March 25, 1987 Portland Observer, Pajje7
THE
ENTERTAINMENT
Something For
Everyone
This W eekend w e ate privile ge d once again to share an evening w ith n o t
tw o b u t th re e leading na tion al acts O ther cities are fo rtu n a te en o u g h to be
o tte re d these three and fo u r act con certs tw o to fo u r tim e s a m o n th U n ­
fo rtu n a te ly . w e in the Pacific N o rth w e st have neither the p o p u la tio n nor
serva to ry o f M usic. W h ile s tu d y in g saxophone and a rra ng ing , he also be
gan to do session w o rk and had his first e xp erience le a d in g a lo cal iazz
band Today his c u m u la tive experience includes stin ts w ith such big bands
as Chaka Khan and M eli sa M o rg a n ; and reco rdin g sessions w ith M elba
M o o re , K ashif, L illo T hom a s and G eorge Benson
His session w o rk b ro u g h t him to the a ttte n tio n o f H ush P ro d u ctio n s
There he w as given th e o p p o rtu n ity to record his first a lbu m
C o n fid e n t
like Look A t M e I’m In L o v e ," "L o v e O n A T w o W ay S tre e t" (cove red by
S tacy La ttisa w )
W ith Y o u ," "H a p p y A n n iv e rs a ry ." and "S p e c ia l L a d y ."
one o f A S .C A P .'s m ost p e rfo rm e d songs o f 1980 M o re are on th e w a y
via the ir n e w LP "T a k e It To The L im it." C atch their m a g ic live on stage as
the y prepare th e w a y for the d yn a m ic Freddie Ja ckso n
a b o u t his fu tu re and th e fu tu re o f in stru m e n ta l m u s ic ,d Najee states. " I ’m
on a m ission o f m y o w n I d like to b rin g in stru m e n ta ls back to th e c o m m o n
ear; a lo t o f people m iss it . "
th e m e d iu m s to su p p o rt hard core R trB co n ce rts o f th is m a g n itu d e th a t
o fte n
This w eek w e w a n t to discouraqe the rum o rs s u rro u n d in g th is w e e ke n d 's
a ctivitie s, such as. th e con cert is on a college cam pus, the re fore, it s a kids
co n ce rt, b u t tha t is n o t tru e This co n ce rt tru ly has "s o m e th in g fo r every
one
W e en cou rage all avid (e n th u sia stic! and non avid co n c e rt goers
to a tte n d and bring the w h o le fam ily
Freddie Jackson
Freddie Ja ckso n is the firs t to ad m it th a t he 's a ro m a n tic
"T h e y say I
have b e d ro o m oyes and I w o rk th e m as m uch as I c a n !" But it w a s un
d o u b te d ly th e voice that m ade a p la tin u m ce rtifie d hit o f the very first Fred
die Ja ckso n albu m , the G ram m y n o m in a te d ' Rock M e T o n ig h t " A n d th a t
m a ste rfu l voice recaptures all th e th rill o f last yea r's in tro d u c tio n on his
seco nd C apitol album . "Just Like The First Time "
Ballads live
notes Jai kson
They have lo n g e vity and the y p u t yo u in
the c irc u it for lo n g e v ity as a p e rfo rm e r. Even in the c h u rc h c h o ir, the y al
w ays gave m e slo w songs to sing
B ut the tech niq ue , rig h tly a d m ire d ,
is really an exte nsio n o f the m essage, a cco rd in g to Freddie " I love g iv in g
rom ance and being rom a nce d I like p re tty th in g s, nu e th in g s, w o m e n w h o
are b e a u tifu l on the inside as w e ll as the ou tside
S haring th in g s like fine
restaurants, g ivin g flo w e rs, d rin k in g fin e w in e and cha m p a g n e
it's nice
I m a ge ntlem an, a real lady sh o u ld be tre a te d ge ntly, and I d o n 't seem to
lose a n yth in g try d o in g that
Najee
Ray, Goodman & Brown
His nam e is sim p ly Naiee Vet. his m usical experience and ap p re cia tio n
ra n g in g fro m be bo p to beat box is a n yth in g but sim p listic
His de b u t al
b u m , ' N ajee's Them e
on EMI A m erica, m a ste rfu lly m elds the in tricacie s
