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Kentuckians receive
low marks on tests
of geography skills

By SACHA DEVROOMEN
Senior Staff Writer

Only 78 percent of UK students in
first semester geography classes
could recognize the Soviet Union on
a world map, and only 61 percent
could locate the Central American
region.

These statistics were from a test
given to all introductory geography
classes the first day of classes this
semester. This is the second time
the exam was given to the classes to
test students‘ knowledge of geog~
raphy and to bring attention to the
problem of lack of geography knowl-

e.

“The second test is more informa-
tion to booster our argument.“ said
Stanley Brunn. chairman of the ge-
ography department. “Our ultimate
goal is to get a geography subject
introduced to all high school and
have it as a requirement to grad-
uate.

“Making any kind of impact takes
time and discussion. We think if we
have two years of results. we have a
better case.“ he said.

The results of this year's test at
UK are better than last year's in
many areas. but Brunn said stu~
dents still had difficulty identifying
countries. "What students know best
is basic information any fifth grader
would know.“

However. still

‘ ‘students don‘t

know where the Falkland Islands or
the Persian Gulf are.“

On the exam. 23 percent of the stu-
dents knew where the Persian Gulf
was and 33 percent could locate the
Falkland Islands.

On the Kentucky map. only 81 per-
cent knew where Louisville was. 75
percent knew where Frankfort was
and 93 percent could spot lexington.
The numbers have improved some
from last year when 78 percent
could locate Louisville. 58 percent
knew where Frankfort was and 71
percent recognized Lexington on the
Kentucky map.

He said he thought students did
better because of selective admis-
sions. “A lot of the new students are
taking a geography class."

Brunn said another reason the
scores were better may be because
the maps were more legible this
year.

Another change this year. is that
more personal information was
gathered about students takmg the
tests. Brunn said he is interested in
the statistics to compare the perfor-
mance of men and women on the
test.

Preliminary results show that
men did better on the test than
women at L‘K. Brunn said. It also
showed men are better in identifying
Central America. but it also showed

See GEOGRAPHY. page 6

Group plans elimination
of deficit by year 2000

By JULIE SCHMI'I'I”
Staff Writer

Citizens for a Debt-Free America
by the Year 2000 is a group con
cerned with just what its name im~
plies — the size of the national debt.

According to one of the 13 found-
ers of the yearold organization. and
former UK student Gail Elkins. its
purpose is "to voluntarily retire the
debt of the federal government by
the year 2000.‘

“I became concerned about the
enormity of the debt in 1982. when
my son and daughter-in-law could
not afford to buy a home due to high
interest rates. A group of people got
together and held a parade in Har-
rodsburg to protest continued feder~
al spending. The parade was cov-
ered up by the Associated Press and
other news organizations." Elkins
said.

People from all over the nation
began to contact her about the pa-
rade and ideas as to how to retire
the national debt. in 1983. the con-
cerned met in Abingdon, Virginia
for a conference. Titled “Focus '83."
the conference dealt with methods
by which the youp could bring the
national debt to the attention of Con-
gress and those in power in Wash-
ington. “We believe that we are par-
tially responsible for all the
attention that has been created over
the enormous national debt," Elkins
said.

During the conference. the group
came up with a proposal entitled the
“cash alternative" to taxes. The
group set up a fund entitled the
“United Industrial Modernization
Fund.“ Money contributed by indi-
viduals and organizations to the

Boyd haunted house

 

“When people have
more money to spend,
they will be able to

afford better things. ”
Gail Elkins.
Citizens for
a Debt-Free America

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fund would be used to modernize
existing industries

Contributed money would be in-
vested at a rate of 1 percent for to
years, and yield 3 percent interest.
it would be loaned to colleges. voca»
tional schools. businesses and indus-
tries. The money would modernize
production in the L‘nited States.
making the nation more costcom<
petitive in world trade,

According to Elkins. production
costs would be reduced. labor costs
would be reduced and these would
be passed on to the consumer in the
form of lower prices. “When people
have more money to spend. they will
be able to afford better things. We
have 35 million people in the United
States that live below the poverty
level. We have to make the economy
more accessible to everyone. The
economy is the standardbearer of
our independence." Elkins said.

