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■ ■ H W B8H lm P oru and O bserver • D ecembi k 11, 1996 P age BS (Elje ^Jortlaxtb © bseruer EnTERTAiriMEPlT No Diggity Interscope recording group. Blackstreet with the cast o f UPN's Moesha after the performance of their #1 his single, “No Diggity", on a recent 2 part special episode. “No Diggity" is currently #1 on the Billboard “Top 1OO" chart, knocking out the 13-week mainstay, Macarena. Pictured on the set of Moesha are: (top, I to r) Eric Williams (Blackstreet): Brandy (Moesha): Mark Middleton (Blackstreet); (bottom, I to r) Countess Vaughn (Moesha): Chauncy Hannibal (Blackstreet); Teddy Riley (Blackstreet), Shar Jackson (Moesha). e v & tfo '?rideuf (Ac f 3 tá Linda H ornbuckle. 10 p m. at the Çandelight Room, 2032 S.W 5th Ave. Admission is free, 222- 3378. Soul Vacation. 9:30 p.m. at Key Largo, 3 1 N.W . 1st Ave. A d mission is $7, 223-9919 Leroy V innegar T rio , 9 p.m at Atwater’s, 111 S.W 5th Ave Admission is free, 275-3600. S hirley Nanette. 9 p.m at Jazz de Opus, 33 N.W. 2nd Ave. Ad mission is free, 222-6077. Tad Weed Q u arte t. 9 p.m. at Brasserie Montmartre, 626 S.W Park Ave. Admission is free, 224- 5552. C h a rlie H u n te r Q u arte t, 9:30 p.m. at Berbati's Pan, 231 S.W. Ankeny St. Admission is $7, 248- 4579. Sattvideuf táe Wallace Roney Slavery’s Buried Past PBS special "S lavery’ s Buried Past” from The New Explorers with B ill Kurtis—includes narratives from the book series entitled: I Was A Slave and the author who provides Research and Dialects. Donna Wyant Howell o f Wash ington, DC, compiler o f the series o f books entitled I Was A Slave, has cameo audio roles w ithin the upcom ing PBS Special "Slavery’ s Buried Past” prem iering nationw ide on Wednesday, December 18. 1996 at 8:00 p.m. (check local listings). The program is hosted by B ill Kurtis o f K urtis Productions, Ltd. as part o f the Peabody Award-winning series named “ The New Explorers” . The program examines the dis covery o f a slave graveyard that con tained 427 bodies in New York City and the subsequent findings. It in cludes information about other exca vations that have unearthed articles used by slaves, such as drilled spoon handles (to attract good spirits) and a charm in the image o f a fist. In keeping with the theme o f pro viding additional pieces to the un- derstandingof African American his- tory, the show’s producers have in cluded segments from the first four books o f the I Was A {slave book collection. These books are written entirely in the words o f the former slaves, thousands o f whom dictated their full life stories in the 1930's. In addition to doing research for narra tives for program, Donna also does voiceovers w ithin the program and speaks in dialect, using the actual words o f several former slaves. The program also includes some o f the photographs o f the ex-slaves who tell their life stories in the books. M azzy Star, Sparkle Horse, 9 p.m. at LaLuna, 2 15 S.E. 9th Ave. Admission is $13.50, 224-4400. RCA Records debuts the firs t o f C h e rry P oppin’ Daddies,9:30 an anticipated continuing series o f p.m. at Berbati’s Pan, 231 S.W. Mack music compilations, with their Ankeny St., Admission is $6,248- January ¡99 7 releases.—Phuture 4579. h'lava, V'ol. i The A ndy Stokes Band, 9:30 The kick-offcom pilation album is p.m. at Key Largo, 31 N.W . 1st jo in tly produced by Grand Jury Pro Ave. Cover charge, 223-9919. ductions, Inc. and Kevin Evans, Se nior Vive-President o f the Black J a y b ird Koder, 10 p.m. at the Music Division at RCA Records. Los Candlelight Room, 2032 S.W 5th Angeles-based Grand Jury is headed Ave. Admission is free., 222-3378. by Michael Concepcion, a w ell- known figure both in and outside o f Flamenco Puro, 9 p.m. at La music. Concepcion is the ultimate Catalana, 2821 S.E. Stark St. Ad ‘OG” (original gangsta), in that he is mission is $6, 232-0948. one o f the founders o f the L. A. gang. Shirley N anette,9 p.m. Jazzde The Crips. His notorious beginning, Opus, 33 N.W . 2nd Ave. Adm is which included numerous brushes sion is free, 222-6077. with the law, left him with a wheel chair as a constant reminder o f that Tad Weed Q u a rte t, 9 p.m. at earlier lifestyle. As an “ older and Brasseries Montmartre, 626 S.W. A’iser” survivor, he then became a Park Ave., Admission is free, 224- community leader, and was instru- 5552. nental in quelling the post-riot ten- M a ry K a d d e rly Com bo, 8:30 ion in Los Angeles. Concepcion has p.m. at the Heathman Hotel, 1001 become an effective and credible S.W. Broadway. Admission is free, pokesman for community u plift and 241-4000. aving m inority youth. His Grand lury Productions has worked with some o f today’s hottest acts, includ- ng Boyz II Men, Babyface, TLC, Pirate Jenny, 5 p.m Music Bobby Brown, New Edition and Millennium, 801 N.W. 23rd Ave. Brownstone. Admission is free, 231-8943. This first offering features p ro lif rib ute to B illy Rancher, 9:30 ic new West Coast artists, in both the p.m. at Key Largo, 31 N.W . 