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Thursday, Deeember 16th, 1976
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Death in detention in S A
by Paul Irish
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seweto new becomes a brazier
furnishing warmth to those who demand
their birthright as fathers and mothers
sons and daughters of the soil
making their demand as urgent
as lava brought to the boil
a aUp on a stab
a Hight through the air
thooe are the ways
they sow wo take
now, they Bad you a hanging
a banging in your cell
another one who wont that way
that’s what they any
yon took the way
of the Brat black nwatyr
when be refused the yoke
And took dootk Isotooti
you will bo added to the
string of bonds wo wear
and proudly display whoa
wo sing of the way
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a black m artyr goes
loading to the time when
wo will weave freedom ribbons
fa our hair*
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CHAKLIE HADEN
SntCTtaiHIMCHt Guide
by A i m Jonas
C H A R L IE H A D E N
Some m j that a man may best be judged by the company he keeps. Charlie Haden's
baas has served as the richly resonant fulcrum for the free-fall improvisations of two of
modern music's most imposing emsembles: the Ornette Coleman Quartet, which
radically changed the jazz perceptions of the Sixties, and the Keith Jarrett Quartet,
which has left a broad and lasting impact on listeners of the Seventies. He has worked
and recorded with such jazz luminaries as John Coltrane, Archie Shepp, Alice
Coltrane, Cedi Taylor. Carla Bley, Joe Henderson. Don Cherry, Gate Barbieri,
Hampton Haines, A rt Pepper, and John McLaughlin, as well as the more
traditionally sty led Pee Wee Russell and Henry Red Allen. A man who keeps such
company should consistently rate high in the jazz polls, and Charlie Haden does. I t is
fitting that down beat Magazine in 1960 considered him one of seven key figures in the
development of the bass violin.
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: The music began in 1909 when Charlie, a t the tender age of two, became the
youngest person in the state of Iowa to carry a Social Security card, necessitated by
his entrance into his family's country music troupe. “My father was the M.C., and he
taught all five of us kids to sing the different harmony parts by ear.” This early
groundwork is most responsible for Haden's uncanny harmonic ear, which made him
one of only a handful of bassists who could have fulfilled the pan-tonal demands of
Ornette Coleman's music in 1958.
Haden’s muscial commitment at this time was nearly matched by another biological
drive - the need for heroin. He is one of the addicts who have come back, kicking the
habit for good. For Charlie, the process involved a three-year stay at Synanon in
California, during which he abandoned music and concentrated on regaining his health.
While there, he met his wife Ellen, who was then a student at San Francisco State
College and who had visited the rehabilitation center for an open-house program. The
Hadens now have four children, including a set of triplets.
A fter Synanon. Haden resumed working with Coleman and eventually became part
of the original Keith Jarrett Trio. He also began adding considerably to his prestigious
reputation, with guest appearances on many excellent records, including several
albums for the innovative Jazz Composers Orchestra Association. 1970 was a
thrice-blessed year for the basist and composer; his album. Liberation Music
Orchestra, a landmark recording of the New Music, was released; he created the back
ground music for the T V program “San Francisco M ix”; and he was awarded a
Guggenheim Fellowship for Composition, making him only the fourth jazz musician to
be so honored.
by Ulye
W A LK IN G
Upon wa
the cradle to tbs gravo,
rer be can sustain.
Upon walking from the cradle to the grave,
One encounters assay snares and pitfalls,
and camouflaged things.
Upon walking from tbe cradle to the grave,
One is kicked around and put down,
And he knows what the blues is.
Upoa walking from tbs cradle to tbs grave,
I stumbled, then gained control.
And aavod my soul.
W H A T C H R IS TM A S M E A N S TO M E
Child of God born
Hope be brought us all
be was
He conquered
Satan He is defeating
Tenderness Hs taught
■ Mankind He loved
Altogether we should he fo. Him
Savior of tbe World Ho is.
Black poet James Matthews wrote this
noem a short while ago for his fellow
South Africans who have died in deten
tion. The official reasons given for their
deaths by the security police are a
mockery of the truth. I. Haron “fell down
stairs”; N. Kgoothe “slipped in shower”;
A. Timol “suicide" by jumping through
the 10th floor window of the police
interrogation center. Most recently the
deaths of Soweto student J. Maghabane
and trade unionist L. Mazwembe, held in
the wake of the mass uprisings this
summer, were termed “suicide by hang
ing."
Now James Matthews himself is being
held by the South African security police.
A letter from South Africa has reached
this country expressing the fear that
unless there are international cries of
protest, Matthews may be the next name
listed in the annals of the security police
as a “suicide by hanging.”
Matthews is one of thousands, at
present held under South Africa's dracon
ian security legislation. The laws allow
detainees to be kept incommunicado
indefinitely, without explanation, without
being charged, without access to a lawyer
or family, priest, or doctor. The South
African security police literally have the
power to make a person disappear,
sometimes forever.
James Matthews is being held by the
white authorities in South Africa because
in the simple language of poetry, he
dared express the deep feelings of his
people - the anger, and the demand for
justice.
wind carrying the wails of the a
fire ignited in the minds of peo|
burst forth fa other places
fuelled by layers of oppression
piled around thorn like kindling
added to the conflagration
nestled in the soul of soweto
words like petrol drape spewed
turn fate burning brands passed
has burst forth in volcanic fury
all in its heat
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March of Dimes
TO PROTECT
THE UNBORN AND THE NEWBORN
The South African government has
resorted to naked brutality in its attenp t
to suppress the freedom struggle. Hun
dreds, many young school children, have
died under a hail of police bullets this past
summer. Others are dying under torture
in its jails. Yet the South African
government is still sensitive to outside
opinion because it fears the results of
isolation. Thus the Tony award-winning
actors Winston Ntshona and John Kani
were swiftly released after it became
apparent that thousands of actors in this
country would demonstrate protesting
their detention on October 26th, and mar
the “independence" ceremony for the
Transkei.
The Black people of South Africa are
not waiting for our goodwill to come and
free them. Steeled by the realities of
their oppression; they are organizing for
the battles they will have to fight to win
their birthright. In the words of James
Matthews,
t h is
se*ct conreieureo
b v t h i p u b i is h e h
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whose petals will wither
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aa would dreams die
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for reality’s stood
to lay in flowered fields
dream-dazed illusionist
unmindful of corrupted laws
is not a state we share
reality demands rid ourselves of
ail chains
then, perhaps, we shall indulge fa
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We cannot fight the battles, but we can
give some protection and support to
those who are engaged in the struggle.
•Poems taken from “Tribute to
Martyrs” published in South Africa by
the Black Literature & Arts Congress,
VoL 1 No. 3.
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. r> ¿PaulIrish in executive associate of the
American Committee on Africa and the
Africa Fund. The Fund, 305 East 46th
Street, New York, New York 10017,
seeks contributions for the legal defense
of political prisoners in South Africa.
Readers concerned about Mr. Matthews
may write to him c/o Police Headquar
ters, Calendon Square, Cape Town, South
Africa.)
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Thia public service activity provides an
excellent opportunity for concerned indi
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with fairly simple returns to file, especial
ly the Short Form 1040A. This assistance
will be especially valuable this year with
all the changes in tax forms and tax
regulations created by the Tax Reform
Act of 1976, recently enacted by Con
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The IRS provides volunteer assistors
with a two or three day course in basic
income tax procedure. In addition, the
IRS makes available the necessary forms
and schedules, and detailed guides on tax
laws and how to file a return.
In helping low-income taxpayers for no
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Columbia Coin Company, S14 S.W. 6th
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