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The Augusta News-Review - October 7, 1976 -
Playin’
The Changes
By Stan Raines
CHARLIE MINGUS:
Elements Os Pentecostal Bass
The backbone instrument of
all jazz groups is the bass. This
is true whether it be string or
electric. This is one of the
number of things that makes
jazz different from rock. In
rock the backbone instrument
is the drum.
One of the most
controversai bassists is Charlie
Mingus. Mingus was bom in
Nogales, Arizona, April 22,
1922 but was raised in the
Watts section of Los Angeles,
where he lived a life full of
blues. Watts was full of
musicians and they all knew
about the blues because in
Watts that was what life was all
about.
After taking up bass and
piano he decided that bass
would be his main instrument
After a few years of study and
practice he decided that the
time had come to apply his
talent, so he moved to New
York City. There he was
almost an instant success. A
few months after his arrival, he
was playing with many of the
top names off and on. He
played with Red Norvo, Billy
Taylor, Stan Getz, Art Tatum
and Charlie Parker.
Mingus had always wanted
to form his own group and
finally his dream came true. He
formed a group which included
J.J. Johnson, Kai Winding,
John LaPorta, Thad Jones, Ted
Macero, Mai Waldron and
Teddy Charles.
This group was one of the
first to return the
blues-shouting elements to
instrumental jazz. This
element, which was heard in
the music of the deep south,
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was basic black. It was the
music of the Negro slave, the
music of the oppressed, the
suppressed. Blues with a jazz
flavor in which the overall style
encompasses the rythmetic
calling and-response prayers of
the Pentecostal and Holiness
churches.
Mingus’ first real recognition
came as he was touring Europe.
This group which included Eric
Dolphy and Clifford Jordan
was one of the best Mingus
groups ever, but, it was short
lived. In fact the tour was cut
short after friction between
Mingus and his business agents.
But Europe loved this group
and upon return to the U.S.,
jazz lovers were waiting to hear
them from coast to coast.
From those moments on,
Mingus made a reputation in
the United States and having
one of the most sought after
groups in jazz.
Mingus is quite a
businessman also. He is one
whose votalite personality in
both business dealings and
racial confrontations has made
Richmond County Board
Os Commissioners Meet
By Al Irby
The Richmond County
Board of Commissioners met
Tuesday and voted 3-2 to table
three petitions for alcoholic
beverage licenses for 30-days to
study an opinion given by
County Attorney Robert
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him the center of many
misundeistandings. Mingus has
always been outspoken on
musical matters as well as
social, and racial matters. He
has always been one of the
jazz musicians to advocate that
jazz is basically a Negro music
and he has atempted to return
it to its folk Negro roots.
He has established himself
as one of the greatest bass
soloist, leaders and innovators
of American music.
Mingus is very high
tempered and when he is
angry, the room contracts and
is filled with the crackling
tension of an impending storm.
His anger even shows in his
playing as he seems to throw
the notes at you like
cannonballs.
Mingus has written his long
autobiography, “Beneath The
Underdog.” It was written
during early 1960 but wasn’t
published until six or seven
years later. 1 encourage you to
read this book. You’ll find that
Charlie Mingus is a giant of
immeasurable stature.
Daniel. This action was
prompted by a decision by
Federal Judge Wilbur Owens of
Athens.
This latest decision warned
all County Commissioners that
they / cannot be to
high-handed using their petty
whims and fancies in issuing
alcoholic licenses.
The Board huddled to get
their signals regarding the “Big
Star” property, which it earlier
had considered surplus and
decided to auction off. The
county purchased the property
for SIBI,OOO.
The Commission also named
the terms of the three
appointees to the Augusta
Richmond-County Data
Processing Commission.
Red Cross
Offers Courses
The Augusta Red Cross will
offer two courses in Multi
Media First Aid in October.
Both classes will be given at the
chapter office, 811 Twelfth
Street, from 6:30 until 10:30
p.m. each evening.
The first course will take
place on October 12 and 14,
with attendance required at
both sessions for a certificate.
The second course will be
offered October 26 and 28.
For further information and
registration, call the Red Cross
at 722-1821.
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Governor Busbee of Georgia will be the guest speaker at the Atlanta Chapter of
the N.A.A.C.P. 19th Annual Freedom Fund Dinner Friday.
Senior Citizens I.D.
Card Program Termed A Success
The Augusta Police
Department announced
Thursday that its Senior
Citizens Identification Card
Program is highly successful.
More than 775 elderly retired
citizens of Richmond County
have participated in the
program.
According to Detective Sgt.
Richie Bell, “Chief J.G. Beck
initiated this program in
December of 1975, after
learning that many senior
citizens were having problems
cashing their checks.”
