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highlight video releases
By Anne Steyer
Staff Reporter
OK, so “The Commitments” didn’t
make it in time for St. Patrick’s Day
and this isn’t the best week for home
video, but life is still good anyway —
after all, it’s still March.
“The Doctor” (PC-13) Actor Wil
liam Hurt and director Randa Hames
collaborated on “Children of a Lesser
God” and created an Oscar-nominated
film.
They have proved nearly as suc
cessful with “The Doctor.” At times
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it’s a bit drippy, but the performances
and story are compelling enough to
overcome it.
It’s the story of a surgeon (Hurt)
with a less than hospitable bedside
manner. The tables are turned on him
when he’s diagnosed with cancer and
has to deal with the human side of
medicine.
Hurt is, as always, outstanding.
Christine Lahti (“Running on Empty’),
consistently a strong actress, is his
wife, a woman devoted to standing by
him regardless of his wants.
Elizabeth Perkins (“He Said, She
Said”) is outstanding as the cancer
patient who helps Hurt better under
stand and accept his situation. (Avail
able today)
“Other People’s Money” (R)
Danny DeVito is Larry the Liquida
tor, an unscrupulous corporate raider
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The Modern Jazz Quartet, including John Lewis, Connie Kay, Percy Heath and Milt Jackson,
will play at the Lied Center for Performing Arts Thursday at 8 p.m.
Modern Jazz Quartet to bring
distinctive sound to Lied stage
-courts
By Steve Gorham
Staff Reporter
Jazz is America’s only original art
form, created by black musicians, said
Mill Jackson, vibraharpist for the
Modern Jazz Quartet.
“And, it’s been difficult to get the
youngsters involved because the media
won’t support it,” he said.
It is evident, though, that Jackson
is far from bitter considering his long
time involvement in the Modem Jazz
Quartet, which will take the stage at 8
p.m. Thursday at the Lied Center for
Performing Arts.
The quartet has been together for
almost 40 years — one of the longest
playing records of any jazz ensemble
still performing.
Surely a group with such a history
has something special that holds it
together.
“I think it would be the individual
quality of the group and the versatil
ity of the group,” Jackson said.
Over the years, the Modem Jazz
Quartet has forged one of the most
distinctive styles in jazz. Pianist,
composer, and musical director for
the quartet, John Lewis has been able
to fuse elements from baroque music
into the traditional jazz and blues
sound.
Speaking of tunes like “Don’t Stop
This Train,” which contains elements
of the Bach Fugue in D minor, Jackson
said: “We can take a piece and play it
note for note, lake it apart and play
with it, then put it back togetheragain.
Classical musicians can’t do that. They
have to play it the same way every
time.”
The Modern Jazz Quartet has been
credited with bringing jazz into a
concert setting. However, it has not
been without its problems.
“I can’t make the money those
other guys do,” Jackson said. “Jazz
has never been the most popular music.
“Seven million dollars a year for
throwing a baseball," Jackson said.
“Now, you can’t tell me il lakes more
brains or more talent to do that than
what we’re doing.”
The consolation for this, he said, is
simply “love of the music.”
And he vowed to not get too politi
cal.
“I’m a 70-ycar-old man,” he said.
“I have a legacy to uphold.”
The reward for performing, Jackson
said, “is the respect you get from
people saying that they enjoyed your
music. If they enjoy it, then that’s it.
That’s my reward. Listen, the bottom
line is this: You can’t take it with
you.”
When asked what the audience
should listen for at the performance,
Jackson didn’t give much direction.
“I couldn’t explain it,” he said.
“But let me steal a quote from Le
onard Bernstein: ‘There’s only two
kindsof music — good music and bad
music.’”
Tickets are available at the Lied
Center box office for S22, SI8, and
S14, with half-price tickets for stu
dents and youth 18 and under.
Chapel benefit to feature Irish music
concert,
From Staff Reports
The historic St. Francis Chapel
will resound with the voice of tenor
Mai Icy Kcclan and other local per
formers in “A Song for Ireland” at 8
p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday.
Keelan, director of the Lincoln
Light Opera and past member of the
Nebraska Arts Council Touring Pro
gram, will be joined by Kelly, Scan,
Maggie and Kerry Keelan. Special
guests include Ann Moore and Jim
Kula.
Traditional Irish music, including
old folk ballads and popular songs,
will be performed.
Of special note will be a set of
ballads by Thomas Moor and a tribute
in song to the great Irish singer, John
McCormack.
The St. Francis Chapel, 1145 South
St., was built in 1922 as part of Lin
coln’s first hospital.
Tickets for the show arc $7. Pro
ceeds will benefit the restoration fund
for the St. Francis Chapel Founda
tion, a volunteer group trying to pre
serve the landmark for use as a non
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MTV’s “120 Minutes” and has been
featured in Rolling Slone, Spin and
New Route magazines. Sweet is sched
uled for another performance on “Late
Night,” as well as an appearance on
“Good Morning America.”
In February, Sweet and his band
(bassist Paul Chastain, guitarist Ivan
Julian, steel guitarist Greg Leisz and
drummer Ric Mcnck) played to a
near-capacity crowd at Omaha’s Ranch
Bowl. Tonight’s show will be Sweet’s
first Lincoln appearance in more than
eight years.
At press time, tickets were still
available lor S7. Atlanta’s Insane Jane
is the opening act. Doors open at 7
p.m.
If Tex-Mex is your flavor, and you
don’t mind dancing, check out the
Forbidden Pigs tonight through Sat
urday at the Zoo Bar, 136 N. 14 St.
The San Diego-based trio will re
turn to the Zoo with a new lineup, but
with its usual sound: southern-fried
swing. Frontman Billy Bacon, who
sings and plays siring bass, is the only
remaining original member. Guitar
ist Mario Moreno and drummer Estan
Cooke have left the band, replaced by
former members of the Ban Lons.
Tickets for the Forbidden Pigs arc
S3 tonight and Thursday night, S4
Friday and Saturday nights.
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