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Jazz Odyssey Masonic Auditorium

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Day
1
Month
October
Year
1976
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JAZZ ODYSSEY

Masonic Auditorium

One of the nicest musical at-

tractions we've seen recently was

Sunday night's Jazz Odyssey spec-

tacle at Masonic Temple. The

production was smooth and en-

couraged the presence of peace

and pleasure, which is quite satis-

fying after the recent incidents

of concert duds, violence and au-

dience hysteria.

 

Grover "Mister Magic" Wash-

ington was mesmerizing as ever

with his drive and absolute pre-

cision on tenor saxophone.

Equally spectacular were his jam-

tight personnel, including Gene

Simmons on keyboards, Richard

Lee on bass and Darryl Washing-

ton on percussion.

 

Grover & Co. project an aura

in live performance that  is seldom

captured on wax. "Windows," a

Chick Corea composition, is ab-

solute ecstacy. Grover spills forth,

expanding exuberance with each

improvisation. Sheer poetry!

 

Vibist Roy Ayers explained

to me earlier that "Ubiquity"

means the state of being every-

where at the same time. The

Roy Ayers Ubiquity manages to

live up to its name by covering a

whole lot of ground with its mu-

sic. It's enthralling, contagious,

and often overtly sexual.

 

The righteous personnel of

Ayers' band includes the unmis-

takable Pretty Purdie on drums;

Will Allen on bass; Philip Woo

devastating the keyboards, syn-

thesisers, and a wailing harmon-

ica; John Mosley, trumpet; Justo

Almario on tenor sax; Calvin

Banks, guitar; Chano O'Farrell,

percussion; and female vocalist

Chicas.

 

Ms. Marlena Shaw played a

brief set, as did Airtight and Pea-

bo who were quite impressive

during their all-too-short per-

formances.

--Mick Murton