Italian wave hits music world
In "the eyes of many, Italian music means
either colorful, though oft-times silly, opera or
mandoline-drenched serenades featuring some
hairy chap crooning in a mellifluous voice about
his young lady's eyes, ear, nose and throat, not
to mention her maidenly virtues and her cooking.
Happily, this sad situation is giving way to a
newer, though still identifiably Italian form of
musical expression. In the forefront of this New
Italian wave is the quintet "P.F.M." (an acronym
for a perfectly unpronounceable Italian title), an
interesting jazz-rock fusion that manages to
incorporate even the occasional classical element
into its intricate, sensitive music.
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P.F.M.'s wide-ranging talents are displayed to
good advantage on their latest album on
Manticore Motown Records, "Cook". A
single-disc compilation of the best of two live
concerts, the album lets the various members of
the band show off their individual skills while
remaining a tight, integral part of the group's
music structure.
Some critics have likened P.F.M. to an Italian
edition of Dutch rockers Focus, citing both
groups' blendings of, progressive jazz and
anthemish ballad forms, as well as a certain
humorous current running through the product
of both groups.
After this point, however, the similarities
become too vague to pinpoint, and P.F.M. assert
their native Italianity, playing with a certain
warmth that Focus lacks. P.F.M. convince the
listener that there is something of themselves
being added to the music delivered, whereas
Focus maintain a certain distance from their
music, enjoying themselves but seldom really
communicating a concern for anything save
musicianship. In this area, P.F.M. rise head and
tunen above the Dutch quartet. .
As if in compensation, they are sloppy. Very
sloppy.
However, no matter, since they have produced
an agreeable album that is inoffensive without
being bland, and have done their bit towards the
redemption and the resurrection of the
reputation of Italian music.
Appearing this Wednesday at Stan's 6-84
Lounge are "Tumbleweed Mountain," a trio
which plays a wide assortment of material culled
from the best of country, bluegrass and folk
music. "Tumbleweed Mountain" consists of
William A. Petersen, Lincoln banjo-maker and a
fine picker to boot, Steve Hull, guitarist and
bassist and Bruce Dillman, former singing
cowboy and wry humorist.
These gentlemen play well, have jl good range
of material, and communicate a sense of honest
enjoyment to the audience that makes it well
worth walking (or doing whatever you do to get
around) to the junction of 84th Street and
Highway 6 to hear them.
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Photographs
on display
Photographs by Lincoln
artist Robert Grier and prints
by Winslow Homer will be on
display at Sheldon Art Gallery
through Jan. 26.
Crier's collection
inaugurates a new development
at Sheldon- a continuous
exhibition of photographs.
Invitational showings will
alternate with selections from
the Gallery's permanent
collection.
According to Grier, stints in
the U.S. Navy in Japan and in
Viet Nam prompted his
interest in photography:
His detailed black and white
prints are influenced by the
works of Edward Weston and
Ansel Adams.
Early woodcuts and
etchings by Winslow Homer
from the Gallery's collection
also are on display.
Before painting his famous
watercolor and oil seascapes,
Homer did line drawings. Some
of his illustrations for Harper's
Weekly are included in the
exhibit.
A selection of paintings
from the Art Shop's Rental
Collection also are on display
through Jan. 26.
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Monday, January 27
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