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ENTERTAINMENT
F le m in g & J o h n
“Fleming & John A re The Car­
penters o f the 9t) ’s H ith Led Zeppe­
lin ’s Rhythm Section... ’’-Ben Folds
If you w ere to ask Flem ing
McWilliams and John Mark Painter
what their music is all about, their
honest an sw e r-d e liv e re d with a
friendly chuckle, perhaps-w ould be
simple: music. From an early age,
both o f them were enthralled by the
alluring spell ofcreative expression,
and their years o f making music for
the sheer joy of it fulfillment on their
debut Universal Records album.
Delusions o f Grandeur. As well, the
songs within explore the interaction
o f artistic expression with life, love
and the modern world. Because for
Fleming & John, music their lives,
and vice versa.
Zoo Summer Concerts
M etro W ashington Park zoo
launches its popu lar summer concert
series o f Your Zoo & All That Jazz
on Wednesday nights through august
14. Wells Fargo Bank presents the
fifth season o f Rhythm & Zoo on
Thursday nights through August 15.
The park-1 ike sett ing o f zoo’scon-
cert lawn has become Portland’s Pre­
mier place for popular music. Last
year, over 70,000 people attended
zoo concerts. This year’s series prom­
ises to attract even more with such a
high quality line up musical perform­
ers. All proceeds from the concerts
benefit the zoo.
All concerts begin at 7 p.m. Ad­
mission is $5.50 for adults, $3.50 for
kids, and $4.00 for seniors (kids 2
and under are free)
No alcohol, sand chairs only, and
blankets cannot be placed on the
lawn until after 4 p.m. Free overflow
parking and a shuttle bus are avail­
able o ff the Sylvan Exit on Highway
26. Tri-met busses #59 and #63 serve
the zoo. For more information about
the concerts, call 220-3687.
Ear! Ulughs Sudden Burst c/Energy]
“The music we make comes from
our lives,” notes Fleming, “and we
are doing the music we love.” Al­
though it’s taken the duo some eight
years o f hard work since they first
joined forces to start having a wide­
spread impact, the pay-off is already
evident in the buzz created by Delu­
sions o f G randeur after its initial;
independent release
According to Alternative Press,
“ Fleming & John explode with big
grandiose production and a soaring
female voice that can fill stadiums
with broad, excessive emotions. It’s
pure, heavy gorgeousness... "Their
‘s o p h is tic a te d ,
d is tin c tiv e
pop”(Nashville Scene) has earned
substantial airplay on new rock and
adult alternative stations in such key
markets as Atlanta, Phoenix, Mem­
phis, Norfolk and their homebase o f
Nashvil le, as well as in Europe. Mean­
while, the band—which also features
bassist Stan Rawls and drummer
Shawn M cW illiam s (F lem ingg’s
brother)—has gone from packing
N ashville’s Largest clubs to carving
out a tour circuit across the South­
east.
The symmetry between vitalist
extraordinary and lyricist Fleming
McWilliams and composer, arrang­
er and multi-instrum entalist John
Mark Painter is fascinating. He’s
e v e ry th in g I ’m n o t,” e x p la in s
Fleming. I would come up with mel­
odies and words, and he’s so good at
voicing.”
“I was really never interested in
writing whole songs,’’John notes. “ 1
always wanted to take something and
do arrangements and production.
It:
Over the years, listeners have
come to anticipate something dif­
ferent ineachsucceeding Earl Klugh
album, while knowing at the heart
o f it would always be his trademark
melodic magic. Sudden Burst of
Energy is no except ion to that Klugh
tradition, nor to his penchant for
creating lyrical, rich, pop-tinged
jazz with an after glow that borrows
from almost every' musical genre
from classical to r&b.
The title o f his latest Warner
Bros. Records release is a playful
and wry take on the sleeping Klugh
and bulldog that grace the album ’s
cover, rather than an announcement
that Klugh has changed his predilec­
tion for understated elegance and
laid back sensuality and decided to
rock out.
Klugh spent two years o f touring
and road-test ing the material for Sud­
den Burst O f Energy. The distinctive
and innovative guitarist declares, “ I
like it a lot. I really worked on it until
I felt it was totally right Recording
mostly close to home gave me the
luxury o f time.. "He adds, “ Even
with all the pre-production fine-tun­
ing there was a lot o f improvisation
in every session.”
Klugh brought in a host o f top
artists and studio musicians that in-1
eluded Harvey M ason (drum s)
Paulinho Da Costa (percussion),
Luis Resto (keyboards & acoustic |
piano) and Ray Manzerolle (saxo­
phone). Long-term friend and drum-1
mer Gene Dunlap, who is also pari
ofthe Earl Klugh I’rio, provided the
pocket on several tunes, and Al
I i n ner was on hand to add another |
touch o f home to the musical mix.
Turner, one o f the top sessionl
players in the country and a Klugh
musical mainstay, plays bass in |
Earl's touring band.
A FEW QOOD BANDS
The 12th annual Hawthorne Street Fair, August 17-19,1996, is
extending their music application deadline to June 21. The fair
has three stages, each showcasing a different type of music. The
music committee is looking for blues, folk, rock, dance, jazz,
n m A o fn n r v t in te r n a tio n a l hands
Bob James Trio
“Go straight ahead” means noth­
ing to the blind. A ll’s straight ahead
that does not lie behind.
Bob James, veteran soloist, mas­
ter o f multiple alliances, innovator
and groundbreaker, serves up a shot
ofpotentjazz on h is current Warner
Bros. Records release. Straight Up.
the album features a trio config­
uration, James taking the lead on
aco ustic piano, with C hristian
M cBride on bass and Brian Blade
on drums.
This lean approach serves to
underscore the richness o f Jam es’
melodic and harmonic structure and
his mastery o f mood and nuance.
Straight Upcomprises five James
originals, including a new version
o f“N ightcrawler, original ly record­
ed for his 1977 release. Heads, plus
four tracks that James says, “ I’ve
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always wanted to record. “ These
include two ballads, “Quiet Now”
(Denny Zeitlin) and the romantic
“ Lost April” (NewVnan/DeLange/
Spencer), as well as the swingin’
“James" (Pat Mentheny/Lyle Mays)
and "The Jody Grind “ (Horace Sil­
ver).
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