So far. $1.5 million has been con-
tributed to the fund. Elkins and
other members of the organization
are trying to publicize their objec-
tive. raising more money. trying to
realize their goal. But as of now. it
may take some time for the rest of
the nation to share her organiza-
tion's enthisiasm.

See DEFICIT. page 6

 

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Poster penchant

 

Joe Gatton of Lexington, a self—proclaimed “poster fanatic,
nal movie posters that went on sale yesterday in 245 Student Center.

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Sociologist studies retirement

colleges will begin training retired
professionals this winter. Retired
professors will be given first priority
when the 36 retired professionals are
chosen. Selection will be based on

By MELISSA BELL
Reporter

Kentucky was singled out when a
sociology professor recently re-
ceived a $145,000 grant to study re—
tired prof essionals.

The federal Administration on
Aging has given UK professor Joe
Hendricks a grant to train retired
professionals to give workshops
around the state to individuals who
serve the elderly. There are only
five proposals of this type in the
country.

According to Hendricks. there are
many retired professors. lawyers
and accountants whose talents are
not being used. “Once they retire
we‘re just robbed of their wisdom."
Hendricks said. “The rest of us
shouldn‘t be robbed of this just be-
cause they retire.“

Hendricks said retirees‘ talents
will be put to use in this program as
well as meeting a much-needed de—
mand for training around the state.
The grant will be used for training
and traveling expenses.

Faculty members from various

communication skills. interest in
aging and an ability to travel around
the state.

The retired persons will be trained
in one of five priority areas con-
cerned with the elderly. These areas
include home health care. consumer
economies, drug and medication

See RENREMENT. page 6

Counseling program tries to help
adults who were victims of abuse

By CHRIS WHELAN
Staff Writer

The problems of many adults can
be traced back to physical. sexual
and emotional abuse they suffered
as children. And with this in mind.
the Kentucky Center for Psychosyn-
thesis is forming an adult counseling
group to help these individuals.

There are a lot of people who have
these problems. but there is not
much Z‘elp for adults; most of the
couseling is focused on children.
said Dr. Vincent Dummer, a psy-

chologist at the Kentucky Center for
Psychosynthesis.

As a psychologist, Dummer said
he became aware that many of the
problems of adults could be traced
back to their childhood. The type of
abuse can range anywhere from "a
few times to repeated physical and
sexual abuse."

Dummer added that even though
this group is open to everyone. UK
students are often the ones that are
“motivated enough to do some-
thing“ about their problems.

“At UK, they‘re in a position

where they can do things about
this." he said. The victims of early
abuse are “intelligent people who
want to do things with their lives."
According to Judith Johnston. a
counseling psychology graduate stu~
dent who will also be helping Dum-
mer. “there is a real need" for this
type of group. Johnston said as far
as she knew. even though adults
could seek individual help. there
wasn‘t any other place in Lexington
that offered group counseling for

child abise victims.
See COUNSELING. page 6

features horror movie scenes

By DARRELL (‘LEM
Senior Staff Writer

In the light of day. Boyd Hall ap-
pears to be normal. Students walk in
and out carrying books, talking
about the latest football game and
planning dates for the weekend. On
Halloween night. however. a world
of terror descends upon the hall,
transforming the innocent atmo-
sphere into one of pure horror.

University residence halls are
cmnbining efforts again this Hallow-
een to stage what some hall direc-
tors call “adult" depictions of gore.
In the past. the reenactmait of the
shower scene in the movie “Psycho“
and scenes of “dorm room mur-
ders“ have been featured at the
Boyd Hall Haunted Home. said
Marsha Glass, Jewell Hall director.

The haunted home is for "college-
age people,“ Glass said. “We inual-
ly show different scenes from mov-
tee."

