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P age 19, 1995 • T he A pril Bi P ortland O bserver The iJJartlanb (iDhscrucr e ENTERTAINMENT JOE JACKSON * inimiiiiimiN ‘ i n|ia™ Joe Jackson's first album in three years, is both a fusion of ev erything he has done and an artistic breakthrough. “I’ve finally come right back to why I got into music in the first place,” says Jackson. “I just wanted to create something beautiful, without any thought of where it fits in the world. This al bum is really from the heart, and I don’t give a damn if it’s fashion able or not.” Turning 40 this year, Joe Jack- son has earned the right to be ac cepted on his own terms: as an artist transcending genres and compet ing with no one. “I hate the idea of being some sort of Veteran rocker, or aging pop star,” he .->ays. “ If anything, I see myself as a Young composer. I think I’m just begin ning to make full use o f my partic ular talents.” Night M usic has many ex perim ental aspects: no band, and no tra d itio n a l pop-song structures. “ I’ve felt looser and freer w orking on this record than anything I'v e done,” Jack- son says, and this new, unfet tered approach has resulted in a highly personal musical statement. H is growing involvement with high technology has enabled him to perform much of this album him self, along with several guest musi cians and three remarkable vocal ists: Maire Brennan of Clannad, emergingopera star Renee Fleming and 11-year-old Taylor Carpenter. "There’s no reason why I should sing everything I write,” says Jack- son. “I’m constantly coming up with ideas that don't suit my voice.” Blending electronic and acoustic sounds like no one else, the sound- world that Jackson draws us into — i || ■ B í E n O I A collection of rhythm and blues and hip-hop songs are featured in Bad Boys, a heart-stopping action comedy from Columbia Pictures. Bad Boys Notion Picture Premiers On a hot summer night, S I00 million in heroin is stolen from the Miami Police evidence room. The dope was the key to a career-making bust hy detectives Marcus Burnett (M artin L aw rence) and Mike Lowery’ (Will Smith). While family man Burnett en vies Lowery’s bachelor antics and lowerv knows zero about being a husband and father, neither ever let his personal I ifesty les interfere with work, until now. W ith the c lo ck ru n n in g , Burnett and Lowery must find the dope before their unit takes the fall. Their only lead: sexy Julie M ott, a w itness to a m ur der com m itted by the thieves their only problem : a m ix-up causes Julie to believe Burnett is Lowery, forcing the partners to switch identities until they solve the case. So between car chases and shoot-outs, Burnett lives out his playboy fantasies, while Lowery discovers the jo b s o f parenthood the hard way. Meet "Bad Boys,” an action comedy from Columbia Pictures. Mirroringthe film’s exciting pace is a bracing collection o f music from new and established artists includ ing Diana King, Warren G„ 69 Boyz, Juster, 2Pac. Jon. B.. Keith Martin and Ini Kamoze. W orks Of Langston Hughes Presented The Flooney Theatre Co. presents an evening with “The works of Langston Hughes, a one act play with poetry and humor and “The First Militant Minister, a one-act play by Ben Caldwell. The performances are held at 8 p.m. this Saturday and again on April 22 and April 29 at the Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center, 5340 N. Interstate. A donation of $10 is the price o f admission. Call 284-5404 tor ticket information. much of it, as the title suggests, nocturnal and dream like --is unique, yet surprisingly accessible, draw ing the listener in more deeply with each hearing. “I want to stimulate people's imaginations,” he says. “ I want to seduce them, rather than bashing them over the head!” Joe Jackson’s goal with Night Music was simply to create some thing lyrical, heartfelt and beauti ful. In doing so in today’s music climate, he has also created some thing radical. Joe Jackson was born August 11 th, 1954 into an average working class family in Portsmouth, on the south coast o f England. As a child he preferred reading and drawing to being savaged on the soccer field, and was considered a misfit; he developed into a virtual pariah at age 11 when he took up violin (and subsequently oboe, piano, and per cussion). A childhood Beatles fan, in his early teens Jackson became equally p assio n ate about Beethoven. By age 18, he was a passable jazz pianist, a pretty