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lanuary 13, 1993...The Portland Observer...Page 11
IM IIIA IN A 4 IM
THE DESI VAN DAMMI MOVIE VET!
James Canfield And
Patricia Miller
Announce
Retirement From
Performance Stage
. ome musical talents accomplish less in a
lifetime than the vibrant Tisha Campbell
accomplished by the age of six. It was at that
tender age that the young singer from New
ark, New Jersey first stunned a committee of
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talent judges with her incredible voice and
remarkable interpretation of Billie Holliday's "God Bless The
Child."
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"I love to sing, but it's something I've always taken for
:granted," the soft-spoken 23 year-old beauty says. Singing
has always naturally come hand-in-hand with Tisha's acting
performances in such musical projects as "Little Shop of
Horrors," Spike Lee's "School Daze," "House Party" (both I
and II), and her Current Fox television sit-com "M artin," a
critical smash.
A lthough Tisha Campbell's name
and face are familiar to many film ,
television and Broadway fans, her richly-
varied, sexy and assured album Tisha
may come as an extraordinary surprise.
M elding her gospel upbringing with a
life-long love o f sultry ballads and rhymic
soul, T isha has created an album debut
that cham pions her first love: singing.
"Singing has always been natural
for me," Tisha explains. "As long as I
can remember, I was always singing
around the house. My mother too, since
she sang gospel as one o f the Shocklley
Singers and with M ahalia Jackson and
many others. And 1 wore out the grooves
on our 'Lady Sings The Blues' album!
Not only did the music give me an am az
ing sense of freedom, but with three
rowdy brothers, it was also my way of
getting attention!"
Campbell's attention-getting album
debut also introduces us to her newly
discovered talent for songwriting. For
Tisha she co-authored the melancholy
"Broken Hearted," and the sweetly sen
sual "Why W on't You Love Me" with two
ofherclosestsourcesofinspiration: Mona
Campbell - her mother and m anager --
and the multi-talented producer David
A. W illiams, who performed on the al
bum.
From track to explosive track, Tisha's lively, confident
and varied voice swoops and swoons, dances around spirited
grooves and caresses every single word. Tisha's playful side
shines on the funky single "Push," the sexy subsequent single
"Love M e Down" and the New York house/hip-hop flavored
"Feeling Is Right." And through emotional treatments of such
sons as "Broken Hearted" and the seductive ballad, "All Good
Things Comes In T im e,” Tisha's voice reveals a heartfelt debt
of gratitude for inspiration gained from such greats as Lena
Home, Sammy Davis, Jr. and Paula Kelly. "I hope, like Pearl
Bailey, Lena Home, Eartha Kitt and Dorothy Dandridge, I get
inside the music to find an interpretation that I feel deep
down," T isha says, "Those artists had an intense commitment
to the craft that most performers today have lost. It's my dream
to become known as a well-rounded performer who does
everything and does it well."
T isha has already held her own with more than a few
contemporary greats. She worked with The Time s Morris
Day in the short-lived program "Heart and Soul," guest-
starred w ith Fresh Prince on "The Fresh Prince O f B el-A ir/
and sings again for her new Fox Broadcasting series Martin,
in which she co-stars with popular comedian M artin Lawrence.
Undaunted by top-drawer company, she also blew everyone
away at the "Black Filmmakers Awards," on the popular sit
com "A Different World" with fellow guest star Whoopi
Goldberg, and at the "Divas Simply Singing" benefit for
minority AIDS patients in which Tisha starred alongside
Dianne Reeves, Freda Payne, Linda Hopkins, Layla Hathaway,
M arva Hicks and other powerful voices. "For the past two
years," Tisha laughs, "they've called me 'Diva in Training.'"
Considering Tisha's musical accomplishments -- dozens
o f which were garnered before the age o f 18 — it's not
surprising that her vocal talent won her a new car in a local
contest.. .when she was three. "Actually, I was disappointed,"
she smiles. "Second prize was a color television set, and that's
what I really wanted."