“Some of the stuff in petty wary

- it‘s really effective." said Laura
Sams, Boyd Hall director. “We
isually recommend people with chil-
dren under 12 or 13 not to bring
them in. It gets pretty gory.“

Most residence hall directors and
attendants are secretive about to-
morrow night‘s activities. But
according to Nancy Mohon. Donovan
Hall director. Donovan and Blazer
halls are sponsoring a room this
year in which scenes from “Happy
Birthday To Me" are acted out. She
said “tiwins are going to sit at the
opposite encb of a table.“ and in one
scene ”they will be stabbing each
other."

Libby Harsh, residence attendant
at Patterson Hall. said people “be-
hind bars" in the basement will
”reach out“ as people walk by. “it
will be an insane asylum type of
ttiiiig."she said.

Shawn Bay, Haggin residence hall
director. said peat projects have in-
cluded scenes born “The Texas
Chain Saw Massacre“ and ”Hallow-

een.“ in one scene. Bay said, “A
guy who had been hanging in the
closet falls out of the door.

in a dramatization one. year, Sams
said. “A virgin was sacrificed. They
stabbed her and the blood was spurt-
ing out."

The haunted house will be open to
morrow night from it until midnight.
Sams said patrons will travel
through the lobby door to the eleva-
tor. which will descend into the
basement. where there will be seve-
ral rooms and a maze.

Groups of about eight to 10 will be
led by “monks" according to Jim
Smith. program coordinator for resi-
dence halls. Admission is $1.50 and
proceeds go to the United Way.

Sams said residence halls pay for
most of the expenses. “We have a
totofstuffthatweuaeyearafter
year,“ she said. “That cuta down on
expemea.Andifweneedacoffina
methirg, we can mually call
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Archaeologists
dig into state’s
Indian history

B) Tl.\| JOHNSON
Staff Writer

it is often thought that lndians
never really lived in Kentucky. that
they only passed this land traveling
to other lands But with the help of
two grants from the Kentucky Heri-
tage CounCil in Frankfort. L'K ar-
chaeologists hope to diScinit this
notion.

The first grant of about 313.000
came in 1983. which. according to
Gwen Henderson. l'K staff research
archaeologist. “laid the framework
for something bigger "

That something bigger was a $45.
913 grant this summer to study pre-
historic lndlilll artifacts excavated
from six different sites in five Ken»
tucky counties

Both grants wcrc \éilltlildl Park
Service Survey and Planning grants
which were established for the pros-
ervation of history

According to (‘hris ’l‘urnhovx :1
graduate student in art-hamlog}.
there were two projects set up with
the grants "The first project was .i
search for a Shawnee Indian village
in Clark count). supposedly cstnh
lished in 1752." he said "The second
was to excavate different sites iii
Bracken. Lewis. tircenup and
Mason count ics

“Since (‘lark count} is close to the
Ohio River. we thought the Indians
would have had contact with trod-
ers." Turnbow said '\\'c nei cr
found the village but m- found some
interesting artitzic‘ts

Five students were hired this sum
mer to help with the e\c;iv;ition ot
the different sites in the counties

“We are interested in the tram
sition period that the Indians went
through with the help of Hurom-um.
between 1500 and imo.‘ Henderson
said. “We wanted artifacts in an un
distrubed environment

The excavation pmct-ss run
smoothly. Henderson said. but even
with the total amount of about 870.
NO in grants. money was tight

“This was the first time I had
ever set up a budget for an art-hum
logy expedition. and l was trying to
get as Ion-kc) ed as pissiblc.“ llcnr
derson said. “But even with low-kc}.
it was too much

“We had to pay the students stila»
ries. room. board. some equipment
It just really added up." Henderson
said

The actual (‘Xt'ilViflittll process is
not only costly. it is timc consuming
According to 'l‘iirnbovv. ii square or
rectangular plot of land is cstzib-
lishcd Levels are then dug up and
sifted through a screen The depth of
these levels should be \tt‘ll (tilt
trolled. ’l‘urnbovi said. because "thc
deeper one level is. the more you
will destroy it you‘re not careful."

