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ENTERTAINMENT
African Gala Night-6th Annual Convention of Amiri Internation
Development Union (A1DU)
Join Us For An Elaborate Extravaganza and Feast
Featuring: The OWA Masquerade From New Jersey
The Ojionu Group From Washington D.C.
Admission: Free
Donations Will Be Solicited!!
Don’t Miss This One!
Calvin Hall-St Philip Neri Church
Coner of SE 16th & Division
Portland. Oregon
Saturday, July 4, 1998
4:00 PM-12:00AM
All proceeds will benefit rural road projects in Amin, Nigena
For more information call Vitalis Ogbeama at 281^*2*L--— .
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"What's Independence Without Justice"
Saturday Morning.
Sat. July 4th
Dawson Park
(N . V an cou ver & Stanton)
Chris
Botti
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LA should be proud. W ithin the chaos that is the city o fL os Angeles, a beauti till thing
happened. E m ptingoutofthe insanity cam e Q zom atli.aten piece bandw ho'vem anaged
to tweak people’s consciousness with their highly politicized amalgamation ofhip-hop.
salsa, ska, fund and jazz.
People w h o live in LA are tired o f gang violence and guns. T hey fear it’s going to get
worse, but stay because o fa sustaining belietin their heart that som ething's gonna turn this
sh..tamund. W iththeirpowerful spirit, Qzom atli gjvepeopleasenseofhopeby spreading
m ad love and citizens all over are finding them selves drawn to their message.
Qzom atli featureanetlinic m akeup that’sasdiverseastheeity'they livein. Usingeongas
and claves, turntables and tablas, trum pets and saxophones, Qzomatli has managed to
createauniqueblendofrtK xlem day S-O-U-L music. “W ehaveadeep reverence andaw e
forthearchaictraditionsofourmusic.ofsaLsa, samba, allthesetraditiousgohacktoAlfica,”
says I Jlises Bela, the group's tenor sax player. "B ut w e also love incorporating m odem
sounds, hip-hop, tunk. whatever w e feel like...it trips people out."
Last year, Qzom atli opened for C aries Santana at the A nvw head Pond in Anaheim.
C A .,perform inginfrontof 11 ,Om peopk\CarlosintnxlucedQziwnatliti,hLsguestsas’’the
future' otm usic, and suggested the crow d pay attention. Backstage, the veteran performer
With the release of M idnight
Without You, his second Verve
Forecast album as a leader, trum­
peter Chris Botti takes the next step
in establishing his identity as one
of the premier composers and per­
formers o f contemporary instru­
mental pop. In the process, he is
staking out previously uncharted
musical territory. While the silver
and amber tones o f his remarkable
trumpet playing conjure jazz asso-
ciations-critic Rex Reed has called
Botti “the sexiest jazz trumpet
player since Chet Baker”-his me­
lodic sensibility, song structure, and
attention to texture and color find
more precedent in the atmospheric
art-rock settings behind such vo­
calists as Bryan ferry, Jane Siberry,
or Sting.
Prior to the release o f the com­
mercially successful FIRST WISH,
the Oregon-bred musician was best
known for his long association with
Paul Simon. After settling in New
York City in the mid-1980’s , and
working with such produces as
Hugh Padgham and Arif Mardin,
Bottin quickly became a first-call
session player, lending his keen
trumpet work to the music o f Bob
Dylan, Aretha, Franklin, Thomas
Dolby, Scritti Politti, and others.
In 1990, he was asked to tour with
Paul Simon and soon found him-
1 pin til 7 pm
T h e Day W ill In clude:
Speakers • G o sp e l R&B M usic • G am es for
B o oth s •
5200.00 worth o f food gifts
certificates givin to the
'amities who brings out the
argest generation o f family
m em bers.
-For m ore information-
C a lljo e "Bean" Keller at
903-2471
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self touring the world for 15 months
as a member of Simon’s band. “In
five years with Paul,” Botti told the
Los Angeles Times, I watched him
rehearse the band, work out ar­
rangements and re-work the songs
with the musicians, always refining
the material. It had a real impact on
how I produce my own work.”
Born 33 years ago in Port­
land, Botti took his first trumpet
lesson at the age of 10. by the time
he was 12, he set his sights on
becoming a professional musician.
While still in high school, he honed
his instrumental chops around town
in jazz groups with such musicians
as bassist David Friesen. He went
on to study in the prestigious Indi­
ana University music program un­
der famed jazz educator David
Baker and later, in New York, with
saxophonist George Coleman and
the late trumpet great Woody Shaw.
gave Q zo a lecture, telling the m em bers they have an important mud ahead and to lake it
seriously. Hestressed comm unication, to avoid the usual band dram a that festers when the
pressure is on, and Q zo tixik his w onts to heart.
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