August 14, 2013 ®*|e ^InrtLuih (Dbsrruer Diversity Special Edition IN S ID E This page Sponsored by: D iversity Page 3 FredMeyer What's on your list today?» Pages 2-20 Portland musicians Esperanza Spalding and Thara Memory accept the Best Instrumental Arrange ment Accompanying Vocalist Award for "City o f Roses" onstage at the 55th Grammy Awards on Feb. 1 0 in Los Angeles. Nothin’ but the Blues Esperanza Spalding and Thara Memory team up for benefit concert C lassifieds page 16 C alendar Page 18 R eligion Page 19 F o o d Page 20 Thara M emory's American Mu sic Program will get a boost when M em ory and his jazz orchestra joins m ultiple G ram m y-w inning artist E speranza Spalding for a benefit concert on Sunday, Aug 18 at the G erding Theater at the Arm ory, 128 N.W. 11th Ave. M emory was and is Spalding's m entor and she is coming back home to Portland to headline the benefit concert. The two m usi cians share a 2013 Grammy for the song "City o f Roses." The “N othin’ but the Blues” fundraiser will also feature Port land singers LaRhonda Steele, A n d y S to k e s an d T a h ira h M em ory, as well as American Music Program alumni, saxophon ist Hailey Niswanger, who was recently named a “Rising Star” by Downbeat magazine critics for alto and soprano saxophones. Spalding continues to produce innovation outside o f the bound aries of straight ahead jazz by sing ing and playing the blues to raise money for the Portland-based jazz music program whose students played on “City o f Roses.” M e m o ry s ta rte d te a c h in g Spalding when she was 11 years old. He serves as the artistic di rector for the Am erican Music Program. The Aug. 18th concert is the first time Portlanders will be able to see Spalding perform live since her sold-out concert earlier this year in the final show of the 1 Oth anniversary o f the Portland Jazz Festival. continued y ^ on page 4 Portland Journalist Dead at 64 Lee Perlm an, a long-tim e jo u r nalist and contributor to the Port land Observer, was found dead Friday at his home in northeast Portland. Portland Police went to the resi dence for a w elfare check and found Perlm an’s body inside. The death was ruled a suicide from a se lf-in flec te d gunshot w ound. Lee Perlman officials said. Perlman, 64, wrote stories and delivered newspapers for the Port land Observer for more than 20 years. He was a valued free-lance reporter specializing in reporting on governm ent affairs and plan ning issues. Some of his recent continued ’W ' on page 4