good pub pi ano-basher, a student-orchestra tim panist, and a budding composer. Winning a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music in London, he went on to further broaden his hori zons by playing in theater pits, rock bands, and the national Youth Jazz Orchestra. After leaving the Academy, he earned a living playing at the Play boy Club and backing cabaret art ists, while recording the demos which would eventually become his first album for A&M. Salgado To Join Santana Rhythm Safari has announced that veteran Portland blues singer and songwriter Curtis Salgado will embark on a major national tour with rock ‘n’ roll legend Santana on May 26 as the featured vocalist and har monica plaver. The spring leg of the tour will continue through June 18. The sum mer leg will resume on July 31 with guitar superstar Jeff Beck, co-head- lining the tour during the months of August. September and early Octo ber. Salgado will be releasing his second solo album. More Than You Can Chew on May 16 His power house fusion of blues, rock ‘n ’ roll, funk, soul and gospel makes his mu sic an inspirational model for a new blues sound. • Salgado will continue to per form in concert with his own band throughout the United States in July. cull 15 0 3 1 288-0033. with silence, sound, light and shad ow through the use of threads, rocks and other materials. The lines of thread define planes and volumes and convey a sense of texture in space. By slicing the air with thin lines of fiber. Yamanouchi enliven the space in the installation. In the artist’s words, “The air around the objects, the air in front of or behind Music Millennium the objects, rather than the objects themselves, becomes the most ex istent' thing.” Her installations are medita tive and ephemeral, to be experi enced by the audience for a brief period oftime. The installation space becomes a respite through with viewers can momentarily escape form their daily lives. 12-Step L a u g h te r When he opted for a treatment program rather than pulling the trigger the gun in ms his m mouth, alcoholic/drug Mark I on tne u u m , little n n ie u did i u bottomed-out i a j h u i u c u - v u i «iwutvu«./ **• addict * ------- 1 1 . ? « .. . J ______ .« _ _ » « ___________u K n i n r » -»c H n J . n n r n m i f E m i r V P A 1 *« Lundholm dream that he would be headlining as a c stand-up comic four years ...... 11 later. Lundholm is bringing his comic look at the trials and triumphs of sobri ety to Harvey's Comedy Club in Port land. During the past year, Lundholm has performed his uniquely hilarious one-man show, An Evening of 12-Step Humor, across the United States, receiv ing standing ovations and rave reviews at every stop. Mark began his career in 1989 do ing volunteer comedy in drug rehabs, halfway houses, and prisons as part of his own recovery process. "Having lived in some of those places, I know what a powerful healing tool laughter can be! Mark ventured into comedy clubs in 1990 and is now headlining in top clubs across the country. He will be in the headliner spot at Harvey’s the week "Chemically-challenged" Mark prior to his f 2-Step evening. Lundholm is in recovery, b u t.. Years have passed since Lundholm the insanity remains . . . has taken drugs or guzzled booze, al ....... though he is not ......... with lout his cravings Those years have given him the strength to laugh about his life as an addict and the power to help others in recovery to laugh with him. Some lines: • A treatment program is where you spend $15,000 to find out that meetings are free ------ What: An Evening of 12-Step Humor • People who don’t understand When: 8:00 pm, April 24 this disease look at us as handi Where: Harvey's Comedy Club capped But, you don’t see them 436 NW 6th, Portland. giving us our own special park Tickets: $8.00 C a ll: 241-0338 for reservations ing places at the mall! t • » E b o n y F a sh io n F a ir The 37th annual Ebony Fashion Fair "The Shining Of Fashion” will appear at the Oregon Convention Center - Ballroom, on Friday at 8 p.m. The world’s largest traveling fashion show is produced by Ebony Magazine and is sponsored by The Portland Chapter of the Links, Inc. for the benefit of The Links' Educa tional and Scholarship Fund. More than 200 exquisite gar ments complete with the latest acces sories, 10 female and 2 male models, commentator, music director, stage and business managers, and ward robe staff. 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