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Show Salt Lake Art Center November 2: First day Buddhist Sculpture and Thangkas. The exhibition continues through November 16. 2: First day Yvonne Bianco, Calligrapher. The exhibition continues through November 16. 2: Darel Johnson, prints, Rental-Sales Gallery Mini-show opening and reception for artist, 7:30-10:00 p.m. The exhibition continues through November 16. 2: Paul Ellingson, jazz piano, free concert, 7:30 p.m. New Gallery hours 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Tuesday-Friday Noon to 5:00 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Non-Profit Organization U. S. Postage PAID Salt Lake City, Utah Permit Number 1096 Df, & lire. E, 515 So* ICth Salt Lake City, fe E The'SaftLgkg Whane, Sunday, next at art center Jazz pianist Paul El~ lingson will be the featured artist at a free s/4i conceat Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at the Salt Lake 1 . Art Center, 54 -Finch Utah-Lane. The program is the first in a series of monthly concerts, poetry readings and.-..-films to foe sponsored by the art center. "'*â- '." Etiingson plays' modern progressive' jazz in [the tradition M Dave [Brubeek and Bill-Evans. 'He. has been influenced, by the styles of. Bud Brabeek, Evans, and Keitttfarrctt. _...;;:.; He is currently feacfr ing., jazz -piano, at Brigham Young University and holds a degree in architecture ' from : tiie • University of'Utah, wife -a minor in music^ study- 4 The Salt Lake Tribune, Thursday, November 3,1977 Artist's Moody Jazz Piano Concert's Rough-Hewn I By David L. Beck Tribune Staff Writer Artist-pianist Jingson inaugural sjmes**of concerts and readings at the Salt Lake Art Center Wednesday night with an evening of moody jazz piano, sometimes rough-hewn but al-i ways interesting. Mr Eliirigson, awater-colorist, is the creator of a series of landscapes as much suggestive as exact; in a sense, the same aesthetic governs his piano playing. Sticking largely to standards and almost exclusively to ballads, he created a succession of deep-toned, moody musical canvas-| ses, working from known melodies as an artist works from a model, sometimes embellishing, sometimes subtracting what seemed, at the moment, inessential. Not Professional He is not a prof essional pianist. He has played for perhaps 10 years, seriously for perhaps five, much of that, as he says, "in the woodshed" â€" practicing. Rhythmically and technically, he remains somewhat awkward. He says his right hand needs work, and his uptempo repertoire is weak. He prefers the lower register, and uses the sustaining pedal more often than not. But within his area of strength, his concert Wednesday night showed him to be a thoughtful and creative jazz pianist, his love of melody appar-. ent in the tunes he chooses, his concept of harmony â€" broad and deep â€" manifest in the chords with which he reharmonizes his tunes. Results Beautiful The results are often "quite beautiful. The briefer second part of the concert contained several gems â€" the Clinton-Debussy "My; ReVery," Legrand's "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life," and "I'll Never Stop Loving You," although S'.ondh e i m' s "Send in the Clowns," requiring perhaps a more delicate approach^ eluded him. He is not a performer. He gives little thought to the end of a tune, preferring almost to halt rather than conclude; and he is liable to leap to his feet, unsmiling, to announce the next selection when the crowd would prefer to applaud the last one. But: his dedication to jazz piano, and the work he has put into learning it, and his willingness to share it with usâ€" for these, there is only praise, and for the pleasure he gave the small crowd Wednesday night, there is only thanks. .Iii addition to his interest in music, he is an accomplished water-colorist and has taught at the art center. A mini show featuring his work will be at ttse Bental Sales, Gallery in De-cember.. ' Other performers to appear in the future at .the art center include classical guitarist Jerry. Tertocha and graduate students from the U. of U. reading, their poetry (Dec 7) and the Peseret | String Band Jan. 4. |
