Paul
Lutheran Chancel choir and the
Union Baptist Gospel Singers.
, Ms. Gayles, a doctoral student
in English at Emory University,
based her talk on information she
has researched for her dissertation
on “the impact that race and sex
have on the reality of Black women
in America as treated in black nov
els by black women,” she explained
in a recent telephone interview.
She said she became interested
in the portrayal of Black women
“first of all because 1 am black and
female, and then from having my
consciousness raised by the
Women’s Movement during the
’70s and from courses on women’s
history that 1 studies at Emory.”
“I found through taking the
women’s history courses that there
is very little information available
about black women. I hope to help
What’s Going On In
The Music
Compiled By Keith Harriston
Entertainment Editor
Billy Preston & Syreeta have
recently completed the soundtrack
for an upcoming moving called
“Fast Break” on Motown....the
Crusaders and B.B. Kingare work
ing on a joint project....look for
another release from the Floaters
this March....Diana Ross will be
the guest star at a dinner honoring
President and Mrs. Carter in L.A.
on Mar. 2....female vocalists nomi
nated for grammies: Alicia
Bridges, Natalie Cole, Aretha
Franklin, Chaka Kahn and Donna
Summers....artists currently in the
studio include: Brainstorm, D.J.
Rogers, Johnny “Guitar” Watson,
Ronnie Dyson, Vicki Sue Robin-
Industry
son and Isaac Hayes.... Herbie
Hancock’s upcoming release,
“Feets Don’t Fail Me Now,” will
supposedly move him farther into
the pop music scene. On it, he will
continue to use the vocoder for
those songs requiring vocals-
....Quincy Jones is keeping busy
readying for production of LPs by
Michael Jackson and the Brothers
Johnson, writing for his next
album which will be released this
fall, and if that’s not enough he’s
considering producing the next
Chaka Kahn & Rufus LP....Ri-
chard Pryor is set to do two pic
tures; The Charlie Parker Story,
for which he is learning a few notes
on the sax, and Family Dreams,
which will co-star Cicely Tyson.
fill this void.”
As a graduate student, Ms.
Gayles has been the recipient of a
Woodrow Wilson Fellowship and
a grant from the National Endow
ment for the Humanities. Before
studying at Emory she taught at
Morehouse College from 1970 to
1974.
Ms. Dorsey has received several
awards for her news reporting. In
1975 she was named Media
Woman of the Year by the
National Association of Media
Women. Associated Press and
United Press International cited
her for her efforts in WSB televi
sion’s year-long “Operation Edu
cation” program for which she
produced mini-documentaries on
illiteracy and on school discipline.
Ms. Gayles, also, is familiar with
illiteracy and school discipline, for
she taught in a Freedom School in
Valley View, Miss., during the
1960s. She was active in the Civil
Rights Movement in Atlanta and
Boston, also, and her essays on the
movement have appeared in
“Atlantic Monthly” and
“Liberator.”
Besides being a scholar and
teacher, Ms. Gayles is a poet who
“writes poems from a feminist
perspective.” Her poems have been
published in “Essence,” “Black
Scholar” and “First World.”
*Tiger’s Top Ten LPs
1. C’ESTCHIC
Chic
2. SECRETS
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson
3. MOTOR BOOTY AFFAIR
Parliament
4. SHOT OF LOVE
Lakeside
5. CHAKA
Chaka Kahn
6. FLAME
Ronnie Laws
7. LIGHT OF LIFE '
Bar-Kays
8. REED SEED
Grover Washington Jr.
9. BOBBY CALDWELL
Bobby Caldwell
10. MOTHER FACTOR
Mother’s Finest
*The Tiger Top ten is based on a survey of 150 students
at Morehouse. Be prepared with your choices of the top
current LPs when you’re asked.
Atlantic launches Sister Sledge
Atlantic/Cotillion Records has
launched an across the board pro
motional campaign in support of
Sister Sledge’s new Cotillion LP
“WE ARE FAMlLY”(written and
produced by Chic’s Bernard
Edwards and Nile Rodgers). The
first single pick from the album
“HE’S THE GREATEST
DANCER” is currently bulleted
across the board on both the pop
and R&B charts of the national
trades and is enjoying heavy radio
and disco attention.
“WE ARE FAMILY” is fea
tured in phase 1 of the current
Atlantic disco promotion cam
paign “You’ve Never Been Hit So
Hard.” The album is being worked
as a crossover product with heavy
emphasis on merchandising and
advertising tied in with retailers
across the country. Special but^
tons, posters, post cards, T-Shirts,
and mounted/unmounted 2 x 2’s
are being prepared and program of
trade and consumer press and tip
sheet advertising has been set in
motion. In addition the group has
been fielding numerous press inter
views and making television
appearances.
Album Reviews
“Insurance Man for the Funk,”a
12 minute Parliament-type cut,
may bore you after the first five
minutes, but if you listen to the
basses the record won’t seem long
enough.
Even though Funkadelic fans
from way back may be disap
pointed initially, Bernie’s talents
(ARP Synthesizer, ARP String
Ensemble, ARP 2600, Mini Moog
Synthesizer, Yamaha Polyphonic
Synthesizer, Yamaha Baby Grand
Piano and Hohner Clavinet) come
through with the second listen.
Don’t hesitate to pick this one up—
it has something for everybody.
Angela Bofill—Angie: It is very
seldom that an unknown talent
comes along with so much talent
that everyone marks her for star
dom. Angela Bofill is one of them,
almost. She is terribly talented, but
she isn’t completely unkown.
Angela has worked with Cannon
ball Adderley and Dizzy Gillespie.
She has also been lead soloist with
New York’s Dance Theater of Har
lem Chorus. Nevertheless, most of
us have not heard of her. but after
listening to Angie, you may
wonder why not.
There are only two problems
with the album, the last cut or each
Angela Bofill
By Keith Harriston
Bernie Worrell-/!// the Woo in the
World: In case you did not know it,
there is another P. Funk album in
the record stores. This one is by the
Parliament/Funkadelic keyboard
player Bernie Worrell. Worrell is
the third member of the group to
have a solo effort. The others,
Eddie Hazel and Fuzzy Haskins,
are no longer with the George Clin
ton nation. Worrell however, has
no intentions of leaving.
In a recent interview with Soul
Magazine Worrell said that there’s
“no way” he’ll split with the group.
“We’ve worked so long and hard to
build this thing we have,” he stated.
“Funkadelic—P. Funk in general
has only just begun. Like I said in
the beginning, we ain’t finished
yet.” If the music on All the Woo in
the World is any indication,, then
he is dead right.
On this album Bernie takes P.
Funk to some new places and some
old ones too, which should please
long-time fans of Funkadelic.
“Happy to Have” is one of the best
cuts on the album. Bernie’s famil
iar acoustic piano doodling is
brought to the front unlike on
Benie Worrell
many ot the Parliament/Funka
delic albums. “Much Trust” is vin
tage Funkadelic music. There are
screaming guitars, thumping
basses, plenty of chanting and, of
course, plenty of Bernie. Bootsy
Collins is vocals are also heard
throughout this cut.
If you haven’t heard the album,
find it and listen to her. See how
long after listening it will take you
to buy it.
have you won over halfway
through the first cut on side one.
There’s no going wrong with this
LP. Let Angela do the convincing.