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Kenny Oarrctl Pursuance: The Music Or John Coltrane
Anderson Blues
It takes uncom m on courage fo r a
m usician Io measure h im se lf against
the accom plishm ents and spirits o f
the ja zz greats - it takes e xtra o rd i­
Dues & Love
Black Hope.
the saxophones and flute, having (teen
A virtuoso as sensitive as he is
powerful, Garrett has long played all
surrounded by jazz since being born
into a musical Detroit fam ily in 1961.
nary skills, in te g rity and devotion to
News
renew ja zz classics so they become
as im mediate, m eaningful and m o v­
ing in re-creation as when they were
append
firs t laid down a generation or tw o
Ernestine Anderson
Jazz F e s tiv a l. In a life tim e o f
h o n o rs and a ccolades, E rn e s tin e
was vo te d “ N ew V o c a l S ta r O f
5 9 ” in the D o w n Beat C r it ic ’ s
P o ll, was fe a tu re d in T im e m a g a ­
z in e ; gave a co m m a n d p e r fo r ­
m ance at the W h ite H ouse and
■received tw o G ra m m y n o m in a ­
tio n s fo r Best Jazz V o c a l P e rfo r­
m ance. N e ve r M a ke Y o u r M o v e
T o o Soon in 81, B ig C ity in 83
(w h ic h was a lso Ja zz tim e s p ic k
1926 NE Sandy Blvd
Portland, OR 97232
ago. A t age 35, alto saxophonist
Kenny Garrett is one o f very few
players equal to the challenges and
lo r T o p T en A lb u m th a t y e a r). In
1993, M s. A n d e rs o n released the
h ig h ly a c c la im e d N o w A n d Then
on Q u e st R e co rd s fo r lo n g -tim e
frie n d and m e n to r, Q u in c y Jones.
H e r Q w e s t d e b u t g a rn e re d
E rn e s tin e A n d e rs o n ye t a n o th e r
G ra m m y n o m in a tio n fo r Best
Jazz V o c a l P e rfo rm a n c e , and also
re w a rd s o f the im m o rta l John
C oltrane s music, a sound soelemen-
tal and impassioned, so fu lly -s w in g ­
ing and ly ric a lly expansive, its beau­
ties and truths are universally ac­
knowledged.
W hich leads us to “ Pursuance,”
meaning not so much “ chase,” as
d e s ig n
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c la rin e t, there w ere p ia n o le s ­
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ja z z bands.
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m a te ria liz e u n til he a tte n d e d c o l­
lege w here K e v in says he b e ­
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