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Show Page Nina THE DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE November 27. B74 ' ARTS a-- E N T E RT A X J II IM j ME 5l T opportunity to break into the soundtrack business. But he's quite rrainry happy at Westrrvrtster, because he has a certain amount of freedom, freedom, which Ladd Mcintosh needs and which, sometimes, is unacceptable to other people. The music department at the college is housed in an old three-stor- y structure which has little room for anything but offices and a couple of practice rooms. The bands rehearse in the basement of one of the dormitories and concerts are given in the eating areas of the Union Building. It is then obvious that housing b a problem and whether or not the administration is willing to give them more space may become the condition on which Ladd's presence will rest. continued on page 10 DocUr Thottfkt Ht Wi Crtiy . . . H Nrtt TfctvfM Ht Wn Siy . . . Tfct Poiitt TkogM H Wi Criminal . . . Tw1 Hi ink Nt'i Tfct ft 1 HILARIOUS ''' t Performing with his experimental ensemble. Ladd Mcintosh plays his distinctive brand of continued from page 8 College and did what Ladd calls a "hell of a sales job." Mcintosh and music came to their school and with him came most of the jazz students who had played at the his University. the past two years, Mcintosh has continued to teach his innovative brand of jazz, still bringing in talents from all spots in the country and producing more exceptional bands. But being the controversial and changing character that he is, this solution to the creative establishment of Ladd Mcintosh was not perfect. Many students left after a short time. Merril Clark went to Westminster for a semester and left. He said, "They don't have a complete jazz program." And it is reported the music faculty at the college is now becoming uneasy about the situation. Last year the Westminster band. In a which has made him both respected and disliked. mm s Mcintosh has always progressed in cycles. He professional, seemed to lose some of the innovative quality of the developes a certain innovation, past. They became a tight band, some new style for his bands and with beautiful displays of more his compositions, then that music standard music, not actually seems to stop changing, it almost standard, but standard for Ladd stagnates. Once the stagnation is too much for him, he launches on a Mcintosh. new project. the So this year, Ladd has given direction of the two big bands over Among his hopes for the future is to teaching assistants, while he a possibility still alive from his past. forms his own special experimental Mcintosh wrote a rock opera ensemble. The ensemble is entitled "A Good Day to Die," composed of roughly the same which ran for a long time at the instruments as a tegular band, but Playboy Club in Miami, Florida. It its structure is different in that Ladd received very good notice and last does a lot of changing as they year Ladd was approached conrehearse and they play some of his cerning the filming of the opera. "I was pretty excited about it," new things, things which are constituting a new direction for he' said. "But when the producers couldn't get guarantees from the him. I I had labs that the film could be ready by in a "I decided was rut, I Christmas, the project was stopped changing and that is what need to do. So I came up with a dropped." There is still hope for the movie different set-u- p and gave the other and Mcintosh still hopes for the band to Jon Crosse." while being skilled and very "T more-or-les- m PLAYBOY PRODUCTIONS PRIStNT TIMOTHY BOTTOMS and BARBARA SEAGUU n THE'WOniDOF 521 8181 . PC. TROLLET 4 602 last bth Call for Time South ) MANN THEATRES ) f TCTYyTU invites you to listen and respond to Jack Anderson DEC. 2 Union Ballroom SrTl mmmmm4i V, Xr'-'n1- I 7:30 AIRPORT 1975" 272-515- A 1 iji THE TAMARIND SEED II Juje edge of seat suspense j(filmed II Andrews in salt lake omvi I Qmar Sharif I l ftTHE I SOUTH , 487.7896 gmm. 111 486-287- 1 I I I rCT Ssfct'THt BBT tor I SEAGULL KID". vl I I RlftLTO (: if I USTS Ss!! CRAZY WORLD T. Tfr--- n V THh I1 WHERE VROODER'i I FERN GROWS plus pLJ''BUTCH CASSIDY i''JOH NATHAN LIVINGSTON i I I AND THE SUNDANCE m(rn ;: M wmmmmSW Dtivr hHuilla- -- W Mi southeast Vl f Z It's a Challenge from ASUU SO01 HIGHLAND 1 j: if Students free Others $1.00 - Cottonwood Mall imij ' j j ' |
