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The indomitable spirit of St. Johns and its jazz festival continues The STILL FREE Cathedral Park Jazz Festival is

currently in its 35 year!! Friday, Saturday & Sunday: July 17, 18 & 19, 2015

See the full schedule & entertainer bios on pages 3, 4 & 5

The wildly popular and highly anticipated event has undergone a few changes over the years, most nota-bly in management, but this resilient community and love of music continues to win out. In the wee small hours of the morning, volunteers from all corners and backgrounds show up in the

park. They roll up their sleeves and get to work to turn Cathedral Park into a fun, relaxing, entertaining space for people coming from all over the Northwest to enjoy. There in the shadow of the historic and beautiful St. Johns Bridge, on the banks of the Willamette River, on the third weekend of July, the yearly celebration of music begins. This historic Festival started in 1980 as a neighborhood celebration for the life of iconic citizen, Howard Galbraith. Galbraith, a community activist, believed people should care about and control the quality of life in their neighborhood. One of his accomplishments was to help turn a large area under the St. Johns Bridge by the Willamette River filled with garbage and blackberry bushes into an area everyone could visit and enjoy. When Galbraith became ill, he told his family he did not want a funeral, so they planned a musical event in his honor in the beautiful park he helped create for the community. Over the years, the CPJF has changed hands a few times, which helped continue the tradition, but last year the Jazz Society of Oregon took it over and has become an appropriate guardian for this beloved event. The Jazz Society, a non-profit arts organization run entirely by a volunteer board of directors, was formed forty-two years ago with the purpose of expanding jazz in Portland through musical events, education, artist support and a monthly jazz magazine. What a perfect fit. This year, the 35th Cathedral Park Jazz Festival, is proud to present the following musicians to all lovers of Jazz and Blues: Friday, July 17th the festival kicks-off at 5pm with a stellar cast of blues musicians: • International Blues Challenge solo guitarist, Ben Rice• R&B, Soul and Gospel favorite LaRhonda Steele. Closing the night is: • Dover-Weinberg Quartet Weinberg, on a brief layover from a world-tour with the Robert Cray Band, will light up the stage with a cast of award-winning musicians in a Guitar Masters Finale featuring Lloyd Jones, Norman Sylvester, Michael Osborn, Jay “Bird” Koder and Ben Rice, as well as a young master in a four-generation tribute to 35 years of music in the park. Saturday, the festival begins at high noon and runs until 10pm with:• Portland Youth Jazz Orchestra, • Chris Parker Quartet, • Blueprints Trio, • Kung Pao Chickens, • Pa’lante, • Toni Lincoln and Tom Grant Trio, and • Hailey Niswanger who has been listed on the Downbeat critics’ poll for rising star on alto and soprano sax-ophone for two consecutive years.Sunday, the festival opens at 1:00pm and concludes at 8:30 pm with: • Thara Memory’s American Music Program — winner of the Essentially Ellington Festival • Todd Bishop Group, • Kelly Broadway with Randy Porter, and • Robert Moore Orchestra. • The Paul Creighton Project, a tribute to Stevie Wonder (This list of entertainers may change slightly by July 17.) Turn to pages 3-6 of this issue to learn more about each artist performing at this year’s Cathedral Park Jazz Festival. At press time for this issue organizers were very hard at work finalizing all the loose ends to make this Fes-tival perfect. Still in the planning stages was: designing programs for children with perhaps roving jugglers, face painting and balloon makers. The Honey Bucket people will be supplying port-a-potties again his year of course, with one wheelchair accessible unit, 18 standard ones with hand sanitizers and three hand washing stations. Festival goers can bring picnic food, but of course organizers prefer guests buy their food from one of the eight vendors that will be offering delicious items. They are: Mixteca, Urban German, Jada’s Desserts, Grifters Kitchen, Dub’s St. Johns, Dogs & Fries, and Churros Locos. The Wine Nomads will be running the adult only Beer Garden. Organizers want to remind everyone that there are Rules of Conduct in the park, the most notable being that all parks are now smoke free, which includes vapor cigarettes and marijuana. Welcome to, and we hope you enjoy, the longest running FREE jazz festival west of the Mississippi.

