4> h J v i y « ^ 2 " T ^ * * " * — US° ‘ h~ Louie Sims B u , , l ' n o h« Performed, -horeographed. and laugh, ,n u , and tap dance. Ms Bufalino perform ed in the A van, Garde av solo.», and . u h her company a. PERFORMANCES: or,g,nai mu vk composed by Ed Summ eri,n In addition io her volo cocerlv guest a n n i appearances and M ' B u U b 'K> P tf,< x ’n' " « ■ “ " • » " » » n , « " d n w n io , Together they have .oured “ t l T " Thn 4 p p tir rd B B t Trlev,v,on •n England, and on cable for " A tta n iK C il» Live " Thes choreographed ,he M o rio n G ould T ap Concerto and per I or med (he <■ o n c e n o » ,ib ,he Brook,vn Ph,Ib a ,m o n a and the Norwalk documentary Friday evening. April 1. Portland: In Portland, the performance ■ at Civic Auditor,um pickets at Evergreen Events. Steven, and Son. Lloyd Center. Meier and Frank. Downtown and Salam IJan.er *• f tr X 3 l 2 ^ ' " C2 2 W * C,O' ' ' h ,C “ “ ,r> She choreographed and perform ed m a teles,tw o spedai for CBS. "L o v e U p and Ltve " . , t h W ednesday evening. M arch 30. Eugene In Eugene, the performance of Hon, Cole» and the Copaaetc» « at the Silva Theater, Huft Center for the Perform,ng A rt, Eugene p re « information Mona m 345 8079 T« * « » «’ Umverwty of Oregon and Huh Performing Art» Center G reat Feats o f F e e t - A Portrait ot the Jazz Tap t bis tape, avaitabte for “ " d' ,nd m ..‘72*7'.'°" 1, the International D u M Ftlm and Video Fesnval. . .he Cieorge Pompidou l enter ,n P a r,, France She has puN ohed .„ K ie s on lap d am e, and i m m e v n i H on, Coles lor Tfeature Archives smev W B G H PortUnd audiences (respectively) will revel in the showmanship and legendary skill o f five o f the greatest tap dancers alive— Hom Coles and the Copasetics These unusual men. all in their 70». will be joined by a Z remarkable dancer in her own right. a former protege o f Hom C oles, Brenda Bufalino. who began her stage career al age six. Each o f the Copasetics is a legendary figure in dance In a recent visit to Jefferson High School’ s Dance Department in Portland, guest artist Brenda Bufalino commented on the tap style o f the Copasetics. Asked what Oregon audiences might see. she replied. " I t will look inform al, but it is rarely improvised Every movement requires great attention to detail and a lot o f finesse " W e play m usic." she says. (The floor is their instrument). " W e ’re not like Broadway tap. W e add touring, numerous albums and awards, one o f the greatest female jazz singers o f all time, Carment M cRae, is on the road again and scheduled to perform one concert for Portland audiences Saturday night. A p ril 2, 1983. at the Civic Auditorium . Carm en M cRae has been called a "singers’ singer." She is in constant demant for public appearances by fans both young and old. hip and not so hip. As an established entertainer, she more than satisfies the increasingly critical demands o f younger America with such popular concert engagements as those at the Monterey Jazz Festival and the Newport Jazz Festival Her engagements at U .C Berkeley brought typical reviews: “ The audience didn't want her to leave and brought her back for several encores and a wild ovation.” As for the mature audiences. C arm er has an equally ardent following which takes her to the poshest nneries and concert halls in the world, including Ronnie Scott's in London, the Lincoln Center in New York. Carnegie H all, the Play boy Club in Los Angeles, the Caribe H ilton in Puerto Rico, the Eden Roc in M iam i, the M G M Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, along with the Great American Music H a ll and the “ chic" M ocambo in San Francisco, and the renowned Concerts By The Sea in Redondo Beach. California. Carmen has been the subject o f feature story in Time Magazine, as well as a cover story in the “ bible" o f the music business. Downbeat Magazine, which stated: The impact o f the M cRae charisma is being widely felt: the cull is expanding into popular acclaim ." The road to the top, to success as one o f America's favorite ladies o f song, was not easy. But. as Carmen N M A R C H W an d Apnl I . 