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4 u Hi a (A X 4 tt 4 w Ornette Coleman The Empty Foxhole / Blue Note This album is a reis sue of a classic 1966 session as part of the newly introduced Blue Note Connoisseur Series The reissue contains photographs from the original session date plus original cover artwork and poems by Ornette Coleman The Empty Fox hole* follows the general rule of Coleman record ings: You will either love this album or dismiss it as complete nonsense The title trock features Ornette on the trumpet, and it sounds strikingly similar to the intro to 'Na ture Boy.* except the song seems to blur any sense of a definitive pitch The drumming of Coleman's then 10-year-old son. Ornette Denardo Coleman, is very mature for a kid. but he is overly sympa thetic to his father's style of harmolodics on ‘Good Old Days,* Ornette displays his technical virtuosity on his customary instrument, the alto sax This tune (I use the term "tune* loosely) hints at Coleman's early influences of R&B and Texas blues later, on 'Sound Gravitation.* Colemon plays the violin with unbridled energy and the sheer confidence of a concert master Treeway Express* seems to wan der in certain sections, and sometimes Ornettes trumpeting feels unpolished luckily, bassist Charlie Hoden ties the loose ends on most of the tracks, proving that he was one of the few bassists that could fathom Ornette's wildly unique idiom of harmolodics Overall, most of this album works, yet some ar eas could use adjustment The most amazing im port of this album is the fort that you cannot play this for background dinner music, for it demands your undivided attention The Empty Foxhole* is a testament to the fart that Ornette remained true to his style, even when giants like Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Mingus dismissed him as a charlatan to the jazz scene As Coleman said himself. ‘Music will never fall short of an honest effort when it has love, talent and sincerity in its performance' This album is all of that and then some Josh Jackson m Big Whitt Undies A Day less Young / Indy n Many of you may be saying *big white WHATT The name itself draws attention and can only be a precursor for fun and catchy pop tune listening Pat Koch. Dave McMahon. Josh Greenbaum and Eric Steinberg form the quartet with the unique name They will cruise up from Ganesvte. Fla, Dec 3 to promote their latest release. A Day Less Young I have to odmit that when I first sat down to listen. I was skep tical I really dkJnt know what to expect From the opening chords of "Weight of the World.* I tapped my fingers to thefofcy little vibe The tapping dxJnt stop as I drifted my way though "Wrong" and *A Day less tbung* — In which the echo people listen and forget they cant scream r This band is realy happy pop tune listening I would defrvteiy recommend It for a lifting of spirits No angst-ridden lyrics here Tracy Duwis Get into Big White Undies Dec 3 at the Atomic with Dayroom Let There Be Light! Happy Hanukkah from Frontier W W W w w _ viuv c viin » vn*y 142 n. jackson 369-8079 Recollections Just Arrived... Mary Engelbreit T-Shirts Christmas and others 255 E. Clayton • 549-9680 w ^ JL