Friday, Saturday & Sunday: July 17, 18 & 19, 2015

$13/per year

Circulation Manager: Ginger Harris; Assist Circulation Mgr: Roger Meyers.Lead writers: Gayla Patton and Barbara QuinnContributing Writers: Jackie Larson, Jim Moulton, Michael VerboutPhotos: Jim Moulton, Marshall Snyder, Jackie Larson

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North Portland MeetingsThe following free listings are meetings for North Portland organizations.

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Arbor Lodge Neighborhood AssN: Meet on the 3rd Thursday each month, 6:30-8pm, Kenton Firehouse, 2209 N. SchofieldAmericAN LegioN, st. JohNs post #98 Meets 4th Tuesday, 11:00 AM, St Johns Community Ctr. 8427 N. Central. Contact Gerald 503-289-0855boy scout troop 52: Meets Tuesdays from 7-8:30 p.m. at St. Johns Christian Church, 8044 N. Richmond. We welcome boys ages 11-17. For membership info, contact Anthony at 503-913-7085.bridgetoN Neighborhood AssociAtioN: General Meeting: 3rd Mondays at 8pm, Port Yacht Club, 1241 NE Marine Dr. cub scout pAck 52: Meets Mondays at St. Johns Christian Church, 8044 N. Richmond.eAst coLumbiA Neighborhood AssN: Meets the second Tuesday of each month from 7-8:30pm at the Columbia Rvr RV Park Comm. Rm, 10649 NE 13th.FrieNds oF cAthedrAL pArk Neighborhood AssN: General Meeting: odd months at BES Water Lab; 7pm. Board Meetings on even months at St Johns McMenamins, 7:30. All meetings on 2nd Tuesdays of the month. FrieNds oF bALtimore Woods: General meeting: 3rd Tuesdays, 6:30pm at the BES Water Lab, 6543 N. Burlington.FrieNds oF pier pArk: meetiNg: Third Monday, 6:30pm at St. Johns Community Ctr., 8427 N CentralhAydeN isLANd Neighborhood NetWork: Meetings: 2nd Thursday, 7pm, at the Oxford Suites, 1226 N. Jantzen Beach Dr., Hayden Island.keNtoN busiNess AssN: 1st Thursday of the month, 9am at Kenton Firehouse 2nd fl. 2209 N. SchofieldkeNtoN Neighborhood AssN: Board Meetings: 2nd Wed., 7pm, Kenton Firehouse, 8105 N. BrandonLiNNtoN Neighborhood AssN: Meetings: 1st Wed. of odd mos; 7-9 at Linnton Comm. Ctr., 10614 NW St. Helens Rd. North portLANd LANd use group: Meets 4th Thursday of the month at Kenton Firehouse, 8105 N Brandon. 7pmNorth portLANd soroptimist cLub meets the 2nd Wed at 6PM at the Lung Fung Restaurant, 2025 N Lombard Street. Public welcome to attend meetings to learn more about the club.occupy st JohNs: Meets Weds. 7:00pm at Anna Bannanas, 8716 N LombardoverLook Neighborhood AssN.: General Meetings: 3rd Tues of each month except Aug & Dec at Kaiser Town Hall, 7-9pm. Board Meetings: 1st Tues. each month at Overlook Hse, 3839 N. Melrose Dr.peNiNsuLA optimist cLub: Meets 1st and 3rd Mondays (except holidays) at noon at Christie’s Restaurant, 5507 N. Lombard. General public is welcome to attend meetings to learn about the club. There will be a guest speaker at most meetings. Questions—con-tact Sharon at 503-490-2889.portLANd hArbor commuNity Advisory group Offers a gathering of thoughts on the Superfund. Concerns about the contamination in the Portland Harbor Superfund? Join the community to meet with the agencies in charge. Meetings include Informational presentations; Opportunity to render your opinion. Meet agency leaders in charge of clean up. 2nd Wednesday-Monthly at BES: 6543 N Burlington, beneath the St Johns Bridge 6:00 PM. www.portlandharborcag.infoportsmouth Neighborhood AssN: Board Meeting: 3rd Tues of ea mo, 6pm, Bridge Meadows, Bridge Community Room, 8502 N. WaylandpubLic sAFety ActioN committee: Meets 4th Wed. ea. mo., 7-9pm, