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Show epteniber's bounty brings jazsz galore to downtown S.L By Tom McCarthey Tribune Staff Writer Lots of jazz is on tap in Salt Lake City for the last half of September. Performers coming to town include a violinist, man-dolinist, flugelhorn player, pianist and vocalist. Sunday night the David Grisman Quintet will play the new Symphony Hall, beginning at 8 p.m. Mr. Grisman, who plays the mandolin, will have as his featured guest, Stephane Grappelli, perhaps the foremost living jazz violinist today. The 70 - year - old Frenchman played with Grisman on his most recent album, "Hot Dawg," and has collaborated over the years with such artists as George Shearing, Django Reinhardt, Gary Burton, Oscar Peterson, Yehudi Menuhin and Jean - Luc Ponty. Grammy Award winner Chuck Mangione and his Quartet will appear at Symphony Hall for two 8 p.m. concerts, Sept. 24 and 25. The flugelhorn player's music has broad appeal, resulting in two gold albums , "Feels So Good" and "Children of Sanchez." He won the Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental Performance for "Children of Sanchez." The 38-year-old musician got his start with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, which included Keith Jarrett and Chick Corea. Perhaps his greatest accomplishment was in 1970 when he guest-conducted the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra in a concert of his own music. On Sept. 27, Edward G reenband Enterprises will present a jazz festival, featuring three of the best, Les McCann, Stan-ley Turrentine and Esther Phillips, The 8 p.m. concert will also be in Symphony Hall. Turrentine's tenor saxophone sounds are some of the most lyrical ever conceived by a jazzman. He got his start in 1953 with the Earl Bostic band, replacing the legendary John Coltrane. Some of his most popular music was recorded in the early 1970s for CTI Records, particularly "Sugar," which featured Ron Carter. George Ben- son and Freddie Hubbard. Stanley's latest album is called "Betcha" and it features some very contemporary songs, including "Take Me Home" and "Love is The Answer." Les McCann came to Salt Lake City several years ago and performed a knockout concert at Kingsbury Hall. In addition to the piano, Les has mastered the ARP synthesizer, Fender Rhodes piano and clavinet. He has been credited with bringing jazz to a, broader audience while still progressing. His music ranges from melodic free-form instru-mentals to hard hitting political songs like "Compared to What?" He performed with the Cincinnati Symphony a few years ago on his masterpiece album "Invitation to Openness." Vocalist Esther Phillips sings pop songs in a gutsy, personal way. Her voice is a combination of influences, most notably pinah Washington, Sarah Vaughan and Bil-lie Holiday. Her best known song is "What A Difference A Day Makes." In 1973, when Aretha Franklin was awarded a Grammy for the "Best Rhythm and Blues Performance by a Female Vocalist," she rose and ,told the gathering that Esther, who had also been nominated, deserved the Award more than she did. The following day, in a moving, simple i unprecedented gesture, she have her award to Esther Phillips. Tickets are on sale at the Salt Palace for all three jazz concerts. "Jazz at Noon" will feature pjfflpis* lingson Thursday at 12-1S .m. at the Salt Lake Art 90 S Ellingson will plav mostly his own compositions "including', eight short pieces of program lazz for space travel. partly written and partly improvised^ The program, one of the continuing in a series of Brown Bag concerts, is funded by the Utah En-dowment for the Humanities and is open to the public free of charge. Tenor saxophonist Stanley Turrentine comes to town Sept. 27 as part of big jazz festival |