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T he P ortland O bserver • J uly 06, 1994
A ns A ENTERTAINMENT
(Jerald Albright
Qlenn Jones
“ I w rite w hat I feel, w hat I
know , and w hat I ex p erience; i t ’s
as sim ple as that. I t's not c o n
trived and p lotted our. R ight now,
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the thing to do is sex records, and
th a t's c o o l, th ere’s nothing wrong
with th at - if th a t’s w hat you
w ant to do. I ju st d o n ’t do that.
I t ’s not m e."
Integrity, honesty, and a deep
sense of artistry... in an industry
guided by trends, it’s easy to lose sight
of what’s important. In 1992, Glenn
Jones made his Adantic debut with
“HERE I Go Again,” which yielded
the #1 R&B smash title track and the
top 5 R&B hit “I’ve Been Searching
(Nobody Like You).” Now, on “HERE
I AM,” his second Atlantic outing,
the 29-year-old Jones once again gets
back to the basics, while at the same G lenn J o n e s
time taking his music to the next
fledged producer. As a result, “HERE
level.
With every song he writes and I AM” is a true reflection of this
every note he sings, Jones creates phenomenal artist’s scope and vi
sensual, stirring music that touches sion.
“Round and Round,” the first
the heart and reaches for the soul.
single
from “HERE I AM,” is an
“HERE I AM” overflows with irre
intimate
and profoundly sensual bal
sistible, intensely emotional songs that
lad
written
and co-produced by Glenn.
explore love and relationships. It also
“I
love
singing
and recording, but I
marks Glenn’s emergence as a full-
also want to play some other roles,”
remarks Glenn about his foray into
production. “I want to step out and
throw my hat in the producing ring.
In the beginning I was a little ner
vous, but it’s something that I’ve
always wanted to do, and I had
Atlantic’s complete support, which
encouraged me to go ahead,”
Reno’ s Hot August Nights...
94 Bigger &. Better Than Ever
Buff your Barracuda, detail your
Duece Coupe or shine your Chevy
and boogie on over to Reno for Hot
August Nights, Aug. 3-7, for a blast
from the past and a celebration of
America’s love affair with cars and
rock’n roll.
The “Happy days” of the 1950s
and '60s come alive during Hot Au
gust Nights when saddle shoes and
poodle skirts are fitting attire and cars
are “cherry.” Four days of yesterday
during Hot August Nights will fea
ture organized cruisin’, auctions, con
certs and a nostalgia fair.
Admire an endless display of
rolling art on the. streets of Reno and
sparks during a show ‘n shine and
parade.
“W e’ve increased car registra
tion this year to 3,500,” Randy Burke,
executive director of Hot August
Concert
Series
Opens
The Music By Blue Lake concert
series opens its 10th year with Cal
Scoot on June 30, followed by Women
Blues Allstars on July 7. The series
runs Thursdays through Aug. 18 at
Blue Lake Park. The two-hour con
certs begin at 6:30 p.m. A great enter
tainment value for family and friends,
admission is $5 per car.
Scott brings some of Portland’s
finest recording and performing mu
sicians to Blue Lake. The repertoire
features contemporary jazz,rhythmic
Latin, rhythm and blues, and ballads.
A guitarist, Scott has 20 years of
experience as a composer, producer
and performing artist. His third re
lease, “Second Thought,” is broad
cast nationally and reached the top 20
in the Gavin Report’s adult alterna
tive chart in 1993. Scott’s band in
cludes Sandin Wilson on bass, Barry
Aiken on keyboard, Jeff Homan on
sax and flute, Bruce Smith on percus
sion and Bryce Shelton on drums.
Janice Scroggins has gathered a
powerful group of women musicians,
the Women Blues Allstars, for July 7.
