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ZEN
TRICKSTERS
The Zen Tricksters' formed 23 years
ago to blend jamming originals with tasty Dead nuggets, creating
unique but somehow familiar sets. Phil Lesh was so impressed with
the band's ability to studio-jam that he tapped two members to
be part of his Phil & Friends collective. Tappy, tappy. Just
taaaap it in. Just taaaap it in. Monday, Wild Duck.
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LIFE
AFTER LIFT-OFF
Life After Lift-off plays an
original brand of groovin' funk and rock. With the pop melodies,
rhythmic variations and guitar of the Dave Matthews Band, the
big lead and vocals of Bare Naked Ladies, and the saxophone
and flavor of Karl Denson, this quartet has cultivated a rich,
multi-layered soundscape that's quickly taking the Northwest
music scene by storm. Saturday, Taylor's
Bar and Grill.
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CANOOFLE
Wherever they go, the song remains
not the same. Noof, an "experiment in entertainment," improvises
100 percent of their tunes, blending drums, bass, percussion,
keyboard, glockenpspiel, flute, accordion, clarinet, melodia and
vocals into an eclectic and unpredictable smoothie. Like Harry
Potter's 'Every Flavor Beans,' without a melodic score, your musical
morsel comes without warranty. In other words: You might get 'tasty
cotton-candy,' or you might get 'booger,' thought you can be sure
most of the beans are on the sweet side. With local up-and-comers
Wheel of Meat. Friday, Sam Bond's Garage.
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KARNEY
On her second Northwest tour,
Karney's underground hip-hop and dance stylings take form in
her CD remix release, "Shell Shock Girl", described as "a call
to arms in a time of deep crisis and emotional upheaval." Along
with Karn comes Stand Out Selector, a reggae rapper and producer.
We're guessing that's not his originally given name. Wednesday,
Downtown Lounge, and Monday, Sam
Bond's.
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Urban
Jazz
Charlie
Hunter helps define a movement.
By Vanessa
Salvia
If Charlie Hunter isn't a familiar name to
you yet, it should be. As guitarist and bassist for Disposable Heroes
of Hiphoprisy with Michael Franti, Hunter helped spread the group's
political message to the masses. He went on to form the Charlie Hunter
Trio, then Quartet, whose Ready, Set, Shango! recording from
1996 was produced by Primus bassist Les Claypool. He played in T.
J. Kirk with Will Bernard and has gigged with numerous respected musicians.
Hunter, who now lives in New Jersey, grew up in Berkeley,
Calif. He bought his first guitar at age 12 and took lessons from
legendary guitarist Joe Satriani. Today, at 35, Hunter has a mature
vision of what he is seeking in a musical experience, yet he is youthful
enough to know that the years ahead will offer plenty of room for
growth and change.
His seventh recording, his last for the acclaimed
Blue Note label, was released in September. Songs from the
Analog Playground show Hunter letting his guest vocalists take
the limelight. Hunter supports the singers with his unique combination
of bebop guitar and pulsating bass. Ten years ago, he designed his
own eight-string guitar, allowing him to approach accompaniment in
a whole new light — the guitar adequately holds five guitar
and three bass strings, allowing Hunter to point and counterpoint
in his music seemingly effortlessly.
As full of vigor as Playground is, Hunter won't
be displaying his prowess on songs from that CD when he comes to the
Wild Duck Friday. He's got a whole new thing going on, with a revolving
group of first-rate musicians who are clearly excited about performing.
On this swing through town, he'll be accompanied by sax-man John
Ellis, trombonist Josh Roseman, Gregoire Maret on
chromatic harmonica and drummer Derek Phillips.
Asked to explain why he's foregoing a set band, Hunter
says "I usually try to have the same band as long as it's really on
an upward trajectory and then keep it going [until] it shows that
it's on a downward trajectory."
Laughing, he adds, "As soon as the music has done
what it's gonna do, it's time to let it go. There's nothing worse
than watching a group of musicians play who aren't into playing anymore."
