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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.
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BETTY CARTER
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Betty Carter w ill appear at the Neighbors o f Woodcraft on Saturday
August 29th.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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love me too!”
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