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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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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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