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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 30, 1979)
P « 9 « < Portland O b u rv e r Thursday August X 1979 Dialogue features health Entertainment Guide by Allen Jones On Saturday September I?th at 7:J0 a m and Sunday, September I6tb at v '■ p m D, , u r » : 'h H o « Producer Cllvsses Tucker, Jr will be discussing B . . s tr tion” with guests Adriene M iller, Director of Ml I- J t . mm„.-:i: (. ..ege School of Beauty; Janet Hutchins, President of Bir.- I j- Sc -I- p- -ement Center. Catheryn Jones, Nutritionist, and Terresa Vance, Hair Designer SPECTRUM IN BLUE-ISAAC HAYES LABOR DAY WEEKEND SPECIAL' Fri., Sat., Sun., & Mon. Hayes, dubbed "Black Moses" during the height of his popularity, revolutionized soul music, leading it out o f the era o f the three-minute single in to two new areas—the completely-orchestrated "concept” album with extend ed cuts and the Black motion picture soundtrack H oi Buttered Soul, released on the Enterprise label in 1969. contained only four cuts, and one. By the Time 1 Get to Phoenix, was over 18 minutes long It not only became the first album to go gold for Stax Records, it hit platinum. INTERSANCTION FANTASY Fred's Place G* ^o o ^e 2511 N.E. UNION AVE. Daniel Heller's Musical Magic Reine BRANDON SCOTT S h o w fe a tu re s m a g ic , m u sic The soundtrack from the 1971 motion picture Shaft was Hayes' tourtn con secutive platinum LP and the "Theme from Shaft" earned him an Academy Award for Be ' . „ , • , - ened (tie door f • others, like Curtis May field and N,.rman Wh Hayes’ first solo album. Presenting /saai Hayes, was a low-budget, jazz- influenced set recorded on the spur o f the moment following a Christmas party with only bass and drums accompanying hi- piano and s . uce The second. H ot Buttered Soul (with a close-up cover shot of his shiny beard- lo_ear scalp,, was something altogether different—a husky, very masculine baritone rapping and crooning intimately against a massive backdrop o f strings and horns from the Memphis Symphor . ; . the Bar-kavs His new fans weren't satisifed with the three-minute version of Bs the Time / Get to Phoenix issued on a 4?; they had to have his whole sexy rap in order to be satiated Many who had never invested in an I P before rushed to get all 18 minutes and 40 seconds o f Hayes' epic performance o f Jim Webb's tunc and also discovered an equally sensuous 12-minute reading of Burt Bacharach and Hal David's Hatk on By with its compelling fuzz-toned guitar riff. "Excitement "79," the m m a c combines music and mac c w.tn dvr; costumes Illusionist Brandon Sc. --, w-,.> ha- lounges, commands the stage w :h r. ■- magic though, to be imp me v. •• v Los Angeles, California na :;:p formance for Queen I /abet- and • City, and hasing <opened t - wick. Also included in thi. -e.• . mtained champion of mime, who itributes comedic abilities in mime Spec ìai formerly a baseball plaver r,i the Do. with his Getty vberg AJJre . J r.e To compliment the sh, w are ’ he b< form to Darrin's chore, grapr.v w e ts performed by a tour p e .e bar d Only “ W izard" can play c d make this revue, which ma t ,r ' to play in the major shown om m N. Vlac Me as I M : Br M W Dan . W ILLUSIONIST, Starring BRANDON SCOTT I fcross between Houdmi & Count Dracula1 MIME, JEFF BROWN two time national c h a m j ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ IMPRESSIONIST, DANNY GANS conjures up voices of television and movie stars' The NA AC P Youth Council will hold a Disco Dance on September 8th, 9 00 p.m. till 1:00 a m. to be held at the Elks Lodge 6 on N Tillamook Donation $2. Dance to raise funds for NAACP retreat and regional meeting. SONGS, MARILYN JOHNSON weaves her own magic spell ot beauty and song' DANCERS, complementing the show performing to MICHAEL DARRIN S choreograpny with precision dancing Flash: Look for Jeanne Reynolds on national TV in the Miss Black Uni verse International sometime during Labor Day weekend THE WIZARD, performing the music for Excitement 79 c-> itmg disco jazzbeats effects and led by DANIEL AAKHUS I h ill SIU. 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