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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (March 3, 1977)
¡TO ANDRE GARAND , ■ d w d q; night. On t h e e » . as m aay « f you kaaw. dfed oí 1 0 3 0 a m KRAZY K A I «>oo's komix 1 0 3 5 UNCLE HOMERS JAZZHOLE COVER o u r longest running ja z z p ro g ra m Z O O o m JAZZ RAF «/GEORGE cookm ia z z i blues a ll a fte rn o o n 8 0 0 KD NEY S IE W blues »»/John H ead 8 0 0 YOUR KMO OF SOUL SHOW bold, b la c k A to g e th e r m u s ic v /M ich a el U O O O RAOO L A B collages o f ro ck, ja z z a n d ^som etim es a v a n ^ -q a rd m usic */R ic k M itchell and Wife) »aad. The » caaaa frum «ta n ü « a& ovar tae to pay trib u te te o » of the finest haat p ia ra n aa i mecbesJ easts Andre meuiTwd ia the year tbe multitudse o f p u d a e iu m il talent that at the aid Efes lo d g e aa Morriaea. It > that there w a s ta f e o f a a k u tg tk m a a annual afiair. On G o a l lorn a a Gaea D u a w a d . th e M ai Bbowa Trio, A aa Young. T h e W altar Bridges Band. H o w ard Young Trio, M a r iam»» Mayfield Trio, Cnimt Datch T rio, M ary F W d Trio, Steve Wolfe, and maay more Andre Gersad has played with n e k heavyw eights a a Lea Rawls. Paul Desmond. Canaan McRae. Nancy Wilson. Roger » fille r, the M ills Brothers aad » o ra . We'D all anas Andre, the » a n aad las music. » oa fee d Sunday i «ch a tremendous ! 4 ASZMAR C L E W -A STAR ON THE I As with moat perform ers, it takes years and years of daily practice ia order to i one profiaent at his a rt. I f there would be an exception to the rule in th e musical it would undoubtedly be in the field of opera. E ither staging, dancing or in the case of one rising star, concert p 1»« — , Asa Gfenn. is unquestionably a star on the nee. As witnessed by i people wbo were on band to bear fans F rid a y night at tbe year aa d a h alf old King Neighborhood F a c ility under tbe directorship of James Loving who came op with the idea of having Gfenn perform several months ago. T b e idea w m v e ry en lig h ten «» to many - including m e. Glenn ia one e i tbe » o a t confident entertainers I ’ve ever seen. He knows his instru m en t, his capabilities aad obviously where he's going A o e m a r Gfenn began ta kin g lemons only eight years ago whack, according to moat ia daameal muac. is late eonfederag th at he's SB years old now. B ut according to muwcai coaches. he's so talented now th at b it late start won't have than mack of mi impart on Ms fu tu re. Gfenn madfed a t Pacific Vmversny where be received a Beckafor's D egree ia Fine A rts in 1973, H r has been tbe r e c < « t of tb e 1973 state aw w d for eompoaitian from tbe Oregon Music Teacher s Association. Gfenn is currently assistant director of Po rtlan d Boys Choir, w hich baa received national attention down through the years. The evening's p ro gram consumed of the m asters in the area of classical m uax such as Raetanantnofi. G ershw in. Brabama. Chapin, and a few other notables. Fran kly. Tee never been into “T b e Classics’ however Asxem ar Glean baa cast a show er of light «hw can only illuminate as tim MARCH 5th thru 13th ASZM AR G LENN Symposium discusses Black oral, written traditions A free public i C B B O K IT O U T 1 Betty Hodges, fo rm e rly tbe librarian M t b e A lbina Branch L fo ra ry . has resigned ber posttion to relocate in tbe Bay Arne around See Francisco. Betty has been a very positive f a r » m tb e A lb in a Community and w e w in nuse ber very much. B e tty, we all wish you tbe very beat ia your future endeavors aad whatever tb e fu ture hokfe in store. I am sure yo u 'll be saeceoaful nt it. .3W bss-tSos V .sc -v* *a*" f» W H A T S H A P P E N IN G IN ' E N T E R T A IN M E N T J E W T U .A ’S Presents: M a. beck by popular demand one night only - Thursday. March fed. A b o on the 6th . one mgbt only, the Big Band of W alter Bridges. U P T H E DO W N S T A IR C A S E P.ARCHMAN F A R M S S A W S H ID E W A Y Monday. Dennis I ■ with i ib e ra o í 1 Steve Wolfe. D an Friesen. Boo Stan and John Stowell Shades c i Blue M A R K E T P L A C E . Lake O s w ego - Shirs w ith J e ff Lorber i to explore the i of Afro-Am erican lite ra tu re in both oral and w ritten farms w ill be held at Reed College oe Wednesday evening. March 16. at 8 p.m. in tbe college's faculty office building lounge. Participants in “lite ra t urg e i Blacks in America: O ral and W ritte n Traditm ee" include Sberley Anne W illiams, author and chairperson of tbe literatu re deport ment of tbe University of California a t San Diego: Robert Chnsznnn, author - critic: and Eugene B. Redmond. Author- critic and professor of English and poot- in-remdenee at California State Univers ity. Sacramento. In Afro-Am erican literatu re tw o v e ry significant truditaaua are reflected: th e oral tradition of gospels. spirituals. Musa?' field hoffers. sermons. speeches, and Folklore w ith a music derived from Africa: and a w ritten tradition whose engine include tbe slave narratives, abolitionist literatu re, aotebeiluic fiction, poetry and essays. E u ro American im pr es e io a s . as well as more recent influ eoees from tbe lite ra tu re of Latin Am er ica. Asia and A b ies. T be symposium w ill focus on the role filled by tbe lite ra tu re of Black people in the soda! struggles for equity, equality and a meaningful id entity, both as an instrum ent in these tedious tasks and as aa iQuminatioe of them. A ttentio n will be directed to tbe relationship between lite ra tu re and society, between the cul tu re of a people and th eir political Sberley Anne W illiam s ia tbe author o f G H * B irth he f ir f e k t e m . A ----- -- Study of N e o Rl e rk L ttern tare. 1972. and Tbe Penceck Peema, 1975. H er stones and poems b are appeared in N e w L e t ters. Tbs Partisan Review, lew s Review. Meeenefcneetta Review and other period icals. Robert Chnaman ia publisher of Tbe H eck Schafer and president of the Black W orld Foundation, organisations be co founded in 1 9 » . A poet and essayist, his works have been published in T h e fletm d ^ f i e ^ ^ f ^ t u r a t u r K Heck World. Tfema, Sevea Days, The W hole E arth C e i e l e g . and other publications. H e ie co-editor of the anthology i so M E G fìe m THINGS TO see ON TV! SATUhDAY » 4 5 PM Le.g end o f V a le n tin o SUNDAY 7 2 0 PM. MONDAY 10 15 PM O A S IS IN SPACE Pleasure At Her Majesty's ►- 1973. 1974. M r. Chrisman baa taught English aad Black Studies at the U n iversity of Cab- forma. San Fraadeco State University, the University of San Fraadeco. the University of Haw aii aad Contra Coeta College. Eugene B. Redmond has achieved diatinction in several areas of w riting including poetry, dram a, journalism. ant en tiosm . 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