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Pag« 6 Portland Observer. August 2 7 .18B1 ENTERTAINMENT HAPPENINGS E N T E R T A IN M E N T Specializing in all curly perms, styling £r trimming. Proline Style Shop Also clear and color cellophanes 917 S.W. Alder 224-8401 (across from tbs Qalterlal WINSLOW CALDWELL Specializing in perms for LONG HAIR Columbia Records Celebrated In celebration of the release of Cheryl Lynn's fo u rth album . "In The N ight," Columbia Records fated the songbird to gala receptiona on both East and W est Coast recently. Cheryl is shown w ith king rapper Kurtis Blow, who stopped by the festivities In N ew York. Regular $60 to STO The World's Finest Jazz Singer Village Vince New York Tim e t .Rolling Slone BETTY CARTER Betty Carter appears Betty Carter w ill appear at the Neighbors o f Woodcraft on Saturday August 29th. * Ms. Carter joined Llionel Hampton’s band in the late ’40s, at the age of 18. “ I go back to the bobop days. Before that I used to do a lot o f things with the Detroit musicians. I ’m from Detroit. “ When bebop first came on the scene with Charlie Parker and Dizzy and the guys, I was a fan, a bebopper all the way. I had the walk, the talk, the attitude, the whole thing. I thought the music was the greatest. I was called Betty Bebop. Listen, I was with it.’ ’ Ms. Carter is one o f the finest remaining jazz singers. Jazz singers are linked by an instrumental approach to music; great jazz singers improvise as a horn might, often using the lyrics as vehicles to transport their rhythmic fantacies. Their voices approach the tonal qualities o f horns. The develop ment o f jazz vocal styles is closely related to the dominance o f certain in struments — saxaphone, trumpet, etc. Betty Carter’ s style hasn’ t changed much over the years — she brings bebop’s harmonic conceptions to her choice o f melodic material. She has a fine voice, with a kind o f smokey, husky sound. She improvises, re-creates each song. Every son, no matter how familiar, is a surprise because of her daring and adventurous interpretations. Her most astonishing quality is her unequalled rhythmic imagination. For many years Better Carter was nearly forgotten, although she kept a steady series o f club engagements. No more. Recently she has become a media event, drawing huge crowds throught the US and Europe. Profiles in Time and Newsweek, a Public Broadcasting System TV special, and a suc cessful tour o f Poland have brought her the renewed attention that she well deserves. CARTER QUARTET n iH i 8 PM SAT. AUG. 29 BLUES DELUXE ON BLUE MONDAY WITH LEGENDARY BLUESMAN Walter Jackson (aka Tha Doctor! fillad many of bis own Rx whan ha parformad at Naw York-Naw York Dlaco in a spacial ona-night concert. Shown w ith Walter after hit performance are Lou Cour tney. Archie Ball and recording artist Ban E. King. Las Femmes 30th Anniversary Tea, Sunday, Aug. 30, I -4 pm at the Masonic Hall, 116 NE Russell. Las Femmes will be celebrating 30 years of service to the youth o f our community and the founding and presentation of the annual debutante ball. The Nigerian S tudent Union. Portland Chapter, would like to extend an invitation to the community to come out and join them for a potluck pic nic. Bring a basket and join us on: Saturday. August 29th. 10:00 am til dusk, at Columbia Park. 8 P.M. MON. AUG. 31 NEIGHBORS OF WOODCRAFT 1 4 1 0 S W Morrison Tlcfcsts '7 50 AveAebAe from MuMC MMentum 3 » I N W Everybody • 9 W . A Woman • Piece Steven« I Son Mata, A Frank Tlcfcete available a« Houaa of Sound also SheratonAirpcrC THE LEGENDARY MUDDY WATERS (An Am erican Music M an) Muddy Waters is probably the most imitated electric blues artist o f all time. Tunes like "G ot My M ojo Working, " "Mannish Bov, ” " / ’m Your Hoochie Cooche Man, ” "T rouble No More, " "Y o u Can't Lose What You A in 't Never Had, ” "Long Distance Call. " " I Can7 Be Satisfied. " "RolHn Slone" and scores o f others have been recorded by artist after ar tist, attempting to capture the feelings relayed through the recordings of the master. MUDDY WATERS cq Smith Show SeptlZ 9-2 Columbian Special benefit Dance ¿Shcnv fn behalf of the Yann Sept Child Care Center * 13 6 -12pm Born McKinley Morganfield on Sunday, A pril 4, 1915 in Rolling Fork, Mississippi, Muddy Waters is in a direct line o f descent from the great blues singers of the Mississippi delta cotton farming area in which he was raised. His mother died young so his father sent him to be raised by his grandmother on the Stovall plantation near Clarksdale. It was she who tagged him with his name. “ She used to say I ’d sneak out and play in the mud when I was little so she started calling me Muddy. The kids added Waters, it was a sling (meaning slang) name and it just stuck ” Since the release o f I'm Ready, Muddy Waters has been touring exten sively. Throughout 1978, he criss-crossed the United States before con cluding the year in Europe opening a large hall tour for Eric Clapton, another great derivative blues guitarist who owes an inspirational debt to Muddy and Robert Johnson. Muddy’ s newest release for Blue Sky is an entirely live recording, cap turing Muddy at his best. Recorded on his 1977 and 1978 national tours (in Detroit at the Masonic Temple in 1977 and in Chicago at Harry Hopes’ in 1978), Muddy Mississippi" Waters Live (JZ35712) contains versions of his most exciting and enduring songs, among them one o f M uddy’ s favorites by another blues master. Sonny Boy Williamson’s "Nine Below Z ero" and a familiar hit he co-wrote with Bo Didlcy and Mel London, "Mannish Boy. "T hroughout the album, Muddy is assisted by a stellar group o f blues players including James Cotton, Water’ s men Perkins, Smith, Margolin, Portnoy, Luther Johnson and Calvin Jones as well as the album’ s producer Johnny Winter. In the Spring o f 1979, Muddy again joined Eric Clapton for a 47 city tour o f the United States. Beginning in Tucson in March, the tour encom passed Muddy’ s 64th birthday celebration held in Springfield, Missouri (A p ril 4) and his marriage to Marva Jean Brooks on her 25th birthday (June 5). Their weeding preceded the Chicago Stadium date where Muddy was joined by ( lapton, Johnny Winter and Willie Dixon for a very special encore o f Got My M ojo Working. " When asked if he ever gets tired of so much travelling, he says, “ Sure I get tired man, but I love the road. It’ s the chance to get out and see all my people. People all over the world say, Muddy W aters w ill appear at Ysighbors of Woodcraft on Aug who is this Muddy Waters?...and as long as I feel good and stay healthy, I ’ m gonna keep out there and give ’em a look. I love ’em all,..and they jat 31st at 8:00 pm. love me too!” Trr 9 A Ticker information Of Xous« 5<7UU<i M u » ;« M iiio u tiu in L f l n t f W tylusu: Biro's Available a t door and Heeards 5.00 per couple ¿00 flttflCS r Vaun Child Care Cttr. 5)2& /\)£ 'HodiUU # Sponsored by A United Way Agency Greg Smith