Hunter is helping to form a new sound, an "urban jazz"
movement that has become firmly rooted. Yet with its success has come
criticism from those who can't define it. What's happening now is
definitely not traditional, old school jazz, but neither is it "not-jazz."
Jazz people like it, jam people like it, and people who wouldn't say
they're into either — like it.
Hunter says the jam band audience likes his music
because "there's always some kind of groove" in it and adds "there's
definitely a jazz current running through it."
For the neophyte who doesn't know what they should
be listening for, Hunter suggests studying the history of jazz, learning
to appreciate "the early swing era, Duke Ellington, bebop, and Thelonius
Monk, who is in a class all by himself."
As for where he fits into the genre, Hunter doesn't
find it necessary or useful to define himself. "I'm just a musician.
I cut my teeth on jazz, but being a guitar player, you're influenced
by so many different things. I like Brazilian, African, Cuban, Puerto
Rican. All those things are in my music."
Perhaps the secret to Hunter's energy and inspiration
is his regimen of exercise and vitamins, or perhaps it's a philosophy
that will never enable him to be pigeonholed as merely a jazz revivalist.
"My musical inspiration is still evolving," he says. "You gotta keep
expanding your horizons."
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Bedtime
for Rasta
Waking
the Godfather of Reggae.
By Ben Fogelson
Frederick Hibbert was born in the Parish
of May Pen Clarendon, Jamaica. At age 5 he entered a room, and his
elder brother said, "Look at Little Toots."
I'd been dying to talk to the Godfather of Reggae
ever since I flaked on him back in college.
Toots is responsible for some of the greatest reggae
songs ever, such as "Reggae Got Soul" and "Funky Kingston." Then there's
the often recollected fact that he actually coined the word "reggae"
back in '66, in a song called "Do the Reggae."
Only a handful of artists spurred by reggae's escape
into international acclaim from the island of Jamaica in the '70s
have had any staying power, but Toots, raised on hill-town church
music and tenement-yard harmonies, has continued recording year after
year, putting out more than 20 albums, even winning a Grammy en route
for Toots in Memphis. But it's not merely his recordings that
have set him apart.
Toots packs a double-punch by consistently performing
some of the most soulful, hard-hitting and aerobic live shows from
any musical genre. Let me put it this way: If the sound guy's madly
spinning dials, and the fans are shouldering one another and screaming,
and the bartender's skating back and forth sending out streams of
alcohol like a sprinkler, and the bouncers are bouncing, and you've
been dancing your heart out for the last 90 minutes, Toots
is still the hardest working one in the room, guaranteed.
So of course he's got to rest. When the Godfather
answered the phone, he had been fast asleep.
"Yeh," he said, his tired voice sounding like a towel
being dragged out of a shallow rocky pond.
"Hey, Toots, were you sleeping?" I asked.
"Yeh, you caught me," he said.
An article on nudists by Nate Pucket jumped irresponsibly
into my head. "You're not naked, are you?" I asked.
"The tour's going well," he answered. "It's been quite
awhile since I been through
Eugene …"
"A year," I said.
"My show always good," said Toots, and my thoughts
turned to his heroic performances and style of speech. "It's true,"
I thought. "His show always good."
"Toots," I asked, "Do you take women home from your
concerts?"
"No. I tell you," he politely boasted, "After de concert,
I take a few hours to dry the sweat off me. Then I go back to the
hotel, lay down, and sleep. Pray for more strength."
"Pray for more strength," I repeated. "That's a great
line. That could be the last line of the article."
"Ha, ha," Toots laughed. "The tour's going good. De
new album is done. It's called…"
"Around the World?" I suggested.
"World Turning," he said. "Everybody say de
songs all good. We're going to release it early."
"You're gonna what?" I say.
"Early. We're going to release it early," said Toots.
I wondered what that meant. "Early in the day?" I
asked.
"Early in the year," said Toots with a bit of bite.
"Um … Toots?" I said, needing to come clean
after years of guilt, but unsure if he'd remember what I was talking
about.
"Yeh?" He said.
"Well …" I told him a tale that I'd kept inside
of me for years, memorized so that I could tell it to him if the time
ever came.
