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October 30,1991...The Portland Observer...Page 5
Portland Observer
ENTERTAINMENT
Jazz and Gospel Schedule
For November
Kid N Play Visits Jefferson High
During November Pazzo Ristorante will to have a steady helping of the area s
very best talent.
The Tall Jazz trio will fill in three of four Tuesdays, while The David Friesen
Trio will have two nights in the lounge. Mondays through the month will be
anchored by Don Alberts, and three of the four Wednesdays will be filled in by a
duo with Matt Schiff and Ed Bennett.
Our Sunday Gospel Music Branch has been quite successful and has generated
much interest The talents of Ken Barry’s ensemble “ Timesound” are nothing
short of amazing.
November’s nusic schedule is as follows:
The Tall Jazz Trio
Tuesdays 5,12 and 19
The David Friesen Trio
Tuesday and Wednesday 26, and 27
Duo with M att Schiff and Ed Bennett
Wednesdays 6,13 and 20
Don Alberts
Mondays 4, 11,18 and 25
Sunday’s Gospel Music Brunch
all Sundays through November
Kid N Play, stars of the new movie "House Party 2, ” made a personal
appearance at Portland's Jefferson High School on Tuesday.
Metropolitan Youth
Symphony Association
Christmas Concert
A Merry Mozart Christmas will be
presented by the Metropolitan Youth
S ymphony conducted by Lajos Balogh,
on Saturday, December 7th, at 7:30 PM
in the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
with special guest, the Portland Sym­
phonic Girlchoir, Roberta Q. Jackson,
director. Tickets available through PCPA
and Ticketmaster outlets and by phone:
248-4496 or 228-9125.
Too Legit To Quit
Achieving monumental goals in
only a few years, the Oakland native
known simply as Hammer is the best­
selling and most-acclaimed artist of
1990-91, and the most-accomplished
rap artist in history. So say chart statis­
tics, nearly every global music awards
committee, and more than 17 million
music fans who propelled Hammer to
the top of the charts, keeping him there
for record-setting stays. Hammer is also
the newly-crowncd hardest-working man
in show biz, and James Brown himself
agrees. “ Hammer makes me proud,”
says Brown. “ I love Hammer and eve­
rything that he stand for.”
That’s only one reason why this
Oaktown entertainer has outdistanced
the rest. He has spent more time at #1
than any other artist thus far this decade
- as well as any other non-soundtrack
artist since Michael Jackson - his muscial
and multi-media innovations single-
handedly brought hip-hop to the masses,
and his theme song “ U Can’t Touch
This,” has become a worldwide an­
them. No one can come close to touch­
ing Hammer’s combination of positiv­
ity, aura, spirit, potent sense of style,
rhythmic hooks, musical variance, high-
voltage choreography and thought-
provoking, socially-conscious lyrics. The
galvanizing rapmastcr has stepped above
and beyond the hip-hop pack to be­
come one of the most exciting enter­
tainers in the world.
Co-written and co-produced by
Ham mer, Too Leg it To Quit is the th ird
component of Hammer’s conceptual
trilogy, following on the record-setting
heels of his double-platinum 1988 debut,
Let’s Get It Started, and the 1990 re­
lease, the 10-times platinum Please
Hammer Don’t Hurt ‘Em. In keeping
with his aim to continually expand the
parametersofrap.Hammer’sToo Legit
To Quit is the ultimate fusion of hip-
hop, R&B, funk, rock, jazz and gospel.
The album includes 13 new Hammer-
penned songs and, for the first time a
full horn section, The Homs o f fire.
He’s rounded up a new touring posse
and has further developed and intensely
muscular dance style for such new
Hammer-invented dance steps as * ‘The
Lite Light,” “ The Memphis Gangsta
Walk,” “ The Addams Groove” and
“ Legitting.” “ I have a style called
•power dancing’ because my dances
are smooth, yet powerful,” Hammer
explains. “ My aim was to create an
album that you can listen to during the
week, then go out and dance to it on the
weekends because you’ve got the moves
down pat. Although my thoughts about
the condition of our world and our
society are reflected throughout this
album, it’s also about having fun.” As
for Hammer’s plans for the Too Legit
To Quit tour, the sky’s the limit. “ It’ll
be the most spectacular live show ever
presented,” he promises.
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