Because of the care which must be
taken in digging. and the various
depths of the artifacts. the entire
process for one site could take
weeks. Turnbow said

Both 'l‘urnbow and Henderson said
each site was unique in its own way.
uncovering such important and well-
preserved artifacts as shells. animal
bones. pottery. arrowheads. beans.
corn cobs. tools and decorations

All of the artifacts will be sent to
.both in-state and out-ofstate experts
to be tested thoroughly After test-
ing. a report will be sent to the Heri—
(age (‘ounCil

"I think the excavation improved
our perception of Indian life and pin»
pointed the connection between pre-
historic lndians and today.” Turn-
bow said. "i also think we went a
long way to correct the myth that
lndians never lived here.“

 

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L'K's \\inston Bennett dunks the ball during a game last year. Ben—
nett underwent ‘drlhtitsc‘tiplc surgery on his left knee yesterday to

remove a cartilage tiagiiient.

Washington remains on top

iAP» I Washington held onto
the .\’o 1 position in The Associated
Press college football poll for the
third week in a row yesterday while
Texas Christian climbed into the
rankings for the first time in 22
years

Penn State. No. 19 last week but a
17-14 loser to West Virginia. was the
only casualty from last week‘s Top
Twenty The Nittany Lions were re
placed by 'l‘t‘l‘. which is (H and
clinched its tirst winning season
since 1971 7 and only its second in
the last 19 years — by defeating

Baylor 38-28. The Horned Frogs are
No. 20 in the ratings.

Washington, 80. turned back Ari-
zona 2&12 and received 50 of 60 first-
place votes and 1.189 of a possible 1,-
200 points from a nationwide panel
of sports writers and sportscasters.

But Oklahoma, No. 2 a week ago.
lost to Kansas 23-11 and fell to 10th
place. Meanwhile. Texas moved up
from third to second with three first-
place votes and 1,121 points after a
13-7 victory over Southern Method-
lSl.

Andy Dumtort
Sports Editor

Kon Dyko

Assistant Sports Editor

UK’s Bennett undergoes knee surgery;
Claiborne suspends Higgs, four others

Staff reports

UK basketball player Winston
Bennett underwent arthroscopic
knee surgery on his left knee yester-
day at the Hughston Clinic 11‘. Colum-
bus. Ga.

Reports last week said the sopho-
more forward from Louisville was
sent to Columbus to have tests run
on his knee and was to be watched
for a few days.

Dr. Jim Andrews felt the knee
would not heal with a rehabilitation
program and decided to go ahead
with the surgery

Andrews said a fragment of carti-
lage chipped from the femur «thigh
bone) by an earlier injury caused ir-
ritation. pain and problems with
Bennett bending his knee. The frag-
ment was removed and should allow
for pain-free motion. according to
Andrews.

Bennett will remain in Columbus
for a couple of days. and Andrews
said it would be approximately six
weeks before he would be back at
100 percent.

The season opens for the UK
squad on Nov. 16 when the Cats will
take on a team from the People‘s
Republic of China at Rupp Arena.
Bennett was named earlier this year
as a team captain along with junior
forward Kenny Walker.

Coach Joe B. Hall. who could not
be reached yesterday, said at a
press conference earlier this season
that he was counting on both Ben-
nett and Walker to help lead the
team.

UK football Coach Jerry Claiborne
said yesterday that five players
have been suspended from this Sat
urday's football game against North
Texas State.

Claiborne said the suspensions
were for curfew violations during
the weekend when the Wildcats lost
to Georgia 37~7.

Four of the players are freshmen:
running back Mark Higgs ot

Owensboro. Don Duckworth of Villa
Hills and receivers David Johnson of
Louisville and Raynard Cover of
Dayton. Ohio. The fifth is senior
wide receiver Jeff Piecoro of Lex‘
ington.

Higgs has played in all of UK‘s
seven games while Duckworth
played in five. Piecoro appeared in
the opener against Kent State and in
four junior varsity games. Cover
and Johnson are being held out of
action this season

Tickets for the Dec. 31 th-Kansas
basketball game are available by
mail, University officials announced
yesterday. Tickets for the game.
which will be played in Louisville.
are $7 with a limit of four per order.