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From that moment on, she knew that what she really
wanted was to perform. Singing at church, school and local
talent shows, she soon began to audition professionally and
won appearances on the after school special "Unicom Tales"
when she was seven. Several children's shows followed, but
musical theater was in her blood. She appeared in several off-
Broadway musicals, including "Really Rosie" w ritten by
Maurice Sendak with music by Carole King, and "Little Shop
of H onors," the hit vehicle for which she would reprise her
role as the Supremes-like singer Chiffon in her first major
motion picture. By the time she entered Arts High School in
Newark, New Jersey, to study choral work, classical music and
musical theory, she already had an agent and an exhaustive
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W ith such a sterling track record, how does Campbell
keep her feet on the ground? "I think one thing that keeps me
level-headed is that I keep my goals in front of me," she
maintains. "I set standards for myself, and keep going for
more. If there's anything I've learned, it's that you're only as
good as your last album, your last movie, your last TV show
- and I plan to be around for a very long while."
TBS Superstation To Air Martin Luther King,
Jr. National Holiday Parade
Live From Atlanta
TBS Superstation will telecast the
Martin Luther King, Jr. National H oli
day Parade live from Atlanta Saturday,
January 16, at 12:05-1:35 P.M.. (ET).
This marks the fourth year that TBS has
aired the parade nationally. Actor
Clifford Davis, song stylist Nancy W il
son and sports announcer Craig Sager
will return as hosts of the event.
Davis is probably best known for
his role as Reverend Reuben Gregory on
the television series Amen. He has
enjoyed a long career as both a televi
sion and theater actor, as well as a
singer and songwriter. On television,
he starred in Thai's M y M ama and
guest-starred in numerous series and
movies including Home By M idnight,
Murder at the Superdome and Scott
Joplin. His outstanding performance
on the stage in Two Gentlemen ofVerona
N a tio n a lly A c c la im e d D ance
Couple to Appear in Oregon Ballet
Theatre’s Production of Romeo and
Juliet
OBT Plans Gala Tribute Follow
ing Opening Night Performance, Feb
ruary 4
James Canfield and Patricia Miller,
nationally acclaimed dance partners and
longtime favorites o f Portland’s ballet
audiences and critics, will retire from
the performance stage, it was announced
today. The twocelebrated artists, whose
careers have paralleled for 13 years
through partnerships at the W ashington
Ballet, the Joffrey Ballet, and most
recently Oregon Ballet Theatre, will
make their final appearance portraying
the title characters in Oregon Ballet
Theatre’s presentation of Romeo and
Juliet, Scheduled February 4-7,1993.
In celebration o f their extraordi
nary dance partnership and their sig
nificant contribution to dance in Port
land, the Board of Trustees of OBT will
honor the pair at a special gala tribute
following the opening night perfor
mance on February 4. The Thursday
evening perform ance will begin at 7
p m -a n hour earlier than the customary
time--and the reception, at the Benson
Hotel, will begin at 10 pm. Former
associates, friends, and relatives of the
dancers, as well as local dignitaries are
expected to attend the event, which will
feature a retrospective o f their careers
and tributes by special guests. Hors
d ’oeuvres, dessert and champagne will
be served.
Reservations are required to attend
the M iller/Canfield Tribute and invita
tions are available through the Oregon
Ballet Theatre Office, at 227-0977.
earned him a Tony nomination.
In 1971, Davis received a Grammy
nomination for his number one song,
"N everCan Say Good-bye," which sold
two million singles for The Jackson
Five. His most recent album. Say Amen,
was released in 1990.
Few vocal artists in contemporary
music have influenced so many for as
long as Nancy W ilson. For more than
35 years, W ilson has remained at the
forefront of the music industry, and she
continues to in fluence a new generation
of popular vocalists. She has completed
more than 50 recor lings in her illustri
ous career.
In 1960, W ilson recorded her first
single, "Guess Who I Saw Today?" Her
first big hit came in 1963 with "Tell Me
the Truth." Her 1965 album Gentle Is
M y Love and 1988 album Forbidden
Lover garnered Grammy nominations.
W ilson has received numerous awards
during her lengthy career. Among them
are a 1964 Grammy for her hit "How
Glad I Am" and a 1975 Emmy Award
for her television series The Nancy Wil
son Show. In 1990,. W ilson was hon
ored with a star on Hollywood's Walk of
Fame.
Sager currently serves as a reporter
forT um erSports. He has held a variety
o f different jobs within Turner Broad
casting since he joined CNN in 1981 to
cover the World Series between the Los
Angeles Dodgers and the New York
Yankees. Sager then w ent on to anchor
a variety of sports program s, including
Baseball '85 and CN N ’s live weekend
reports on college basketball. He also
co-anchored CNN's Sports Saturday and
Sports Sunday.
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