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Afrobeat and
Fusion Jam
Charlie Hunter and the "PDX
Afrobeat Breakdown" will bring
rhythm and blues to the Crystal
Ballroom on Saturday, February 25th
at 9:30 p.m. as part of the US Bank
Portland Jazz Festival presented by
Alaska Airlines.
A solo jam will open the night
followed by performances from Port
land artists Scott Pemberton with a
surprise special guest Ben Darwish
of Commotion and Jujuba.
The program will explore and
"b reak d o w n " the h isto ric a l
Afrobeat discipline as a pivotal root
in the modem funk and jam experi
ence, which combines the improvi
sational character of jazz with the
raunchiness of the funk and flavor
mixture of African tradition.
Hunter has established himself Portland Jazz Festival headliner Charlie Hunter will open for the
as one of the premier modem fusion ‘PDX Afrobeat Breakdown,' on Saturday, Feb. 25 at the Crystal
jazz and rock artists.
Ballroom.
Jefferson High
School Auditorium
5210 N Kerby Ave
A Stage Play
Tickets: $5 in
or $7.50 at
the door
February 24,2012
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Julianne R. Johnson-Weiss
Stumptown Stages presents the
final show of its current season with
the original swing musical - Club
Morocco.
The action takes place in a '40's-
style club, an oasis of smooth in a
jagged town of broken dreams where
the swing is red-hot, the beauty
dangerous, and the luck as fleeting
as the love.
The play was conceived, created,
and written by Jon Huffman and
Barbara F. Cullen, with musical ar
rangements by Ashton Wolf. The
Take the
Take
cast features M atthew Barnett,
Lauren Brown, Corey Brunish,
Amber Cobb 111, Joey Klei, Joy
Martin, Randy Patterson, Briana
Peters, John Pleuard, Jeremy Sloan,
Sydney W eir and Julianne R.
Johnson-W eiss.
Performances open on Thursday,
Feb. 23 and continue through March
3 at the Portland Center for the Per
forming Art, 1111 S.W. Broadway.
Tickets range from $ 10 to $30 and
can be purchased at Ticketmaster
outlets or the PCPA box-office.
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