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Portland’s top jazz divas, Lily W ilde, Shirley Nanette and Shira,
will perform in “Sing, Sing, Sing,” an Oregon Sym phony Bank o f
Am erica Pops Concert with Resident Conductor N orm an Leyden
and his 18-piece Big Band featuring the swing music o f B enny
G oodman, G lenn M iller and Tom m y Dorsey Feb. 24 through 26 at
the Arlene SchnitzerConcert Hall. Leyden’s Big Band is showcased
annually by the Or
egon Symphony. The
orchestra does not
perform. Media sup
port is provided by
New Talk 750 KXL,
KPTV-Oregon’s 12
and Media America.
Oregon Sym phony
Pops concerts are
sponsored by Bank o f
America
Wilde, who critics
call one ofPortland’s
m o st
re s p e c te d
rhythm and blues
singers, is also fa
mous for her 13-piece
Shirley Nanette
“Jum pin’ JubileeOr-
ch estra,” w hich perform s
regularly at the V iscount and
Crystal Ballrooms. The band
combines the drive and swing
ofjum p-blues with jazz solos
and, according to Willamette
W eek, “re-creates not only
the sound, but the scratchy,
rich feel o f A m erica’s analog
G olden A ge.” Nanette and
Shira, both Portland favor
ites, regularly perform for
major musical events, includ
ing ArtQuake, The Mt.Hood
Jazz Festival and the Port-
land Rose Festival. Nanette
w ill
p e rfo rm
“ A in ’t
M is b e h a v in ’,” “A n d the
A ngels Sing,” “Blues in the
N ight,” “Ellington M edley”
and “ ’S W onderful.” Shira
will perform “Boogie Woogie
Bugle Boy,’’“D eep Purple,”
“Johnny M ercer M edley,”
“ L ock
L o m o n d ” an d
Lily Wilde
“Stom pin’ at the Savoy.”
Leyden and his 18-piece
Big Band will deliver instru
m e n ta l fa v o rite s lik e
G o o d m an ’s “ Sing, S ing,
Sing,” D orsey’s “Hawaiian
W ar C hant” and M iller’s
“Tuxedo Junction.” Addi-
tional perform ances will be
announced from the stage.
Tickets m ay be purchased
through the Oregon Sym-
phonyTicket Office,923 SW.
Shira
W ashington, or charged by
phone at503/228-1353or800/
228-7343. Tickets also may be purchased at all Ticketmaster outlets
5 0 3 /7 9 0 -A R T S o r th ro u g h th e S y m p h o n y ’s W e b site at
w w w Qnym phony.Q tg Service fees may apply.