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...finest collagists of the 20th century and the most distinguished black visual artist America has so far produced: the only one, perhaps, who rivaled in his own time and field the achievements of Ralph Ellison and James Baldwin, Alvin Ailey and Arthur Mitchell, Earl Hines and Duke Ellington in theirs. His retrospective at the Studio Museum in Harlem is an exhilarating show marred by a sloppy catalog. This will not matter too much to the audience the exhibition will acquire as it moves around the museums of America, ending in 1993 in Washington. The art, as always, is what counts...
...Theses (HSB-18), Aristotle's view of It Happened One Night(MR 34) and Rembrandt's Night Watch (L&A B-25). Someone else might learn about religious revivalism in Sri Lanka (SA 36), ancient Chinese tribal patterns (HS B-2), the theology of Maimonides (MR 19) and Duke Ellington's "Take the A Train...
MARCUS ROBERTS: ALONE WITH THREE GIANTS (Novus/RCA). How old do you have to be to take on a giant? David was a mere slip when he brought down Goliath, but jazz pianist Marcus Roberts, 27, isn't interested in confrontation. He's paying tribute to Ellington, Monk and Morton, re-interpreting them in a way that's full of warmth, empathy and musical surprise...
ASKER (84): Svein Roed 1-1 0-0 2; Martin Sjotun 10-18 3-4 29; Ellington Wilkins 10-13 6-6 26; Halvor Larsen 5-9 0-1 12; Fredrik Bergseth 2-5 2-2 7; Tom Stein 0-1 0-0 0; Dag Hammer 0-1 0-0 0; Jan Henrik Nyegaarden 1-3 0-1 2; Nils Kristoffersen 1-4 1-2 4; Lars Hermansen 0-2 0-0 0; Oyvind Lislevatn 1-1 0-0 2. Totals...
Leading the slamfest was Asker's Ellington Wilkins, whose 10 field goals included five slam dunks. Wilkins, who graduated from Houston Baptist University, finished the game with 26 points on 10-for-13 from the field, if you want to call one foot above the rim the field...