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...place in Newport, R.I., not New York. The nation's most famous jazz festival returns home Saturday for a brief three-day stint that will feature some of the biggest and best names in the business Among the acts, you'll be able to see Herbie Mann, Dave Brubeck, Chick Corea, Dizzy Gillespie and George Benson, with many more of equal stature waiting in the wings. Although Newport is about two hours away by car (well, 90 minutes), and although the tickets for this gig are obscenely expensive, the scenery--Newport was to the late 19th century what Southampton...
Also out in left field, but also worth seeing, is the master of the keyboard, Keith Jarrett, at Tanglewood on the 4th. Finally, Chick Corea will be in town, at the Music Hall, Monday night...
...Chick Corea--With Gayle Moran at the Music Hall, Boston, Monday at 7:30. Tickets...
...back to the music. The result is a movie that, with much false cheer, provides nothing for everybody, though several performers do manage to make an impression despite the clutter. Outstanding among them are Donna Summer, who is effective when, as the aspiring singer, she seizes her musical moment; Chick Vennera as a character who lives only to dance and who, if someone had actually bothered to choreograph his big number, might have been even better; and Andrea Howard, who gives a touching performance as the housewife looking for kicks...
...Woman of a Thousand Fires" by Chick Stand is the most poetic and difficult to understand. It requires the viewer to have some prior knowledge of its subject, and that knowledge is hard to come by: the topic is the repetitive and ritualized daily tasks of Latin American women. Images of a woman trapped, seeking freedom, swinging a chicken madly around in circles, cutting its entrails out, require more than one viewing, even though the first may keep the viewer trapped for some time...