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April 5, 1979
The Maroon Tiger
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Herbie Hancock
Hancock Still Into Jazz
By Keith Harriston
Award-winning jazz keyboard
ist Herbie Hancock said recently
that his latest release, “Feets Don't
Fail Me Now,” is not an indication
that he has left jazz.
Hancock, speaking to a group of
music students at Morehouse Col
lege, said that “Feets,” more disco
than jazz music, is only an experi
ment and not a permanent move.
“I’m not going to let my choice
of concentration (jazz) limit me,”
Hancock said. “If 1 do something
else, it doesn’t mean I’ve left jazz.
Besides, 1 like to see people dance.
“I’m always experimenting with
my music,” he continued, “my big
gest selling album, ‘Head Hunters’
(close to one million copies sold),
was an experiment."
Proof that Hancock has not
abandoned the jazz circle is the
presence on the market of “In Con
cert,” a record of joint Herbie Han
cock/Chic Corea acoustic jazz
piano from last year’s tour.
“I enjoyed every moment of that
tour,” he said of the critically
acclaimed duet, “we’re going to do
it again in July, but this time it’ll be
in Europe.”
“Jazz encompasses so much
music that it’s not hard to move
over into other types.” he pointed
out. “Some jazz musicians, Herbie
Mann, Michael Walden and Lon
nie Liston Smith to name a few, are
doing disco tunes on their albums
now.”
Before ending his talk, Hancock
treated the crowd to a 15-minute
solo jazz concert, and gave them
his assurance that “no matter what
area of music I’m in. I'll produce
nothing but good music.”
The Herbie Hancock lecture wa:
the first in a series of lectures to be
given at Morehouse College by
CBS Record’s jazz artists who are
performing in Atlanta.
Hancock, who began his career
in Chicago with Donald Byrd,
explained to the audience why it is
relatively easy for jazz musicians to
record other types of music.
The Black
Man: Equal
or Different
They Are Like That! by Warren
M. Banner is a collection of stories
revealing the black-white relation
ship in the United States and
abroad published by Dorrance &
Company.
Dr. Banner searched two dozen
foreign countries and approxi
mately fifty urban centers in the
United States to find the answer to
the question why the black man,
although finally accepted as equal,
still is considered different.
The inferences drawn about
relationships, black-white, at
home (U.S.A.) and abroad are
deductions from first-hand expe
riences over the period of three
decades. The stories are told to
illustrate aspects of behavior as
people communicate with each
other in our multi-racial society.
The instances of discrimination
suffered by blacks serve as a
reminder that there is still a long
way to go before prejudice is
eradicated.
His stories are sobering, to say
the least. All Americans will look
more closely at themselves after
they read this book, and perhaps
think before they proclaim the
ideals which our democracy propa
gates to and for the world.
Banner received his B.A. and
M.A. from Pennsylvania State
University and his Ph.D. in eco
nomics from the University of
Pittsburgh. He was director of
research for the National Urban
League for three decades. After
leaving the League, he served as
director of the Model Cities Pro
gram in Waterbury, Connecticut,
for almost five years.
He has written over 50 commun
ity studies and agency evaluations.
They Are Like That! is his second
book, his first being a If We That
They Ot to Have it...”: Research to
Answer What Blacks Ought to
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