Page sight SCARLET AND BLACK y Mobilization Continued from Page 4, Column 5 large increase in the number of men who refuse to register or who turn in their draft Cards. (5) There were repeats ed calls for an amnesty for all those who have turned in their draft cards and gone to prison, all those in the armed forces who have refused to fight and. have gone to military prisons, and all those who have deserted to Sweden ra- ther than remain in the armed forces. Action? Two things were done which I guess could be called action. One afternoon We all ambuloted over to the plush and heauu'rul Senate and House offices and spoke to our respective Congressman. personally i was, not surprisingly, frustrated. i saw Sen. Miller and my “Repre. sentative” from the district in New York state in which I live. and both were equally ignorant of conditions in the developing nations and ap- parently unwilling to think over any opposite views. However others did have some success, and those peo- ple who visited Sen. Hughes were very impressed with his seemingly sincere compassion and understand lug. Overall I would say there was some effect, but my cynical nature toward Congress as a whole forces me to add “very little and very tem< porarily." The other action, which I felt to be more important and personally rewards ing, was a march to the Justice depart ment steps, led by Mrs. King and Mr. Cottin, at which place Mrs. King spoke. it was a moving and inspiring service, but I have no idea what effect it had on the government minds. Perhaps it this action helped to give the people the strength to work at the revolution upon returning home, then it was a success. Pills, Pills, , Pills Now Thai We Have Your A+ien+ionr Why Noi' See Us For Your Rx's. Phoi'og Supplies. Cosme’rics AND Valen’rine Candies 8t Cards! MATTHEW DRUGS LET'S HAVE SUNDAY BREAKFAST AT THE LONGHORN! Now Open Sundays Iromfl a.m. Till 2 pm. FOR YOUR DINING PLEASURE TOM'S IONGHORM FINE FOOD IN A FRIENDLY WESTERN ATMOSPHERE Cecil Taylor Previewed Friday. February 7, I957 Uncompromising Arlisl Presents New Jazz By GARY GIDDENS Cecil Taylor, pianist, composer, poet, and allramund musical guru tor the jazz advance guard, will he on campus Feb- ruary 6, 7, 8. Leonard Feather has writ< ten of him, “The lreedom, complexity, harmonic innovation and emotional bril- liance of Taylor’s playing have estab- lished him as one of the truly original minds in American music . . Taylor‘s fast and intricately structure lines, al- most percussive in their intensity, have had a stirring effect on the new horn techniques of the 60's . . A lack of ac- ceptance by some musicians and critics and pitifully infrequent opportunities to record, have kept Taylor‘s reputation and following limited to a small but devoted group of admirers" That's not the half of it, Taylor has been screwed royally by club owners who were more interested in selling drinks then providing a free rein for ar< tlstic expression, Record companies have used him for a tax loss and don’t both- er to distribute. in this, Taylor Is not unique. 0n the contrary, there are very few—jazz musicians who have not suf- iered under a similar strain of capita- lism. The new jazz is the bastard child of American music: it can't make it on a popular music level and it is not accepted by the classical elitists. Taylor, however, is an uncompromising artist who puts his craft first and refuses to kiss the asses of the money grabbing critics and hucksters who control the (gasp) “muslc business." Unfortunately, the payoff at times was one major gig a year supplemented by working at Macy‘s ln the afternoons And now‘twelve years after his first major date in New York — the critics and the public who criticized him as being a charlatan and anti-jazz are coming around Cecil Taylor is a virtuoso planist who unlike many of his imitators—some of whom are better known than he—can express on the keys what‘s happening in his head. And that's what jazz is about —expresslon and communication. This doesn't mean that he is any more ac» cepted by the public. Last August, he despalred as to whether he would ever record again. Those who have heard him, know that if ln a hundred years some historian asks whether people in the 20th century could communicate, Cecil and some other musician like him will serve as one at the new affirmative ans- wars. Previously our ideas of time and space have been negated in favor of a collec< tlve sound emanating from individual musicians surrendering their individual- ity to a group feeling This music is not intended for background music; it is a total music. During their stay here, the Cecil Tay- lor Unit Will be available to the entire campus for discussion, etc, Thursday at 4:00 p.m. there will be a lecture-discuss slon. Friday at 8:00 pm. there will be a drum workshop and at 10:30 pm. a poetry reading by Taylor, All of these events will be in the South Lounge. The concert is in Roberts, Saturday nlght at 8:00 p.m. Open up your mind and give them some of your time. They're worth listening to. Passporl and Graduation Photos SUMNER Phoiography "The finest- in Studio Photos graphy from ills usual to the unusual." 808 Commercial 236-5578 See Our TUMBLE TABLE! SPORTSWEAR REDUCED TO NEW LOWER PRICES Poynters 4th Ave. Fashions, Inc. GRINNELL‘S COMPLETE STYLE SHOP FOR WOMEN SOMETHING NEW EVERY DAY. 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