The talent-packed line-up includes
Sonny Hess on guitar, Laura Petch on
bass, Marty Cowels on drums and
vocalists Lucretia Gardner, Myrtle
Brown, Lyndee Mah and Paulette
Davis. The group will boogie its way
through classic favorites and original
compositions for an evening of spir
ited entertainment.
Access to Blue Lake is easy and
only 20 minutes from downtown Port
land. The park is north of Fairview,
between N.E. Marine Drive and Sandy
Boulevard.
The concert series is sponsored
by Star 95.5 FM Radio and Metro
Regional Parks and Grecnspaccs. For
more information, call 797-1850.
Nights. “And registration was al ture Lil’ Elmo and the Cosmos for
couples wearing white dinner jackets
ready full in May.”
Hot August Nights ’94 will let and ‘50’s style prom dresses.
A few room s are still a v a il
you spend an evening with Smokey
Robinson, Thursday, Aug. 4. The Free able in R eno and S parks for this
on Friday Aug. 5 concert features renow ned special event, but “day
M artha&The Vandellas & Gary U.S. trip s” from nearby cities to Hot
Bonds. The Beach Boys “Still Cruisin’’ A ugust N ights activ ities w ill be
Concert under the stars is Saturday, popular too.
Sponsors for Hot August Nights
Aug 6.
Rock-around-the-clock at Ham include; The Reno-Sparks Conven
burger Haven near Lawlor Events tion & V isito rs A u th o rity , BF
Center, a 24-hour drive-in soda foun G oodrich, C hevrolet, Coca-Cola,
tain, disc jockeys and bands, try Dukes Raley’s and Coors.
For more information on Hot
Diner in downtown Reno and see
August
Nights activities and events
John W ayne’s corvette or visit
call
702-829-1955.
For room reser
Victoria’s Crown Cafe in Downtown
vations
or
a
free
copy
of the latest
Sparks for food, fun and live music.
Reno-Tahoe
travel
planner,
write to
There’s also the “too cool” Cruisers
P.O.
Box
837,
Reno,
NV,
89504-
Cafe on south Virginia Street across
0837
or
call
800-FOR-RENO
(800-
from the Clairion Hotel-Casino.
367-7366).
This year Prom Night will fea-
Over the course of four Atlantic
albums, saxophonist Gerald Albright
has established himself as one of
modem jazz’s leading lights.
After a successful foray into tra
ditional jazz with 199 l ’s stellar “Live
At Birdland West” set, Gerald makes
a triumphant return to contemporary
, R&B-tinged jazz with “SMOOTH,”
his latest album. Along with his trade
mark sax playing, Gerald also pro
vides ace bass work on several tracks,
as well as contributing keyboards,
flute, and drum programming. A true
renaissance man, Gerald wrote or co
wrote eight o f “SMOOTH’” s 10
tracks, produced or co-produced all
the tunes, and even pitched in on the
engineering side.
“My first love is R&B,” explains
Gerald. “I grew up listening to James
Brown, and I’ve incorporated that
feel into my songs. Some of the music
on 'SM O O TH ’ has that late-night
love vibe going on. But the tunes work
in a variety of settings: driving down
the highway with the convertible top
down; working late at the office; or
whiling away a rainy Sunday after
noon at home.”
W hether i t ’s the easy changes
o f the u ptem po “ D o n ’t W orry
About It,” or the expressive sax
soloing and soulful singing on “ I
S u rren d er,” “ SM O O TH ” lives up
to its title. As the alb u m ’s slinky
rhythm s and buoyant m elody lines
c a s c a d e o u t o f th e s p e a k e rs ,
G erald Albright
G erald and his co llab o rato rs seem
to be d irectly tap p ed into the
b ra in ’s p leasure center.
Albright’s status in contempo
rary music is reflected by the array of
guestmusicianson“SMOOTH.”R&B
siren Lalah Hathaway lends her dis
tinct vocals to “I Surrender”; Vesta
Williams croons on album-opener
“Don’t Worry About It”; the ethereal
“Just 2 B With You” (which features
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