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September 26, 2007
Arts
ENTERTAINMENT
Jazz and Blues artists Andy Stokes (from left), Duffy Bishop, Sweet Baby James, Patrick Lamb, Liv Warfield, Gretchen Mitchell, Norman Sylvester and Linda Hornbuckle
pose for their upcoming tribute to Ray Charles.
PortEand Musicians Make Tribute to Ray Charies
Top musicians
to take stage
with symphony
M ore than 20 o f P ortland's best
jazz and blues artists will com e to­
gether with the O regon Sym phony
for a tribute to beloved Am erican
artist Ray Charles, as P ortland’s
own Tribute to Ray C harles band
makes its first appearance with a
sym phony orchestra. Performances
are scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 6
at 7:30 p.m ..Sunday, Oct. 7 at 3 p.m.
and M onday, Oct. 8 at 7:30 p.m. at
the A rlene Schnitzer Concert Hall.
A sse m b le d by sa x o p h o n is t
Patrick Lamb and trum peter Thara
M emory, the group first perform ed
onstage at the 2005 Safew ay W a-
terfront Blues Festival to wide ac­
claim , and w ere prom ptly invited
back for an encore perform ance in
2006. T he band then released "Let
the Good Times Roll: A N W Tribute
to Ray C harles” produced by Lam b
at the 2006 festival during the trib­
utes encore perform ance. The trib­
ute has received stellar reviews both
regionally and nationally and was
aw arded the 2005 M uddy A w ard
by the C ascade Blues A ssociation
for Best Perform ance.
"T his project has show n us w hat
we can do together and truly h igh­
lighted the depth o f Portland tal­
ent," said Lamb. "T he group repre­
sents both respected stalw arts and
upcom ing new talent.”
The program will feature 24
N orthw est artists, am ong them
vocalists C urtis Salgado, longtim e
R&B singer Linda H ornbuckle,
“ Sw eet Baby” Jam es and Duffy
Bishop, Liv W arfield. Andy Stokes
and Lam b him self. Lamb, Thara
M em ory, Reggie H ouston, Janice
Scroggins and DK Stewart will lead
the horn and rhythm section.
"These musicians pay tribute not
only to Brother Ray, but to this
com m unity— past, present and fu­
ture,” said Don Cam pbell, music
w riter and Portland m usician.
In fact, the Oregon Sym phony
was Brother R ay’s favorite orches­
tra to perform with; he knew exactly
how m any steps it took to get from
the stage at the Schnitz to his dress­
ing room at The H eathman.
The program wi 11 be led by Guest
C onductor C harles Floyd and in­
cludes hits like “I Got A W om an,”
"G eorgia on My M ind,” W hat I’d
Say"and"L ettheG oodT im esR oll.”
In addition to conducting, Floyd
will arrange the m usic for the co n ­
cert. Also, Grammy Award-winning
arranger Dave Metzger, whose work
includes T he Lion King and the
recently released Sim pson’s Movie,
has produced a special arrange­
ment for the perform ance o f "G eor­
gia on M y M ind.”
T ickets start at $ 15 and may be
p urchased at the O regon S ym ­
phony Ticket O ffice, located at 923
S.W. W ashington. Ticket office
hours are M onday through Friday,
10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturdays, 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets may also be
p u rc h a s e d a n y tim e o n lin e at
O rS ym phony.org or charged by
phone at 503-228-1353, Monday
through Friday, 10a.m. to6p.m . and
Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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Kravitz Records ‘Love Revolution’
Prince
Prince Rocks
in Surprise Act
Pop star Prince had
fashionistas dancing in the
aisles at London Fashion Week
last week when he staged a
surprise performance at Mat­
thew Williamson's catwalk
show.
The singer, who is playing a
series of concerts in London,
at first appeared to be only a
front row guest at Williamson's
spring-summer 2008 collec­
tion.
But the usual fashion scene
became a pop concert when a
Prince track struck up and the
first two models onto the cat-
w alk--a pair of identical twins
in purple dresses - started to
dance.
Prince, wearing a black suit
and hat. then began singing
into a microphone from his
seat before jumping up and
performing on the runway
flanked by his band.
By that time, many in the
audience, who included actress
Trudie Styler, the wife of mu­
sician Sting, were on their feet
clapping and snapping photos
with their mobile phones.
"He really wanted to do this,
and you don’t say No' to
Prince," Williamson said.
Lenny Kravitz is eye­
ing a February release for
his eighth studio album,
"It's T im e fo r a Love
Revolution."
Kravitz plays nearly all
the instruments in the al­
bum, which was recorded
at his studio in the Baha­
mas as well as M iami,
Paris and New York.
The result is a more-
stripped down feel on rock­
ers like opener "Bring It
On," "Luv Luv Luv" and
the fast boogie "Will You
Marry Me." The riff for
the latter cut dates back
to sessions for his 1993
Lenny Kravitz
breakthrough "Are You
Gonna Go My Way," ac­
cording to Kravitz.
In addition to ballads
like "I'll Be W aiting," "I
Love the Rain" and "A
Long and Sad Goodbye,"
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"Back in Vietnam" and "I
Want To Go Home."
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by a soldier, "but that song
is more from the point of,
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or what side you're on ...
no m atter what, at some
point, you're like, 'I've
gotta get out of here,”' he
said.
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