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ENTERTAINMENT
HAPPENINGS
entertainment
"Celebration!" with Tina Sandoval and Band, premiere Northwest sing
er-songwriter. presents an alive show o f contemporary sounds o f jazz with
sizzling soul, on Friday, A pril 30th, 7:30 p .m ., at the Neighbors o f W ood
c raft, 1410 S .W . M orrsion. Ticke’s $3.50 at the door. W ine, champagne
Living Proof of Soul
D o u b le T e e p re se n ts A l J a rre a u M a y 18th, 8:00 p .m . a t th e C ivic
A u d ito riu m .
Breakin' Away Jarreau's
W ith the release o f Breakin" A w ay, A l Jarreau’s sixth Warner Bros, al
bum, the internationally known artist continues to consolidate his position
as one o f the most popular and enduring writers, performers and ‘vocal mu
sicians’ in any category o f contemporary music. In the six years since the re
lease o f his debut album, through innumerable awards, SRO concert tours
and subsequent recorded successes, Jarreau’s inexhaustible creative energy
has provided music with some o f its best, most fulfilling moments. Breakin
A way continues that tradition.
Breakin ’ A way is the singer’s most diverse and innovative offering to
date. O f the L P ’s nine tunes, five were written by Jarreau with Jay Graydon
and long time Jarreau collaborator and keyboardist Tom Canning (who
also acted as associate producer on the sessions). O ther B reakin "A w ay
highlights include an updating o f Dave Brubeck’s classic "B lu e Rondo’ *
with words by Jarreau. “ Teach M e T o n ig h t,” a standard from the Gene
DePaul/Sammy Cahn songbook is also treated to an updating by Jarreau.
Born in M ilw au kie, Wisconsin. Jarreau has been singing since the age o f
four. He also received a very complete education in psychology. He received
a B.S. at Ripon College and an M .S. at the University o f Iowa before mov
ing west— first to San Francisco, where he did counseling work and later to
Los Angeles. In both cities, he began performing in local clubs on a part
time basis. It was in L .A . at the Troubadour in H ollyw ood, that he was
spotted by Warner Bros, talent scouts and signed to a recording contract.
His debut album for the label, IFe Got By was released to unanimous ac
claim.
1977 proved to be a watershed year for A l Jarreau, with a wealth o f
awards and accolades coming his way. He was named both M ale Vocalist
and Best New Jazz Act o f that year by Performance Magazine. The French
Music Academy declared him Vocalist o f the Year. Cashbox, downbeat,
Stereo Review— all singled him out for top spots in their annual music
awards. A t year’s end he was nominated for and won an American Grammy
for Best Jazz Vocal Performance. A double LP live document o f his subse
quent European tour titled Look To The Rainbow followed.
Critical recognition, meanwhile, continued to flow. Before the release of
his fourth album. A ll Fly Hom e, in the fall o f 1978, he had won both Down
beat’s critic’s and reader’s polls for Best Jazz Vocalist and Best Male Vocal
ist respectively. Record W orld proclaimed him Top Jazz Vocalist o f that
year.
A second G ram m y, this time for Best Jazz Vocalist, was Jarreau’s in
1979, as well as a Silver Award at the Tokyo Music Festival and continued
recognition from Dow nbeat, Perform ance and other publications. This
Time, his fifth Warner Bros, offering was released in the spring o f 1980 fol
lowed by the third Grammy nomination, for Best R&B Vocalist A n exten
sive worldwide tour followed, including such Far Eastern stops as Japan
and the Phillipines, as well as a number o f more recent European dates re
volving around the release o f Breakin" A w ay. 1981 found the singer per
forming a series o f outdoor venues in Scandinavia, as well as appearances
across Europe including The Northsea Music Festival at The Hague, The
Olympia in Paris and a special appearance at the 1981 Montreaux Jazz Fes
tival, where a duet with labelmate Randy Crawford will be recorded for fu
ture release.
A ll Jarreau’s reputation as an artist o f depth, substance and longevity
continues to grow with each passing year, every release and sold out con
cert. His is music that reflects its m aker, w ith gentleness, love and rare
talent.
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¡IF PRO S T Y L
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Tina Sandoval show aids blind
M e and You, the exceptional debut album by Jeanie Tracy, more than
fulfills the promise exhibited by this lovely and versatile singer in her work
with Sylvester and the Two Tons.
Tracy’s vibrant mezzo-soprano enlivens the L P ’s broad spectrum o f ma
terial— from Smokey Robinson's " Y o u r O ld Stand B y,” a hit for M ary
Wells in 1963, to Sylvester’ s churchy arrangement o f "Tears on M y P il
lo w ,” originally recorded in quite another vein by Little Anthony and the
Imperials.
Jeanie also debuts as a songwriter: " I W ant You’ ’ is her tune, and she co
wrote " I Feel Like Dancing” and “ I ’m Your Jeanie” (Sylvester offers vocal
assists on the latter).
"Jeanie is a highly musical singer,” says her producer Harvey Fuqua,
"a n d an adventurous one. I t ’s been such a pleasure for me to watch her
confidence grow over the last few years— the ability was always there, but
she now has a much clearer sense o f just what she is capable o f. M ake no
mistake, Miss Thing can sing.”
Born near Beaumont, Texas, Tracy grew up in Fresno, known chiefly as
the seat o f C alifornia agribusiness. She started singing at the age o f three,
encouraged by an aunt who was a singer. But the piano, which she took up
at six and studied for the next ten years, assumed a far greater significance
in her life. In fact, Tracy singles out her teacher. Glossy Foote, as a major
childhood influence. " I was the favorite student,” Jeanie smiles, "an d I
was going to be a great classical p ianist.” (H e r favorite composer was
Grieg.)
During her last year o f high school, Jeanie was offered a job as a piano
player at a club. " I told this buy I was too young,” she recalls, "a n d 1
didn’t know how to play in a bar. I sure didn’t know anything about playing
with a band. But he talked me into it, and I ended up liking it. I thought,
‘And I can make pennies too! This is it!’ ”
Jeanie’s mother was lenient as Pentecostal parents go, and allowed her
daughter to continue working in clubs. "She just told me to do my best,
that she would support me in whatever I felt I had to d o .”
About five years ago, Tracy was spotted at the Fox Cafe in Oakland by
Harvey Fuqua and his partner Nancy Pitts, who immediately signed her to
their Honey Record Productions. One o f her first assignments was writing
and arranging material for the Voices o f Harm ony, a gospel choir Fuqua
was recording at the time.
will be served.
Proceeds from this concert will be given to the S E VA Foundation, a non
profit charitable organization doing prevention o f blindness work in Nepal
and India, which Ms. Sandoval has been actively involved with during the
past 2 years.
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It was through Honey that Jeanie first met Sylvester and the Two Tons,
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them— at Sylvester’s March ’79 Opera House concert in San Francisco— as
"th e biggest thrill o f my life. I was high for two months after that, it was
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Soon afterwards, Tracy was asked to jo in Sylvester’s band, and she be
came an important part o f his live shows.
“ I ’ve learned so much from Sylvester,” Jeanie states, "particularly in the
areas o f showmanship, costuming, and makeup. H e’s helped me refine my
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Jeanie couldn’t be happier with the direction her career is taking. She has
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