I narrated and Toots listened, occasionally saying
"I remember dat," of the time I'd recorded one of his shows by hand,
and afterward, when I heard that the band's manager was upset about
having flubbed their own recording, I approached Toot's and offered
to go home and dub my tape. At that point the manager became angry,
but Toots calmed him down and asked for me to bring a copy back to
the hotel.
"So you asked if I'd dub it and bring it back, right?"
I said.
"Yeh, I remember dat," he answered, but I feared the
creator of much of the best music I've listened to was feeding me
a line, and I couldn't live with the doubt.
"So how does the story end?" I asked.
"Well," said Toots, "We didn't get de tape."
"That's right!" I said. "I went home and started it
and set my alarm, but I didn't wake up."
"Ah, well, I'm not upset," said Toots.
"OK," I said.
"So, maybe you can dub it and bring it to the show,"
said Toots.
"Well…" I said, "I kind of gave it to my brother,
and then borrowed it back, and then lost it."
"Oh," he said. "That's alright."
"So I guess I'll see you at the show, Toots, thanks
a lot."
"Anytime. Anytime," he said. "Wake me up."
Toots plays June 18 at the Wild Duck.
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BAGEL BAKERY AA
760 Blair Ave. Ç 342-4390
Su: Three Rivers Showcase--10; Acoustic
THE BEANERY AA
5th St. Ç 812-8000
Sat: Rita Brown, Bill Smythe--7; Folk
BLACK FOREST
50 E. 11th Ç 344-0816Thu: Amblin & Morgan--9:30
Fri: Mixed Blood--9:30; Rock
Sat: The Koozies CD release party--9:30
Su: Open Mic--9:30
Mo: Emerald City Sessions--9:30Tu: Jessica &
Shadow--9:30
We: Darcy Lee Band--9:30
THE BRICKHOUSE
4136 4th St. Spfd. Ç 988-1612
Thu: Karoaoke w/The Hatchet Man--9
Fri: Hip hop, Top 40, House--9
Sat: Contender, Mindshaft & Grynch--9; Rock
Tu: Karoaoke w/ Hatchet Man--9
We: Rock--9
BROADWAY DELI
200 W. Broadway Ç 685-0790
Sat: Mike Denny--5; Jazz
CAFE PARADISO AA
115 W. Broadway Ç 484-9933
Thu: Ray Bonneville--8:30; American roots
Sat: Laura Golden--8
Su: Big Mouth Open Mic--7
Mo: Jim Hershey, Jaycob Van Auken, Chico Schwall--8
Tu: Open Mic--9
We: Justin King--8:30
CHANTERELLE'S
5th & Pearl Ç 484-4065
Thu: Skip Jones & Friends--9:30; Blues
Fri: Barbara Dzuro & Friends--9:30; Jazz
Tu: Blues Jam w/Byron Case--9:30
We: Steve Ibach--9:30; Acoustic
CORNUCOPIA
295 W. 17th St.Ç 485-2300
Fri: Sweet Papa Low Down--6; Swing
COZMIC PIZZA
1432 Willamette Ç 338-9333
Thu: Open Poetry Read--7
Fri: Rob Tobias & Friends w/Livingston Daisy--7:30
Sat: Slipping Glimpser, J. Star--7:30
Su: Storytelling, Open Mic for Kids--1
DIABLO'S
959 Pearl Ç 683-3855