1983. Eugene and The biographical sketches below are so interesting as a group that they are all included At this writing. Oregon w ill see Hom Coles who plans to use Bubba Gaines. Cookie Cook and Buster Brown in performance Protege Brenda Bufalino joins them Be cause the group is a club, and because contingencies and says. "T h e only answer to trouble is to survive it.” W hile growing up in M anhattan. Carmen took classical piano lessons and. after falling under the spell o f the _greai Billie Holiday, decided to become a singer. recent trium ph, an album on the Concord label with George Shearing. Two T o r The Road, the October 1982 number one album on the Billboard charts In the past few years. Carmen has been more in demand than ever with appearances that have spanned the continents, including Japan. The Far East, Australia, South America aru/M exico She has just recently concluded a very successful tour o f Europe with George W ien ’s Newport Jazz Fesetival. The critics raved at Carmen's recent appearance at the Hollywood Bowl as part o f the 1980 Playboy Jazz Festival, and she appeared again at the Bowl recently in the Los Angeles Philharmonic's Jazz Series with M el Torme 1 ApoSo * " * <■ < W from through O : A T M r c oles ' c 'r 19 " * * * Bu fa l,n ° received a fra n i ,ro m the Sanonal _ _ Z7ie N e w The image of a lough, salty tad> lh al Carm en McRae cuDtvaled for interpretation and sensitive shading than she once die And she n a much more compelling singer as a result M ist S k Rae hav no, abandoned ihe I w sk elements o f her style But her declamatory manner o f projecting lyrics »luch » a t once cun and flippan t. has been slowed dow n, filled oul. given coloring She is X involved in her songs rather than gazing a, them cooty fro m a distance She has opened herself up. made herself vulnerable and. ,n ihe process, changed ,o one » h o can get the em otional depths o f a song k- ~ " B t ° W 2 " * “ “* ' * IE . h - She is nil using her hahii o f seizing ihe words o f a tync. very detiberaiety. one by one Bui instead o f throwing them aw ay. she n - w fv»,. . „ h the dance ,n n t Carman M e Baa h a t baan called a amyar i wnyar " * " • « « & - » , » , , , ro Shout During the '40s she worked intermittently as a band vocalist (w ith Mercer Ellington. Benny Carter, and Count Baste, among others), filling in the gaps with jobs as a chorus girl and secretary. By the time a Chicago club hired her as a singer-pianist in 1940. she was so broke she had to borrow money from the owner to join the local union. But in the early 5 0 s ^ a n h e r « U p p e d *» out from behind the ivories as a solo singer, cuffier ffn i C ah « i L “ ' 7 7 J* k ° ’ k* H ' « * '* i r7 7 ? *' * nJ « • vommtvvKvoed hv ,he l " - « l Stales Oepanm em o , S tair ,o lo w A, r x „ H » » iv e a .o n m w n d P e r,o rm a n ., lhe tale Empetov H , , i e Saka,.ve «nd arp rared in Duke E H,n»,on v Sacred M uck C o k c t , Charles Cooki C oo.-and Ernest Brown SMh beyan ih e,, careen m vaudeville Brownie Thev became . e l k n o -n a , the d am e «earn Cook and B r e n , famous for ih n r eccem rx vtapUKk vomedv u vle Thes have loured « n h the orchestras of Duke E lb n r o n and C oun , kttr Leslie Bubba k m Ba-e C lta rtn Cook appeared on B ro w l.a v ,n We Games . a c h a re , member of The Three Dukes, the " , M erna,«m a, am tocratv o t dance " H e has had a io n , Thursday. 12/10/81 many years has recently been softening In her performances here. Miss McRae ,s tinging » u h more emphasis on thoughtful pm,armed ' •* — York Times • ho n r,rml» rnirenshed h i the philovophy o f p u n l) o f jazz believed ,n by h n early heroes Cabaret Carmen McRae by John S. H iison tn t.h u lev Lhollv Coles and Atkins became legend, ol ihe prolevvKvn »hen thev developed a s lo . »oil shoe vivle a llih e ,, * * " " DrM,° P E N IN G ihe Carm en M vRae concen » i ll he Portland O re fo n v own ,a z / drum m er. Ron Sieen. and h » trio H e ptavs ihe kind of ia e j he ^ ¡ ¡ ¡ ^ ¡ ¿ ^ ¡ ¡ ^ A n M o d ^ e c r a n d produce a t.o - h o u , .