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(Elje ‘JHortlanò (¡Observer August 13. 2003 Page A7 What is Focus Jazz?... Tap Dancing Great Dead at 57 "...if you hafta ask, ain’t nev B ern a d e tte P eters (right) a n d Gregory H ines p erfo rm during th e 2 0 0 2 Tony A w ards in N ew York. H ines, th e ta p d a n c in g a ctor who s ta r te d on Broadway a n d in m o vie s including W hite N ights a n d R unning Scared, d ied Saturday. He w a s 5 7 . (AP photo) H - attributed to Fats Waller CANNON'S - = RIB EXPRESS = = _ (FGRMERLYCHUC’KHINTON'S) Catering & Take-Out (AP) — As soon as he could walk and talk, Gregory Hines said, he knew he could dance. His dazzling feet kicked o ff a career that stretched from gigs in New Y ork clubs when he was five to Tony Award glory on Broadway and Hollywood stardom. Hines, considered the greatest tap dancer o f his generation, died o f cancer Saturday in Los Angeles at age 57. “ I don’t remember not dancing,” Hines said in a 2001 interview with The Associated Press. “When I realized I was alive and these were my parents, and 1 could walk and talk, 1 could dance.” With his elegant tap style that evoked Fred Astaire and Sammy Davis Jr., Hines became interna tionally known at a young age as partofajazztapduow ith his brother. Maurice. H ines and his brother performed together in the m usical revue “Eubie!” in 1978, in Broadw ay’s “Sophisticated Ladies” and on film in 1984’s "The Cotton Club." His role in “The Cotton Club" led J He was the last o f a kind o f immaculate performer - a singer, dancer, actor and a personality. - George C. Wolfe, director to more offers from Hollywood. He starred with Mikhail Baryshnikov in 1985's Cold War-era dancers’ story “W hiteNights"and with Billy Crys tal in 1986’s “Running Scared” and he appeared with Whitney Houston and Angela Bassett in 1995’s"W ait- ing to Exhale,” among other movies. He won a 1992 Tony Award for the musical “Jelly’s Last Jam.” “ He was the last o f a kind o f immaculate performer - a singer, dancer, actor and a personal ity,” said George C. Wolfe, who directed “Jelly."“He knew how toeommand." “His dancing came from som e thing very real,” said Bernadette Peters, who appeared with H ines as co-hosts o f the 2002 Tony Awards show. “It came out o f his instincts, his impulses and his am azing cre ativity. His whole heart and soul went into everything he did.” Gregory Oliver Hines was bom on Feb. 14,1946, in New York City. He has said his mother urged him and his older brother toward tap dancing because she wanted them ‘Suge’ Knight Called Gang Target Police warn rap artist to be cautious (AP) — Rap mogul Marion . “Suge” Knight may be the ultimate target o f a series o f deadly gang shootings, according to a published report. Four ofthe eight people killed in slayings that stretch back to 1997 were close associates o f Knight, the Los Angeles Times reported. Investigators have warned Knight to be cautious. “W ord on the street is there’s a hit out on Suge Knight,” said Det. Michael C aouetteof the Los Ange les County S h eriff s Department. Knight, who has been jailed since June 27, was given 10 months in prison after a parole board found that he struck a Hollywood night club valet. Police and gang members told the newspaper that Knight became enveloped in infighting between rival gang factions in the 1990s. The rap impresario sparked further bad blood by firing a bodyguard ? Black men get murdered every day in the ghetto. I ’m not nervous. I got no reason to be scared. O ur S pecialty : to have a w ay out o f the ghetto. When he was a toddler, his brother was already taking tap les sons and would come home and teach him steps. They began per forming together when Gregory H ines was 5, and they performed at the Apollo Theater in Harlem for two weeks when he was 6. In 1954, they were cast in the Broadway musical “The Girl in Pink Tights,” starring Prench ballerina Jeanmaire. On television, he had his own series in 1997 called “The Gregory Hines Show," as well asa recurring role on "W ill and Grace." He was nominated for an Emmy forhis lead role in the miniseries “Bojangles” and appeared in the spring televi sion series “Lost at Home." R eal H ickory S moked B ar -B-Q • Sandwiches • Salads • Chicken • Pork Ribs • Beef Ribs HOURS: Mon.-Thurs. 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Knight said. “Black men get murdered every day in the ghetto. I’m not nervous. I got no reason to be scared.” A m o n g th o se k ille d w ere K night’s best friend and the cre ator o f the Death Row electric chair logo. In 1996, Knight violated proba tion and was imprisoned for five years after being caught on video tape, along with Shakurand others, beating a gang rival in the lobby o f a Las Vegas hotel. Shakur was shot and killed three hours later as he was riding in a BM W w ith K night, w ho w as wounded in the attack. Knight was paroled from prison in 2001, but served 61 days behind bars earlierthis year for associating with a known gang member in vio lation o f his parole. FREE JAZZ PEAK PERFORMANCES CD (off the Hook) 5 0 3 *3 3 5 *0 3 0 0 5924 se 47th & W oodstock 3240 N. Williarbs Ave @ CooW treet 5 0 3 -7 7 7 -3 9 0 0 T.B. E n t e r p r is e s P r e s e n t s STO P' M U S IC , IN C . T he I s l e y B rothers # / Selling Album "Body Kiss" T O P T E N L IS T NMMMMMMM Busta Rhymes -- "It Aint Safe No More" Rap Artist Has Something to Prove Sarai is a n ew rap a rtist from N ew York. (AP photo) (AP) — Eminem has disproved the notion that white boys can't rap. W hite girls, on the other hand. have had almost zero impact on the genre in its 30-year history. But now a new face, Sarai, might be someone new - a Feminem - to go where none have gone before. Her debut album, “The Origi nal," was just released by Epic Records. The first single, the party song “Ladies,” has been getting airplay on hip-hop stations and MTV One o f Sarai ’ s producers is Scott Storch, a founding member o f the hip-hop band The Roots w ho’s worked with artists ranging from Eminem to Christina Aguilera. Storch says when he first heard Sarai, “she was doing something different, sort o f hip-hop with a white female, and actually bringing it o ff like a real sister.” Until the superstar producer Dr. Dre ushered Eminem into the rap game in 1999, white people had a checkered history in rap. Unless they com pletely dissed their white heritage - like the late 1980s group 3rd Bass - or delivered comedy - like the early Beastie Boys - they were usually dismissed. A nd who could forget street poseur Vanilla Ice o f“ Ice Ice Baby” fame, who will go down in history as the Pat Boone o f rap? Princess Superstar, a sexually frank white rapper sometimes called the white Lil’ K im, can attest to that. “W e’ve got a lot o f racial issues here, and sometimes it plays itself out in the music gam e," says the rapper, who puts out her music on her own label. k Bone Crasher -- "Attenchun" Whitney Houston -- "Just Whitney" WC -- "Ghetto Heisman" Tickets go on sale Ju ly 14, 2(H).I A vailable (a The C rystal Ballroom, I errell Brandon's Barbershop an d a n y Ticketm aster» outlets. Price $40.0 Sunday August*31^2003^ Crystal Ballroom 1332 W Burnside 9:00pm Until Toni Braxton - "More Than A Woman" Solange -- "Solo Star" Enc Sermon -- "React" Pre p a rty/C o n ce rt/A fte r party TLC3D * "Friday After Next Snd Trk" The Isley Brothers 1615 N.E. 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