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Annual
'.*% iv versity is the key to the
array o f headline talent at
ari
the 18lh annual M t.H ood
Jazz Festival, presented by Tesoro
Petroleum C o rp o ratio n , Friday
through Sunday, A ugust 6-8,1999,
at Mt. Hood Com m unity College
(G resham , OR). H eadliners on the
Tesoro Stage w ill include Bruce
H om sby, D avid Sanborn, Royal
C ro w n
R evue,
C la re n c e
Gatem outh Brown Bag Band, The
N eville Brothers and Little Feat.
On
Sunday,
BRUCE
H O R N SB Y w ill close the F e sti
v al w ith h is s e lf - p r o c la im e d
"highbrow Southern m u sic.” The
m u lti- p la tin u m a n d G ra m m y
aw ard-w inning p ianist is one o f
th e m o st im p o r ta n t m u s ic a l
bridges betw een rock and jazz.
Rooted in ja z z and inspired by
the im provisational lyricism o f
K eith Jarrett, John C oltrane and
O rn e tte C o le m a n , H o rn sb y is
equally com fortable jam m ing with
B ranford M arsalis, Pat M etheny,
B ela Fleck & The Flecktones or
The G rateful Dead. Since his 1986
d e b u t a lb u m T h e W ay It Is,
H o rn sb y ’s m usic has been in trin
sic a lly A m e ric a n a , c o n sta n tly
reaching out to incorporate con
tem porary m usical im pressions
from rock, blues, jazz, gospel and
folk. His m ost recent double-C D
release, Spirit T rail, is a series o f
rich tales o f A m erican life con
cerning race, religion, p rejudice,
tolerance and sardonic character
studies. This recent m usic also
d isp la y s H o r n s b y ’s e n h a n c e d
level o f piano p laying, a new ly-
developed "ind ep en d en ce o f the
hands”-a tw o-handed piano tech
nique that he has achieved through
a recom m itm ent to piano im pro
visation.
P re c e d in g H o rn sb y w ill be
R O Y A L C R O W N R E V U E , ac
k now ledged as the “ G odfathers
o f the N ou v eau Sw ing M ove
m en t.” O ver the p ast few years,
Royal C row n Revue has turned a
bro ad cro ss-sectio n o f the con
tem porary m usic w orld on its ear
w ith th eir u niquely, individual
brand o f "g an g ster/p u n k /sw in g .”
T hey have headlined prestigious
jazz festivals, including last y ear’s
Playboy Jazz Festival. They have
also opened on a national arena
show to u r for K ISS, and they p er
form ed on the W arped T our (the
annual skater, punk, altern ativ e-
lifesty le touring m usic festival).
The hip, sty lish , zo o t-su ited sep
tet is the b and that started the
resu rg en ce in sw ing m usic - not
your g ra n d p a re n ts’ sw ing band,
but an in-y o u r-face m usic/dance
ex p erien ce th at leaves audiences
sw eaty, o u t-o f-b reath , and jitte r
bugging in the aisles.
On
S a tu r d a y ,
D A V ID
SA N B O R N , one o f the most popu-
m u sic a l ic o n s L o w ell
George and Bill Payne be
gan an earnest journey
into m usical history that
w ould becom e the sage
o f Little Feat. That en
counter yielded nine clas
sic album s over ten years
from the self-titled Little
Feat to S ailing Shoes,
D ixie Chicken and W ait
ing For Colum bus. A fter
seventeen years, there is
the shock and d isb elief
over L ow ell’s death, but
Payne and his ever-chang
ing crew continue on to
the 1987 reunion at New
O rleans Jazz & H eritage
Festival a n d , ultim ately,
the classic concert album.
Live From N eon Park,
re c o rd e d
liv e
at
Portland’s Roseland T he
ater. In 1998, a new stu
dio release, U nder The
the
clarence R a d a r, w h ic h h as
sp a w n e d a re n e w e d
G A T E M O U T H B R O W N B IG
grassroots cult follow ing
BAND takes the stage. R e tu rn
for one o f A m erica’s true
ing to his late 1940’s b ig band
prem
ier m usical legends.
blues p erform ances, legendary
All
tickets, including
g u ita rist C larence "G a te m o u th ”
3-day
reserved
seat sub
B row n is celeb ratin g 50 years o f
scriptions
and
single-day
m aking great m usic by leading
reserved tickets, as well
his landm ark 20-piece L ousiana
as general adm ission and
sw ing band. W ith hom age to Billy
the special 3-day general
S tray horn, C ount B asie, B enny
a d m is s io n d is c o u n te d
G oodm an and L ionel H am pton,
pass, are available at all
there are touches o f b lu es, c o u n
T icketM aster O regon lo
try, w estern sw ing, C ajun m usic
c a tio n s , in c lu d in g GI
and hybrid concoctions from all
Jo e ’s and M eier & Frank
o f the above, but by retu rn in g to
o u tlets, on the w eb at
his early roots, “ G atem outh” re
w w w .tick e tm a ste r.c o m .
turns to his favorite m usical style,
or charge by phone at 503/
big band jazz.