Ticket orders should be sent to the
UK Ticket Office. room 3. Memorial
Coliseum. University of Kentucky.
Lexington. Ky. 40506—0019. A $2 hand-
ling charge for each order is re-
quired.

UK cross country competition

By (‘HRIS “ll El ..\.\
Staff Writer

For the UK cross country team.
the next couple of weeks will prove
to be the most important part of the
entire season.

This Friday the L'K cross country
team will be running in the South-
eastern Conference Championships
at Baton Rouge. Lu . and next week
the team will run in the NCAA Dis~
trict lll Regionals at Greenville.
NC.

UK Coach Don Weber said that
right now. “all we're thinking about
is that SEC meet."

“The girls ought to be fairly com—
petitive," he said. “However, it‘s
difficult to tell because we don’t see
manyoftheSEC teams."

Weber said the only SEC teams
that UK has run agaimt this year
are Alabama, Mississippi and Ole
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normally runs iii the Kentucky lll\‘lr
tational. but they were unable to at
tend this year‘s meet

"I'm real pleased with the \Hilllr
en's team." Weber said.

But the team is not too percent
healthy.

Several of the women runner.»
have missed meets because of \‘a
rious injuries this season

The women‘s team has been led
by senior Bernadette Madigan. who
missed last year's cross country
season because ol injuries

Athough Madigan admits that her
season is gomg “fairly well." with
her poorest finish being a third
place. she said that her only goal tor
the SEC championship is to "run a
good race" and not to worry about
her individual time or place

The women’s second runner has
been senior Kim O'Brien. O'Brien
ran her freshman year but decided
to lay off last year bccausc she

wasn‘t "pleased" with the way she
was running \‘y'nile out ot action.
tt'llricn kept iii shape by competing
in several triathlons

Seniors Bcv lA‘WlS and Lori l.iii
\ille have been running third and
tourth respectively for the [K tcaiii

"Bernie. Kiiii and HM hau- bet-ii
doing exceptionally well.” “t‘ltt‘l'
said Linvillc. according to iit‘lit‘l'.
has also been putting iii a ‘solid
ioh "

Also turning solid performances
for the squad this year are Elisa
Fmsini. Audrey Pierce and Louise
Schweitzer.

According to lltidigati. it would he
really tough to beat 'l‘ciiiiessec oi
Florida. but l'K has a good chance
of placing third

Madigan said that the “team atti
tudc is very good." but 11> going to
be important to baic “everybody
ready to run "

Plagued with injuries and many

Tickets tor this Saturday’s football
game will go on sale at 9 am. at the
Memoria. Coliseum Ticket Office.
The price of the tickets is $12 for
sideline seats and $8 for endzone
seats.

Neal Hardesty. an accounting and
management senior from Valle'
Station in Louisville. and Twy.a
Scudder. an economics and political
science senior front Florence. were
appointed by President Utis A. Sin-
gletary to serve one-year terms as
student representatives on the l'K
athletics board.

The 22-member board. which is
chaired by Singletary. is the govern-
ing body of the athletics program at
1K. [1 is responsible for the collec-
tion and distribution of funds for the
athletics program. as well as ticket
distribution and the administration
of campus athletics tacilitics

heats up

trt-shmeii. the men‘s team has had .i
more difficult time than the wom-
.\ct'ot'd ii: to Weber lii~ tit-st
cross country runner. iunior Andy
ltcdniond. has had to lli|.\.\ thc entirc
scasoii bet-aust- oi tciidiiiitis iii the
klll‘t'

The only two returiicrs are seniors
t'liris lttword and Martin l'lark The
remainder of lllt‘ tcaiii art- solid ruii-
iicrs. \icbcr said. but they re only
ticshiiicn

t'll's

The {K coach said many til thesi-
Ircsliiiicii are having a tlltllt tilt time
adjusting truth the shorter high
school l‘.tt't‘.\ tii lllt' liittgt't' t'tilli'uttttt'
ill]('\

