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ENTERTAINMENT
Queen Latifah
Back By Popular Demand, Jazzmatazz II
¡s Out
Motown recording artist and
Fox Television starQueen Latifah
issued the following statement:
I have always been about be­
ing a part o f and supporting the
black community, and I will not
stop. I have never felt that I have
to hide or that I am in great danger
while in the community. This un­
fortunate incident only makes me
more determined to help stamp
out violence.
I want to thank al I my fans for
their concern and support. 1 also
want to thank the New York City
Police Department, especially the
28th Precinct, for their quick re­
sponse and the professional man­
ner in which the perpetrators were
apprehended and my property re­
turned.
Please keep my friend in your
prayers for a speedy recovery.
Chaka Khan With GUFILI
1995- Jazzmatazz II: the New
Reality, the follow-up album from
GURU o f Gangstarr, gears up for a
July 18th, worldwide release on EMI
Records.
Now it's time to gear up for the
first sin g le -th is time around GURU
expands and adds to the Jazz-Rap
hybrid by making the flavor inter-
generational. R&B diva Chaka Khan
performs on the first single “Watch
What You Say" along with Branford
Marsalis and producerextraordinaire,
DJ Premier.
The first Jazzmatazz album set
the tone for the fusion movement
incorporating the groove o f Jazz. 11 ip
Hop & R&B. Recorded in NY, LA,
& the UK, featuring the freshest in
emerging talent. Patra, Ini Kamoze,
Jatniroquai. Me' Shell N ' Degeocello,
Baybe, Bahamadia, the Solsonics,
Kool Keith, Mica Paris and Sweet
Sable.
Also, lending their expertise:
Ramsey Lewis, Donald Byrd, Ber­
nard P urdie, F reddie H ubbard,
Courtney Pine, Ronny Jordan and
Chaka Khan.
Jazzmatazz II promises to be
just as groundbreaking as the first.
Get on it quick!
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A rts C e le b ra tio n ,
Inc., the p ro d u c e r o f
Artquake, is pleased to
announce its 1995 logo
winner, Rick Jaszczult,
grap h ic d e sig n e r and
owner o f Rick Jaszczult
Deszign. He designs bro­
chures, packaging, newsletters,
posters. T-shirts for clients like
Crainberries, Inc., Iron Wood Pa­
cific and the City o f Newport.
For 18 years the visual arts
commission image has been used
as the festival logo. Thisyear marks
the first year in which the logo
commission and the visual arts
commission were split. The logo
entries were judged by a delega­
tion
from
the dow ntow n
Nordstrom: Colleen Settlemyer,
S tore M a n a g e r and M ark
Andrasko, Display manager A
$500 gift was awarded
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The logo Jaszczult
designed combines the
use o f ancient motifs and
sym bols with classical
and contemporary design
elements. Human hands
pictured on ancient cave
paintings have become
universal symbols o f human cre­
ativity.
Ihe spiral symbolizes the in­
ternal dimension to the transform­
ing nature o f great art and beauty .
Bold and rapid red strokes repre­
sent seismic tremors breaking up
conventional ways o f seeing. Stars
suggest new energy, fun and excite­
ment.
The Artquake festival mer­
chandise with the new logo will be
available in retail stores in Down­
town Portland in August. For more
information, please call Arts Cele­
bration, Inc. at 227-2787.
FEEL THE FLOW *95
M ilt 'J a c k s o n
Milt Jackson pours on the heat
in his latest release on Qwest records,
Burnin’ In The Woodhouse. Team­
ing up with some o f today’s most
accomplished young jazz musicians
(Benny Green, piano; Kenny Wash­
ington, drums; Christian McBride,
bass; Nicholas Payton, trumpet; Jesse
Davis, alto saxophone and Joshua
Redman on tenor saxophone), Milt
has once again delivered the goods,
with sophistication, humor, warmth
and distinction
Vibraphone virtuoso. Milt Jack-
son is one o f the seminal figures in
jazz, having played and collaborated
with such pioneers as Dizzy Gillespie,
Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk and
Coleman Hawkins. His career spans
six decades, with well over 120 al­
bums to his credit.
In 1952,M iltJacksonco-found-
ed the legendary Modern Jazz Quar­
tet, whose popularity, attests Milt,
“was a product o f their uncanny abi I-
ity to take classical music and impro­
vise on it, integrating it with jazz and
pop.” And once again on Burnin' In
The W oodhouse, Milt Jackson is
mixing metaphor and crossing lines
to create unforgettable and enduring
music imprinted with his unparal­
leled elegance and finesse.
Milt says, “I originally started
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out as a singer, doing gospel duets
with my brother Alvin when I was
only seven. Then I took piano when
I was eleven and twelve...till the
money ran out. I got the rest o f my
musical training in high school. I
ended up playing vibes because they
are the instrument most like the hu­
man voice, with one exception: once
a singer adapts a style, it doesn’t
usually change much, but with the
vibes there is so much variation and
you can endlessly improvise so many
different styles o f music.”
With M ilt’s ongoing musical
exploration and invention, he has not
only gained the respect o f his peers
and a host o f devoted fans, but his
talent has also been acknowledged
here in the U.S. and around the world.
A National Music Award, the French
Bicentennial Award, an honorary
doctorate from the Berklee College
o f Music, as well as a place among
the jazz elite in Downbeat Maga­
zine’s Hall O f Fame affirm his abid­
ing impact on the world o f music in
general and jazz in particular.
One o f the reasons that Milt
Jackson has been successful on so
many fronts is that in being true to his
own muse, he never forgets his audi­
ence.
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Good theatre will make you
laugh, will make you cry, keep you
on the edge o f your seat, and keep
you coming back for more. Most
o f all it will make you Feel! Mad
Theatre Company prom ises al I this
in their premier production: “Bus
Stop”. Set in a small town diner,
William Inges’ classic romance is
about understanding love and the
sacrifices we make in friendships.
Mad Theatre Company is a
Portland based production com ­
pany consisting o f past and present
Madison High School theatre stu­
dents. Corrie Mayhew, Dan Jor­
dan, Jake R ic h m o n d , A ngie
Lindstedt, Greg Bigoni, Adam
Cannard, Christi Seal, and last but
certainly not least Sam Siel.
“Bus Stop” performance times
are 7:30 p.m. on August 18-20th
with a special matinee performance
at 12:30 p.m. on Aug. 20th, at the
Rexall Rose Cafe, 2403 N. E. Al­
berta St. admission is $5 at the
door, please call ahead for reser­
vations as seating is limited (503)
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