University of Tennessee Knoxville - Volunteer Yearbook (Knoxville, TN)

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P utting away his horn momentarily, Mar- salis lectured the audience. His lesson was based on a metaphorical comparison of the elements of a jazz group and the basics of an automobile. tPhoto by Peter Harrist Technology is Part of Music 0! course, from a technological end, things are r completely different in a jazz V performance. Tor instance, the stage plot is never as it is Hrst designed to be. The stage plot is the diagram that will apply to lighting, posi- tion and the places the per- formers want amplified. We usually have direct sound lines ham the amplitier to the house system for quality sound. I! we have control a! the in- struments and their amps, you can get a nice balanced sound; the problem that may come about is a bassist who has decid- ed to run his own balance and not use our house system. That means we have to adjust our sound to balance with his. Wl'hat's why it's so loud sometimes at these perfor- mances. We're not trying to blow the audience out o! the place, it's just that some performers will crank thelr music because they like to hear themselves. So we have to raise our sound tot com- pliment theirs. It's not just bassists, either. Some drummers get carried away when the adrenalin starts tlowtng. W! the opportunity permits, '1 like to listen to the performers. However, instead of really enjoy. tng the show, I am listening for feedback problems, or different musical aspects of the perfor- mance. I'd much rather be in the audience listening and enjoying It, thoug f --Harvey Smeltzer, Music Hall 4 Coordinator B assist Bob Hearst was compared to the wheels of a car in Marsalis' lecture on jazz. Hearst unleashed jazzy notes for Mar- salis. tPhoto by Peter Harriet Fall Student Life 21

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$in . performer twenty four-year-old t h 9 u o r.- b s H a s '1 a M 9 n i n n i .w V. m m a r G e h culture to the campus. With his trumpet he demonstrated jazz mastery with his trumpet. Many tuneswere sultry, others be- he created vibrant designs of classical jazz. hopping. Photo by Peter Harrisi iPhoto by Peter Harrisi T T kunmwam iCooli Marsalis it 1 km Student Life Fall Plays i; ix ail 42 7w imam. 4 rvldymzw a LEI Hm

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Are Upon Us Semesters 35,363? P 1!, 2 T he transition is coming filst. In the Spr- ing of 1987, all students have a special semester transition advising conference. 1 22 Student Life Fall