«Sewage BuM' hn» B ,l” n Sugar. and h a first performance on B r,v » d ..s .a s ,n N rtm I M , hop as an intermission pum si and sometime singer Borh espenensr- laught her ihe importance of portraying em otion in her mutts, and com rihuied lo her ability ,o turn a song into a tlo ry . lo make 11 come vom prom iiev A U year o ld muvKian. voung in ihe muwc busmen, ptayv lo d a y 'i m uiK bui « . . . . manager „e p C o rm ^ Born m Brooklyn ■» IM J . Carm en had ,he good fo r,une lo befriend Billie Holiday in I9 W . and taler appeared a, M in io n ’i in the heyday o f » a m i io ptav » iih o u , making anv kind o f com m eroal Tha Copesetics fraternity of Black entertainers dedicated to 8,11’’ Bojangles Robinson ” ° hn i vCv ° ,'* ? 1« Caim an M cR ae a amqmg doaan i pur you M a fo o d m ood, hor amdo w M rum you on She makoa lynca kvo and rhtoh " On the same program: Ron Steen Trio 3. opportunities do arise, we may see a substitution, or an addition? of Carmen McCrae her offerings. Lyrics, content, time and sound fall together, each one nourishing the other " "M iss M cRae delves to the hear,, touching the listener with her understanding, passion, craftsmanship; her ability to transmit a song into a personal happening " And, as Time Magazine pul it, when you experience Carmen M cRae in person and she "m olds a song’s line and beat like a favorite sofa pillow you know you have experienced something special " In the past few years. Carmen has released many albums. The first, a two-record set for Atlantic is entitled "T h e Great American Song B o o k ," and was recorded live at Dome's in Los Angeles For admirers o f great jazz singing, this one is a must. The second album is for Tern pome Records and is entitled simply, "C a rm e n ." The album consists o f ongianal songs written by Bob Friedman and arranged by Benny Carter and his A ll-Star Orchestra. On the Blue Note Label o f United Artists. Carmen has the following albums in release: I A m Music, C a n ’t H ide Love. Blue N o te A I The Roxy, and Carmen M cRae A t The Great American Music H a ll. And now. Carmen greets ihe ’80s with her debut album on Versatile. I'm Coming Hom e Again, and her most B u 66 < The TV. Incredible Copasetics: a-:_ Not« k « • A •• t ETER T H R E E D E C A D E S o f awards, worldwide Among her fellow entertainers, her fans are legion— Billy Eckstine, Sarah Vaughn. Della Reese. Ella Fitz­ gerald, Dizzy Gillespie. Sammie Davis, Jr., with whom she has loured, and mans more » hose encouragemcn, has helped Carmen to reach the top o f her profession. Teles ,s.on , M ah o n a ” ®nl Colas w ill kn o ck you o u t w ith ong o f his ,Th* Hoor ia hia instrum ent I revival is long overdue . . A fter decades o f neglect, up-dancing is in the spotlight again, thanks largely to (he resurgence o f jazz in the 1970». nostalgia for the Fred Astaire Ginger Rogers era and the re-staging of musicals like No, N o, Nanette. Having survived ihe lean yean, some o f them as messengers and clerks, these marvelous entertainers are hack on view, as astonishingly good as e v e r." The Copasetics formed their club in 1949 shortly after H ill Bojangles Robinson died. In his memory, the dancers named their club ihe Copasetics. As the story goes, it was Bojangles who coined the phrase. "Everything is copasetic " " H o m Coles. Busier Brown. Charles ’C ookie’ C ook. Ernest ’ Brownie’ Brown. Henry Baby’ Phace Roberts, and Leslie ’ Bubba’ Gaines make sure ii stays that way . " (Linda Winer New York D aily News). "Bojangles" made the leap from Shirley Temple to the silver screen. For the most part, though, tap-dancing thrived on ghetto street corners, in black clubs and theaters, and especially the Hoofers Chib, the “ Harlem paradise o f T ap Dancing" ( A in e w M I) . Some performed as children in vaudeville teams and all have spent their lifetime developing unique styles all their • * On the seme program with the Copesetics will be »•nging. and historical anecdotes. Bui above all. evry ticketholder will have reserved a little piece o f u p dance history— still in the making ” *tory. Each has seen several eras in entertainment come and go and all are enjoying a revived interest in their art As A/ewjwre* ( A p ril 2«. 1980). reports "T h e , ‘ H eappni n dOCU,ntnUr' u h BX Singers Singer" A P« Wua% e o fly n c a l »isdom and a >0 * 1 mohsBly »,