Ontario Community Newspapers

Barrie Examiner, 6 Apr 1979, p. 26

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whomFmme1m By STEPHEN GAUER Of The Examiner Triumph Theres plenty of male dazzle hard rock on the new Triumph album precisely the kind of music youd expect from rock trio that looks like Bush but the Canadian band has few tricks up its sleeve Dunes like Young Enough to Cry an electric blues Fantasy Serenade short acoustic guitar solo and Suitcase Blues 1940s style blues ballad show that Triumph wants to avoid the rut of highpowered rock Those three tracks are the most interesting things about the new album by contrast the rock tunes are competent but derivative examples of third generation rock and roll Movin On and Lay On the Line are simple rockers American Girls isa gimmicky tribute to US women Just Game is pretentious protest song denouncing progress and Hold On is romanticized ode to the powers of music done in the style of early 19705 British art rock Triumph rocks without escaping the shadow of influential bands like Led Zep pelin but when they try something little different they strike original chords and even show signs of intelligence In telligence is rare enough in the rock music world to merit some respect Just Game could be the shape of things to come for lriumph Triumph Just Game Attic LAT 1061 Milestone Jaustars Saxophonist Sonny Rollins bassist Ron Carter pianist Mc Thriving Osmond family keeps show biz at home OREM Utah NBA In the lobby of the sandstonecolored new studio here there is the bust of man It is sitting on column as though the bustee were some great heroic figure Around her he is Its the bust of George mond the father of all the Osmonds the daddy of Donny and Marie Jimmy and Jay Merrill and Alan and Wayne and Virl and Tom and grand father of 18 who may or may not carry the singing tradition into yet another generation And down the hall inside the studio in one of the rehearsal halls George and his cheerful wife Olive are working like beavers on the next edition of the familys show Now its called The Osmond Family Hour and it took over from The Donny and Marie Show when that began to falter WHOLE FAMILY This one has the whole family involved Even George and Olive are part of it and Virl and Tom the two oldest sons who are hard of hearing and thus dont sing help out by put ting on their dancing shoes George Osmond is 64 now and happy man His wife is happy woman Their family is successful and not one of them has strayed either from the straight and narrow or from the best selling albums Spirits Having Flown Bee Gees last week Blondes Have More Fun Rod Stewart Dire Straits Dire Straits Minute By Minute Doobie Brothers Parallel Lines Blondie Breakfast In America Supertramp nght Flight to Venus Boney Just Game Triumph Van Halen Ii Van Halen unlisted to Go West Village People unlisted listings supplied by Sams In Barrie Coy Tyner and drummer Al Foster make up the Milestone Jazzstars progressive jazz quartet formed last year for sixweek tour of the US dou ble album recorded during that tour has just been released its an outstanding collection of music by some very talented jazz players Tyner Rollins and Carter have all led their own jazz groups for years perform ing together in quartet they contribute strong individual styles that blend remarkably well The nine tracks on the album range from updated Calypso classics like Dont Stop the far nival to freeform compositions like Rollins Continuum The Utah environment in which they grew up They have rejected Hollywood and instead come back here and built 90000 squarefoot studio on 38acre site it has quickly become Utahs second biggest tourist attraction next to the Mormon Tabernacle in Salt Lake City and Orems second biggest in dustry next to US Steel The familys TV show is made here but the studio is us ed for much more than that They have made couple of 0s mond movies The Great Brain and Gorng Coconuts they make dozens of commercials theyve done other TV shows and hope to do other movies ENMl The reason for the studios success is of course economic Dick Collister the former Los Angeles lawyer who now runs the Osmonds business here says they can do shows 12 or 13 percent cheaper here cost of sets is cheaper the design of the studio facilitates quicker shooting schedules they have their own equipment labor costs less and the cost of mak ing commercials is onethird of what Hollywood or New York studios charge The family members all live close by They have other in album mixes strong ensemble playing with brilliant solo work Carters bass solo in Willow Weep for Me is 10 minute display of technical vir tuosity and musical invention he plays his instrument as though it has the range and flexibility of an acoustic guitar Tyners solo composition Lit tle Pianissimo is stunning ex ploration of half dozen styles covering the music spectrum from jazz to classical and back again Rollins work on tenor and soprano saxophone is fiery and aggressive on half dozen tunes his obvious influence is John Coltrane but hes mastered his own style and the sheer