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Pag« 4 Portland Obaarvar Thursday. Saptambar 13. 1979
SPORTS HOUR
Entertainment Guide
JOE’S PLACE
by Allen Jones
1801 N.E. Alberta
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DRAFTvOU FOR ONLY 159
Days: Sat., Sun. & Mon.
"P lin k ! Plank! Plink! Plank!” The sound comes at you softly and subtly.
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 of an
ticipation. And then—an asalanche o f energy. o f all-encompassing music.
Wham! The Basie Band is o ff and blowing.
It all began years ago. Count Basie and His Orchestra, and his place on top
o f the musical world His importance grows larger. His audience greater, with
each added season o f performance.
In this day o f rock and small groups with electric sounds, the age o f the Basie
Band has remained in the fore. In truth, it has never waned. That the talents of
Count Basie and his band have remained at the top o f their craft, is no surprise
to artists, audiences, critics and m>.«im-.».
For M ore Inform ation
Call: 288 8786
The Johnny Cash show w ith June Carter and the Tennessee Three
will be appearing Sunday Septem ber 30th One show, 7 30 p m ., all
seats reserved at 56 75. 57 75 and 58 75 Tickets on sale at the Coliseum
B om Office, M eier and Frank, d o w n to w n . Salem and Eugene, all Gl Joe
Stores; Fredrick and Nelson, d o w n to w n , Stevens £t Sons. Salem and
Lloyd Center For mail orders Please send check or m oney order to
Johnny Cash Show P O Box 2746 Portland. Oregon 97208 For more
inform ation call 235 8771
One critic wrote in a national magazine: "Basie is nonpareil not only as ac
companist, but as band pianist. He leads his band with the piano— he rarely
gives any visual signal aside from a nod or a look —and he does it with extra
ordinary variety. In slow tunes, he noodles along behind his soloists, making
cryptic musical comments and jokes about what they are playing, and he
decorates ensemble passages with approving garlands o f notes In fast num
bers, he moves down into the lowest registers and issues rocking, invincible
chords that have literally made his listeners and his musicians shout."
W illiam "C ount Basie" and his Band They burst on the scene 44 years ago.
Now, in I9 '9 , it is a more important, more praised, more distinct, more
listened to, and more appreciated than ever before Ask Ella or Frank or Tons
Ask Anybody
Count Basie is loyal to the blues as a Basie form, and he has an astounding
ability to produce, year after year, a series o f best selling records In 1954, when
the band made its First European tour, and in 195? when the Count completed
his 20th year as a band leader he featured many new stars
Count Basie has definitely established himself as a modern music immmortal
during his 44 years as a bandleader. W ith the Count marking the completion o:
four decades o f indiginous American music, he is rapidly approaching his
golden anniversary in the realm o f music history
Do it Tonight!
The sensational
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it s 8 . " r - e - ; " e s ' per*crm e’ s youve ever seen
c d a n c e d t : dc>ng a hKjn energy show 'h a 's
•>. . ^ v s 'a n .l.n g e .a ' . s h - — audiences in Eurooe
Haw a T,'<‘ Fa- East T.-moe & Vegas it s com edy
The fabulous Canestrelli Family, tra iiip u in ia artists m aking their
debut w ith the 109th Edition of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum
b Bailey Circus, add their bouncing and bounding mid air maneuvers
to the star studded roster at The Greatest Show on Earth
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2 weeks only - Sept. 10 22
Show T,me ’A ” N F l Footba Xt Grant Screen 7pm
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Tues 'h ru Thurs 8 ’ 5 5 10 15pm
F- I S a t 9 & 11 15pm
T ickets S j Mon : n > „ T \ > s - J 4 F ' s Sat
A j. a 'v e t c«ets -"ay Depurchases) at
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Eas’ i. •• Piaza Oa* Grove Rockwood
C hick Corea visits P ortland
On September 21st at 8:00 p m the Portland Jaycee* will present jazz greats
Chick Corea on keyboards and Gary Burton playing vibes, at the Civic
Auditorium Net proceeds o f the concert will benefit Jaycee Community Ser
vice Programs, such as their sponsorship of the Narconon Drug Rehabilitation
Program here in Portland
Corea and Burton are acknowledged as two o f the foremost jazz innovators
in the world. They have just released a new album called Duet, produced by
ECM Records and distributed by Warner Brothers.
Corea to date has won nearly every major jazz award and has recently been
entered in the 40th edition of H Y o ’s H ho in America. Mayor Tom Bradley of
Los Angeles declared A pril 8th as "C hick Corea D ay" in Los Angeles.
Burton was named Jazzman o f the Year m 1968 and "Best Vibist” every year
since. His album Alone at Last was a Grammy Award winner, recorded in part
at the Montreaux Jazz Festival in !9 '1 . This will truly be a milestone in live jazz
performances in Portland
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SPECIAL PRE SHOW DINNERS
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GOOD SEATS AS LATE AS SHOWTIME!
11am 2pm UNCLE HOMER'S JAZZHOLEl
COVER Portland's longest-running jazz pro
gram. With Homer Clark.
2pm -6pm JA ZZ RAP Cookin' jazz, bluesl
and popular black music. With George Page.
5pm -8pm KIDNEY STEW The blues W ith|
John Head, George Page and Tom Wendt,
8pm 12 m id n ig h t ESSENCE OF SO UL|
PART I The only show of its kind in town.
With the Groover, J.W . Friday.
12 m id n ig h t 3am S A T U R D A Y N IG H T ,
JAZZ SHOW Swing bop and progressive
jazz, latin music, funk and blues with Rickl
Mitchell.
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