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THE CINflYN 'ATI I NQl I Sundsv. It, I 40,000 Bought Guitars; 40 Learned To Play names, our particular ap Productions, 12157 Vfntura Studio City, Cat Hi 6. -IV. I 4 K4V learn a lot from jazz guitarists, while the converse does not apply?" "Yes. The guitar is unusual in that it has produced so many youngsters who have no real skill in using it.

That's why men like John Collins, who has been a sideman for years but is one of the greatest talents around, will write a book for us on the art of playing solo guitar." If you are among the millions to whom the program may be of interest, write to Kenny Burrell, executive director, Guitar Player JOHNSTON PARTY BOAT CHAPERON Private Charters -Year Around Public Eeursions Every Sunday on Parly Boat 2-5 P.M. Adults $2.50 Children under 12 $1.25 Fool of Broadway Public Landing 421-4455 classical guitar, racked up jaz. credits with Dizzy Gillespie and Benny Goodman, swam in the middle of the hossa nova wave on records with Stan Getz and Lalo Schifrin, and has to his credit two suites for guitar and orchestra, many shorter compositions and dozens of albums as a leader. "The production company will fill everyone's needs," he says. "We'll put out a book, for instance, by Chet Atkins, showing what makes him so special; one by Laurindo Almeida, emphasizing the finger-style and the Brazilian Influence; another by Herb Ellis, witrrmany blues type things because that's natural to him; and others by Barney Kessel, Les Paul, Howard Roberts, Johnny Winter and myself, all demonstrating our own spe- the use (if electronics as a cover for incompetence.

"Like most innovations, It has been misused. Electronics should serve to achieve a goal a means to an end, not an end in itself. Einstein once said we have the means to do anything we want to do. Electronics is another means, and out, of the abuses it has led to, some lasting good will arrive and survive." THE GIGANTIC success of certain rock superstars has left many major talents straggling behind in obscurity. Burrell hopes that through the new venture he can draw attention to the abilities of such veterans as John Collins and Irving Ashby, both of whom once played in the Nat King Cole Trio.

"I have to point out that men of this caliber are Important, and that you cannot bypass the kind of craftsmanship they represent, you can't Just go from the starting point directly to artistic and commercial success." "Do you generally find," I asked, "that the young rock guitarists realize they can By LEONARD FEATHER The Los Angeles Times As you may have suspected, one out of every 20 Americans owns a guitar. There are three million professionals and 7.3 million amateur players. Overall sales of fretted Instruments, only 700,000 annually a decade ago, by 1973 had tripled to 2.2 million. One major manufacturer is reported to have said: "Last year he sold 40,000 guitars, and 40 of the buyers learned how to play." Suspecting that more than a touch of truth underlay this crack, Jim Crockett, editor and publisher of the fast-growing Guitar Player Magazine, recently decided to add a new wing to his organization to cope with the need for education clear across the plectrum spectrum. He formed Guitar Player Productions and appointed Kenny Burrell to head the outfit.

Burrell, a tall, amiable man with an authoritative manner, was the ideal choice for the job. He had studied proach. We'll even have a book on guitar duetting, by Chuck Wayne and Joe Puma. "Supplementing the books will be records and cassettes to illustrate every ioiom. I guess I was chosen for this assignment because I understand not only the guitar, but also all these kinds of music and how they relate to it." BURRELL WILL FIND in his new association a dual fulfillment: "First, the guitar has been sadly neglected at the educational level; until recently most schools didn't even recognize It as a musical Instrument.

Second, jazz itself has similarly been overlooked. So, as a jazz guitarist, I will have a chance to help in righting both these wrongs." Guitar Player Productions, in addition to appealing to the private student, will give teachers new tools to work with. The guitar, in addition to spawning a higher percentage of musical illiterates than any other instrument, has been the chief culprit in Rainbow Productions Presents AP Wirephoto INGREDIENT with CREATIVE SOURCE Home Life First SINGER BRENDA LEE sits with her two daughters, Jolie, seven, left, and Julie, nine. Brenda started her singing career at the age of 10 out of necessity and says she really didn't start thinking of herself as a singer until three years ago. She says she considers her family first.

DAYTON HARA ARENA Sat. JULY 27-8 P.M. Tickets: $5.00 Advance; $6.00 Day Of Show Tickets On Sale: TICKETRON Phone 278-1770 David Bowie Has Returned With 'Diamond Dogs' Album Quincy Jones teaming up I i the charts fast and look to be even more successful than his previous album hits, "Ziggy Stardust and the' Spiders from Mars," "Space Oddity," "The Man "Diamond Dogs" on the RCA label, you'll be glad he changed his mind. Both the album and the single release from the LP "Rebel, Rebel" are climbing By ROBIN WELLES Copley News Service David Bowie Is back from his short-lived retirement and after you've heard celebration of life and hope in musical and narrative form." The album features such stars as Cannonball Adder-ley on "Country Preacher," Bill Withers doing "Lean on Me," Roberta Flack and SHOWCASE CINEMAf 1234 for "On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever)," Killer Joe," and Nancy Wilson singing "The Greatest Performance of my Life." A tremendous production, and a worthwhile cause. ROUTE 44 I-275 NEAR THETRI-COUNTY it Who Sold the woricr ana SHOPPING CENTER CINCINNATI "Bowie Pinups," which all ACRES OF FREE LIGHTED PARKING 24HR.TEL.

671-6884 ranked high in chart stand on "Going Hollywood," Louis Jourdan that is Indeed entertainment. All of these, and more, are on the movie soundtrack album Just released by MCA, and called, appropriately, "That's Entertainment." This two-record LP is more than nostalgia -this is an LP that could win some modern fans for some of the greatest performers of the past. This Is a great collection of music and the album should be as much a hit as the movie is. Hnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnns ing. ooooooooooooooo 0 OPENING JULY 24 mMmm mm mm mm mm mm mm Will fl A real original in his I riHUiin itj mm musical and personal mm m.

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Bowie is showing more subtlety, fewer radical touches, a more aesthetic feeling all through. Not only is Bowie a consummate performer and musician, he is a master of arrangements and production. Mott and Hoople says Bowie's production of their latest album saved the group from oblivion and helped them reach their current standing on the charts and his genius is felt in this album. "Diamond Dogs" sclntil-. lates like a diamond, but It's surely not a dog.

JUDY GARLAND singing "Over the Rainbow," Gene Kelly doing "Singin" In the Rain," Fred Astalre (who sang almost as well as he danced) crooning "They Can't Take That Away From Me," Joan Crawford sining "I've Got A Feeling For You," James Stewart and Eleanor Powell teaming up on "Easy to Love," Bing Crosby doing his thing "HERE LIES ENDS "FOR ALL-AROUND UNINHIBITED 21 JULY JEREMY TROY" UV.I 1U. IVI I I I IW HILARITY, YOU Tuesday through Sunday Eve CAN BEAT tf' rl 1 TIM. '-i 1. IT'S A LAUGH RIOT, starring a New York cast. JULY 16 through JULY 21 ail I A ON STAGE! IN PERSON 1 mil irf 1 1 Ixl Nonni McLiia Sloop.

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