exuberance of his playing vestments in the area con dominiums where the shows guest stars are put up and tennisandracquetball club for starters and have lovely homes which cost fraction of what similar homes would cost in Southern California The family works together says Alan Osmond who serves as the shows pro ducer We all draw salaries that bastcally re the same but vary according to need That is all dcctded in faintly meetings and we try to meet every week All the Osmond offspring have specific duties Virl is in volved with Collister in the business end Tom who enjoys printing has company that does all of the familys prin ting Most of the rest merely work on the show but each ap pears to have his own special interest NEW DONNY Jimmy at 16 the youngest may be the new Donny re cent family tour of England where they are tremendously popular he was virtually the star But his voice is still in the process of changing so as Alan says well have to wait and see The plan now is to build on the studio and enlarge it ad ding more soundstages Western village full recor ding studio they have one now iii the basement of downtown motel where the family once lived and which they still own Some have expressed concern over what might happen to the studio and to all the local jobs it the TV show were cancelled But the smonds point out that In 1979 already they had 44 non TVltshow projects in the studio so they believe the studio will prosper no matter what happens to the show For the family this is haplt piness George anti Olive slt mond have their family around them The children have their work and they like the at mosphere off the record is always wxciting Milestone Jazzstars In Concert Milestone 216155006 Ewin Starr Once again rhythm and blues meets disco and its no surprise that neither side wins The new Edwin Starr album is as slick polished and soulessas TV jingle Side one offers three mediocre tunes Im So lnto You mediumtempo rand number Jealous another easylistening rand song and Contact hand clapping disco tune that reduces Starrs vocal to repetitive background chant Side Two shows little improve ment Storm Clouds On the Way and Dont Waste Your Time are love ballads while Music Br ings Out the Beast in Me and Working Song offer more disco rhythms As singer Starr is harmless enough he handles the material mostly his own with some sense of style and en thusiasm but too often he over works the lyrics in an attempt to create excitement The disco tracks stretch flimsy material shamelessly while the rythym and blues songs dont make any impression at all Starrs music is soft and blurry the and equivalent of Murak for people who dont like surprises when they buy record Edwin Starr lean 20th en tury Fox 9209559 Kellee Patterson lm nice girlSo dont think its going to be easy sin Kellee Patterson in song cal ed Nice Girl from new album All The Things You Are Pattersons half right she is nice girl with sweet little girl voice but shes wrong about not being easy iler music is so easy to take it glides past you without making any impressmn at all The album is mix of pop and disco and features lightweight feathery vocals by Patterson and the kind of arrangements cleverly destgiied to mask tier weak voice The music is innocuous and harmless she sings cou rlc of slow love ballads cou ple of uptempo pop songs and three lisco numbers incudiiig disco version of All The Things You Are the classic tune by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein Pattersons votce is smooth creamy and almost sexless shes all glossy style without the emo liotial depty to make the lyrics mean anything The three disco tunes at least offer music to dance to the rest of the album isnt worth second hearing Kcllec Patterson All The Things You Are Shadybrook 9311103 HARPERS PHARMACY LTD SPECIALISTS IN Ostomy Supplies and Accessories Breast Prosthesis and Mastectomy Bras Orthopedic Supports Surgical Elastic Stockings Private Fitting Rooms Professionally Trained Personnel Mail Order 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deepenteettorttotteepRichietrorngoingtoieil LIVELY COUNTRY FAST FORWARD WHAT WILL THEV THINK OF NEXT ONOVIE comm Lady LII 830 LAVERNE AND SHIRLEY Laverne and Shirley send the educational system Into tailspin Whon they seek sett Improvoment by studying to become medical llIIIIIl TWO COMPANY THE REAL STORY Jlmcs Gilliu Progressive Conservative MP James Gillie discusses his career in the Tory caucus with host Jim Luer Gillies will retire trotn DOIlIICI soon to enter pnvnte busines 900 BIG EVENT MOVIE mm or The Golden Gun 1979 Store Holttolbroott Jett OO 90 If TUESDAY NIGHT MOVIE DcadmsneCurvo rare Stars RichnrdHetch cc DIVIIOfl THREES COMPANY Jock and Janet taco the danger ot toning Chriny to losttalking guru who doulon her Into beiievmg place is at hll side GRAND OLD COUNTRY au Sheppard Bill Anderson MoryLou Turner ieEutmen WHEELS AttorErIchrentonteuvu her hunbendAdem Indgoel ownywrtharnclngcui driver Adam mutt plane to marry brilliant advertising executive he met while they were 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