Seton Hall University - Galleon Yearbook (South Orange, NJ)

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(Continued from page 24) jam sessions and their first recordings Super Rod achieved local status. Two years later, the powerful eight-man ensemble, consisting of William Anderson (lead guitar), Muki Wil- son (bass), Stanley Johnson (piano and or- gan), Burt Reid (tenor sax), Raymond Rock (drums), Darrell Gibbs (alto sax), Julius Dilli- gard (trombone and lead vocalist), and James Bamnard (trumpet), acquired international fame with the release of their hit single Dreamin ' A Dream. As those who attended the Crown Heights Concert would certainly agree, this musically sophisticated group is surely on its way to be- coming one of America ' s top musical acts.

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MOBY DICK REHEARSED by Mark Ortolani Photos by Dave Emmerling Approximately twenty years ago, that giant of the American stage and screen, Orson Welles, took on that giant of American litera- ture, Moby Dick , and emerged from the con- test neither victorious nor defeated. Instead, Welles came out creative, forming as he did a play, based on the epic work by Herman Melville. Entitled Moby Dick— Rehearsed, the play deals with many of the subjects with which the novel deals, especially the confrontation by man with the forces of Nature, Good, Evil, Destiny and himself. Unlike the novel, how- ever, the play does not contain the vast range of characters which the novel has, nor does it offer the intensity, the power and the gran- diosity of the novel. It is no wonder then, that Welles 7 work both intrigued and frustrated critics and theatregoers alike upon its pre- miere. Similar reactions were remarked when the Theatre-in-the-Round fared better with this (Continued on page 29)