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Wednesday, november 8, 1978
daily nebraskan
page 17
Local jazz group mixes styles to form trademark
Review By
Mary Jane Winquest
Jazz, Mangione style, has
found its way to Lincoln in
the form of Orpheus. An
assemblage of local talent,
Orpheus is the first joint ad
venture of four persons who
have been friends for years.
"We communicate well
with each other, so we play
well with each other," bass
ist Andy Hall said of the
members' long friendship.
Orpheus, a year and a
half old, has experienced
some minor personnel
changes and grown to
include . keyboard player
Tom Larson, its newest
member.
Trumpeter and flugel
horn player Bryan McCune
said the name Orpheus was
chosen because the Greek
poet and musician was
followed in the forest by a
succession of animals.
McCune said the name
Orpheus was chosen because
"of the association to music
Orpheus has and lack of any
other idea."
But their music is much
more involved than the
Greek name might imply.
"We try to combine stan
dard and contemporary jazz
and jazz rock sounds,"
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McCune said.
Orpheus trademark
Orpheus' instrumental
jazz music ranges from
Duke Ellington to Miles
Davis to Deodato and the
music's successful transition
is the Orpheus trademark.
Their mix ot low-key and
upbeat swing jazz offers
good listening.
McCune said Orpheus
material comes from many
sources, including "albums
and obscure records."
McCune's smooth con
trol of the flugel horn is the
group's obvious connection
to Mangione. But all of the
four members have a style
of their own. The percuss
ionist, bassist, trumpeter
and keyboard player are
obviously serious musicians.
McGuffey's, 1 1th and P
streets, where they per
formed last Friday and
Saturday, was the ideal
setting for Orpheus. The re
modeled lobby of the old
Sam Lawrence Hotel offer
ed a comfortable, spacious
atmosphere for Orpheus'
jazz.
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Their first set Saturday
night closed with an upbeat
tune by Miles Davis entitled,
"All Blues.' Two tunes
from a Dave Sanborn album
were performed including
"Concrete Boogie." An old
standard, "Autumn
Leaves," was perked up for
an updated sound, and a
slow blues Duke Ellington
tune, 'Things Aren't What
They Used To Be," also was
performed.
French horn major
Bassist Andy Hall is a
french horn major but in
Orpheus he alternates play
ing a fretted and unfretted
bass.
"It is more appropriate for
this type of music," Hall
said of the vibrato and
slurred notes produced by
the unfretted bass which he
prefers to play.
McCune also alternates
instruments, playing the
flugel horn more often than
the trumpet.
"The flugel horn takes
more wind, but that is the
only difference " McCune
said of the problems of
exchaning instruments.
The dominant sound of
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piano, string synthesizer and
synthesizer. Larson is a
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Larson and McCune
often alternate solo spots
during songs and contribute
most to the group's con
UNL. hosts historic orchestra
The Gewandhaus Orches
tra of Leipzig, its history
spanning centuries of musi
cal prominence, will present
two performances in Lin
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Friday, Nov. 10 at 8 pjn.
Both performances will take
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and R streets.
The Gewandhaus Orches
tra was founded in 1743 by
the townspeople of Leipzig,
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establish Leipzig as a world
famous center for music.
Some illustrious conduc
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Another music student,
percussionist John Scofield,
describes his contribution to
the group as a "thin sound."
This is because of his use of
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.of the bass drum as the
group's pulse, he said.
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starting at 7.
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sound," he added.
The four friends, who go
back to junior high days
and before, plan next to
play for private parties.
"In Lincoln there aren't
a lot of places to play jazz,"
McCune explained.
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The concert is presented
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