1st, R&B and rap genres (with the excep- ion o f established artists Christo Cover charge, 223-9919. pher W illiam s and Chantay Savage), DJ G ravy, 10 p.m. at Berbati’ s he Los Angeles talent was all dis- Pan, 231 S.W. Ankeny St. Adm is overed and nurtured by Concepcion sion is $3, 248-4579. ind his Grand Jury staff, headed by Senior Vice President Craig Nobles T Any conversation about the trum pet player Wallace Roney sooneror later includes the name Miles Davis, which is fine with Wallace Roney. As with the most things about jazz it’s all a matter o f how you do it. The association is not d iffic u lt to explain. Three o f the most publi cized jazz events o f the last few years have involved Wallace Roney playing music originally made fa mous by Miles. These happenings included a live performance with Miles at the Montreux Jazz Festival The Captain’s Global Grooves A Cl) lo t HlNdlRSON cert on Monday night only. (Please show valid ID.) The program w ill include Mahler, Piano Quartet in a "B iq B añó " ............................... photo l>\ Rick Rose L abel V erve LtROy ViNNEqAR............ "iNTEqRI ty " ............. J m i Focus J ames M o o d y................ "YouNq A t H eart " .................... W arner B roi I itrs C liti B a I o r ................... ."Live Tokyo"............................ E vk I ence "N ew M oon DAuqbtER"............ BI uenoie CASSANdRA WilsON in S aniarnar I a M anijo ..... "MoNqo R eturns " ....................... M ilt STONE AkbAR D e P r I est "C entra ! A venue R oots " ............ D i P riest P roject HANk CRAwfoRd "T iq ln ".......................................... MilrSTONE J essica W i II iams ............. "Joy"............................................... JA7Z FOCUS Chill, MisBeHave, Ralo B. Nasty, Mack, and Young Ali (kneeling). and B illy Johnson. The talent fea tured on the compilation includes Rome (newly-signed young RCA vocalists/sings in R &B tradition); Shawn (teen female vocalist, who’s sweet & in n o ce n t, yet re a l); MisBeHave (hot, strong female rap per); C hill (p ro lific rapper, founder of Operation Big Shots); Young A li (charismatic young rapper); Opera tion Big Shots (rap collective--in- cludesMisBeHave,Chill, Young A li, Ralo B Nasty, Mack, D ’ Lyrical and L il Spitt Loc); D ’ Lyrical (m ulti-tal ented rapper, member o f Operation Big Shots); Raelynn (young female vocalist/songwriter/niusician); Mike C & Vic M (rap by M ike Concepcion & producer V ictor Merritt. This compilation features a sound for every ear, and includes ballads, remakes, hip hop, you name it. Phuture Flava Vol. I —setting the trends! JoshuA RfdiwoNd "pRtidoM I n Tin G roove " Al C R ty.......................... "M e N'JAck"................................. C o I umòìa A i I aniic D ir D ee BRidqiWAtER "L ove ANd P eace " ....................... V ervi JiMMy S m ii I i "ANqtl Eyes BAÜARds” ................ V i rvi The Global Grooves can be heard on the Captain ’s l / i sz/c 1 o\-axe on KM HD 89.1 FM every Tuesday at !0PM. M ilagro DEC 6 -1 5 A MULTICULTURAL CHRISTMAS CELEBRA TION POR ALL AGES! Pulli n Music DAVid S a N c T i EZ............... "S treet S cenes " ........................... minor; Shostakovich, Piano Trio in E M inor, Op. 67; and Brahms, Piano Quartet in G minor. Op.25. FESTIVAL DE NAVIDAD W arner B roi I itrs C arv B ar i 7.................... "Tkt B I ues C I ironìc I es " ... MIRACLE THEATRE PRESENTS A LATINO SCIENCE FICTION PASTORELA! I jg, rtist Friends of Chamber Music presents “Seattle’s hottest young classical group”* The Friends o f Chamber Music continues its 58th season with two concerts by The Bridge Ensemble on Monday, December 16 and tuesday, December 17, 1996. Please note these dates are changed from the original published date o f December 9 and 10. Performances begins at 8:00 pm at Portland State University, Lincoln Performance Hall, SW Broadway and Market. Tickets are avai lable at ai I G I Joe ’ s Ticketmaster outlets and the PSU Box Office at 5th & SW M ill, and at the door the night o f performance Individual ticket prices are $20/reg- ular, $ 10/student plus and additional handling fee; all seating is reserved. Students rush tickets for $ 1.00 are available ten minutes before the con- in ’9 1; a tribute album, Re-Birth o f theCool, on which Gerry Mulligan recreated the arrangements which he, G il Evans and John Lewis had made for a nine-piece band that Davis brought into Birdland for two weeks in 1949. (The record ings o f that band inspired the West Coast "co ol” style o f the 50s, the first o f several times that Miles Davis turned jazz around). Finally, Roney was part o f the A T ributfi T o Miles Tour and subsequent album put together by Herbie Hancock. M iracle RESERVE YOUR TICKETS NOW! 525 SE STARK 236-7253 Elb» Buley TMUfdrumnui 1