Thu: L80s Night w/KokBlok, DRock, DMoe, Ben & Gavin--9
Fri: Yommie Bootie Nite--9; DJs DRock and Tremor
Sat: Big Pimpin'--9; House, disco w/ Won, Howie, Steve, Anmar
Su: Kung Fu Porno--9; Hip hop
We: Revolver w/Steve, Howie & JT--9; Hip hop
DOC'S PAD
165 W. 11th Ç 683-8101
Thu: '80s Vinyl w/Chris, Jen, John--9
Fri: DJ Alpyne--9; Hip hop
Mo: Roosters Blues Jam--9
DON JUAN'S #2
33100 Van Duyn Rd. Ç 684-8695
Thu: DJ Music--8; Country, rock
Fri: Karaoke--9
Sat: DJ Music--9
Su: DJ Music--'50s to present
Mo: Karaoke--9
Tu: DJ Music--'50's to present
We: DJ Music--9; '70s-'90s
DOUBLE TREE HOTEL
I-5 & Beltline Ç 726-8181
Thu: Dan Henson's Klassic Karaoke--9
Fri: Dan Henson's Klassic Karaoke--9
Sat: Dan Henson's Klassic Karaoke--9
We: Dan Henson's Klassic Karaoke--9
DOWNTOWN LOUNGE
959 Pearl Ç 343-2346
Thu: L80's Night--10
Fri: John Barley, Susan Robkins--10
Sat: Spitfire, Cosmos--9
Su: Open Turntable Night-9
Mo: El Muerto--9
Tu: Switchblade Hearts, more--10
We: Little John Hartwell, Loren, Karney--9
EMBERS SUPPER CLUB
1811 Hwy. 99 N. Ç 688-6564Thu: Billy McCoy--9
Fri: Michael Anderson Trio--9; Variety, country
Sat: Michael Anderson Trio--9; Variety, country
Su: Michael Anderson Trio--9; Variety, country
We: Billy McCoy--9
FOOLS PARADISE
460 Willamette Ç 338-9733
Sat: Turkish Aksent--8:30
FOXFIRE
4740 Main, Spfd Ç 747-7900
Fri: Phamous Phaces, Phaded--9:15; Rock
Sat: Johnny Wilde Band, Rock--9:15
Su: Karaoke--7:30
Mo: Karaoke--7:30
Tu: Jam with Anton--9:15
We: The Johnny Wild Band--9:15
HOLLYWOOD TAXI
535 Main, Spfd Ç 747-0307
Fri: Jet Harris and His Hotrod Hellcats--9
Su: Fiesta Latina--9
Mo: Karaoke--9We: Pelt--9
HUMBLE BAGEL AA
2435 Hilyard Ç 521-3389
Thu: Charlie Parker--6:30
Fri: Thomas Mackay--6:30
Sat: Charlie Parker--6:30
JO FEDERIGO'S
259 E. 5th Ç 343-8488
Thu: Jo Fed's All Star Jazz Jam Session--9:30
Fri: Gus Russell w/Andersen--9:30; Jazz
Sat: Side Project--9:30
Su: Mark Allan--9
Mo: Chestnut Open Mic--10Tu: Barbara Dzuro--8:30;
Jazz
We: Paul Paydos Trio--9:30; Latin
LAVELLE WINE BAR
5th St. Mkt Ç 338-9875
Fri: Gus Russell--5:30; Jazz
Sat: Barbara Dzuro--5:30; Classic jazz piano
LONE STAR BAR & GRILL
33140 Van Duyn Rd. Ç 686-8686
Thu: Merle Haggard, Etoufee, Bill Willie Bluz--4
Fri: Jon Michaell--9; Country DJ jam session
We: Coyote Ugly Night w/John Michaels--9; Country
LUNA
30 E. Broadway Ç 434-5862
Thu: Olem Alves Quartet--8:30
Fri: Deb Cleveland Band--9:30; Blues, soul,
Motown
Sat: Paradox--9:30; Horn jazz
Tu: Erik Muiderman--8:30; Acoustic
We: Hayden/Makay Quartet--8:30
MULIGAN'S IRISH PUB
2841 Willamette Ç 484-1727
Thu: Open Mic w/Pete Christie--9
OREGON ELECTRIC STA.
