Arts & Entertainment
Tuesday, October 6, 1992
The Battalion
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By ANAS BEN-MUSA
Reviewer of THE BATTALION
Jazz artists Ramsey Lewis and Billy Taylor put on
an exhilarating performance Friday night at Rudder
Auditorium.
Their fast-paced piano playing wore down the
ivories. It was amazing to see and experience.
The show was presented by the MSC Opera and
Performing Arts Society, and Lewis and Taylor per
formed a world premiere piece commissioned by
OPAS for its 20th anniversary.
The piece was composed by Taylor and titled "For
Art Tatum; A Suite for Two Pianos." It is a soft, so
phisticated piece that showed the teamwork between
the two.
Lewis and Ramseys incredible teamwork was il
lustrated again by their performance of John Green's
"Body and Soul."
The song symbolized the way the musicians work
together. The two switched back and forth through
the song, at times helping each other and at other
times prodding each other to create and go on their
own.
With a mere glance, both performers would
smoothly move into the next piece. They would begin
and end perfectly at the same time.
At times I was so entranced that I would forget to
blink for five minutes.
The two clearly enjoyed playing. They were smil
ing as they pounded away at the pianos and some
times could be heard singing along faintly.
The contrast between the two artists' styles was
fascinating to see and hear. Lewis' style is a sassy,
shoe-tapping performance, while Taylor is more clas
sical and sophisticated.
Lewis, a native of Chicago, has won two Grammy
awards and is currently hosting a weekly series on
the BET cable network called "Bet on Jazz."
His accompanist, Taylor, has won two Peabodys
and an Emmy. He has been the arts correspondent
for CBS-TV's "Sunday Morning" for 11 years.
Both artists are masters and their performance
showed their ability to be diverse and intricate.
They ended the night with some Duke Ellington
compositions, playing a sweet and wonderful inter
pretation of "It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got
That Swing" and a grinding rendition of "Caravan."
I was exhausted at the end, but all I wanted to say
was "Encore!"
Singer taps two cultures for folk music
By WILLIAM HARRISON
Staff Writer of the BATTALION
One part folk artist, one part Latino balladeer
and one part country singer, Tish Hinojosa will
bring her unique blend of music to the Stafford
Opera House Tuesday at 8 j^.m.
The title of Hinojosa's latest release "Culture
Swing" describes her personal method of music
making.
"Though I deal with some Hispanic themes, I
also include elements of folk, pop, western swing
and everything in between," she said. "I think once
people listen to the music, whether in person or on
record, they understand that all the influences fit
together into a cohesive perspective."
Dave Risher, owner of Marooned Records, has
seen her twice and said he completely enjoyed
both occasions.
"She's one of the best female songwriters and
singers in the state of Texas," said Risher.
Hinojosa has been praised for the content and
quality of her music and has been compared with
singers such as Joan Baez, Nanci Griffith anc. Em-
mylou Harris.
"Culture Swing" includes the song "Something
in the Rain," which focuses on farm workers who
have been exposed to hazardous pesticides.
Thanh Nguyen, promotions manager of the
Stafford Opera House, expects a good crowd of
folk music lovers.
"She has a lot of energy and excitement, I had a
lot of people recommend her and I pushed hard to
get her— she's got a capacity to move people,"
Nguyen said.
Hinojosa is a spokeswoman for bilingual service
announcements and, in recognition for her human
itarian work, was asked to perform at Texas Gov
ernor Ann Richards' inauguration.
The thirteenth child of Mexican immigrants, Hi
nojosa has used her heritage as an anchor in ex
ploring other musical cultures.
"I've had one foot in both cultures, and still do,"
she said. "Cultural awareness is a basic answer to a
lot of social problems we have now."
Hinojosa grew up in San Antonio and has
played in Nashville and New Mexico. She was at
tracted to the Austin music scene and now lives in
Austin.
"I was liking what was coming out of Austin
more and more," she said. "It's a critical town for
musicians; you have to be really good, but I felt
Tish Hinojosa plays at Stafford Opera House tonight.
confident, and it didn't take long to start making a
living."
Once in Austin, Hinojosa started an annual tra
dition of celebrating Cinco de Mayo with an all-
Spanish performance.
Her appeal outside of Texas and the United
States is spreading. She has toured through Eu
rope, and her 1989 release "Border Trilogy" went
triple-platinum in South Korea.
Her story-telling and romantic lyricism have
elicited compliments and admiration from musi
cians Linda Ronstadt, Margo and Michael Tim
mons of the Cowboy Junkies and Carly Simon.
Marooned Records will hold a reception at 6
p.m., and refreshments will be served as Hinojosa
warms up with a few songs before the perfor
mance.
Brown bag series offers poetry Wednesday
By ANAS BEN-MUSA
Reviewer of THE BATTALION
The Brown Bag Concert Series
will present a venture into poetry
reading this Wednesday afternoon
in 402 Academic.
Ursala Vaughan-Williams, a
renowned poet from Great Britain,
will read a selection of her poetry
at 12:30 p.m.
Vaughan-Williams is visiting
Texas A&M in conjunction with a
performance of her late husband
Ralph Vaughan-Williams's Sea
Symphony this weekend by the
Houston Symphony Orchestra
and Chorus.
Texas A&M's public radio sta
tion, KAMU-FM 90.9, will broad
cast the reading.
The Brown Bag Concert is pre
sented by the OPAS Stark Series
and Department of Philosophy
and Humanities Music Program.
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