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Jazz Serves His Soul
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m o r n s m R edd W illiams
Poet hangs out,
takes pictures
by R aymond R endleman
T he P or i land O bserver
Redd W illiams serves his soul
with the live jazz that can be found
in abundance around town.
W illiams recalls spending his
youth around big-nam e beat poets
lik e Jack K ero u ac and A llen
G insberg and
now puts his
ow n creative
juices to work
on the P ort­
la n d -m e tro
m usic scene
rather than re­
tiring to his
hom e in the
round apart­
Redd Williams
ment tower in
dow ntow n Vancouver.
Seeking out show s with particu­
lar promise each week, W illiam s
sees a music scene that will con­
tinue to have the energy o f under­
ground clubs during the ‘50s. He
publishes poetry inspired by the
p erfo rm an ce s and in te rsp erses
Portland’ s jazz scene with original
photographs on a local website.
With more than 200 photographs
and dozensof poems already online,
W illiam s, 72, doesn’t plan to slow
dow n anytime soon.
O f Toni Lincoln’s recent perfor­
m ance at C ly d e’s on Northeast
Bassist Ed Bennett strikes up a tune
Jazz trumpeter Thara Memory and saxo­
phonist Patrick Lamb at Jimmy Mak's.
Sandy Boulevard, he concludes a poem , he gets personal sa tisfac­
poem by describing her vocals that tion from the act o f w riting p o ­
“co n ju re/u p /d ecad en t n ig h ts/o f/ etry. His w ork provides a creative
love and in tim a c y /in /d im ly -lit w ay to m ake d isco v eries.
“T h at’s the other thing I like
sp a ce s.”
“ I started out trying to fashion about w riting— your imagination
m yself after G insberg and som e of ju st takes off,” he says.
S om etim es the subject gives
those others, so I try to express
m yself in the fewest w ords pos­ W illiam s a clear literary path and
sible," he says. “Periods, co m m as- m essage to elaborate.
He w rites that “funk/is/infec-
that stu ff blow s my m in d .”
tious/a
strong rhythm ic/groove/
Even w hen W illiam s d o e s n 't
get com p lim en ts on a p articu lar that requires freedom ." The words
come from a piece on jazz trumpeter
Thara M emory and saxophonist
Patrick Lamb playing dow ntow n at
Jimmy M ak's.
If a poem isn’t (lowing the way
W illiam s would like, he turns to his
camera.
“ My whole world is visual, so I
often take a photograph to figure
out w hat word to use,” he says.
More of W illiam s' photography
and p o etry can be v iew ed at
Jsojazzscene.org in “Clubscene.”
Bassist Skip Elliot Bowman at an Incredible Journey o f Jazz event
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Photographer Shares Rwanda Rebirth
Portland photographer A dam
Bâcher took an em otion-fi I led jo u r­
ney to Rwanda in the fall o f2007. He
is now sharing the devastation and
rebirth o f the African nation.
B ather will present a free pro­
gram that's open to the public on
Thursday. May 29, from noon to 1
p.m ., at Providence St. V incent
M edical C enter’s Souther A udito­
rium, 9205 S.W. Barnes Road.
Bâcher hopes his photographs
will inspire othci*. to ask questions
and learn more about crisis o f h u ­
manity at home and abroad.
“ Rwanda has a lot to teach the
world, from genocide to the rebirth
o f peace," he says.
Providence St. V incent M edical
C enter's Diversity C om m ittee is
hosting the presentation to help
spread the word about R w anda's
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Portland photographer
Adam Bacher presents
"Rwanda - The Return to
Peace after Genocide," a
journey of photographs
and stories documenting
his time in the African
nation on Thursday, May
29 at Providence St.
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Horror Road Show
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This one-night-only perform ance is a horror-
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