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th e m usic of lineup on Saturday, August 7.
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Brazil without
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m ention of vocalist Flora Purim
would be impossible. Born in Rio been voted as the best jazz
D ejaneiro, Flora came to the United vocalist five times in read-
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Over the years. Flora and A iito
have m aintained their Brazilian m u­
sical heritage while becoming in­
creasingly im m ersed in various
forms of American music. They have
collaborated with such pop and jazz
perform ers as C annonball Adderly,
Brecker B rothers, H ubert Laws,
P au l S im o n , S a n ta n a , H e rb ie
H ancock, C hicago and F reddie
H ubbard.
O ther key perform ers slated to
appear on August 7 include David
S a n b o rn , C la re n c e G a te m o u th
Brown Big Band, Mose Allison and
Kirk W halum ’s “Gospel According
T o jazz.” On Friday, August 6, Little
Feat and T he Neville Brothers will
appear at the Fred Meyer Friday
Night Blues, and the Festival will
conclude with Bruce Hornsby, Royal
Crown Revue, Richard Elliot and
Keiko on Sunday, August 8.
All tickets, including both re­
served and general adm ission seat­
ing, as well as the special 3-day gen­
eral adm ission pass, are available at
all T icketM aster locations, includ­
ing GI Jo e ’s and M eier & Frank
o u tle ts ,
on
th e
w eb
at
www.ticketmaster.com. or charge by
phone at 503/224-4400.
Visit the Mt. H o o d jaz z Festival
w ebsite at ww w.m thoodjazz.com
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