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Hot Ticket: Third World retains its unique orbit
By PHILIP BOOTH
Published April 28, 2005
Third World occasionally has been dissed by reggae purists, but no matter: The veteran Jamaican band, organized by guitarist-cellist Steven "Cat" Coore and other former members of Inner Circle, makes a habit of charming listeners with a tasty mix of sturdy reggae rhythms, appealing peace-and-love messages, and influences drawn from R&B and funk. And how about those gorgeous pop vocal harmonies, heard on the likes of 96 Degrees in the Shade, Now That We've Found Love and the Stevie Wonder-penned Try Jah Love?
The band continues to stretch things out on stage, if a January show at the Air Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival was any indication. "Because Third World's conservatory-trained musicians are anything but ordinary, they often extended the tunes with impressive improvisations and dubbed-out grooves," according to Jazz Times reviewer Chris Porter.
Third World performs at 8 p.m. Sunday at Jannus Landing, 16 Second St. N, St. Petersburg. $15 advance, $18 at the door. (727) 896-2276.
- PHILIP BOOTH, Times correspondent
Rock 'n' rollin' with Joan Jett
Joan Jett gained her tough-chick rock 'n' roll credentials early, as co-founder of the Runaways, a quintet of teenage SoCal girls whose punk attitude and chunky guitar attack attracted big-time attention in Japan, if not the United States. Jett, in the '80s, raided the pop charts with the blockbuster hit I Love Rock and Roll and covers of Tommy James' Crimson and Clover and Gary Glitter's Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah) and I Hate Myself For Loving You. She also landed a co-starring role in 1987's Light of Day, directed by Paul Schrader.
Fetish, Jett's last major studio album, was released in 1999, but she didn't stop recording and touring. The sports-oriented Unfinished Business EP and imports Jett Rock and Naked are available on her Web site, www.joanjett.com She has ventured onto the Broadway stage in recent years, too, playing Columbia in The Rocky Horror Show. Her reputation as a crowd-pleasing rock 'n' roller remains untarnished.
Joan Jett plays at 8 p.m. Friday in the Blue Line Theatre configuration of the St. Pete Times Forum, 401 Channelside Drive, Tampa. $19.75-$51.75. (813) 301-2500.
- PHILIP BOOTH, Times correspondent
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