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Sony Corporation to
Recognize Innovative
Black Artists
Kenny G. Performance
Extended by Popular Demand
Beginning in 1988, tren d-se tting perform ing artists on the brink o f
national prom inence w ill be spotlighted by one o f the w o rld 's forem ost elec
iro nie s com panies.
Sony C orporation o f America has announced the
launching o f the Sony Innovators Program , recognizing talented up-and-
com ing Black artists in film , television and m usic.
To ide ntify the Sony Innovators, Sony is calling upon the expertise o f
leading organizations and renow ned artists in the e ntertainm ent industry to
screen and select em erging perform ing artists.
The 1988 Sony Innovators Program w ill recognize tw o talented p erfor
mers in the field o f m usic. N um erous nom inations have been received
from the n atio n's m ajor recording companies.
"W E ’ e interested in joining w ith the entertainm ent industry in recogniz
ing not only excellence but also innovative creative expression," explained
Neil Vander Dussen, president o f Sony C orporation o f A m erica.
It s our
w ish th a t the Sony Innovators Program feature artists w ho dem onstrate
unique qualities in their w o rk - artists w ho aren't afraid o f trying new things
and testing old lim its. These perform ers w ill deserve to reach great heights
in th eir careers. W e just w a n t to help them get that first taste o f recog
Due to pop ular dem and, a second Kenny G. perform an ce has been
scheduled fo r Decem ber 29, 1987 in the Arlene S chnitzer C oncert Hall
at 8 p.m .
Tickets are $17.50 and $16.50 and are available Saturday, N ovem ber
28th at G .l. Joe's, Galleria Jean M achine, E verybody's Records and The
Perform ing A rts Center Box O ffice. All ticke ts subject to a service charge
n itio n ."
"S o n y Innovators is an unprecedented initiative by Sony to reach out in
a supportive w ay to the Black co m m un ity, a very im p orta nt segm ent of their
m a rk e t," said Larry Glover, vice president o f M ingo-Jones A dvertising, Inc.
M ingo-Jones A dvertising, S ony's agency-of-record fo r Black consumer
m arketing, is responsible fo r the developm ent and execution of the Sony
Innovators Program .
M ingo-Jones A dvertising, Inc., founded in 1977, is one o f the largest
full-service com m unications firm s specializing in m arketing to m inority
consum ers.
Blues Festival Showcases
Women Artists
In a m ildly raucous and explosive righteous m usical celebration and tri
b ute to the A m erican W o rkin g W om an, the N o rth w e s t's to p w om en led
blues bands w ill join forces in Portland Sunday, Decem ber 6, at the u np re
cedented "W o m e n In B lues" festival, slated fo r 3:00 p .m . at the Pine Street
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Portland w ill field its share o f heavy-hitters to th e festival, including the
Texas-bred vocals o f Jo N ew ton of the Jo M a tics, a soulful w orking m other •J5
w ith a past th a t includes a stint backing up Sly S tone. Tenley H olw ay is a •*1
fast-rising co u n try blues stylist and an accom plished guitar picker, w h o is
joined in Cayuse by s o n g w rite r/ke yb o a rd ist Gary Ogan, form erly w ith the
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bridled soul, guaranteed to fill the dance flo or to a frenzy.
"W o m e n In B lues" festival, Sunday, Decem ber 6, 3:00 p .m ., Pine
Street Theater, 221 S .E .9 th . $6 at the door, all ages. For fu rthe r inform a tion
or a line-up schedule, please call festival co ordin ato r Diane M cKay at 232-
o f the fu n k scene, th e trends set in 1979 are even better in 1987.
The firs t 12" "D a n g e ro u s " is a ja z z /fu n k scorcher featuring an amazing
bass line by N athaniel Phillips and a message everyone can feel It is backed
by "U n d e rs ta n d in g ", a nice m id-tem p ballad. Each song on the record is
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And the vastly unrecognized, b ut dynam ically talented and dedicated
Blues Sisters w ill w rap up th e day's perform ances w ith a pure shot o f u n
o f th e same name.
B oth M cClain and Phillips have perform ed w ith the great players
since the break up o f Pleasure. M cClain has played w ith J e ff Lorber,
and is cu rren tly w o rkin g w ith the Dazz Band, and recently w orked on the
M aurice W h ite solo album . Phillips was w ith the Crusaders and Ronnie Laws
and cu rren tly fro n ts the popular Oregon-based fu nk group Cool R.
M cClain and Phillips com bine fo r a show case o f their imm ense musical
talent. The rhyth m section o f Pleasure has becom e the Franchise. No other
duo plays and th in ks fu nk like these tw o . Their sound is still in the fo re fro n t
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W ith S e a ttle 's Bluestars (backing Kathy H art, a recent N W a d d itio n
fro m D etroit) is critica lly acclaim ed guitar wizard Jim Mesi, w ho prior to his
m ove n orth had w on "b e s t blues g u ita r" polls fo r several years straig ht in
Portland and traveled w ith the deLay band as opening act on B .B . King
It has been since 1979 th a t M arlon M cClain and N athaniel Phillips c o m
bined th eir m usical talents. The last tim e resulted in the hit album Future
N ow and the runaw ay fu n k classic "G lid e " w ritte n by Nathaniel Phillips and
perform ed by Pleasure. "G lid e " was the forerunner to the current 12" by
the Franchise, w hich is called "D a ng erou s' from a soon to be released LP
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"W e expect th is all-star showcase to bring o u t the best in everybody.
In addition to having a d istinctively fem ale approach to boogie, these
five blues bands com prise as well m any o f the region's top instrum entalists
r.nd vocalists, som e o f w h o m resettled to th is area after careers in o th e r
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"T h is sp otligh t on the unique e ffo rts and c o n trib u tio n s o f blues w om en
has been long o v e rd u e ," said prom oter and blues historian M ark G oldfarb. .
and hard-earned reputation as the leader o f the "p a rtie s t” band in the
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Featuring some o f the harest-w orking blues bands running the 1-5 co rri
d o r, th e "W om en In B lu e s " festival brings to g e th e r fo r the firs t tim e on
stage: K athy Hart and the Bluestars from Seattle, Barbara Healy fro m
Eugene, along w ith the Rose C ity's o w n J o N ew ton and the Jo M a tic s, the
a n d /o r users fee.
A special guest to open both concert perform ances w ill be announced
by Double Tee Prom otions, producer o f both show s. Kenny G. is s till sche
duled to perform on December 30, 1987, 8 p .m ., at Arlene Schnitzer C on
cert Hall. Some ticke ts are still available fo r th a t perform ance as w ell.
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