2 2 4 -4 4 0 0 . F o r g ro u p
On A ugust 6, M t. H ood Jazz
sales info rm atio n , call
F e s tiv a l is a ll b lu e s ...F r id a y
226-0973.
N ig h t B lu e s...w ith a head lin e
Ticket buyers can pur
tandem o f The N eville B rothers
chase
single-day, general
and L ittle Feat.
adm
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tickets for Sat-
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the explosive fusion o f diversity
p o p u la r 3-day g e n e ra l
and unity that is th eir native New
ad m ission pass is av a il
O rleans, w hich is the cradle o f
able a t the d isco u n ted
jazz, blues and all other form s o f
p ric e of $60 e ach , r e p
in d ig e n o u s A m e ric a n m u sic .
re se n tin g a savings of
T heir new C olum bia R ecords re
up to 35% .
lease, V alence Street, is a com
F or the first tim e in
posite portrait o f the four rem ark
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p la c e o f h ig h p ro m in e n c e in
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’ blanket space plots
A m erican m usic. V alence Street
that
are adjacent to the
is the actual street in U ptow n New
reserved
seat sections are
O rleans w here the N evilles grew
available
on a very lim
up. It is their spiritual center where
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t- c o m e /f ir s t
th eir m other and father, as well as
serve
basis.
U nique to the
their U ncle Jolly, the fabled Mardi
Mt.
Hood
Jazz
Festival,
G ras w ild T choupitoulas Indian
this
special
picnic
and
C hief, influenced both th eir lives
party
area
can
accom
m
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and the spicy funk and the heav
date up to 8 patrons at
enly ballads that form s the core o f
any given time.
th e ir righteous m usical roots.
V isit the M t. H ood
LITTLE FEAT are a classic
Jazz F estiv al w ebsite at
A m erican band. T hey are the
w w w .m th o o d ia z z .c o m
A m erican experience translated
for fu rther inform ation
into rock n ’ roll term inology via a
about tickets, talent, vol
blend o f blues, funk and jazz that
unteer op portunities and
has form ed a 30 year m usical
m erchandise.
legacy. In the Sum m er o f 1969,
lar figures in the eclectic w orld o f
jazz, will take the stage. Few art
ists have had m usical careers as
rich and lasting as Sanborn For
over 30 years, the veteran sax man
has traveled from traditional jazz
roots through the peioneering fu
sion experim ents to mix electric
jazz w ith rock and R&B. Now, he
stands at the fo refro n t o f the
“ Smooth Jazz” m ovem ent In ev
ery case, he has anticipated the
changing tastes o f his audiences,
and has artfully navigated the pop
instrum ental landscape. Sanborn
is constantly hailed as having one
o f the richest saxophone sounds
on the planet, and is equally at
home soloing with a sym phony
orchestra, blow ing in a New O r
leans jam session, or perform ing
with his own band alternately play
ing intim ate love songs w ith pul
sating R& B/jazz chops.
G ate S w in g s! W ill be the
them e e a rlie r on S aturday w hen
Jubilee 2000
And No Less:
Continued from Page A4
I don’t pretend to be an economist.
But, for me, the richest nations’ pro
posal to forgive some o f the debt just
isn’t enough. We must cancel all o f
the debt. The rich cannot with good
conscience or in faith, take money
from the poor. Especially when the
poor have already given so much.
There are not many slates which
can be washed clean, but this is one
o f them which can be. Let’s start the
new millennium with a truly clean
slate for the w orld’s poor. What
greater act o f faith could there be?
T he P o r tla n d O
bserver
W A N T S Y O U TO K N O W W H A T
IS H A P P E N IN G IN Y O U R
N E IG H B O R H O O D ...
MT. H OO D
FESTIVAL
presented by T e so ro P etro leu m C o rp o ra tio n
featuring
Fred Meyer Friday N ight Blues, August 6th
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Little Feat
Neville Brothers
Friday, Aug 6th
Friday, Aug 6th
Ronnie Earl
& The
Broadcasters
Friday, Aug 6th
Saturday, August 7th
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& e
Clarence
Gatemouth Brown
Big Band
David Sanborn
Nneena Freelon
Saturday, Aug 7th
Saturday, Aug 7th
Saturday, Aug 7th
Sunday, August 8th
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Royal Crown
Review
d
Bruce H(Jrnsby
Richard Elliot
Sunday, Aug 8th
Sunday. Aug 8th
Sunday, Aug 8th
M ose Allison • Sphere, “Honoring Thelonious Monk”
Flora Purim & Airto • Spirituals To Swing, 100 Years of Jazz History
Danilo Perez • The Jazz M essengers, The Legacy of Art Biakey"
Darrell G rant, “The Spirit of Ellington” • M ark Isham , "The Silent Way Project"
Kirk W halum , “Gospel According To Jazz" • Keiko MatSUi
Jeff Golub With Avenue Blue • Jeru Blue, “Tribute to Gerry Mulligan
plus Ellen Whyte & Reflex Blue, Paul Mazzio, Dan Faehnle, Jerry Hahn,
Dr Jazz & The Interns, Mary Kadderly, Jed Wilson, People Music Project,
Black Swan Classic Jazz Band, and Beacock’s All-Stars
AUGUST 6 '8 , 1 9 9 9
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