Daily Nebraskan
Page 9
Wednesday, September 15, 1982
Riffs bring
K.C. sound
to Lincoln
ByPatHiggins
Kansas City hasn't
always been known jsut as
home of the Royals. During
the heyday of the Pender
east machine (which pro
duced Harry S. Truman),
County Basie, Jay McShann
and the other blue devils
created the Kansas City '
sound: a mix of jazz, blues
and swing that was both
cool and classy.
Rich Hill and the Riffs,
featuring Ida McBeth, will
bring tht swing to Larry's
Showcase Wednesday and
Thursday. In a phone inter
view, Hill said the band is
carrying on the Kansas
City tradition of jumpin'
blues.
"Ida McBeth, who does
most of the singing, is a
really big woman and she's
really pretty," Hill said.
"She sings a lot like Aretha
Franklin."
Part of the Riffs' reper
toire is from Julia Lee,
an obscure K.C. artist of the
'30s. Other favorites are
Billie Holliday and Dinah
Washington.
"We do about half a
dozen songs by Julia Lee.
She was really great," Hill
said. "Her heyday was
during the Depression,
which isn't that much
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different from today."
Hill, who also sings,
claims jazz great Mose Alli
son as one of his idols.
InstrumentaUy, Hill plays
keyboards, switching from
Hammond organ to acoustic
piano.
"We like to start the
show by doing a few Latin
instrumentals, and then we
bring Ida out. We all sing
though, too," Hill said.
"Brian can do every
thing - standards, blues,
whatever," Hill said.
Bass player Brian Hill
shows great range, as he
sings material ranging from
Dr. John to Tony Bennett
to Professor Longhair. .
He also is the vice
president of the Musicians
Mutual in Kansas City, the
same local alfiliate 627
that was immortalized in
the film "Last of the Blue
Devils."
"The black and' white
unions used to be separate,
but they merged in the
60s," Hill said. "The black
musicians keep that place
as a hangout still."
The group tends to dress
well.
"Ida always likes to wear
big flowing gowns," Hill
said. "The rest of us have
been dressing down lately.
Maybe we'll wear tuxes at
the Showcase. I better see if
they're back from the
cleaners."
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