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P«0«8 Portland Obtrnruar Thursday 1 M . 1978 American State Bank 2 7 3 7 N E. Union 2 8 2 *2 2 1 6 SERVICE & QUALITY MAKE OUR REPUTATION STEWARTS CLEANERS Drapory Cleaning Specialists Mon-Fri 8-6:30 Sat 8 5 F A S T -Q U A L IT Y DRY CLEANING Ik RON CARTER I' AND LAUNDRY SERVICE WE DO ALTERATIONS ( SO N N Y ROLLINS Ron Carter Sonny RoNins and McCoy Tyner will appear live and in concert Thursday. September 21st. 8:00 p.m. at the Civic Auditorium Special guests 2701 N.E. 7 th P o rtlan d , O r. 9 72 12 MARIE’S KITCHEN M cC O Y TYNER N O W OPEN The Pat Me then v Group. Tickets are 86, 87 and $8 available at Meier and Frank, Stevens & Son, Everybody's, America in Vancouver and Civic Auditorium. Carter, Rollins and Tyner appear at auditorium RON CARTER Ron Carter was born May 4, 1937, in Royal O ak Township (near Detroit), one o f eight children. His introduction to music came at age ten when he began playing cello By the time he graduated from Cass Technical High School in Detroit, he was playing bass and the voilin, clarinet, trombone, and tuba as well. In the spring o f 1955, Carter won a scholarship to the prestigious East man School o f Music in Rochester. New York. He graduated with a Bachelor of M usk degree in 1959, and joined a group led by Chico Hamilton. Six months later, when Hamilton returned to C alifornia, C arter entered the M an h attan School of Music, graduating with a Masters in bass in 1961. By 1965, Carter was definitely coming into his own He won the Down Beat New Star award and con tinued to expand his session work. If it ’s jazz. C arte r’s most probably been there. His reputation in the studios is peerless, he is capable of accompanying any kind o f player, and at the same time, is able to play with stunning virtuosity as a soloist On “ Peg Leg” (released in the spring o f *78), Carter augmented his regular quartet with woodwind arrangements, while on his newest, “ A Song For You,” a cello quartet enhances the performances of a band that includes Jack DeJohnette and Ralph M acDonald. **A Song For Y o u ," released in conjunction with the M ilestone Jazzstars to u r, is evidence o f C a rte r’ s continuing growth as a composer, his imagination as a producer, and his stature as a master bassist and musician. SO N N Y ROLLINS Sonny Rollins was born in New York City, o f parents native to the Virgin Islands, on September 9, 1929. Most of his brothers and sisters were musically inclined, but only Sonny veered away from classical music af ter his uncle, a saxophonist, in troduced him to jazz and blues. When he was barely out of high school. Rollins began jamming with New York’s betier musicians. From 1951 through ’54, o ff and on, he worked w ith M iles D avis, often playing alongside John Coltrane. Although this time w as economically extremely difficult, the period was rich in musical inventiveness. Living in a cramped apartment and, as a concession to his pregnant neighbor who needed sleep, Rollins took to practicing on the Williams burg Bridge connecting Manhattan to Brooklyn. Upon returning to the scene in 1961, Rollins called his very first album “ The B rid g e .” The album was a landmark. D uring the Sixties. R ollins, already considered a master, con tinued to expand and comment on the fermenting jazz world, forming new groups and experimenting with new musical form s. H e was nominated for a Grammy for his score for the hit movie, “ A lfie .“ I f there's anything predictable about Sonny Rollins, it’s perhaps his unpredictability — and the fact that he’ll continue to cast speels with his saxophone M cC O Y TYNER M cC oy Tyner was born in Philadelphia on December 11, 1938, one of three children. His mother, a beautician who played a little piano, encouraged his interest in music. Tyn er studied at the West Philadelphia and G ra n o ff Music Schools, and at fifteen formed his first group — a seven-piece r&b unit. As a composer, Tyner has in creasingly become recognized as an important force in the music. His work has been recorded by numerous artists. He has written compositions featuring such unusual instruments as the harpischord, the dulcimer, and the Brazilian berimbau (highlighted on “ The Greeting’s” opening track, “ Hand in Hand” ). Tyner has just as readily taken to arranging and orchestrating. He arranged for songs on the ground breaking “ F ly W ith the W in d " (recorded in 1976 with Ron C a rta . Billy Cobham, and Hubert Laws). “ Inner Voices,” released late in 1977, featured a vocal chorus plus