C learing the air o f all th a t fu n k black pop has fin a lly re tu rn e d to its roo ts
lyricism , fu ll bo died a rra ng em en ts, and sin gin g so fin e ly m eshed it
evokes a deep response
Ray. G oo dm an f t B row n, to g e th e r fo r 19 years
have never le ft it
It takes e x ce p tio n a l talent and n o t c h a n g in g styles to
suit th e w h im s o f m usic fash ion Over the years th e re ’s been no hard rock,
p u n ky, fu n k y or disco Ray. G oo dm an tr B row n
W e re a b o n a fid e sin gin g
g ro up , says lead voca list Harry Ray
On any reco rd o , theirs, you can
alw ays exp ect sophistic ated s e d u ctio n and for them to strike an e m o tio n a l
a ffin ity w ith the listener tha t transce nd s tim e
o f jazz w ith th e c o lo rfu l and m elodic fla vo rin g s o f his o w n c o m p o s itio n s
W o rk in g w ith producers, Rahm Harris and Charles Elgart, Najee covers and
cap tures the spirit o f A n ita B aker's "S w e e t L o v e ” as w e ll as Earth W in d
Et Fire's "C a n t Hide Love
T ogether w ith such o rig in a l h ig h lig h ts as,
"F e e ls So G ood To M e " and "For The Love O f You,
Naiee's Them e is
an e xq u isite blend o f serious, but accessible iazz o rie n te d m usic
Lu ckily, g ro w in g up there w ere fe w m usical id io m s Naiee m issed
His
ho m e p ro vid e d a fe rtile in cu b a to r for his tale nts
B efore his death, m y
fathe r w as a classical vio lin ist for the N ew York P hilh arm on ic, says Naiee
" M y m other was also very su p p o rtive and gave me m y firs t saxo ph on e at
14 "
His form a* post high scho ol tra in in g w as done at the N ew England Con
ROUP
A n o ve rrid in g con cern w ith c o m m u n ic a tin g honestly has g u id e d Ja ckso n
th ro u g h all his dues paying years and th ro u g h his sk y ro c k e tin g first tim e
success
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A l G oo dm an and B illy B ro w n w ere in an o u tfit called the Broadw ays.
H arry Ray fro n te d the E stab lish m ents
Though w e c o m p e te d against each
o th e r fro m tim e to tim e , w e w ere all frien ds
says Ray
So w h e n the
B ro a d w a ys
signed to S ug arh ill Records and renam ed the M o m e n ts
U N IV E R S ITY OF PO R TLA N D
EARLE A CHILES CENTER
5000 N W ILLA M ETTE BLVD
lost their th ird m em b er, he w as called upon to be a three w eek replacem ent
La u g h in g Ray calls his ten ure a lo n g three w eeks
But be tw ee n 1982
and 1984 Harry Ray w e n t on his o w n
These w e re the w o n d e r years, as
H arry A l and B illy w o n d e re d w h a t w o u ld be com e o f th e m Ray d id n 't esta
blish him self as a solo act and his replacem ent in the g ro u p c o u ld n 't re
create the sm o o th m a g ii o f the M o m e n ts Their careers in disarray, Harry
soon rejoined his c h ild h o o d bu dd ies Together the y to o k to the stages of
Europe and the Far East strikin g a fam iliar c h o rd w ith a m ix tu re o , com e dy
and synch ron ized sh o w m a n sh ip
M e a n w h ile th e o ld tunes w ere being resurrected at basem ent jam s Like
yo u n g F rarikenstem s. street kids b ie a th e d ne w life in to th e sam e songs
their parents and older siblings m ay have fallen in love to
The p e rfo rm in g lo n g e v ity is rem arkable, b u t check th e singles this
g ro up , fo rm e rly the M o m e n ts, has co lle cte d Ever since 1969 s N ot On the
O utside But Inside S tro n g , they have cha rte d co n s is te n tly w ith classics
Saturday M arch 28 1987
T ic k e ts a v a ila b le at
Chiles Center 283 7525
(cha rge try p h on e)
G I Jo e 's
R e s e rv e d $17 50 $15 50
RAY, G(X)I)M AN
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