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Pag« 4 Portland Obaarvar January 29. 1981 ENTERTAINMENT A CURLY AFFAIR THE INNER SOUL OF DEXTER GORDON Exclusive - By Lamta Duke f t z Grassroot News, N .W , - There a rt various forms o f popular Black music, but there is one form that reflects the aggregate o f the d iffe re n t form s that exist. That form is Jazz. Jazz has the pow erful sentiments o f the Blues, the call and response o f Gospel, and the beat o f Soul. Not only are all o f the Black musical form s reflected in Jazz, but the consistent development and changes that occurs in In77, has a direct effect on Soul - the most popular form o f Black music. The changes in Jazz started in 1940 and Dexter G ordan was among the many musicians who contributed to the development o f Be-Bop. Dexter was in town last Monday night and gave an education in Jazz. It must be kept in mind that during the first fo rty years o f the 20th century, Jazz had that Big Band/Swing sound. Dexter told o f the times when a 50 seat railroad car would have to be reserved in order fo r just one band to travel. Due to the expense o f such a move, big bands were stationary. It wasn’ t until the small mobile New York bands started to become recognizable that Dexter DEXTER G O RDAN G o rd a n , M ax Roach and m any others, injected a beat, a h a rm o n y and rhythm that no big band could copy. Dexter had begun to b u ild a bridge between the traditional Swing Sound and the contemporary New York beat. Jazz, as a Black music form , in the white record industry, was considered by the powers that be as “ Monkey business," and Jazz artists were looked down upon as freaks and hypes. It was that type o f attitude Dexter had to deal with which sparked him in the early 60s to leave the states fo r a tour o f Europe. He o rig in a lly had planned to stay a few m onths, but ended up staying eighteen years. “ They treated me like a G od,” Dexter explained. It is in Europe, that Jazz is treated like a true art form and its musicians treated like respected artists. So the next time you gear your turntable up to jam to Kool & The Gang, or Michael Henderson, remember that the beat that gets you on your feet was created in a smoke fille d jazz club in New Y o rk ’ s Harlem by artists like Dexter Gordan. INTERESTING FACTS Brought To You Every Week By A M ER IC A N ST A TE BA NK The reason there's no Channel One on television sets is because in the early days of TV, it was found that Channel One interfered with radio telephones, so it was eliminated. flv Pam Smith the M a x i C u rl and the geom etrical “ The whole idea was to take non cut. p ro fe ssio n a l people, change th e ir A ll o f the models p a rticipating in hair, put some makeup on them, put the show are from Portland. “ What them in to d iffe re n t clothes and let we did explained “ M a g ic ," was to them d o ,” explained m odel Renee grab people fro m clubs who looked Mendoza, "a n d we did i t ! ” like they had potential and we start The idea re fe rre d to by Renee, ed w o rk in g w ith them . We rehear was a h a ir and fa s h io n show , sed fo r this show fo r about a week presented in the elegant M a r r io tt and a h a lf.” Hotel ballroom , January 24th. The In reply to a question which asked show , c o o rd in a te d by M ich a e l why this show w asn't put on in the “ m a g ic” Joseph and J u lia n “ the com m unity, Julian said, “ We want d o c to r” W rig h t, began w ith a ed to; we wanted to give our money psychadelic bang. F lic k e rin g ra in to Black people but we just couldn't bow c o lo rs set the m o o d fo r an get things together this time. But we evening w h ich was fille d w ith do p lan on co m in g in to the co m v ib ra n t sm iles, d a z z lin g fa sh io n s m u n ity . W e’ re in to show ing Black and easy hair creations. I f tensions people th a t w e 're ta k in g care o f were h igh am ong the am ateur business w h ich is so v ita l here in m odels it d id n o t show , as they P o rtla n d . People are th irs ty fo r moved through their first modeling so m e th in g new here and we are performance ever. ready to give it to th e m . We are “ T here has to be a relaxed a t w illin g to stim ulate the com m unity mosphere fo r the models, because if and participate in it in any way that there is n ’ t, and i f th e y tense up we c a n ." Julian outlined three main they’ ll pass out halfway through the ways: I) To bring the latest hair and s h o w ...th a t’ s ju s t how m uch pressure they’ re under. It may look easy, but actually it demands a lo t,” explained “ the d o c to r .” “ T h a t’ s w hy d u rin g rehearsals we do e ve ryth in g to m ake them c o m fo r table.” M ic h a e l, a n a tiv e o f S eattle, W ashington and J u lia n , fro m New Y o rk , met at a h a ir style show in Los A ngeles, C a lifo r n ia . B oth p ro fe s s io n a l h a ir designers, they decided to jo in forces to develop a new and to ta lly unique hair concept. The M a xi C u rl it ’ s called. I t ’ s a very b e a u tifu l c u rl, very so ft and loose and p o p u la r among b o th men and w om en. “ The c u t,” e xp la in s M ich a e l, “ is g e o m e tric a l." Ju lia n adds th a t, “ i f people th in k th a t Sasoon is a household name, w ait u n til they get the S h in in g S tar Styling Institute, soon to open here in P o rtla n d . I have a d ire c t h a ir source in London. I just came from there. Because o f that connection, I am in fo rm e d o f the very latest in h a ir designs as soon as they originate.” The team calls themselves “ The Shining S ta r." T he fir s t scene o f S a tu rd a y night’ s show highlighted the latest in fashions, courtesy o f M ary Ellen, a designer from Portland. A few hints to to d a y 's fa s h io n conscious woman. - P u ll o u t y o u r o ld pearls and o th e r lo n g beaded je w e lr y . . . i t ’ s back. K n its are sn e a king in ; tw o piece sweater sets are re tu rn in g , tiered dresses are h ittin g the scene and ru ffle s too. D o n ’ t be a fra id to wear those bright, bright colors this year. - For the fashion conscious man, B IL L Y B L A C K suits are s till in , especially 3-piece (Photo: Percy Davit) ones. Manderin collared shirts are in style. D o u b le breasts are being fashion styles to the com m unity; 2) stressed a little m ore th is year and T o co n d u ct sem inars to upgrade b o th single and d o u b le pleated p ro fe s s io n a l sty lis ts in the co m slacks c o n s titu te to d a y ’ s G .Q ., m unity and; 3) To make themselves man. E ve ryth in g has to be relaxed a v a ila b le at any c o m m u n ity fu n and com fortable. c tio n upon request w henever possible. “ A c tu a lly , there are no The fin a l scene placed its em phasis on the hair. It to o has to be lim ita tio n s as far as the com m unity relaxed. “ I f we have to w orry about is concerned,” Julian concluded. our hair we w o n 't have any time to F ro m here, J u lia n and M ich a e l w o rry a b o u t o u r c lo th s ,” said w ill be to u rin g the West Coast in co m m e n ta to r Jerrie W a rd . French tro d u cin g their products. A fte r the b ra id s seem to f i t w e ll in to th a t to u r, th e y'll return to P ortland and ‘ c o m fo rta b le ’ category along w ith open their Salon. ir th o f T -B o n e P r o d u c tio n Act I Featuring Some of P ortland's most renowed Models doing 8 musical fashion extravagnza. • Moe Mouton Tondalayera Designer Salon 5401 NE Cully Blvd. • 284-0712 SEE SPORTS O N G IANT SCREEN T V. JOE S PLACE 1801 N .E . A lb e r t a P&J'sTIPPIN INN Tavern NOW OPEN 8 3 8 N . K illin g s w o r th I Come in and enioy the Super bowl game on January 25th. 1 Open 9 am till.. Parking in reat. 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