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ENTERTAINMENT
Folksinger
Set To
Appear
Soul Train Music Awards" To Honor
Quincy Jones And Arsenio Hall
Darius and his duo of backing musi­
cians will be performing at East Avenue
and the Leaky Roof on Feb. 25th (East
Ave.), Feb. 27th (Roof) and Feb. 28th at
P.S.U.
Darius has been an important member
of the L.A. accoustic music scene. His
songs and especially his lyrics have re­
ceived very favorable critical response. In
turn. Gold Castle has helped spearhead the
folk music revival with acts such as the
Washington Squares and Eliza Gilkyson
along with more traditional artists such as
Joan Baez and Peter, Paul, and Mary.
Sprawling ballads on the human condi­
tion . . . Irreverent musical poems about
politics and religion . . . Lusty tales of
travel, drink and romance . . . This is
Darius. His (mostly) first person ramblings
are steeped in the traditions o f American
storytelling; his singing honest and pas­
sionate. The sonic landscape is often time­
less and rural, while his best lyrics capture
the ironies of contemporary urban life.
On Cardboard Confessional, Darius'
first solo release and first album for Gold
Quincy Jones
CHICAGO, ILL.-The Fourth Annual
“ Soul Train Music Awards,” set for
Wednesday, March 14, 1990, at the Los
Angeles Shrine Auditorium, will be high­
lighted by two special awards. The Heri­
tage Award will be presented to famed
record producer, recording artist and com ­
poser Quincy Jones for outstanding career
achievements, and the Sammy Davis, Jr.
Award will be presented to talk show sen­
sation Arsenio Hall as one of 1989’s most
important and successful entertainers.
Jones has produced and/or co-produced
several of the best-selling albums in music
history, including three Michael Jackson
solo albums, and is celebrating 40 years as
a leading arranger, musician, composer and
producer in all forms of popular music.
Jones has also accounted for numerous
motion picture scores, and it was Quincy
Jones who initiated “ the Color Purple” as
a motion picture project and served as its
producer.
Arsenio Hall
Jones’ latest project is the new Quincy
Jones album entitled "B ack on the Block”
on Warner Brothers Records, wherein Jones
ingeniously combines performances by
legendary stars associated with his roots in
Jazz with performances by well known
stars currently associated with Rhythm and
Blues, Pop, Gospel and Rap music. Don
Cornelius describes Jones' new album as,
“ the privilege of a lifetime in listening
pleasure and a qualitative masterpiece.”
Arsenio H all's 1989 accomplishments
as a television talk show host and executive
producer were herculean in nature as he led
“ the Arsenio Hall Show” from late night
obscurity against a well established field,
which includes such staples as Johnny Carson
and David Letterman, to what Time maga­
zine recently described as “ T V ’s liveliest
melting pot and number one (in ratings)
among the important under-35 audience.”
The Sammy Davis, Jr. Award was
inaugurated as a special award one year ago
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in honor of Davis and his long spectacular
career. Michael Jackson became the first
Sammy Davis, Jr. Award recipient on the
“ Soul Train Music Awards” televised
ceremonies last spring, which included
Elizabeth Taylor and Eddie Murphy as
Jackson's live presenters along with Sammy
Davis, Jr. as a presenter on videotape.
"The Sammy Davis, Jr. Award amounts
to our Entertainer of the Year award,”
according to Cornelius. “ Just as Michael
Jackson was our choice as Mr. 1988, Arsenio
Hall is unquestionably Mr. 1989.”
Quincy Jones follows previous Heri­
tage Award recipients Stevie Wonder, Gladys
Knight and the Pips and Michael Jackson
and in addition, will be celebrating his
birthday which, coincidentally, occurs on
March 14, 1990.
Tribune Entertainment, a subsidiary of
Tribune Broadcasting Company, Inc., ac­
quires, develops, produces and distributes
programming for television.
Castle Records, Darius owes as much to his
literary influences as any musical gurus.
His favorite writers include Henry Miller
and Jack Kerouac, and their legacy can be
seen in his very personal, almost stream-of-
consciousness lyrics. His strong sense of
melody is inspired by the best proponents
of the folk and rock genres.
Darius brings his unique sense of in­
strumentation to his solo outing, incorpo­
rating the traditional acoustic guitar, bass
and percussion with more exotic instru­
ments like th sitar. Darius is, in fact, one of
the only session sitar players in Los Ange­
les, and his work can be heard most recently
on Warren Zevon’s Sentimental Hygiene
album. For the instruments he doesn’ t play,
Darius joined forces with some talented
friends, including Chet McKracken of the
Doobie Brothers and Danny Gayol of th
BoDeans on drums, Los Angeles favorite
Carl Byron on keyboards, and Jerry Gid­
dens of Walking Wounded on backing vocals.
For more information: Gold Castle
Records, 3575 Cahuenga Blvd. W., Suite
435, Los Angeles, CA 90068, (213) 850-
3321.
Artists Charles Searles, (left) of Philadelphia, and W illa rd “ The Texas
K id ” Watson, of Dallas, join the festivities during the recent opening of the
Dallas Museum of A r t’s exhibition, “ Black A rt-Ancestral Legacy: the
A frican Impulse in African-Am erican A r t” on view through February 25,
at the Dallas Museum of A rt. Searles and Watson are two of the 49 African-
Am erican artist featured in the exhibition, which includes more than 150
works. Sponsored by Philip M orris Companies, Inc., the exhibition will
travel to the High Museum of A rt in Atlanta, G A . (M a y 22-Aug. 5,1990);
to the M ilw aukee A rt Museum (Sept. 14-Nov. 18,1990) and the Virginia
Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, V A . (Jan. 2 8-M a r. 24,1991.)
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- PRESENTS -
DANCE THEATRE
OF
Thursday - Sunday
Arthur
Mitchell,
DIRECTOR
Security Pacific
Bank is proud to
sponsor the Portland
performances of Dance
Theatre of Harlem. Feb. 20,
21 and 23,1990,8.00 p.m.
Portland Chic Auditorium.
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Solar/Epic recording artists Calloway chat with “ Soul T ra in ” host Don
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show, in support of their debut album All The W ay. Cino-vincent Calloway;
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