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Volume XXV, Number 3
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August 2, 1995
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f f l Weekend Trumpets Mt. Hood Jazz Fest
Elton John To Play
At Coliseum
Award w inning performer Elton John
will make his first appearance in Portland
in over a decade when he brings his Made
In England for the USA tour to Memorial
Coliseum on Sept. 7 at 7:30 p.m. The
appearance was made possible when the
Portland Pride indoor soccer club agreed
to move their scheduled game to make
room for the famous singer.
Safari Day At The Zoo
Free admission and train rides will be
offered to senior citizens and their escorts
when the Washington Park Zoo hosts Se­
nior Safari Day, luesday, Sept. 12 from
9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Special activities dur­
ing the event will include refreshments,
entertainment, animal talks, petable ani­
mals and more.
Gene Harris, pianist.
azz greats David Sanborn,
lege G en esis Jazz C h o ir and N elson
Roberta Flack, Lee Ritenour
R angell.
and Larry Carlton are some of
S u n d ay ’s lineup includes the in c re d ­
the headliners for this weekend's ible
14th R o b e rta F lack, Jo sh u a R edm an,
annual Mt. Hood Festival of Jazz
G e o rg e S h e a r in g Q u in te n t. J o s h u a
presented by The Equity Group.
Redm an, T rib u te to P leasure B and, Jazz
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Rally For Condemned
Journalist
An international campaign to stop the
Aug. 17 execution o f Mumia Abu-Jamil,
an African American journalist, will be
observed in Portland with a public rally on
Saturday from noon to I p.m. at the Port­
land State University South Park Blocks.
Despite strong evidence o f Jam al’s inno­
cence of the killing o f a Philadelphia po­
lice officer, he has been repeatedly denied
a new trial, according to the Free Mumia
Abu-Jamal Coalition.
Joshua Redman, saxoohonist
Nigerian Picnic,
Soccer Celebrated
e x tr a o r d in a ir e
NDEBORN
Sid enlivened the westside w'hen he moved
azz has bounced all over the
his piano and big hands to Sidney’s on South­
Portland area, from the bop
west Grant Street, around I960.
joints of Williams Avenue and
Up the street from the Coop, in the mid
sedate nightspots on Sandy Boule­
50s, the Shadows was known for ¡am ses-
vard in the 40s and 50s to Barbur
Boulevard and Lake Oswego in the
60s, to many area taverns and clubs in
the 70s to the highly acclaimed Mt.
Hood Jazz Festival in the 80s and 90s.
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area, ro r a musician, all you
needed was a horn case and a mental map and
you had the badge o f entry everywhere music
was played from dusk to dawn.
Longtimejazz folks will remember Paul's
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I he city spawned its first jazz festival in
1965-66 when Portland State University
brought Dave Brubeck and then Miles Davis
to the old Oriental Theatre. Years later came
the Cathedral Park Jazz Festival, still going
Area residents are invited to join the
N igerian Professionals o f Oregon group in
the first annual Nigerian Community Sum­
mer Picnic on Saturday, from noon until 8
p.m. at Sellwood Park, Southeast 7th and
Miller. A soccer match will be played at
3:30 p.m. For information contact Ben
Jumbo at 6 9 1-2 5 16.
One role for a jazz festival is to be a
hangout' for musicians and the Mt. Hood
event complies admirably.
sions that lasted not just into the wee hours,
but occasionally from Sunday to Tuesday,
the epitome o f the all-night coffeehouse be­
tween hours alcohol could be served
But it was North Williams Avenue in the
40s and 50s that became a true hotbed ofcool
jazz. Dozens o f jam sessions and afterhours
C ru saders, The Four Freshm an, D avid
Friesen and Paul D eLay.
I he festiv al is held on the cam pus o f
Mt Hood C om m unity C ollege in G re ­
sham. G ates open each day at I I p.m .
I ick ets are $ 3 7 .5 0 re se rv e d and
$ 27.50 g en eral ad m issio n , plus serv ice
c h a r g e . T h e y a re a v a ila b le at a ll
T ic k e tm a ste r box o ffices.
Paradise, Li’l Sandy’s, the Porters Club, the
Olympic Room, all gone but never forgotten.
If the 60s and rock n ’ roll put a crimp in jazz,
it was only temporary. The music was live at
the C otton Club and the Upstairs and other
clubs in other parts o f the city.
I hen came the 70s, and the state Legis-
rniuic iiuaiiy passed taws allow ing live music
in beer taverns, opening up dozens o f new
venues. The Jazz de Opus, the Jazz Quarry,
Parchman Farm and other clubs proliferated.
By 1982, the time was ripe for the Cathe­
dral Park Jazz Festival to begin utilizing all
the homegrown jazz talent. A sizable cadre o f
players was enlivening the local scene again,
recalling the 50s. And the occasional out-of-
town jazz “name” would visit for longer
periods, starting a trend that would see a
number o f them come to stay.
In 1982, leaders in Gresham saw the jazz
light and the Mt. Hood Festival o f Jazz was
born.
