Pag© 6 Section II Portland Observer, April 29, 1982
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The Vintage Got Jazzzzzz
The Vintage, one o f P ortland’ s newest night clubs, offers live popular
jazz seven nights a week. The restaurant, featuring a relaxed supper club at
mosphere, offers a fu ll evening o f entertainment, complete dinners, piano
bar and live music.
Owner Jackye Holmes decided to open a restaurant and night club that
she could go to and enjoy.
“ You should be able to go to one spot, feel very com fortable, get an en
tire evening o f entertainment—dinner and a show—and feel happy about
it , ” she said.
She figured she was not the only person in town who wanted to listen to
soft jazz at a nice place.
" I t occurred to me that there wasn’t any place in town where you could
get good service, good food and good music wrapped up into one place.”
She opened the doors o f The Vintage at 24th and Powell on May 1 o f
1981 after extensive remodeling to make the place look exactly the way she
wanted. To provide proper acoustics, she insulated the ceiling and lined the
walls w ith decorative foam rubber pads and burgundy curtains she made
herself.
“ It has the supper club effect o f the ’ 30s and ’40s,” she said. Next to the
dance flo o r sits Ms. Holm es’ own baby grand piano. D a rrin Clendenon
plays piano Monday through Thursday in the late afternoons and Sunday
durin«* dinner.
Special Sounds
A very special sound will be coming acroes the airwaves of KBOO Radio
on May 2. The Youthaound Concert sponsored by the Portland Public
Schools and One World Arts Foundation will be broadcast live and direct
from the Performing Arts Center at Jefferson High.
The Youthaound Concert blends the artistry of young talents from
throughout the city in gospel and contamporary music under the magnifi
cent direction of Mr. Ken Berry.
Mark your calender for that first Sunday in May, 3:30 p.m. Senior citizens
and blind persons urged to attend.'
YOUTHSOUNDI It'sfreell
The In k S p o ts, a s o ft-ja z z vocal group sin g in g tu n as fro m the
Swing era, w ill ba appearing at the Vintage Restaurant and Lounge.
2433 S.E. Powell Blvd., for tw o shows nightly. Tuesday through Sun
day, M ay 4-9. (Com plete dinners, full bar.)
Dinner show: seating beginning at 5 p.m .. show at 7 p.m .; tickets.
$22.50 each, include dinner w ith choice of tw o entrees.
Cocktail show: seating at 9:30 p.m . show at 10 p.m .: tickets. $10
all seats, include a cocktail.
Tickets available at the Vintage Restaurant and Loungd. 2433 S.E.
Powell Blvd . 231 5121.
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The Ink Spots, sometimes called “ The M ills Brothers o f rhythm and
blues,” first became popular during the 1930s and 1940s, singing tunes that
have since become standards. Their biggest hit was “ I f I D idn’ t Care,” in
1939. Other mellow ballads included “ M aybe,” “ M y Prayer,” “ Whisper
ing Grass” and “ We Three.”
The group appearing at the Vintage supper club is a direct descendent o f
the original Ink Spots.
Appearing on the bill with the Ink Spots w ill be “ The Ritz” vocal group
and “ Betty Romaine,” an all-female a cappella group.
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ery W eek. Thurs., Fri. & Sat. nights. Call 231-5121 for more info.
The most distinctive aspect o f the club is the live jazz. Seven nights a week
the best o f iocal jazz artists play their popular tunes. Acts currently sche
duled at the club include M arion Mayfield with the Bob James T rio , Eddie
Wied with the Sky T rio, Gene Diamond with Aries and Omar Yoeman.
W hile the cozy room— with dinner tables w ithin easy reach o f the band
stand— promotes a comfortable atmosphere, the present facility is too small
fo r some national acts. Ms. Holmes plans someday to remodel the 3,500-
square-foot upstairs to accomodate such people as Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah
Vaughan and The M ills Brothers.
Jackye Holmes admits her supper club is a labor o f love, and she says she
took a chance opening the Vintage, giving up a successful accounting busi
ness she took four years to build.
“ I never even waitressed before,” she says today with a laugh.
The result is a place she likes. The room is cozy, the music is danceable
and the atmospher is relaxed.
“ I was born in the to ta lly wrong era,” said the 33-year-old m other o f
three. Even as a teenager she liked the soft swing sound o f The M ills
Brothers, The Ink Spots and The Andrews Sisters.
Now she has the opportunity to book the kind o f soft jazz acts she enjoys
along with popular local jazz artists.
“ The younger people are really getting into the swing jazz,” Ms. Holmes
is happy to report, “ because the songs are so neat to dance to. We get a
large variety o f people in every night.”
W hile she faced a lot o f problems getting her business o f f the ground,
Ms. Holmes feels she has found a responsive audience.
“ I didn’ t expect for people to respond on such a personal level,” she said.
"Everybody here is getting to know me and I ’ m getting to know them. They
are becoming attached to the place. I t ’s their spot.”
Hard economic times seem to make people want to forget thair troubles
by listening to danceable music, said Ms. Holmes. “ Swing firs t became
popular in the Depression,” she said. “ Everybody seems to be in a nostalgic
mood again.”
I t ’s the people who make the Vintage what it is, she said. “ The people are
just delightful. I t ’s great to see everybody in the room sm iling.”
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