NJNC Profile Lunar Adventures New Jazz, Nevi City II at New City Theater October 27 at 8 p.m. ~ /\ \· storm. At still others, a calypso beat sidles iota their work. There is also a good de:il of non-pretentious, good-natured theater to the Lunar show. The time I saw the::::i at Vancouver's Railwav Club, there was a televisioo monimrbehiodthe band playing somebod/s home videos. Simpson also played an amaziog improvised ooise solo on his drum m:1chioe. That should give an idea, eh? See you there. Paul de Barros Standifer (Cont. from Page 1) ers like our own Nor1hwestcompose:3JimKnapp and Chuck Israels. The When Oroctte Coleman, Ronald ShanoonJackson and James·"Blood" rewards of chamber jazz are manifold: wheo you he:ir a classic be-bop Ulmer st.aned experimenting with electric jazz in the late '70s and c=e quartet or quintet-;_he kind Floyd plays with at Patti Summers on up with their dizzyiog "harmolodic funk" coocept, I was sure that at least Tuesday nights or at the New Orleans Restaurant on Wednesdays, one band in Seattle would launch into the same exhilarating groove. But Fridays and Saturd:iys-you get burniog swing, and long, story-telling alas, the sweet cacophony of harmolodics oever materialized oo the solos. With a jazz octet you get something entirely different. shores of the Emerald City. That's one reason New Jazz, New City has For starters, with more instruments to work with--cr "voices," as ventured across the 49th parallel this season,snaggiog from its usual orbit musicians c:ill the:::i-you have :i situation where the whole often equals ooe of the best baods working the West today-Lunar Adveotures. m:ore thao the sur:1 of its parts. Matching up different instruments co With a oame like that, you'd think these guys are strictly from the differeot ootes in a chord ("voicing" and "orchestration") can yield stratosphere, but while Lunar Adventures can definitely play far-out, unusually large and rich blends. In additioo to blend, a largerbaodcan put moonstruck stuff, this band is also one of the most accessible, delightful two melodies in motioo at the same time (counterpoiot, or "cootrlf)' and well-thought-out units working ti!!@ H w"Fl!:a greut' wa:sibtmed'" i!r motion"). And, of course, a large ensemble c:m punch a phrase with the 1985 mV:.acotmer,B C , aIJd,-aGGGt:GHJ~-eassistEtycre-R:eed, has-eeeo kind of power that :i quartet just doesn't have. ronwo-ye-ars;-writing ancrworkirlg7!!f-new Look for all of these special ensemble qualities in Floyd's octet per~- ~~ tape ~ e . FullM oon, well worth the formance Tuesday night, as well as for stroog solos by scme of the are:i 's :_.J!::s;!:;;a!al~~ s r l a z~ eooFm@~Hhe-:k-ar by the Canadian finest: Buddy Catlett (bass); Marc Seales (keyboards); Bill Ramsey Ar· • , · · t (tenor saxophone); Jim Coil (alto saxophone); Dao Gree:iblact (te:.ior ~ ~ 4-,