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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (June 1, 1978)
Pepper, Mitchell combine for jazz society benefit Saxophonist Art Pepper and trumpeter Blue Mitchell will be featured in a benefit jazz con cert tonight at 8 p.m. at the Eugene Hotel. The concert, also featuring bassist Larry Gales, drummer Mel Brown and pianist Dick Blake, will include three sets of music. Pepper is considered to be one of jazz’s foremost altoists. He has toured as a band musi cian with Stan Kenton, Buddy Rich and Don Ellis, has re corded with artists like Andre Previn, Marty Paich and Henry Mancini, and has led his own groups. His albums include Two Altos, Modern Art, Getting To gether, Intensity, and The Way it Was. His latest album, The Trip, features Elvin Jones, David Williams and George Cables. Pepper joined Kenton’s band in 1942 at age 17. He placed second to Charley Parker in Down Beat’s 1951 jazz poll, and went on to make over 70 recordings. Blue Mitchell began with bassist Sam Jones. He joined a 17-piece pop and R & B or chestra in 1955, featuring Sarah Vaughn, Al Hibbler, and Muddy Waters. He then worked with the Horace Silver Quintet from 1958 to 1965. He also re corded several albums, for Blue Mitchell Riverside and Blue Note Re cords. Mitchell led his own quintet from 1965 to 1968. It featured Chick Corea, Junior Cook, Gene Taylor and Al Foster. He has since performed with the Ray Charles Orchestra, the Louis Bellson Explosion, and Bill Berry s L.A. Big Band. Mitchell’s most recent RCA albums include Stratosonic Nuances and Funktion Junction. His latest release, African Violet, on Impulse, is a mixture of soft and funky music. Tickets for the show are $5.50 and are available at the Sun Shop, Everybody’s and tne Eugene Hotel. Proceeds will go to the Jazz Society of Oregon’s Andre Garand Memorial Scholarship Fund. EMU Board Presents: THE RALPH HARDIMAN SEXTET High Energy, Superb Jazz. TODAY EMU Sunken Courtyard 12 noon till 2 pm N r ATTENTION Off-Campus Students Students paying their own EWEB bills — that is, living off-campus where utilities are not included in the rent — must make their own arrangements with EWEB for starting and stopping electric service. It’s simple; do it by phone. Remember . . . 1. You apply to EWEB for service — when you move in. 2. You contact EWEB to stop service — when you move out. 3. You are responsible for paying the bill as long as service is in your name. Eugene Water & Electric Board A Municipally-Owned Utility 500 E. 4th Ave. Eugene, Oregon Phone 484-2411 Office Hours: 8 a m. — 5 p.m. _ a V Free films, classes on tap for Spring Dance Festival The Eugene Parks and Recreation's Spring Dance Festi val is scheduled for this weekend at the Westmoreland Community Center and Jefferson Junior High. The Festival, free and open to the public, will feature perfor mances of many different types of dance, free classes and lessons and films. Saturday’s events, all at the Westmoreland Center, include five dance films and a number ol classes and performances. The films, which will run through the afternoon, include Cherry Tree Carol, performed by the Ap palachian Folk Group; Four Pioneers, on four modern dance greats; An Artist and His Work, about modern dance; Ballet with Edward Villella and Robert Joffrey Ballet. Open classes include “Moderr Dance for Adults” at 1 p.m. anc “Modern Improvisation for Chil dren” at 4 p.m. Performances in elude “Irish Folk Dancing by Chil dren” at 2 p.m. and “Scenes frorr Alice in Wonderland” at 3 p.m. t performance and lesson ii Polynesian dancing is planned fo 4 p.m. Two dances are on tap for thy evening. At 7 p.m. in the Jeffersor Junior High School gym, severa Eugene dancers will give free in structions in disco dance. And a 7:30 p.m. in the Westmorelanc Center, a dance concert will fea ture modern dance, Scandinaviai Folk dancing, disco dancing, bell' dancing, and the tango hustle waltz and tango. Sunday, at 1 p.m., the mid Eastern troupe Balady will per form traditional Arabic dance Seven dancers will perform the music of two musicians, who will play the tabla, oud, sitar and flutes. The Eugene Scottish & English County Dance Society will pres ent a snow of English and Scottish Country Dancing at 2 p.m. And at 3 p.m., Percy Hilo will explain the intricacies of square dancing. Music will be played by a live string band. i I SALE 20% to 30% off on 100% pure cotton shirts, skirts, and tops for men and women. Ana In IMPORTS FROM INDIA 1038 Willamette Street „ 687-9766 BONG AND PIPE SALE Win a bong by guessing the right number. 10 bongs given away each week. 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