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Piano virtuoso’s solid debut effort reminiscent of Jerry Lee Lewis By Matt Burton Senior Reporter Jason D. Williams “Tore Up” RCA Listeners won’t believe their ears. For once, a major record label has done something totally righteous, by releasing the debut album of a purely maniacal piano virtuoso. Jason D. Williams can play the piano. Many styles are featured on “Tore Up,” from solid, dixieland-style jazz and no-nonsense boogie-woogie to classical - and everything in between. When listening to “Tore Up,” a person begins to wonder just who this cat is; perhaps he is a premature rein carnation of the “killer” himself, Jerry Lee Lewis. From the title track to the end of the album, Williams’ vocals sound hauntingly like Lewis,’ straight through to the incredible pounding on the Gutterman encounter many interest ing people — Riva (Nancy Travis), the Israeli intelligence agent that wants to help the three men expose the German coverup; Smiley (Ronny Cox), the bumbling FBI agent that tries to take the case away from Fielding and Stem; Grimmer (Robert Koslo), the German assassin who will stop at nothing to protect his boss’s reputa tion; and Curt Von Metz (Robert keyboard. Strictly no-nonsense rock ‘n’ roll. Williams even glides his fin gers across the keys like Lewis. “St. James Infirmary” is a slight departure from the album’s strong boogie, but still is reminiscent of classic jazz piano. The dialogue Williams inserts into the song’s lyrics are de pressing, but still can put a smile on listeners’ faces because the talent is so raw. Williams’ virtuosity is seen on his “Silent Movie Medley,” where he showcases traditional piano riffs, including a classic rendition of the Lone Ranger Theme and a version of “Dueling Banjos” using the piano. Fast, fast, faster. Prosky), the mysterious, high-rank ing German official whose past is about to catch up with him. This movie features lots of gratui tous violence, lots of the requisite car chases and crashes, lots of bullets and blood. Yet, the premise of the movie, the reason why these people are being killed, is compelling. The audience is left on the edges of their seats until the final minutes of the film. More straight up rock n roll is belted out on “Slow Down,” in the pure wild-man tradition Lewis started more than 30 years ago. Throughout “Tore Up,” Williams is backed up by his band, the Orbiters, and a solid hom section. Sometimes it seems unreal, because the recording is so clear. This is unlike Lewis’ first recordings on the Sun label, where they used more primitive recording equipment. “Waitin’ on Ice” is featured as a single and is very strong on the boogie woogie. At some points, the song peaks to a moment of apparent per sonal awareness, then Williams rips into another piano frenzy. Right on. When rock ‘n’ roll first began, RCA scored a tremendous victory by signing Sun label’s Elvis Presley -- but then they missed the opportunity to sign Jerry Lee Lewis. From listen ing to Jason D. Williams’ solid debut, one gets the idea that RCA is trying to make up for that mistake. The movie also includes Aykroyd’s performance of musical classics such as “The Theme From the Love Boat,” “Popcye the Sailor Man” and “Proud Mary.” The movie, thankfully, doesn’t feature loud, obnoxious songs. The music consists of Paul Zaza’s light, unobtrusive score and Aykroyd’s singing. “Loose Cannons” is playing at the Plaza 4, 12th and P streets. Loose Continued from Page 9 a few of Fielding’s famous entou rage. He developed his multiple per sonalities when he was tortured by a Columbian drug cartel, and the expe rience clouded his judgment. But he can solve a crime with only the small est of details. Gutterman, the aptly-named pom dealer, is an unwilling assistant to Stem and Fielding. The sleazy Gut terman is helping the two cops for one reason, and one reason only. Stem and Fielding are the only two things keeping Gutterman (the last surviv ing witness to the film) from being killed. Together, Fielding, Stem and Millions Continued from Page 9 loved the tape and wanted to sec us now. So we set up a show at Duffy ’ s and Geffen sent their head A & R (artist and repertoire) lady out,” Amsler said. ‘‘The vice-president (of Gef fen) wants to see how we develop. Hccven likes it, he thinks it’sgrcat. But they’re not willing to put their own money into it,” said Harry Dingman 111, Millions guitarist. * ‘Things started to come together and we decided what we recorded during the summer we could do better now,” Dingman