P a g e 4 P o rtla n d O bserver O c to b e r 4, 1979
ENTERTAINMENT
HAPPENINGS
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THE KINGSTON PRESENTS
ENTERTAINMENT
Alto Saxophonist
RICHIE COLE
And His Quartet
Saturday, Oct. 6th
and
Sunday, Oct. 7th
SHOWS
8:00 & 11:00 p.m.
Tickets: 95.50 per show (95 00 JSO m em bersi
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THE KINGSTON • 2021 SW MORRISON
CO M IN G OCT. 6 & 7 RICHIE COLE & AUTO M ADNESS
Carolyn Easterly, Ruby Burns, LaVerne Springer, Debie Hicks, and Omenka
Nnadi are memberrs o f the cast in "FO R COLORED GIRLS... " (Photo by J.
Rafferty)
DIMENSION!
In 1965, a little k n o w n sin g in g g ro u p called "T h e 5th
D im ension” g o t tog ether and recorded a song called "U p , Up
and A w a y ", w h ich turned o u t to be one o f the biggest sm ash
hits in m usic history. The single w o n fo u r G ram m y A w a rds,
the group catapulted to stardo m , and their sto ry has been
one o f success ever since.
T oday, the 5th D im ension is orte o f the m o st po p u la r
singing groups in the w o rld . They have released no less than
a dozen hit album s and received 14 gold records, in clud in g
such blockb uster hits as "A q u a riu s /L e t th e Sunshine In " ,
"O n e Less Bell to A n s w e r", "W e d d in g Bell B lues” and
"S to n e d Soul P icn ic".
T h e 5 th D im e n s io n is a p p e a ra in g at th e S h o w p la c e
Lounge, S h e ra to n -A irp o rt, th ro u g h
Sat. Oct. 6
Kingston features Richie Cole
Richie Cole was born in Trenton, New Jersey on February 29, 1948 and star
ted playing the alto saxophone when he was ten years old. He attended Ram-
blerny School for the Performing Arts in New Hope, Pennsilvania headed by
Phil Woods, for three summers before graduating from Ewing High School in
1966.
In 1969 Richie joined the Buddy Rich Big Band, where he remained for two
and a nail years as lead alto saxophone and featured jazz soloist. During this
period he recorded with the band, made many nation wide tours and several
European tours where he preformed at the Newport, Monterey, Milano, Con
cord and Berlin Jazz Festivals, Concerts in London, Paris, Barcelona, Prague
and a Command Performance before the Queen o f England. He also made TV
appearances on the Johnny Carson show, Mike Douglas Show, Kraft Music-
Hall and numberous B.B.C. and European TV Specials.
In 1970 Richie was voted number 12 on alto saxophone in the Down Beat
Readers Poll along side o f Sonny Stitt and Jackie McLean.
After leaving Buddy Rich, Richie worked with Doc Sevrinson's Band playing
for the Jonny Carson Show at the Westbury Music Fair and various road tours
before deciding to form a group o f his own.
The next couple o f years found Richie leading various small groups out o f
Munich, Milwaukee, Washington, D.C. and the New York City area.
In the summer o f 1973 Richie was asked to perform as featured jazz soloist
with the Lionel Hampton Orchestra. He toured the country, with an extened
stay at the Stardust Hotel in Las Vegas, until January o f 1974 when he decided
to go out on his own once again.
Richie now leads his own group “ Alto Madness” which has been playing
concerts and clubs mostly along the East coast,
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A bus load o f Seattlites, numerous residents o f Beaverton, Oregon City, The
Dalles, Salem, Eugene, Vancouver and a major crowd from Portland, com
posed the more than 4,500 total audience for the six week, 18 performance run
o f Ntozake Shanges’ "L O R COLORED GIRLS WHO HA VE CONSIDERED
SUICIDE/W H E N THE R A IN B O W IS E N G L " At the Cabell Center for Per
forming Arts, by the Portland Black Repertory Theatre.
Because o f the tremendous response, PBRT is planning a special Oregon
tour. Starting at Jefferson High School Performing Arts Auditorium , 5210 N.
Kerby, “ For Colored G irs...” w ill open Wednesday, October 3 with a benefit
performance fo r the Black Education School and the Northwest Artists
Workshop, at 8:00 PM. October 7, Sunday, a 3:00 PM matinee will feature a
“ Women’ s day” reduced ticket price o f $3.50 for women. The Octgober 3 thru
7th Jefferson High School performances are the last in Portland. Eugene and
Corvallis weekend performances are planned for the middle and end o f Oc
tober.
Tickets for the Jefferson High School performances are available at Budget
Records and Tapes and House o f Sound Records at $5.00 for adults and $3.50
for youth 18 and under. Ticket reservations can be made at 221-7361 from 8:00
am to 3:30 pm only.
LOR C OLORED GIRLS... " is produced and directed by Rosemary Allen;
choregraphed by Ruby Burns; with musical direction and arrangements by
Thara Memory, scenery by Isaac Shamsud-Din and costumes and hair corn
rolling and sculpture by Chonitia Henderson-Smith. The cast stars: Debie
Hick, Cheryl Wilson, Antoinette Edwards, Ruby Burns, LaVerne Springer-
Holmes, Omenka Nnadi and Rose Washington. The production is sponsored
by Mackenzie River Gathering Foundation and the National Council o f Negro
Women, Portland Chapter.
KBOO sponsors rock and roll
KBOO R A D IO and the Club Long Goodbye will host a rock and roll extrava
ganza on Sunday, October 7. The concert will include performances by The
Wipers, Doctor 12, The Malchicks, The Thriftones, and Chelsea and the Mods.
There w ill be a show at 7 pm and another at 10 pm. Admission is $2.00. The
Club Long Goodbye is located at 300 N.W. 10th.
The concert is a benefit performance, and all proceeds w ill be donated to
KBOO. The concert w ill be broadcast live on KBOO, 90.7 fm, from 9 pm until
midnight. A ll o f these local bands
w ill be perform ing to show their
support o f P o rtla n d ’ s listener-
supported, no-com m ercial com
munity radio station.
The Wipers are a local new wave
rock bank who have been playing
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together for the past year. They have
released a 45 rpm record (titled Bet
ter O f f Dead), and are currently
producing an album. A ll o f their
songs are written by band member
Greg Sage.
Doctor 12 is a new band which has
been playing together for the past
few months. T heir o rig in a l rock
music is written by band members
Mike Orr and Denny Chericone.
Chelsea and Mods, the Thriftones,
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and Malchicks are all new rock and
roll bands. They play some 1960’ s
type rock and roll, and their original
music is influenced strongly by the
punk and new wave music style. The
M alchicks classify their music as
Blue Wave, while the Thriftones call
their performance Discount Music.
The benefit concert for KBOO on
October 7 w ill be videotaped fo r
future showing in the Portland area.
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OCT. 8th, 9:30-11:00 PM CHANNEL 6 CBS
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starring James Earl Jones
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