“1‘ mid that civil though he has
had some pretty good [wrloriiiances
out ot .lclt N'ltuck. \likc \'tcchtollo
and Jet! Justice. the men's team is
'goiiiu to hate to run better than
they li.i\i- llli.\ season" to do well in
tlit-Nl‘It‘iiii-t-t

Heart attack caused runner’s death

NEW YORK (AP) —~ Race direc-
tor F‘red Lebow expressed deep re-
gret over the death of a French run-
ner in the 15th New York City
Marathon. and said yesterday that
the organizers of the event would
discuss the tragic inCidcnt and the
race‘s future.

“I am very upset over what hap-
pened yesterday tSundayJ.“ Lebow
said. referring to the death of ~18~
yearold Jacques Bussereau, who
suffered an apparent heart attack
near the Mtg-mile point of the 26»
mile. 385-yard race.

Bussereau. the first runner ever to
die while running in the New York
City Marathon. died shortly after
being taken to a hospital.

At first it was believed that the
unseasonably high temperature till
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conditions «the humidity was in the
high 90st contributed to Bussercau's
death. it had been reported after the
race. on information supplied to
Lebow from the hospital. that BLISS!"
reau. a school teacher running his
fifth marathon. previously had sufe
fered a heart attack.

Lebow said yesterday that infor-
mation was incorrect

“His wife said that he did not have
a heart problem.“ Lebow said

However. chow said that Busse-
reau was about 15-20 pounds over-
weight. and that concerned him.

“Maybe we should set a standard
about overweight." he said.

However. he rejected a proposal
to establish qualifying time stan-
dards for men and women for the
race. as the Boston Marathon does

Asked about the possibility of post-

poning the race a day or two be-
cause of the weather. l.cbow said.
“It definitely should not have been
put off ”

"I went to the runners before the
race and begged lllt'lll to forget
about itrying to break their PR5
‘le‘Stmttl records i lA‘ltt m added,

Andres Rtxirigtic/ an orthopedic
surgeon at Methodist Hospital in
New York and the medical director
of the New York ('ity Marathon
since 1981. also alerted the starting
field of 16.315 about the warm
weather

Even for the winners ()rlando
Pizzolato of Italy and (irete Waitz of
Norway the race was not pleas-
ant Both suffered from severe
stomach and leg cramps

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Duke Ellington’s music

comes to Op

Hy KAKIE UHCH
Staff Writer

“We are slaves to our tape ma-
chines on the bus." said Roger
Spivy. principle dancer in a road
company of “Sophisticated Ladies."
the lavish Duke Ellington revue
which will open the Broadway
Nights series at the Opera House.

Passing the hours between cities
where he performs is a challenge to
Spivy. who. with the rest of the “So-
phisticated Ladies" cast, will arrive
in Lexington for the show's first
night Thursday.

“Sophisticated Ladies“ is a tribute
to the late Duke Ellington and his
music. The two-hour revue features
Ellington‘s songs. embellished with
dancing and flamboyant costumes.
The show was extremely successful
on Broadway. which was unusual:
revues are not usually well-received,

Roger Spivy has appeared in
every company of “Sophisticated
Ladies.“ including the original

Broadway cast. As a chorus mem-
ber in that cast. he understudied the
lead played by Gregg Burge. and
was able to dance with Gregory

era House

Hines. who is considered the “Fred
Astaire of the '805."

In a recent thelephone interview.
Spivy said dancing with Hines was a
great thrill: “Gregory was such a
gentleman. After the show. he came
up and shook my hand and said. ‘It
was an honor to be on stage with
you.‘ "

Spivy now dances and sings Hines‘
role in the road company of the
Tony Award-winning show. which
“spans 50 years of Duke Ellington's
career. There are numbers from the
Cotton Club. the Big Band Era, and
some ‘405 be-bop tap numbers in the
show."

