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March 30, 1995
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Mellow sounds of Ari Brown
and Kalimba come to BL’s
There's a new Brown in town.
Well not exactly a new Brown
but definately another Brown.
Ari Brown, to be exact.
Ms. Brown, former vocalist of
local music ensembles All That
Jazz and The Touch of Class Band
has now come into her own with
her new group, Kalimba.
This weekend will prove to be
aspecialevent as Ms. Brown and
Kaliniha debut at BL's Restau
rant, the new fine dining and
entertainment venue on Laney-
Walker Blvd.
With the utmost integrity,
Kalimba capturesthebeauty and
strength in their renditions of
jazz favorites of the past and
present. This will be a truly un
forgettable evening and the be
ginning of fabulous things to
come for Brown and Kalimba.
Check your schedule and pen
cil “PL's” in Sun., April 2, 7 p.m.
Fine food, Jazz Diva Ari Brown,
and her Kalimba band.
Jazz Diva Ari Brown and her
band Kalimba will be a part of
BL's premiere weekend as
they will be performing Sun.,
April2at 7 p.m.
New exhibits capture the history and
emotion of the famous Motown sound
DETROIT
During the ’6os, the smooth
sound and choreographed dance
moves of performers like Diana
Ross and the Supremes, Smokey
Robinson and the Miracles,
Marvin Gaye, and the Tempta
tions captivatedthe ears and eyes
and imagination of the world.
In a small house near down
town Detroit, Berry Gordy Jr.,
the owner of a fledgling record
company, churned out hit after
hit that moved a generation —
“Dancing In The Street,” “My
Girl,” “Stop! In The Name of
Love,” and “I Heard It Through
the Grapevine.” The house was
called Hitsville, U.S.A. The tiny
first-floor recording space was
dubbed Studio A. Many of the
performers were from Detroit’s
projects. Combined, they creat
ed a dynamic sound and word
that dramatically changed the
musical industry: Motown.
Starting May 27, visitors to
metropolitan Detroit will have
the opportunity to second that
emotion when two new Motown
exhibits open at the Motown His
torical Museum in Detroit and
Henry Ford Museum in
Dearborn.
Hitsville, U.S.A., the original
home of Motown Record Corpo
ration, is now home to Motown
Historical Museum. The historic
site is undergoing a $1 million
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In a small house near downtown Detroit,
Berry Gordy Jr., the owner of a fledgling
record company, churned out hit after hit
that moved a generation — “Dancing In The
Street,” “My Girl,” “Stop! In The Name of
Love,” and “I Heard It Through the Grape
vine.” The house was called Hitsville, U.S.A.
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dubbed Studio A. Many of the performers
were from Detroit’s projects. Combined, they
created a dynamic sound and word that
dramatically changed the musical industry:
restoration that will recreate the
house’s magical feeling and look
from the ’6os.
* Where It All Began
The newly restored site will al
low visitors to experience the
intimacy of Hitsville, U.S.A. in
its original Detroit location. Fea
tured: Berry Gordy’s upstairs
apartment (1959-60); offices and
tape library of Motown Records
(1964); Hitsville, U.S.A.’s Studio
A, in which visitors can hear a
Motown.
“recording session” in progress.
Once visitors have experienced
the birthplace of the legendary
sound, they can venture to an
other metro Detroit cultural and
historic landmark, the Henry
Ford Museum, where Motown is
once again showcased.
A special exhibit, The
Motown Sound: The Music &
The Story, will explore the
Detroit community that fostered
the growth of the company, the
artistic and business innovations
art « music e literature e theatre
that led to its success and the
historic African-American cul
tural contribution of the Motown
Sound during the company’s
Detroit years, 1959-1972. The
exhibif features:
* The Road to Motown
Red-carpeted walkway lined with
’6os cars, creating the excitement
of attending a Motown concert as
visitors approach the theatre
style marquee entrance. ;
* The Motown Scene
Mixed-media show on the
Motown Sound captured in a
nightclub setting, dancing in
cluded.
* Inside Hitsville Visi
tors become the behind-the
scenes producers, choreogra
phers and disc jockeys.
* The Motown Heritage
Walk Timeline of images,
artifacts and music to tell the
Motown story, including how
Motown reflected the radical so
cial transformations taking place
at the time.
The Metropolitan Detroit Con
vention & Visitors Bureau is a
non-profit organization that pro
motes the metropolitan Detroit
area as a destination for meet
ings, conventions, tradeshows
and leisure travelers. Founded
in 1986, it is the nation’s oldest
convention and visitors bureau.
