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Ross has a By SAM L. IRVIN, JR. with ease from Gamecock Staff Writer disco, occasions famous tamboui Diana Ross is a very commercial 1960's Motown S< commodity and she shrewdly However, wha knows what her Top 40 audience album aDart frt warns, sue delivers variety and freshness. has it lavishly produced and When Ross si packaged. der's "Too Shy 1 Her newest album, "Baby, It's Wonder's own ve Me," is no exception, and just may shy at the beginn be her best effort yet. strength as the Superbly produced by veteran into a dramatic Richard Perry, the album swings wnnMHMnH HER VERSIO! Manchester-Carc I I I I I I TT1 X IVTTTi hypnotic mellow existed in a Ross's renditk Manchester-Stan "Confide In Mc blues-jazz flare ??' ? " ?:., ?,;, ijiul.i. nm tm Love That Mad given a haunting ^^alburn. which fu of the lyrics. 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N of the Melissa _ j VBSnr"Shaafa CH U VCII Ol quality that has W ny other version. in of the Melissa Faculty and students of the Music ley Schwartz tune be the featured performers in a i takes on the series at Trinity Cathedral, 1100 which Ross per- beginning October 12. ,ady Sings The "Wednesdays at Trinity" is one do1 hers' "The Same answer to the question, "What can I e Me Laugh" is break"? Promptly at 12:30 p.m. the treatment on this hour musical program followed by (fills the meaning lunch in the Parish dining room for a Admission to the program is free Good To Me" is public. The series opens with the Un lusic wunoui me Carolina Baroque trio, Barbara Til ervade most of Myers, oboe and Kim Kelley, harpi iterial. John Haney, organist and choir rr For Love," "You Cathedral, is chairman of the lum f the World" and especially for working Columbians, s t" are up-tempo etc. who wish to hear good music an incorporate the lotown Sound. TIIER ARTISTS " uvvii m)bi> make a killer single with its catchy s sound to 1970 s chorus and cute*y delivery , thus creating a The title track follows and "Aja" "Rahv" Mn ? is a son8 deserving repeated ' playings. An all-star cast combines to collectively and individually . deliver a musical tour de force. 11011$ Fagen's superior vocals combine with the spirited drumming of Steve Gadd and a beautiful sax solo by Wayne Shorter to comprise ^ r , what is probably the highlight of y S hrvi ire -11 *? vy i i \^y kj i \j uic: uiuum. rnell Arms Had a Piece i ^ * M H I ir VHhiiT> f" 1 'mKmsn nd cut. and nd value f iRy UEUUERV d Jewelers fown g Penny's \\ Z J 254-8800 >oth al industry's top musicians inch saxophone player Tom S percussionist Bobbye 1 guitarist Ray Parker, keyboard-synthesizer artist Ji Newton Howard and st arranger-conductor fipnp f THE PACKAGING of this h( is also a plus. Three photo Skrebneski are rather suggest Each is taken from the same ai Ffers no< Department will the historic rnique six week October Sumter Street, with a supp Jonge, viol wntown church's tain, oboe, do on my lunch narpsichori re will be a half , October : a quick buffet Percussion nominal fee. Anne Farr and open to the Price, trorr iversity of South Hanev. org; ly, flute, Allison on the har schord. Callahan w taster at Trinity Mests designed Trinity p tudents, faculty, both the n d enjoy lunch in presented i From page i:i TU ^ f: i a. t . * me unai iracK on siae or "Dean Blues," a mid-te number done in typical Steely style, featuring the sax of Christlieb and a respectable s background vocals by a trii females. Side two begins with highlight, "Peg," a hi] charged, catchy tune whicl perhaps romantic. Jay Gra; contributes a rifling guitar which undermines the chorus the effect is awesome. The final three songs on album do taper off a bit, but certainly not disappointing. "Home At Last" Becker Fagen continue to write of lost but the delivery of the song m; one forget the topic. How can love be so beautiful? "I GOT THE NEWS" is wri almost poetically and is aboi love that may succeed. It is album's blandest song, but is very interesting. "Josie" closes out the album many of the standout music combine to turn in an excel performance. The seducth sexual lyrics are a pleasant cha uarice "Revelation" sequence, Ulysses Dove, a native Columbia. He was part of a th man performance of "Sir Man," the segment which dre standing ovation at Presic Carter's inaugural ball. Before joining the Alvin A group in the mid-1970s. I)o professional experience incli wilds? Collim hin AppnrHinrt tn f?*. ?V V w? MHip, IU U 141 McCorkle taught the gr organization, among other thii T1IF IKt V WILDS BAM) warmed up crowds for the IV shall Tucker Band, Cactus, ( . ?mmmm-t v?miTIEjVVfV/l\~rBgf 15 Ibum iding showing a studio reflector and cott, backdrop. Hall, For the cover shot, Floss, clad in Jr., evening gown, holds a fur that suggests a rug. for the back ring cover, Ross has dropped the rug *age. and is turned around as if beckoning the viewer to help her >tset with her rear zipper, s by For the inside, Ross is gone, but ive. the fur rug remains heaped on the ngle, floor. >n break : setting of Trinity Cathedral. 19, Harry Cardwell, tenor, will perform orting group of instrumentalists; Fritz De lin, Constance Lane, flute. Thomas BritCarol Beyer, violoncello. Jerry Curry, d and John Haney, organ. ?6 the program will be Music for Brass, and Organ with Keith Amstutz, trumpet. , trumpet, G.B. Lane, trombone. Harry ibone. Jack Bircher. percussion and John an. November 2 Jerry Curry will perform psichord. November 9 Nancy Mappus ill be at the organ. lans a Spring series and hopes to expand umber and variety of programs to be ncluding other media and lectures. le is and leave the love theme behind in mpo favor of something better. Dan Katz has done a superb job Pete producing the album. He deserves et of some credit for the sparkling 0 of performances which are heard. Katz is such an essential part of its Steely Dan's sound that, though he ?hly plays no instrument, he could 1 is almost be considered a group /don member. Blending these diverse solo talents into such an aesthetic and success is no easy task, though the smoothness of the album may tho malfO it cnnm c-n are Even with all these important On contributors there remains the and shadow of Becker and Fagen, who love mysteriously continue to confound akes their audience and critics. TTiey lost rarely grant an interview, seldom are seen in public, and have toured onlv once, fivo vwrs nan itten ut a They are loners from the rock the industry who put out a product still infrequently in a manner that challenges anyone to do better, and Seldom has anyone even ap ians proached that challenge. To llent borrow a tired old saying, "Aja" is /ely without a doubt one of the fines' inge albums of the year. Frnm ? ? r"K'" 1 *' was the modern dance choreography of of Anna Sokolow. ethnic with Pearl ree- ling's company and the abstract iner styles of Merce Cunningham. W a As a mpmtvr nf thn Alvitt Ailmr - - ....... J lent American Dance Theater. Dove has earned critical praise for his jley work in "Night Creatures," ve's "Billie" (about singer Billie ided Holliday) and "Love Songs." From page 12 rtge, tain Beyond, Atlanta Rhythm oup Section, and Mother's Finest. rigs. Sooner or later, some other "hcmetown hand" will warm up has the < mwd for them. lar- "V < re not going to go away," ^ap- said Uidge.