continued. So the Millions went back to Los Angeles to hone their record ing effort from Jan. 19 to Feb. 3. The result is the album ‘‘Poison Fish,” scheduled to be released at the end of March or April on the Nate Starkman and Sons label. It is a basic guitar-based sound bent toward the alternative genre. “We had more songs to choose from and it’s got more of a focus. So we feel like what we’re putting out now will be a lot stronger al bum than what we would have put out last summer,” Amslcr said. For the lime being, the Millions plan on slaying in Lincoln, despite its remote location. “Up to this point (living in Lincoln) hasn’t affected us, but then in a way I think it has because a lot of the major companies want to see us play. Some are really into it but they won’t come sec us be cause we’re in Nebraska. If we were in Los Angeles or New York they would come and see us,” Dingman said. The Millions will perform at Duffy’s, 1412 O St., Feb. 28. Cover is $2. IR-H| tLUS THE WORLD S MOST DANGEROUS STAFF! th Valentino's - Friday and Saturday from 10 p m. to Midnite. •Valentino’s , The Pizza Restaurant If That Didn't Stop With Pizza I 13th & Q • 35th & Holdrege m ‘SluzDuz’ music scheduledfor Lincoln visit From Staff Reports “Sluz Duz” music is on the way to Lincoln. Instrumentalist Peter Ostroushko - perhaps best known for his work on the Garrison Keillor show “Prairie Home Companion”- will perform Saturday on East Campus. Ostroushko’s music was dubbed “Sluz Duz” -loosely meaning “slightly off his rocker” in Ukrain ian — by his mother. His music incor porates Ukrainian folk music with jazz, bluegrass, swing and country. Minnesota-bom Ostroushko plays the mandolin and the fiddle, and worked as a composer, musical director and performer on “Prairie Home Com panion.” He also has dabbled in old world and New Age music. Ostroushko has recorded six al bums of his own and has appeared on hundreds of others. Some of the art ists that he has worked with arc Bob Dylan, Jethro Bums, Emmylou Har ris, Chet Atkins, Willie Nelson, Nor man Blake, John Hartford and Robin o >. M r and Linda Williams. Guitarist Dean McGraw will ap pear with Ostroushko. The show will be held at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the East Union, 36lh and Holdrege streets. Tickets can be pur chased at Dictze Music House, The Way Home Records and Books, Open Harvest and at the show. They are $6 in advance and $7 at the door; chil dren under 12 pay $1. The Lincoln Association for Traditional Arts, a Lincoln-based, non-profit organiza tion, is sponsoring the show. Sheldon to feature Mendelssohn ensemble From Staff Report* The Mendelssohn String Quartet will perform this weekend at the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery Audi torium, 12th and R streets. The Mendelssohn ensemble has been called the most imaginative and exciting quartet of this generation. They also have been the Resident Quartet of the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival since 1984 and the Merkin Concert Hall in New York City since 1979. They annually tour throughout North America. The last time Lincoln was included in their tour was 1983. The quartet is made up of Ida Levin, violin; Nicholas Mann, violin; Kath crinc Murdock, viola; and Marcy Rosen, cello. Levin has appeared with the Lin coln Symphony as a soloist. She also has appeared in New York, London, Rome and Naples, Italy. Levin re cently performed with the American Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Julliard School in New York City. Mann has performed in more than one hundred concerts in the United States and Canada. After receiving bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Julliard School, he made his re cital debut at the Metropolitan Mu seum of Art. Mann recently gave recitals in Boston, California and New York. Murdock has performed in East ern and Western Europe, the United Stales, Canada and South America. Murdock is a member of the Boston Chamber Music Society, the Boston Misica Viva and the Cambridge Chamber Players. She regularly tours the United States and Europe with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. Rosen has recently participated in the International Musicians' seminar in England. She has appeared as a soloist with orchestras across the country, including Philadelphia, Dal las and Phoenix I Long John’s Homestyle Fish 4-Piece Catch ! $2.99 ■ (Good up to 2 otters) fl Four lightly breaded f ish fillets. | fryes. cole slaw & hushpttppies. 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