When asked if he thought that the
show had influenced the resurgence
in public interest in the music of the
20's and 30's. and the great populari-
ty of nostalgia albums such as Linda
Ronstadt‘s What's New. Spivy said
that he thinks that “electronic music
became so mechanical that it
sparked a return to romance. There
seems to be more humanism in so-
ciety. which is reflected in music."

Spivy describes the tone of “So
phisticated Ladies" as “pure enjoy-
ment. strictly visual entertain-

‘Silent Way’

Trumpeter Miles Davis wants his music to speak for itself

It) .\l.\H\' CAMPBELL
.-\I’ Newsfeatures Writer

Miles Davis led jazz into the cool.
he led it into fusion. A lot of critics
and listeners weren't ready for ei»
ther move. On stage. he doesn't ap-
pear to respond to the audience. He
hasn‘t given many interviews.

Now. with the album Decoy out on
t‘olumbia Records. Davis making a
inlet: of the title tune and cutting a
12-inch single of “Time after Time."
he has decided to do some inter-
HOWS. “The records will sell maybe
three times as much as they used
to," Davis says. People are saying
hello on the street. from seeing him
on 'I'\' From the way he talks about
that. he isn't finding it half bad.

He didn't give interviews, he says.
"M't'liUSP I don‘t like to talk about
what I‘ve done. Now I'm 58. it
doesn't matter like it used to.“

As soon as he finishes this inter-
\lt‘\\. In a restaurant near his Man-
hattan home. where Steve Martin is
at the next table. he‘ll practice his
horn If he walks home. he says. he
may stop at a men's clothing store
and spend a lot of money.

"I better practice every day." he
says “I laid off for four years. It
took me two years to get my tone
back There were business reasons
I was tired on the road. We‘d just
started mixing what they call jazz
with rock Everybody was saying.
"Eh. eh. eh' I didn't want to hear
that I'd made Bitches Brew and
the Silent Way. That had some good
stuff on it

"You have to change. There‘s still
a lot of guys that don‘t want to
change. Those are lazy people. What
we play is harder than what they do.
How can they keep doing the same
thing. the same progressions? Some
music is so boring l don‘t even listen
tort

“Somebody taped a record I did
\th Dizzy Gillespie as guest star in
1948 and it sounds like guys are
playing today. I let my drummer
hear it He said. ‘You were doing
that then'." They used to make fun of
us. I reminded Milton Berle he
called us ‘head hunters' at the Three

Deuces. He said he was sorry.

“I was in my as. playing with
(‘harlie Parker. That stuff they used
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“ You have to change.
There’s still a lot of
guys that don ’t want to
change. Those are lazy
people. . . . How can
they keep doing the
same thing, the same
progressions? Some
music is so boring I

don ’I even listen to it. ”
Miles Davis

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“It you listen to critics. you will
stay behind You got to know what
you like and what you don't like. If I
don‘t change. I'm dead.

"When I got Sonny Rollins. the re-
cord company said. ‘Who is be? He
sounds funny.’ I had Art Blakey.
The} said. “He plays too loud.‘ They
put a rug under the drums. I took it
out The record won an award. I had
John (‘oltrane They said. ‘He plays
funny '

"You can't have everything sound
like ‘Stardust' and ”My Funny Val-
entine ‘ You have to respect the mel-
ody and not destroy it with a lot of
clouds and augmented this and that.

“The human ear will carry a mel-
ody through all sorts of things. Your
ear can imagine more than you can
ever write. if you leave a mystique
in the arrangement,“

Davis says he always chooses the
difficult over the easy, “When I
made Porgy and Hess and Sketches
of Spain. all that stuff was hard."

The trumpeter prefers the term
social music to the word jazz “be-
cause jazz means black. ‘She ran off
with a jazz musician.‘ Right away.
he has to be black. The word jazz
limits the music. too.“

Davis was born in Alton, Ill.. son
of a dentist The family soon moved
to East St. Louis. His first job was
in Springfield, Ill. “My schoolteach-
er who was a trumpet player knew
this band from New Orleans and
told them to hire little Davis."

The new album. Decoy, is half
from a date in Canada. half made in

  

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