The I.D. cards can also be
used for medical purposes.
“It’s better than a driver’s
license because of all of the
information on it,” stated
Detective Sgt. R.W. Durland.
“We put all the information on
it for cashing checks and if
anything happens to the card
holder.”
Applicants need to bring
their medicade or medicare
card, social security card, birth
certificate, driver's license (if
you have one), blood type or
medical information, your
doctor's name and any next of
kin information.
Printed on the I.D. card is
your date of birth, social
security number, issue date,
card number, height, weight,
color of eyes, color of hair,
sex, next of kin, important
medical information, bearer’s
name, address, telephone
number and your picture in
color.
When asked why do you
need an ID. card, senior
citizen, Mrs. Louise L. Gardner
of 1558 Holly St. stated
“Sometimes 1 go out alone and
if anything happened to me
this would be the first and
safest anyone could identify
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me, especially with my heart
condition.”
The program has been taken
to the Bon Air Retirement
Club, St. John Towers,
Peabody Apartments, Ervin
Towers and Hal Powell
Apartments. The operation is
Library
Schedule
MID-DAY FILM PROGRAM
On Tuesday, Oct. 12, the
Augusta-Richmond County
Public Library will present two
films in its mid-day series, The
World in Films. MICHAEL
ANGELO and LEONARDO
DA VINCI will be shown in the
auditorium of the main library
at 902 Greene Street beginning
at 1:10 P.M.
The program is free and the
public is invited to attend.
LIBRARY STORY HOURS
Weekly Story Hours for
children are conducted by the
Augusta Library. The program,
which includes a story, a film,
and talks about books for
various ages and interests, will
be held at the Maxwell Branch,
1927 Lumpkin Rd. on
Wednesday at 4 p.m.
PROGRAMS FOR
PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN
Programs are planned for
pre-school children who are old
enough to enjoy books. The
“Picture Book Half-Hour at
the Main Library. 902 Greene
St., will be held on Thursday at
10 a.m. A Pre-School Story
Hour will be held at the
Appleby Branch. 2260 Walton
Way. on Wednesday at 3 p in.
Pre-School Story Hours at the
Wallace Branch, 1237
Lanes-Walker Blvd. are
scheduled on Monday through
Fridas at 10:30 and 11 a.m
DIAL \ STORY
Through the courtess of the
Telephone Pioneers of Augusta
and the Public Librars,
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now located at police
headquarters on 9th St. until
further notice.
Assisting Detectives Bell and
Durland was Private M.
McCauley of the community
relations department at police
headquarters.
childreh may dial 724-8080 at
any hour of the day or night
and hear a story or poem told
by a member of the Children's
Department Staff.
LIBRARY HOLDS LECTURE
ON THE BLACK
EXPERIENCE
“The American Revolution
and the Black Experience in
America” is the subject of the
second lecture-discussion in the
Augusta Regional Library’s
series “Perspective on the
American Revolution.”
Sponsored jointly by the
library and the Department of
History of Georgia Southern
College, these free programs
are financially assisted by the
National Endowment for the
Humanities through the
Georgia Committee on Public
Programs for the Humanities.
Dr. John Perry Cochran will
be the speaker and discussion
leader for the second session,
which will begin at 4:30 p.m.
on Wednesday, Oct. 13, at the
Wallace Branch of the Augusta
Regional Library, 1237
Laney-Walker Boulevard.
Dr. Cochran was graduated
from Birmingham Southern
College in 1950 with an A.B.
degree in History, received his
M.A. from the University of
Alabama die following year
and his Ph.D. in U.S. History
from Alabama in 1961. He
joined the history faculty at
Georgia Southern in 1964 and
was promoted to the rank of
Professor of History in 1966.
His special interest is in the
history of the new South, but
he also teaches courses in
Sectionalism and American
Biography at Georgia
Southern. Dr. Cochran
developed and now teaches a
very popular course in Black
History. He is a member of.
Governor Busbee To
Address Atlanta NAACP
The Atlanta branch of the
NAACP will sponsor its 19th
Annual Freedom Fund Dinner
on Friday, October Bth at the
Marriott Hotel at 7:30 p.m.
Governor George Busbee
will be the featured speaker.
State Senator Julian Bond will
introduce the speaker.
Highlighting the affair will
Vicious Suspect
Is Apprehended
The Fulton County Grand
Jury returned a series of
indictments last week against
an Atlanta man accused of
killing a Clark College student
who tried to prevent the
alleged robbery of two coeds.
Registration
Reminder
Prospective teachers who
plan to take the National
Teacher Examinations on
November 13, 1976, at Paine
College are reminded that they
have less than two weeks to
register with Educational
Testing Service (EST) of
Princeton, N.J.
