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July 06. 2022
Arts &
ENTERTAINMENT
Musicians Charlie Brown III (left) and Domo Branch, both of the group
Brown Branch, will play Sunday, July 17 at 7 p.m. as part of the Albina
Music Trust’s Summer of Sound.
Albina Summer
of Sound
Events celebrate
Portland’s Black
music history
The legacy of music emitting
from Portland’s historic Black
community is celebrated this sum-
mer with a series of live concerts,
an art opening and storytelling.
The Albina Music Trust presents
Summer of Sound, connecting at-
tendees with the arts and the cultural
legacy of Albina, the historic epicen-
ter for Black Portlanders, and estab-
lishing new multigenerational con-
nections through music.
Kicking off the first of four free
events will be Soul Conversation,
an oral history panel with musicians
from Albina’s past, on Thursday, July
14 at 7 p.m. at Alberta House, 5131
N.E. 23rd Ave.
Facilitated by Calvin Walker,
the conversation will feature Paul
Knauls Sr., J.W. Friday, Norman
Sylvester, Kenneth W. Berry, and
Jeddy Beasley. Archival photogra-
phy showcasing Albina’s historic
music culture will be presented and
the conversation will conclude with
a performance by Charlie Brown III
& Friends.
Later this month, Albina Music
Trust and Brown Branch present
Time Sound: Albina’s Jazz Reimaged
by Greaterkind, coming Sunday, July
17 at 7 p.m. at the conclusion to the
annual Cathedral Park Jazz Festival
in north Portland’s St. Johns neigh-
borhood.
Time Sound was originally con-
ceived in 1981 by Portland’s Thara
Memory and the World Arts Foun-
dation. The rebirth concert will see
Memory’s longtime students Charlie
Brown III and Domo Branch leading
their Greaterkind collective through
a suite of local jazz, soul, funk and
fusion compositions.
On Aug. 4 at 7 p.m., Albina Mu-
sic Trust and Clyde’s Prime Rib, will
present Wall to Wall Soul, a special
art opening and album release par-
ty featuring Charlie Brown III &
Friends with two previous unreleased
1970s LPS, Lights Out and Trans-
port. Organizers said Clyde’s, locat-
ed at 5474 N.E. Sandy Blvd. has long
served Albina’s elder musician com-
munity, presenting live music featur-
ing these musicians.
The summer series will conclude
with another Time Sound: Albina’s
Jazz Reimaged by Greaterkind per-
formance on Saturday, Aug. 6 at 7
pm. at the Washington Park Rose
Garden, once again amplifying
Portland’s Black cultural heritage
through the lens of a new generation,
showcasing sounds of the past and
their influence today.