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ENTERTAINMENT
Pamela
Jordan
k i M U D • 89.1 FM
“Standard
Procedure”
All JAZZ... all Ihe time!
The JAZZ Station
All the Jazz Greats
with a
Portland
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BLU ES!
Artist
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Soul" Award.
'WV again grabbed thou
J l‘ hardest working man in
show business,” headed
an exclusive club, his
charter members would certainly
be three energetic young ladies from
New York nam ed Cheryl
s a n d s o f ears in 1996
with their second album, the out
standing, Platinum “New Begin
ning.” That LP debuted the la
dies’ song writing and production
skills, as well as duets by Taj and
Lelee, after all lead vocals on the
first album had been sung by
Coko. Num ber One hits such as
“Y ou’re The One For M e” and
“Use Your Heart" came
from that album.
Gamble (Coko), Tamara
Johnson (Taj) and Leanne
Lyons (Lelee), the members
o fsw v
(Sisters With Voices).
To briefly walk down Memory
Lane and recount how SWV be
came S WV, they first took the world
by storm in 1992, with their first
RCA album, “It’s About Time,”
which went Double Platinum and
spawned such Number One hits as
"Weak,” “I’mso Into, You,” “Right
Here/Human Nature” (their memo
rable duet with Michael Jackson)
and “You’re Always On My Mind.”
Following their debut LP, the “SWV
Remixes” LP was released and
zoomed to Gold status. It included
remixes such as SWV’s charttoper
with rap collective Wu-Tang Clan,
“Anything.”
WV gathered enormous
atention with their aus-
licious debut. They received
lominations for a Grammy Award,
in American Music Award and The
Source Award in 1993. They won
The multi-platinum vo
cal trio is consistently
present on the music scene,
whether with one o f their
own chart-topping albums
or by participating in the
projects o f other top talent
in the business.
' WV is continuing a steady
' pattern, with the release of
their third RCA Records album,
RELEASE SOM E TEN
SION The LP is chock full of the
best o f today’s most slamming
grooves, done SWV-style. Follow
ing up and continuing on the heels
of the success of their hit single
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“Can We" (with Ms. Rap
Thang, Missy Elliot), from
the “Booty Call" movie
soundtrack.
i Children's Choice Award
md BET "Best o f Video
Saturday Nite Live
tarist, John Stowell gives the vocal
he first impression 1 had
ist room to display her versatility
when listening to Pamela
and use o f space, inflection and
Jordan’s new and first re
show the pleasure that she derives
lease, is. Pamela’s voice has “Stan
from her choice of material. While
dard Procedure” was how polished
leaving enough room for the guitar
the sound o f this release is.
Pamela's voice has a ist to also shine when he interjects
• Salmon-viewing walks
Exhibits
some lovely brief solos, that all
unique quality that's have John’s unequaled sound. Some
similar in its discernible of the beauty in the delivery of these
tunes is the fact that many of them
sound to that o f Billie were popular long before Pamela
Holiday and Nat King Jordan was bom making them rec
yet she achieves original
Cole. A pleasurable contract to ognizable,
renditions that suit her vocal rang.
other vocalists releases that are
his musical release from
copying exactly what Nancy Wil
Pamela Jordan reminds
son and other vocalists have al
me why I know jazz will
ready done.
continue to be an evolving artform
s. Jordan’s voice is in
with a hopeful future. It also re
the w arm , sultry
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minds me of why the first time I
middle to low range,
heard her sing at a local jam session
an unusual one for a vocalist to
I paid particular attention to make
make sound so comfortable with
sure 1 heard the name and remem
Oxhow RcSionai pacV-
her choice of difficult standard com
bered it.If this release is an indi
positions.
10.30 a.m. t o 5 p rn.
cator I think more people than
Her interpretation o f the songs
myself will hear Pamela Jordan sing
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on this release show a sell thought
and listen intently to hear what she
out phrasing and familiarity with
has to say while leaving them want
jazz these jazz standards. The mo-
Sponsored by Bureau o f Land Management • Portland General Electric • Fred Meyer
ing to hear more from her.
dicumofaccompaniment fromgui-
Organized by Metro • Oregon Trout • Mt. Hood National Forest • Portland Water Bureau
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