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Page B3 ©t|# PortUiià ------------------------------------— ------- (Elje Jîortlauù ©bseruer ENTERTAINMENT Heads Up Super Band’s Debut CD, Rock This! Chris Rock Showcases Live Set at Berks Jazz Fest Gerald Veasley * K enny Blake * Joe M cBride * Keith Carlock. While crowds throughout Europe have cheered Heads Up International recording artists Joe McBride, Kenny Blake and Gerald Veasley at special live performances o f the Heads Up Super Band, the trio have rarely teamed for U.S. appearances. However, stateside fans are in for a treat when the Seattle-based label releases the band's first international recording— Heads U p Super Band Live at Berks Jazz Fest. Featuring pianist/vocalist McBride, saxophon ist Blake, and bassist Veasley with drummer Keith Carlock, the disc will also be an enhanced CD featuring video footage form the 1998 concert in Berks County, Pennsylvania. The Super Band brings together the top smooth jazz players from H ead’s Up roster and highlights each artist and his work. “Though Kenny, Joe, and Gerald are all great solo artists with followings o f their own, sometime we can’t resist the tempta tion to create a monster show featur ing all o f them together,” explains Dave Love, president o f Heads Up International. “Together, these guys are the ulti “Chris Rock is probably the tunm- est and smartest comedian working today.” —Caryn James, New York Times “U nlike so m any com edians’ books, this one isn’t a wispy flight through the land ofwhimsy. It’s closer to a hip sociology primer, with direct hits on such subjects as the differ ence between white skin-magazines and black ones.” __James Wolcott, Vanity Fair “ [Rock This] rolls along nicely, right over w hites, blacks, men, women, and your mama, in fact... And somehow manages to come off as a nice young man you’d be proud to introduce to your parents...Cheaper than a cover charge and two drinks.” -A lex an d ra Jacobs, Entertain ment Weekly “With Rock This!, his new laugh- out-loud humor book..., rock shows that he’s real, raw, and his already taken the throne, ripping into every thing from crack to rap to racism. Rock doesn’t just make you laugh; he makes you think.” —Nichole Christian, Vibe You’ve seen him on his Emmy A w ard-nom inated HBO special Bring The Pain, on HBO talk show The Chris Rock Show, in commer cials for 1-800-COLLECT, and as the host o f the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards. Y ou’ve heard him as mate contemporary jazz band. they the voice o f“Little Penny Hardaway” have sold out shows all across Eu in Nike commercials and on his com rope, so we thought it was time to edy album Roll With The New. Now share their collaborations with audi you can read America’s hottest stand ences at home. up comedian, Chirs Rock, in Rock Following Berks, the Heads Up This (Hyperion; Mass Market Pa Super Band also performed at the perback; November 1, 1998; $6.99) Capital Jazz Festival, Syracuse Jazz — a hilarious, no-holds-barred look Festival, Carolina Music Fest and at everything from race to relation Clifford Brown Jazz Festival.” ships to politics. A veteran o f stand-up comedy for thirteen years, Rock has built a repu tation on his daring, "deal-with-it humor” (Spin) and honest, intelli gent analysis of society. In Rock This!, Rock gives more o f the edgy, observational humor that has earned him two Emmy Award nominations, wide critical acclaim, and a legion of devoted fans. In chapters headed “Cash Flow,” “1 Said Shut Up!” ’ “Float On,” and “Social Studies,” Rock takes a hilarious look at such topics as the trouble with money, bad phone sex, a day in the life o f a “Functional drug addict” and why we don’t need a death penalty. F rom stories o f growing up a black boy in a nearly all-white school to his now famous bit, “Marion Barry, Crackhead," Rock tells it all - just like it is: Halle Berry To Star In HBO Pictures’ Dorothy Dandridge H alle Berry (“ Bulw orth," “Why Do Fools Fall in Love” ) will star in HBO Pictures’ Dorothy Dandridge, it was announced by John Matoian, president, HBO Pictures and HBO NYC Productions. The cast also includes O bba B abatunde (HBO N Y C ’s “ M iss E v e r s ’ B o y s” ), Loretta D evine (“ W aiting to Ex hale”), La Tanya Richardson (“U.S. M a r s h a ls :) , D .B . S w eeney (“Spaw n” ), Tam ara T aylor (Party o f Five”), Cynda W illiam s (“The W edding”) and Brent Spiner (Star Trek: The N ext G eneration”). D i rected by M artha Coollidge (Out to Sea”), the film begins produc tion Sept. 29 in Los Angeles. “HBO is fortunate to have an am azing ensem ble cast headed by the M ulti-talented Halle Berry, who will re-introduce the w orld to Dor o th y D an d rid g e, a rem ark ab le woman who fought to break the color barrier,” said M atoian. Robert Kayz executive produces with partner M octesum a Esparza fo r E sp a rz a /K a tz P ro d u c tio n s (“ Selena"). Halle Berry also serves as executive producer along with V ince C irrin c io n e and Jo sh u a M a u re r (“ D e a d M en C a n ’t D ance”). Larry A lbucher (“Three W ishes” ) is producer. The script is by Shonda Rhitnes (“The Other U .M 1 II) W omen” ) and Scott Abbott (H B O ’s “W inchell”). D orothy D andridge is based on the book “ D orothy D andridge,” by Earl M ills. Gaye H irsch is the HBO executive in charge o f the film. D orothy D andridge traces the true story o f the legendary black actress (Berry) from her youth to her tragic early death. D andridge achieved success in the title role o f the 1954 film “ Carm en Jones,” m aking history by becom ing the first black w om an ever nom inated for a Best Actress Academy Award. Along w ith her accom plishm ent came heartache and despair over tw o high-profile m arriages, a love affair with O tto Prem inger, the in stitutionalization o f her only daugh ter and a drug dependency. Halle Berry has starred in such feature films as the recent “Why Do Fools Fall in love," as well as “ Bulworth,” “B.A.P.S., ’’“The Rich M an’s W ife,” “ Executive D eci sion,’’“The Flintstones" and “Los ing Isaiah,” am ong others. 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