August 1, 2018
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Arts &
ENTERTAINMENT
Norman Brown
Vanport Jazz Fest Returns
Portland’s second annual
Vanport Jazz Festival takes
place this Saturday, August
4th at Portland Meadows with
a star-studded lineup that in-
cludes talented acts from all
over the country.
The Vanport Jazz Festival
honors the city of Vanport, a
once thriving, multi-cultural
city that housed a large Afri-
can American population but
was flooded and disbanded 70
years ago.
Many survivors of the flood
would go on to settle in Port-
land, and many jazz clubs that
opened in the Rose City after
that were run by former Van-
port residents. Though that
once thriving music scene is
all but a memory to many, the
Vanport Jazz Festival aims to
carry the tradition of Portland
jazz scene into the new centu-
ry.
Acts include Grammy-win-
ning Contemporary Jazz/R&B
superstar Norman Brown, who
has sold over 2-million re-
cords with his Jazz guitar play-
ing and Jazmin Ghent, whose
debut CD Boss reached the
Smooth Jazz Global radio’s top
50 Smooth Jazz CDs for 2015
and later release “Compared to
What,” which reached #5 on the
Smooth Jazz Charts. Najee, Eu-
Jazmin Ghent
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laulah Donyll “Lalah” Hatha-
way, Kenny Polson, and Jona-
than Butler will also perform.
Doors open at 10:30am with
performance starting at noon.
Tickets start at $75 for Gener-
al Admission, not including a
$10 general parking pass. The
festival will take place at 1001
Schmeer Road and More in-
formation can be found at van-
portjazzfestival.com/info.
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