arrangements for brass and reeds in various com binations. “ The Greeting” has two very interesting examples of his orchestral skills in that he augmented the title track from a previous trio version, and condensed “ Fly with the W in d ” from its original large-scale string version. Com m enting on his in creasing attention to arranging, he noted that “ it’s like taking up a new instrument.” Tuaa-Thurs 8:30 a m -8 pm — Frl-Sat 8:30 am -3:30am — Sun 8:30am -3:30pm BREAKFAST AT ANYTIME 5246 N.E. UNION JK-R! 2 8 7 -9 3 6 3 IHELP W A N T E D ^ H B H B H H E L P W A N TE ICHURCH'S FRIED CHICKE Seeks Managers and Trainees m in Portland. U1 INCENTIVE COMPENSATION MEDICAL AND LIFE INSURANCE Call President collect 486-2220 Basie, Vaughan appearance aids Guide Dogs “ The most explosive force in jazz" meets the “ singer of the cen tury'” when Sarah Vaughan joins with Count Basie and his orchestra in an exclusive Northwest appearance, September 15th, P o rtlan d Civic Auditorium. The unusual teaming of the two in ternationally acclaimed stars is a first for Portland. Both have won numerous awards and honors and both have been pace-setters in the American jazz scene Two performances are set — at 7:00 and 10:00 p.m. — with proceeds going to benefit Oregon Guide Dogs for the Blind. Coarse teaefcos aatoawtiva darks A new vocational-technique course w ill be offered by M ount Hood Community College this fall. The course, Automotive Cashier and Receptionist, A C X 26, is bang offered in response to requests from Portland area automobile dealers and their employees. William “ Count” Baste was bom in Red Bank, New Jersey, on August 21. 1904. He played the piano since childhood, studying first with his mother After working around New York with Sonny Greer and June Clark, Count went on tour with a theatre unit. When the tour broke up in Kansas City, he went to work in a silent movie theatre. Soon after, be I 60» A one-week training session at a dealership is included as pan of the course requirements Fall term at the college begins Sep tember 25th and there is still time to apply for admission and register for classes For more information con tact the admissions and records of fice. 667-7391. The chance to hear, see. and enjoy these two superb talents on the same program qualifies as a once-in-a- hfetime opportunity for Northwest concertgoers. Sarah Vaughan and Count Baste and his orchestra — magnificently together. “ Plink! Plank! Plink! Plank’’ The sound comes at you softly and subt ly. Single notes on a piano. Offbeat pauses. Instant recognition. And then, one measure blends into the next. A right-hand chord. A stride bass. A surge o f anticipation. And then — an avalanche of energy , of ail-encompassing music. W ham ! The Basie Band is o ff and blowing. The pattern is familiar. The ex plosion o f joy constant. This is the Bill Basie touch on piano and the exuberance o f his big-band sound. Musicianship, accent, punctuation, hum or, and power make four □ecades of spreading consistent hap piness around the world It all began years ago. Count Basie and His Orchestra, and his place on top o f the musical world. His impor tance grows larger. His audience greater, with each added season of performance a * 010 m0' DOUBLT tee a n d A l BATR O SS PRESENT Y* LIVE and IN CONCERT THURSDAY, SEPT. 21 CIVIC AUDITORIUM 8 0 0 P.M. C O U N T BASIE joined Walter Page's Blue Devils and later, Benny Moten, whose band he took over when Moten died in 1935. The Basie Band has won its share of honors down through the years. Esquire Silver Award; Downbeat Readers’ P o ll; M etro n om e Poll; Downbeat Critics Poll; and Playboy A ll Stars' All Stars. Basie has been a recognized pianist in M etronom e’s Poll and has been elected to the Downbeat Hall o f Fame “ Plink! P la n k !” Swinging big- band sounds. Kansas C ity blues. M ag n ificen t musicianship. Im maculate singers. Irrepressible presence. Experience. Sim plicity. Eloquence in simplicity as a musical ingredient For decade on decade on decade. W illiam “ Count Basie” and his Band They burst on the scene 43 years ago. Now. in 1978, it is a more im p o rtan t, more praised, more distinct, more listened to, and more appreciated than ever before. Ask E lla or F rank or T o n y, Ask anybody Tickets are priced at J 12, $9 and S7. Tickets are available at: Lipmans T icket Place and the Civic Auditorium in Portland; Rising Sun Records, Salem; Mother Hubbard’s, Gresham; The Record Plant. Beaver ton; and all other regular ticket outlets. 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