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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 25, 1984)
• • • • Portland Observer, January 25, 1964 Paga 7 A Tribute to Thelonious Monk Jackie Wilson takas tlma out from a busy day to look at his dis play of hit albums. Jackie Wilson Dies Jackie W ilson. 49. died Saturday. He had been semi-comatose since col lapsing during a 1975 performance. Wilson turned to singing at the suggestion o f his mother, who disap proved o f his boxing career. A Golden Gloves champion, he won two pro fessional fights. After appearing with Billy W ard and the Dominoes, he made his debut as a solo performer in 1957. “ Peet Petite” was released in 1957, featuring Wilson mimicking Elvis Presley's stuttering, breathless style. This hit was closely followed by “ T o Be Loved.” Between 1958 and 1963 Wilson was one o f Am erica’s most popular vocalists. In 1960, W ilson’s biggest hit single, “ N ig ht,” backed by "D o g g in ’ A round,” was released. “ Doggin* A rou n d ” was one o f his rare songs to take a direct, bluesy approach. As a special event in the Northwest Film Study Center's “ Jazz, Blues and Rock on F ilm " scries, the 30-minute film , Thelonious M onk in London, featuring the tenor saxophone o f Charlie Rouse, will be followed by a live performance by Charlie Rouse in person, with the Ron Steen T rio , on the Swan Auditorium stage. Along with Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious M onk ranks as one o f the major inventors o f modern Amenckgynusic, a figure whose dominating brilliance and imagination is attested to by nearly every major jazz player. In the film , Thelonious M o nk in London, made in 1964 for the BBC and provided by New York private collector David Chertok for this exclusive Portland showing. Rouse and M onk can be seen together at the height o f their collaborative rapport. This combination o f film with a Uve performance by Rouse and the Ron Steen T rio is a new venture, and the N W F S C will schedule more live concerts in conjunction with its films if enough interest is generated among Portland audiences. During a career that stretches from the big band era o f the 1940s to the most contemporary jazz o f the 1980s, tenor saxophonist and composer Charlie Rouse has established himself as one o f the greatest voices in mod ern music. Rouse began as a protegee o f the legendary Ben Webster in Washington. D .C ., and subsequently worked with the big bands o f Billy Eckstinc, Dizzy Gillespie and Duke Ellington. In New York in the 1950s, Rouse developed with the bebop groups of Tadd Dameron, Buddy Rich and Fats Navarro, but it was during his ten year association with Thelonious M onk from 1959 to 1969 that Charlie Rouse gained the international repu tation he enjoys today. Rouse was featured on most o f M o n k ’ s best-selling albums, and his fluid, imaginative tenor became the perfect complement to the angular genius o f M onk's music. The film and concert are scheduled for Sunday, February 5th, at 7:00 p .m ., at the Swann Auditorium , Northwest Film Study Center, 1219 S .W . Park Avenue. Ticket are $6 in advance and $7 at the door, and are available at Fred Meyer's (Beaverton. Rockwood, Oak Grove), The Yam hill M arket place, Frederick A Nelson (Dow ntow n and Washington Square). C all 227- 4080 in Portland; 694-1245 in Vancouver; 1-800-452-6278 toll-free in O re gon V IS A A M A S T E R C A R D . S A B R IN A ’S H a ir B o u tiq u e Colors There a no color like cellophane color — beautiful colora auch as: Burgundy • Wine • Bordeu x Rag » 2 6 - Thia month's price, $15°° PLENTY OF FREE PARKING O par-M.W» thru Sal 9 U0 to 5 00 7414 N. A lbina • 286-1189 (off Lombard) P SU H L A l K CULTURAL A l l A IK S p re s e n ts 3 rd A n n u d l Gospel Festival S a tu rd a y . J a n u a ry 28. 1984 P o rtla n d S la te Untv. S m ith M e m o ria l C e n te r a 3 5 5 7 :3 0 pa« fe a tu r in g I h l t r l t a v a i la b l e a l u v u a l o u f l r l v I O O q rn *1 5 0 P M ) M Id The Long Journey of Poppi Nongena His stage performance was unequal— using spins, slides and one-footed dancing. His dramatic readings o f ballads were complete with knee drops and overdrawn gestures. The early ’60s brought a lull in W ilson’s career but in 1966 his career was revived with “ Whispers (Getting Louder)” and " Y o u r Love Keeps Lifting M e (Higher and H igher).” Wilson died in the Mem orial Hospital in M ount H o lly, New Jersey. Be fore his hospitalization he had been a resident o f M edford Leas Convales cent Center since his collapse in 1975. Oregon Public Broadcasting Radio celebrates Black History M onth with a special presentation o f The Long Journey o f Poppi Nongene, on Thurs day, February 2nd at 7:00 p.m This musical drama tells the story o f a Black South African woman who sees her country's apartheid politics disrupt her home, her fam ily, and her life. The saga, which spans 40 years in the life o f Nongena, begins idyllically enough in a small village on the coast of South Africa. W ith the passage of new policies and laws curtailing travel by South Africa's Blacks, Poppi Nongena's life becomes a series of forced uprootings and separations from loved ones. Nongena struggles to keep her fam ily together amid the chaos o f a divided country. The play features an original South A frican cast, including actresses Thuli Kumakude and Sophie M gCina. The Long Journey o f Poppi Nongena will be broadcast over the radio sta tions o f Oregon Public Broadcasting. K O A P -F M . 91.5, and K O A C -A M 550, as part o f Black History M onth. The Folk M usic King Charlie King, a bright star o f contemporary folk music on the East Coast, will bring his exhuberant music to Portland on Sunday, February 19, 7:30 p.m . at St. Francis Catholic Church, S.E. 12th and Pine. The concert will be a benefit for Baloney Joe's Charlie King is a story teller, song-writer and singer. He is an extraordin ary folk performer who sings the stories o f people we may have met. He sings o f peace and struggles for justice. Charlie has performed at the Vancouver B.C. Folk Festival, as well as Carnegie H all in New York C ity. He has two excellent albums: Somebody's Story and Vaguely Reminiscent. The concert is a benefit for the Burnside Com m unity, and is being pro duced by the Alliance for Social Change. For more inform ation, call 239- 4991. 3overnor Victor Atlyeh buys Camp Hre candy from Phataaranh at" Vleathep. Am bar Valentine, J am la Schoch and Lanl Zluchkov- I. 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