Dr. Vivian U. Robinson said
registrations must be mailed in
time to reach ETS no later
than October 21. Registration
forms and instructions may be
obtained from Mrs. Helena
Thompson, Paine College, or
directly from the National
Teacher Examinations, ETS,
Box 911, Princeton, N.J.
08540.
During the one-day session,
a candidate may take the
Common Examinations, which
include tests in professional
and general education, plus one
of 27 Area Examinations
designed to probe knowledge
of particular subject matter
and teaching methods.
Once registered, each
candidate will receive an
admission ticket and
notification of the exact
location of the center to which
he or she should report. Those
taking the Common
Examinations will report at
8:30 a.m. on November 13 and
finish at about 12:30 p.m. Dr.
Robinson said. Area
Examinations are scheduled
from 1:30 p.m to about 4:15
p.m. the same day.
and currently holds office in,
both the Southern Historical
Association and the
Organization of American
Historians.
Dr. G. Hewitt Joiner, of the
Department of History at
Georgia Southern, is program
director of the “Perspectives
on the American Revolution”
series and Robert Duttweiler,
community services librarian, is
coordinator for the Augusta
Regional Library.
NEA Sets Up $50,000 Fund
To Assist NAACP
WASHINGTON, DC.,- The
National Education
Association has set up a
550.000 fund to sene as seed
money to assist the National
Association for the
Advancement of Colored
People and 130 Black
defendants currently in
litigation in Mississippi.
NEA’s affiliates will be
encouraged to contribute to
the fund, which is to aid the
NAACP and the Lawyers
Committee for Civil Rights in
appealing a 51,250,000
judgment against the NAACP.
The NEA fund will be made
available to the NAACP and
the lawyers Committee jointly
to help pay attorney’s fees.
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be the appearance of
glamorous television and movie
actress Denise Nichols, who
wil serve as mistress of
ceremonies.
Other celebrities are
expected to be in attendance
also.
Xerona Clayton Brady and
A.A. Davis are co-chairmen.
The Grand Jury indicted
Ralph Lee Todd, 28, of 203
Maple St. NW on a charge of
murder in connection with the
slaying of 21-year-old student
Blair Thomas of 161-B
Chestnut St. SW on Sept 13.
In addition, Todd was indicted
on three counts of rape, five
counts of armed robbery and
three counts of kidnaping.
District Attorney Lewis
Slaton said that on Sept 13 a
man forced two young women
to the back of a budding on
Fair Street and demanded
their money at gun point.
Thomas and another male
student were walking near the
scene of the incident when the
girls started yelling for help,
police said. When the two men
ran toward the girls, Thomas
was shot, authorities said. He
died later.
That incident caused Mayor
Maynard Jackson to call for
stricter gun control measures,
also charging that the state’s
new pistol licensing procedures
were ineffective.
Other counts in indictments
charged that on March 4, Todd
forced two sisters behind a
church on Mitchell street
where he allegedly ribbed
them at gun point. The
indictments also charge that on
Sept. 7, Todd raped, robbed
and kidnaped two young
women in the Northside Drive
and Fair Street area.
City Council
Approves
Members
Augusta City Council met
Monday and approved several
recommendations for the
Augusta-Richmond Coliseum
Authority and County Human
Relations Commission.
The Council approved
Mayor Lewis A. Newman’s
recommendation of Rep. R.A.
Dent to serve another five-year
term on the Augusta
-Richmond Coliseum
Authority.
Also recommended and
approved were Mrs. Alda M.
Lott, John W. Barrington Sr.,
Edward Dunbar and the Rev.
Dr. Roderic Murray to the
Human Relations Commission.
court costs, and other expenses
related to the litigation effort.
Under Mississippi law, in
order to appeal, the NAACP
must post a bond amounting to
125 percent of the
judgment-or a total of
51,563,000. Failure to raise
the amount “can mean the end
of the NAACP,” according to
the NAACP’s Washington,
D.C., office.
NEA President John Ryor,
in a letter today to Gloster B.
Current, NAACP Associate
Executive Secretary, New York
City, pointed out that NEA
presented its 1976 Friend of
Education Award to Roy
Wilkins, longtime head .of
NAACP, “in recognition
contribution that the
NAACP.... has made to the
advancement of human and
civil rights in this country.”
“It is with firm conviction
that the NAACP must be
allowed to continue its fine
work that the NEA has taken
the present action,” Ryor said
concerning the establishment
of the special fund.
The Aug. 9 judgment against
the NAACP stemmed from a
suit brought by 12 white
merchants of Port Gibson,
Miss. The merchants charged
that the NAACP had been
involved in a 1966 boycott by
local citizens, aimed at
eliminating employment and
voting discrimination and other
racial abuses.