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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
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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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