The aim was to “put Gresham on the
map’ and to do it in a cultural sense and offer
a reason to visit their city as a gateway to
other recreational opportunities, from the
Columbia Gorge to Mt. Hood and as a site o f
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Adieu Little Princesses
Nordstrom’s Hosts
Fashion Designer
American fashion designer Sigrid
Olsen, well-known fcr her comfortable
sportswear collections, will be coming to
Portland for a fashion show and breakfast
at 8 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 12 at the
Washington Square Nordstrom’s store. She
will follow the show by greeting customers
on the N ordstrom 's floor from 10 a m. to
noon.
I he event has found the p ro p er re c ­
ipe for m usical success w ith a c o m b in a ­
tion of stra ig h t-a h e a d and co n tem porary
ja z z sounds sp ic e d w ith Latin.
S a tu rd a y ’s lineup fe a tu re s D avid
S a n b o r n , L ee R ite n o u r a n d L a rry
C a rlto n , C h arlie H a d e n 's Q uartet W est,
A rtu ro S an d o v al, G ene H arris, Art P o r­
ter, I he M ount Flood C om m unity C o l­
Jazz I las Rich History In Portland
Park Concerts
Fill Summer Air
Portland Parks and Recreation con­
tinues its free summer concert series. Con­
dor, a Latin American folk group, plays
Monday at 7 p.m. at the Rose Garden
A m p h ith e re in W a sh in g to n Park.
Braziliance, a Brazilian jazz group, per­
forms at Couch Park, on Northwest Glisan
at 20th, on Tuesday from 7 p.m. to 8:30;
and Swipesy, a ragtime piano group, plays
the North Park Blocks in the Pearl District
on Wednesday from noon to l:30 p.m.
Roberta Flack, vocalist.
Board Aborts Rose festival Junior Court
b \
P romise K ing
Cinda Maxine Jackson Blacknall
HIV Help,
Education Offered
A series o f evening courses designed
to meet the needs of people living with and
affected by HIV arc offered during August
by the HIV University, Cascade AIDS
project. Friends, lovers, parents and
caregivers are all welcome. Call 223-6339,
ext. 111 for more information and to make
a reservation.
Call To Volunteers
55 and Older
The Multnomah County Retired and
Senior Volunteer Program has volunteer
activities that can beat the summer dol­
drums. Call Helen Wahl at 229-7787 to
register or ask about opportunities that suit
your interest.
SUBMISSIONS: Community
Calendar information will be given
priority if dated two weeks
before the event date.
The last Rose
Festival Junior
Princess Court
uay wnen my girts would ride as prince
I guess that is gone now,” Moland said
She was wearying o f tel ling herchil
about the news, hoping the board would I
a change o f mind.
But it seems the verdict is final, gi\
statement from incoming Rose Festival B
President Jim Osborne
Osborne, a Prudential securities '
president, said he expected no change ii
decision.
“ We took a vote, and the vote was c
ly in favor o f accepting the commiti
recommendation,” he said “In a democ
Taylor, president o f KeyPoint Inc., said
the replacement will involve as many young­
sters as possible.
“ It has to be inclusive o f the handi­
capped and people o f all races and gender
and physical abilities," she said.
Supporters o f the board's decision ar­
gued that the princess selection process is
harmful to kids who do n ’t make it. O ppo­
nents countered that if anything, children
should be thought the life reality o f losing and
winning.
“There are winners and losers even in
softball - it's life,” a concerned mother said.
F e s tiv a l's
sp o k e sp e rso n
C aro l
Fenstermacher, said only one board member
protested the board’s decision, adding that
the ceremony was concluded without inci-
p ro tests from this y e a r 's re ig n in g Q ueen
M organ, and kids w ho don n ed picket
lines last w eek, have sent som e o ffic ia ls
tw inging.
“Save the court! Take another vote! Vote
again please!” the kids chanted.
Others expressed frustration
Carol Hutchins, Queen Morgan s offi­
cial escort, said after 15 years as a Junior
court volunteer, she feels like yanking off her
festival pin.
I he 60-year-old tradition was eliminat­
ed by a 29-19 vote o f the board w ith 42
members either absent or not voting
Meanwhile, the board has moved to in­
clude boys in Senior Court activities.
Heart And Soul Of
Cooking Featured
A book signing party will be held in
honor ofCinda Maxine Jackson Blacknall,
a Portland resident who has realized a
lifetime dream by publishing a cookbook
o f African American, other ethnic and
traditional American recipes.
Music, food, entertainment and poet­
ry reading will help celebrate the event
scheduled Thursday, Aug. 12 at 4 p.m. at
226 N Holman Call Jeannine to RSVP
Blacknall's book is entitled “Heart
and Soul o f M axine's Cuisine." It features
recipes for appetizers and beverages;
breads, rolls, cakes and cookies, main dish­
es and casseroles; meat, poultry and sea­
food; pies, pastry and deserts; and soups,
salads and vegetables.
She provides helpful hints to make
cooking easier And she explains how to
cook hearty foods, taking the fat and cho­
lesterol out of old i c o p e s wh < i, i ...,i .: tm
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