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...intense pulsating play of the drums lights the choreographic fire. The distinctive sound of the group is supplied by its jazzy, hard-chugging trumpet and saxophone, soaring guitar solos and sweet, soulful male vocals. "If we can't get you on your feet, we give up," says Singer-Drummer Earl Young, 37, leader and founder of the group. Such is the popularity of the Trammps that they now perform 340 gigs a year. With added income from their hit records-their Atlantic album Where the Happy People Go (to the discos, natch) has been on the bestselling charts...
...notable for its honking horns and syrupy strings, is most familiar perhaps from the hits of the O'Jays, Billy Paul and Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes. All of these performers record for the mini-giant of the city's musical scene, Philadelphia International Records. When Drummer Young settled down after his first big job, touring Europe in 1967-68 with Stevie Wonder, it was as a member of Philadelphia International's stable of studio musicians...
Unless you like the new Buddha-ized version of formerly great drummer Norman Connors. Like other back-up men to Pharoah Sanders, Connors had a strong reputation as a hard driving drummer. But Buddha has apparently taken that away from him. At least he doesn't jive around with that disco stuff...
Ever unassuming and casual-he favors Western blue jeans and leather jackets-Matthes once harbored notions of becoming a rock-'n'-roll drummer, but has since decided on a more settled career: "sport research." More settled too is his active social life. He recently became engaged to the most impressive of all swimmers, East Germany's Kornelia Ender, 17, who last month set five world records in five days...
Thus, older jazz musicians today no longer hesitate to participate in the evolutionary process. Zoot Sims, 50, the veteran tenor saxophonist, now straddles all styles. Benny Carter, 68, has lent the silken sounds of his alto sax to the torchy voice of thirtyish pop singer Maria Muldaur. Drummer Grady Tate, 44, pounds out extraordinary admixtures of jazz beats and shifting, rocky rhythms...