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Show r - Daily L'tah Chronicle May 24, 1974 Page Eight mks And entertainment Scaggs' 'Dancer': great mixture Bananas, hands, fish cover is bad, and it deserved a better package. Back in the old days. Boz was lead guitarist for the Steve Miller Band and w rot "Overdrive" and two great rockers that helped make "Sailor" a classic album. Boz left the group, and after four solo albums, has come up with "Slow Dancer "--a beautiful mixture of rhythm and blues, jazz and Boz' own brand of rock and roll. Slow Dancer is elaborately arranged, but somehow retains a spontaneous feeling that keeps the album from being dull. In fact, the songs somehow sounded by DAVID BOSHARD Special to the Chronicle Boz Scaggs Slow Dancer Columbia Records "Dime-A-DanceRomanc- "You can't judge a record by its jacket" seems a good way to start this review, because the cover of Slow Dancer shows Boz Scaggs walking out of the ocean in an itsy-bitsswim suit. If I hadn't known who Boz was I might have taken him for a champion surfer or perhaps a shell collector. Anyway, the music inside is as good as the y 9 1 up-temp- moved along a by great bassdrum combination with horns, percussion and of course Boz" vocals making it special. My favorite cut, the only one not written by either Boz or Bristol, is "Hercules" by Allen Toussaint. the legend of New Orleans rock and roll. "Pain of Love" begins side two and is a slow number with a great horn arrangement that makes it very powerful. The next rocker, "I Got Your Number," has a horn arrangement that sounds like the music you hear in the movies when the pioneers look up and see a thousand Indians ready to attack. Nevertheless, the arrangement fits and makes a good song. n I different each time I listened to them, a credit to the talents of Boz and producer Johnny Bristol who, incidentally, has done some great work with Motown. The songs alternate between o slow love ballads and rockers, the latter the most appealing. "Angel Lady" is 1 One thing is for sure though, Boz Scaggs did some fine singing here. He handled many different styles, from Johnny Mathis sweet ballad style to B. B. King's earthy and sensual growl. I presume that Boz is responsible tor all the fine guitar playing. Boz Scaggs, who was once only a great guitarist, is now a fair singer, but his songwriting seems to have gone a bit downhill. We'll forgive him for that, because the overall quality of Slow Dancer couldn't have been better. rflfl M l. Hi.lll II i 1? The Grandest Musical of them All! Lucille Ball as "MAME' b Steve McQueen :S ON ANY 1000 SUNDAY G5 ifn sou Redford & Newman are back in JON VOIGHT A rou MARTIN RlTTnrf uaotiiCT by MARTIN RITT Prodiicedh Screenday b IRVING RAVETCH 4 HARRIET FRANK JR Based on the book Th vVaIe- ' st e Blind Melon Chtlin' will bid U goodbye in concert by ROBERT WALKER p "usic john Williams panavisiON' color ,5 by .d W.fle by PAT CONROY ?;.;?, Kingsbury sets pop, jazz artists Larry Coryell will be featured with The Eleventh House in a concert Friday at 8 p.m. in Kingsbury Hall. Reserved seat tickets are $2.50 for students, and $3.50 general admission. The Kingsbury Hall ticket office is open from noon to 5 p.m. Coryell is described as "the most consistently inventive and interesting instrumentalist in pop." His guitar playing has brought respect and fame both in the U.S. and England. The Eleventh House, a jazz rock group, consists of Mike Mandel on keyboards, former Blood Sweat & Tears trumpeter Randy Brecher, bassist Danny Trifan, Coryell on guitar and Alfonse Mouzon on drums. It's plus... "The Heartbreak Kid" (Tl RlfUTQ the trail to success, then Zappa and White might be left behind. Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! deluxe 521 8131 lot to compete with. But if this final concert brings in enough money for a recording session and the group itself starts off on a Chronicle staff All the big wheels of the Salt Lake jazz world will be playing together again Saturday at 3 p.m. in the Crimson Commons as Blind Melon Chitlin' presents its last concert before breaking up for the summer, and, most likely forever. Every past member, including Bruce Fowler, Walt Fow ler and Stu Goldberg, will be there to say good-by- . But since the concert is a fundraiser to make enough money to do a recording, there is a chance the group might eventually come together again. If upon hearing the recording, someone decides that Blind Melon should have a chance to "make it." then there should be enough incentive to bring the boys back to each other. The reason for the break-uis that old excuse, money. Of course, if you're making the kind of money Frank Zappa does these days, it's no wonder Walt and Bruce rose from the valley. And since Stu Goldberg has been playing with Barry White in Seattle, Blind Melon Chitlin' has MARTIN RlTT IRVING RAVETCH PRODUCTION PAUL WINFIELDaoo HUME CRONYN Oi'eclea sto-s- The Lukman Glasgow ceramic exhibition, now on display in the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, provides a quantity of reaction. Utilizing the ancient medium of ceramics, Glasgow has created a new expression of art through his slip-cain plaster molds technique. Characterizing his works is a central juxatposition of subject matter. He presents objects out of their natural environment, producing an immediate sense of humor and quizzical wonder. Although his style has been referred to as surrealistic, Mr. Glasgow considers his works as "combined realism." "It is not a matter of taking familiar objects and placing them in an absurd or irritational context, it is more a matter of placing them in another context where one would not expect to find them." states the artist. One such example of this placement oddity is the work entitled, "Banana Handout." A shiny, Chiquita-yellobanana is peeled uniformly back to reveal an upturned palm. Mr. Glasgow seems to concentrate on bananas, hands and fish, creating odd combinations of the three. His colors are particularly vivid yet sensually pleasing, as he keeps the color restrained. The rich, gentle tone, accented by irridescent luster, is brought out through Glasgow's low-firglazes. Glasgow and his imaginative style are particularly sought after. Among the many business commissions offered to him is to produce the Joshua Tree emblem as well as that of the Eagle Eye Film Company. Glasgow's work will be on exhibit at the University until June 23. The museum is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sundays from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. It is closed Saturdays. Admission is free. "BUTCH CASSIDY & the SUNDANCE KID" "CONRACK" ?0lt Ce"tu'v Foiotesenis by AMY WADSWORTH Chronicle Staff "SUPERMAN" lesy (four episodes from the '50s TV series) 0 5th South "I & 7th CQ 'OiympusDnveln hct haven't hod such a good time at a new movie in years. Perer Dogdonovich. 5 New Ycx1 Magazine THE THPRR MUSKETEERS TECHNICOLOR PRINTS BV DE LUXE" ? Tonight Only!! 11)1 Extra added attraction ... TWO BIG FEATURES ON SAME PROGRAM BLAZING SADDLES" and the sequel to Friends... Paul and Michelle f0 Cottonwood Mall I'M Crawling from the slimy, prehistoric depths of the Great Salt Lake comes an unmitigated horror... WORLD PREMIERE! "THE GREAT BRINE SHRIMP" 7 Union Little Theatre 10 pin Q Friday Ir Saturday |