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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.
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Nothin’ but the Blues
Esperanza
Spalding and
Thara Memory
team up for
benefit concert
C lassifieds
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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.
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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
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