27 E. 5th Ç 485-4444
Fri: Don Latarski Trio--8; Jazz
Sat: Don Latarski Trio--8; Jazz
PLANET GOLOKA
679 Lincoln St. Ç 683-7155
Su: DJ Viran, DJ Kalia--6; Indo
QUACKERS
2105 W. 7th Ç 345-2617
We: Blues Jam--8
RAMADA INN
225 Coburg Rd. Ç 342-5181
Fri: Coupe de Ville--9:15; Rock
Sat: Coupe de Ville--9:15; Rock
RICK'S PUB
20 Hwy 99 N. Ç 344-3074
We: Open Mic w/Pete Christie--9
RUMBA ROOM
100 E. Broadway Ç 484-1747
Thu: Miami-style salsa--8
Fri: Fiesta Latina--10
Sat: Salsa, Merengue--10
SAM BOND'S GARAGE
407 Blair Ç 431-6603
Thu: Jason Webley--9; Accordian
Fri: Canoofle, Wheel of Meat--9:30; Jazz
Sat: Ty Connor and the Peasants--9:30
Su: Patty McCulla, Roger Wendover--9:30
Mo: Karney--9
Tu: Bluegrass Jam--9
We: Peter Lang--9; Guitar
SAMURAI DUCK
980 Oak Ç 345-6577
Thu: Degobah System, Ashbury Park--10; Folk, jazzy groove
Fri: NW Royale, Ailment, Carmenzito--10; Melodic Metal
Sat: Saltlick, The Concubot--10; Alternative rock
Mo: Carlos Washington and the Giant People Ensemble--10; Funk
Tu: Know Nothing Family Circus--9
We: Idiot Savant, Headings, more--10
SENOR FROG'S
444 E. 3rd Ç 484-2927Thu: DJ Karaoke--6:30
Fri: DJ Mario--9; Cumbia, Banda, MerengueSat: DJ Jose Cruz--10; Salsa,
Merengue
SWEETWATER'S
Valley River Inn Ç 687-0123
Fri: Tom Grant--8; Jazz pianoSat: Tom Grant--8;
Jazz piano
TAYLOR'S
894 E. 13th Ç 344-6174
Sat: Life After Lift-off-10; FunkMo: DJ Tekneek--10
TINO'S RESTAURANT
15th and Willamette Ç 342-8111
Sat: Olem Alves, Mike Hanns--6; Jazz
TINY TAVERN
394 Blair Ç 687-8383
Thu: Dynasty of Spies--9:30
Fri: Dan Jones--9:30
Sat: The Great All Merge--9:55; Chromatic vibrations
We: Adam Brodsky--9:30; Anti folk
TSUNAMI BOOKS
2585 Willamette Ç 345-8986
Sat: Orfeo String Quartet--3 Zimbabwean Mbira
Masters--8:30
WILD DUCK MUSIC HALL
169 W. 6th Ç 485-3825
Thu: Absolute Improv--8; Comedy
Fri: Charlie Hunter--9:30; Eclectic funk, jazz
Mo: Zen Tricksters--10; Psychadelic rock
Tu: Toots and the Maytals--8:30; Roots reggae
WOW HALL AA
291 W. 8th Ç 687-2746
Fri: Soul Sessions w/Ravi, Manoj, Andrew Mataus,
Micah McNelly--8
We: Doug Martsch, Mike Johnson, Ian Waters--8:30
YUKON JACK'S
4th & Broadway Ç 935-1921Fri: Go 211--9;
Classic, modern rockSat: Go 211--9; Classic, modern rock
CORVALLIS CLUBS
THE BEANERY AA
500 SW 2nd Ç 812-8000
Fri: Madison & McCoy--8; Folk
Sat: Samusson & Tomassi--8; Folk
BORDERS CORVALLIS
777 NW 9th St. Ç 738-0580
Fri: Nancy Nickelsberg, Mark Roche--8; Folk
FOX & FIRKIN
202 SW 1st. Ç 753-8533
Thu: Noumena--9; Surf Rock
Fri: Mr. Sparkle & American Hit List--10; Hard rock
Sat: Purusa--9; Rock
Mo: Sally Adler--7; Jazz
We: Johnny Rawls--6; Blues
PEACOCK TAVERN
200 SW 1st Ç 754-8522
Fri: Back Seat Willy--9; Rock
Sat: Bad Jr.--9; Rock, covers
SQUIRREL'S TAVERN
100 SW 2nd St. Ç 753-8057
We: Gregg's Eggs, Higher Ground--9
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