Jazz Odyssey Masonic Auditorium
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
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