For information, call 1-800-DE
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Kevin Stewart about his images: “I am drawn by the relation
ships we build between our environments and our psyche.
Thus, my work is the result of spontaneous chemical reactions
brought to reality.”
By Regina Lynch-Hudson
Combining the medium of pho
tography with bold, compelling
subject matter is drawing noto
riety for Atlanta photographer
Kevin Stewart. His signature in
spiring prints and limited edi
tions have redefined the param
eters of fine art.
Describing himself as an artist
and not a mere photographer for
hire, the enterprising proprietor
of KI.C.E. Photography states
that his photographic renderings
are testaments to what goes on
inside his head. “I am drawn by
the relationships we build be
tween our environments and our
psyche. Thus, my work is the
result of spontaneous chemical
reactions brought to reality.”
Stewart’s pictorial masterpiec
es are inspired by a childhood
fascination with The Twilight
Zone, and One Step Beyond, sci
ence fiction and the macabre.
The desire tostimulate the dark
er side is a confessed preoccupa
tion, yet his photographic ten
dencies demonstrate a propen
sity for making viewers expand
their imagination. Stewart’s ar
chitectural works command the
eye to scale entire heights of tall
skyscrapers, or to disapnear in
side or behind dilapidated build
ings. You can feel the sand be
tween yourtoesin hislandscapes.
Goblets, glasses and mugs on a
case table become universal re
minders of an evening spent sip
ping beverage with loved ones.
The magnetic force of Stewart’s
still lifes suggest activity even
when the subject is an inanimate
Jazzercise your mind
dr. john hradiey
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1. What instrument did Louis
Armstrong play?
2. What instrument did Count
Basie and Duke Ellington play?
3. What was Woody Herman’s
first theme song? :
4. What was Duke Ellington’s
first theme song?
5. In what city is the well-known
jazz magazine “Down Beat” pub
lished?
6. What wealthy jazz enthusiast
discovered the Count Basie band?
7. Who was Basie’s first female
vocalist?
8. Who influenced Basie to hire
Billie Holiday?
9. How did saxophonist Hershel
Evans die?
10. Whom do we associate
object, entrapping the viewer in
the picture. His mind-teasing
works convince viewers that
they, or someone dear to them,
are part of the photograph.
Stewart recounts a common epi
sode when displaying works at a
citywide arts show for the Sa
vannah Waterfront Association.
“Alady offered phenomenal mon
ey for my last limited edition
print of an empty rocking chair
posed under a massive oak tree
... because she could see and feel
her grandmother sitting there.”
Theself-taught photographer’s
work has generated a positive
buzz statewide, resulting from
entrancing exhibitions at such
venues as The Buckhead Arts
Festival, Level 2 Gallery, Soutl};
ern Bell Center, Soapstone Cen
ter for'the Arts, Case Diem, and
Penson Southern Gallery, a pres
tigious frame-shop and gallery,
where he maintains a perma
nent bin of matted and shrink
wrapped color and black-and
white photos. Penson Southern
Gallery acts as the site where
Stewart’s artform is expertly
framed. Gallery owner Doug
Carlson calls Stewart “the Andy
Warhol of the South.” ;
Stewart’s knack for giving life
to commonplace objects attracts
the masses to become disciples of"
his work. However, it’s by no
mistake that his hand-signedim
agery is taking the legal commu- |
nity by storm. Stewart’s voca
tion is calendar clerk for Fulton
Superior Court’s Judge Joel J. :
Fryer, who has served on the
bench for 20 years. ':
“Heigh-de-ho” and “Minnie the
Moocher” with? |
11. Where is the Savoy Ballroom
located? {
12. What year did the great Billy:
Eckstine leave the Earl Hornes
band? :
13. Maria Ellington (no relation
to Duke) was the wife of whats
late, great pianist/vocalist? |
14. Sonny Stitt, Sonny Rolling
and Sonny Criss have what i
common other than first names?
15. Who is the leader of the Mod'j
ern Jazz Quartet? i
16. Whomade the following state
ment, and who was the speakexé
referring to? “He is the perfect!
jazz musician...He is a greaq
trumpet player. He’s inventive
He swings and he has a sense o
humor that jazz should have.”
17. What do the following saxo
phonist, college instructors, jazz
musicians have in common?
George Holland, Lamar Smit
and Cleophus Johnson.
18. Who is the director/leader o
the Georgia Afro-American Al
Star Big Band?
19. She wasthe only female mem-:
ber of the CSRA High Schoo
Jazz Band playing trumpet dur
ing the January Jazz Concert.
What is her name?
20. What do Sherry Puryear and
Henry Johnson have in common?
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M answers on page 12 ;