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March 4. 2009
Concert to Celebrate Local Ties
reputation as a master drummer,
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Addy settled in Portland, bnng-
ing with him an international
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originators o f the seminal m u
sical m ovement now know n as
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"W orldbeat."
Upon arriving on the West
C oast, Addy encountered an
other musician, Thara Memory,
who w ould becom e one o f the
m ost talented jazz perform ers
the Pacific N orthw est has ever
know n. T he tw o struck up a
friendship and musical collabo
ration that has spanned more
than three decades.
In honor o f their friendship
a n d m u sic a l c o n trib u tio n s ,
Hom ow o African Arts & C ul
tures is bringing the tw o men
together for a one-tim e event:
"A frica Speaks - Am erica A n
sw ers: T he O bo A ddy/T hara
M emory Reunion Concert."
Perform ing alongside these
musical legends will be the Su
per Band, The Pacific Crest Jazz
O rc h e s tra ,
O bo
A d d y ’s
O k ro p o n g , and a n u m b er o f
high-profile guests including
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P a tric k
L am b ,
L in d a
H om buckle, LaR honda Steele
and Joseph Thom pson.
The concert will take place
at 8 p.m. on Thursday, M arch
13 in the Kaul A uditorium at
Reed College. A dvance tickets
are $20 for adults
o r $ 1 2 fo r s tu
Thara
dents and can be
Memory p u rc h a s e d
at
pdxtix.net or at the
H ollyw ood T h e
atre , 4 1 2 2 N .E .
Sandy Blvd. Door
prices are $22 for
adults and $14 for
stu d en ts.
Both Addy and
M e m o ry
have
b e e n c o m m is
sio n e d to w rite
new works for the
co n cert. F or the
past six m onths,
the pair has been
w o rk in g on the
com positions, focusing on the
intersections betw een jazz and
African music.
“T h ere is a p o w er in th is
music that will touch the audi
en c e d ee p ly , on a sp iritu a l
level,” said Susan Addy, execu
tive director o f H om ow o A fri
can Arts & Cultures. “This con
cert highlights the roots o f jazz
and the contributions that A fri
can m u sic and c u ltu re have
m ade to contem porary m usic.”
Acknowledgement o f the re
lationship betw een the tw o is
critically important at this time in
o u r global d ev elo p m en t, she
added, “It is through music and
dance that we can truly celebrate
each other. Jazz has its collective
essence and it is beautiful to imag
ine this collective cultural phe
nomenon and its impact on this
and future audiences.”
F or m ore inform ation, call
5 0 3 - 2 8 8 -3 0 2 5
or
v is it
www.homowo.org.
Local Artist Sings Delta Blues
“ Fetch It!” is the new CD
o f 1920s-30s-style blues p e r
fo rm er S tev e C h eseb o ro u g h ,
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Saturday, March 7,2009
Guest Speaker; ,
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Northeast Portland blues artist Steve Cheseborough has
his roots from the M ississippi Delta.
a n o rth east P o rtlan d resid en t
w h o r e lo c a te d to th e R o se
C ity fro m th e M is s is s ip p i
D elta three years ago.
C h eseb o ro u g h has been a
cult fig u re in the blues w orld
fo r y e a rs. H is b o o k , B lu e s
T rav elin g : the H oly S ites o f
D elta B lues, w as recen tly re
le a se d in an u p d a te d th ird
edition by U niversity P ress o f
M ississippi. He appears in the
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d o cu m en tary L ast o f the M is
sissip p i Ju k es, also featuring
M o rg a n F re e m a n , an d w as
h o st o f B lues B reaks on M is
sissip p i P ublic B roadcasting.
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C D s an d b o o k are a v a il
a b le
th r o u g h
C hese-
b o r o u g h ’s
w e b s ite ,
ste v e c h e se b o ro u g h .c o m and
at M usic M illennium , 3158 E.
B urnside Ave.
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Service start time 7 0 0 Ml
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Guest Speaker:
Hayward,
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Service start time 4:00 PM
Highland Christian Centar/UCC
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Everclear to Rock Irish Festival
Everclear rockers Brett Snyder, Dave French, Art Alexakis,
Sam Hudson and Josh Crawley will perform a special
concert on Sunday, March 15 during the Kells Irish
Festival. Kells is located at 112 S.W. Second Ave. For
more details about the festival, visit kellsirish.com.
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