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oyful jazz reservation Hall Jazz Sand shares music THE BATTALION Page 5 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1978 By DAVID BOGGAN Battalion Staff ■zz It is a term synonomous Louie Armstrong, Bourbon e t and New Orleans, fexas A&M University received (W n sweet taste of jazz Wednes- nightas New Orleans’ Preserva- Hall Jazz Band shared an even- of music with a large, enthusias- f0W d in Rudder Auditorium, performance was, in a word, rtaining. Review It was entertaining because there jsimple purity to jazz that is not „ ^ Id in other forms of music. It is a S0T1CE ’ Fd-clapping and toe-tapping pur- —j A straight-legged trousers, jte shirt and necktie purity. Jazz nploymeatij mple honestmusic_ one Mn.L, ilien banjo player Narvin Kim- broke a string on his instrument 1 ng the concert, there were no - k-up banjos. Kimball simply sat IME mand fixed his banjo while the 5eds3shai! !r members of the band impro- tact collec; j ar0 und him. Louisiaial ] on „ Kimball were Frank (, plus ex# inbolthaui Demond, trombone; Cie Frazier, drums; Percy Humphrey, trumpet; Willie Humphrey, clarinet; Allan Jaffe, tuba and James Miller, piano. Members of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band played from their hearts — truly the only way jazz can be played. Whether they were playing solos or as a group, they played with feeling. They created a togetherness that filled the auditorium. Using a little imagination, the listener could have been sitting on the wooden floor of a crowded Preservation Hall enjoying the heartbeat of the Cre- sent City. When banjo player Narvin Kimball broke a string on his in strument during the concert, there were no back-up banjos. Kimball simply sat down and fixed his banjo while the other members of the band improvised around him. And the Preservation Hall Jazz Band did play the music. In- tersperced within the toe-tapping jazz numbers were a variety of lazy riverboat melodys, slow-moving blues tunes and even a little piano boogie woogie. It did not matter to the audience that many of the songs were unfamiliar; all were enjoyed as evidenced by the frequent-standing ovations the band received. Using a little imagination, the listener could have been sitting on the wooden floor of a crowded Preservation Hall enjoying the heartbeat of the Cresent City. Vocal numbers including “Hold That Tiger” sung by Percy Hum phrey and “Lisa Jane” sung by Wil lie Humphrey also added to the band’s appeal. The best vocal was sung by Kimball on a song called “Memories.” The banjo player’s uivering voice was reminisent of singers heard on the Victrola in movies like “The Great Gatsby.” Twice during the concert Willie Humphrey performed a soft-shoe dance much to the delight of the au dience. The audience, however, was wait ing for the inevitable. They had come to hear the one song that is the trademark of New Orleans jazz. And the Preservation Hall Jazz Band ob liged with “When the Saints Go Marching In.” As Percy Humphrey sang the familiar tune, Willie Humphrey led other members of the band off the stage and into the audience, where he invited a standing, clapping crowd to join in a march through the isles and onto the stage with the band. The audience was indeed in the number when the Preservation Hall Jazz band went marching in. As was printed on the cover of the band’s program, “The effect upon the audience is devastating.” Another three plead guilty to GSA gift fraud scandal United Press International BALTIMORE — Three more of the 18 men indicted on fraud and kickback charges involving the scandal-ridden General Ser vices Administration have pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the federal government. Tuesday’s appearances by two former GSA managers and a Navy department official brought the number of those who have pleaded guilty to eight in charges involving the GSA’s self-service stores. Last week five other men — two executives of Hilles As sociates Inc. of Westminster, Md., and three GSA store mana gers — pleaded guilty to charges listed in the September indict ment of the 18 men. The latest guilty pleas were made by former GSA managers Roger Wilt of District Heights, Md., and Johnnie Sykes of Oxon Hill, Md., and Eugene Proctor of Washington, an official with the Navy’s Bureau of Medicine and Surgery in Arlington, Va. Federal prosecutors recom mended a maximum six-month prison sentence for Wilt, a nine-month term for Sykes and 60 days in jail for Proctor in plea bargaining arrangements. No sentencing dates were set. Prosecutors said Wilt and Sykes received gifts from Hilles after billing the government for folders never delivered by the company. They said Proctor signed receipts for 40,000 hang ing folders that were never deli vered in return for gifts. The indictment named current and former managers of the GSA’s self-service stores and other federal employees who purchased supplies for their agencies at GSA stores. Marine bacteria jollution-control possible agents )ns. GALVESTON —Preliminary re- fts from marine biologists at IS fOfc 1 N' are suggesting that Trine bacteria isolated from the p Texas outer continental shelf (be effective oil pollution control ders, if * ‘Species isolated have exhibited a i COOl'Ped growth in the crude oil,” ’ M Dr J.R. Schwarz. “After the , etc.) ■teria ha e attacked and broken f 11 the oil, we analyze the re- 00%/ ping oil to determine which frac- 1 Tpt K have ^ >een utilized. 1 c Ihe bacteria we are using were IU8 lte ^ from an area of the Texas ' it not influenced to date by oil duction. The results help us wthat natural bacteria are capa- .»•»« |of dealing with minor oil pollu- ££) i, if it should occur in the fu- „ e,’ he said. Knowledge of the degradation of oil is imp rtant to marine ogists and the oil companies in- sted in beginning production in part of the offshore area, ” added Steve Alexander, another books loi irober of the research team. Ihe Moody College team is Sided by Schwarz and includes nder and Steve Schropp. lacteria used in the study were Jated from sediments taken from _ ? outer continental shelf in 1977 kets to Bait microscos during research expeditions funded by the Bureau of Land Manage ment. The isolated bacteria have been kept in a laboratory at the Fort Crockett campus of Moody College for future studies. The laboratory studies have at tempted to duplicate the Texas offshore environments — tempera ture, salinity (salt content) and nu trient content. It appears that bacteria deal with oil rather quickly in laboratory cul ture, Schropp said. The degradation of the oil can be accomplished in a matter of days, but Schropp noted the crude oil is not completely de stroyed. The bacteria will use a cer tain portion of the oil’s chemical makeup. The rest will be utilized much more slowly. The researcher said studies such as these all add to a better under standing of the effects of oil on the marine environment, in which man is basically a stranger. Many new areas of the Texas offshore seas are being considered for oil production, and there is no reason to go in blind, he said. Texas A&M University’s Or ganized Research Funds were used to conduct the laboratory study. Or ganized Research is a state approp riation to fund practical research of benefit to all Texans. This is the first bacteria study of this kind at Moody College "We expect the development of hydrocarbon analysis capabilities at the college to allow further research in this area. It opens up a new area of study for the college,” Schropp said. 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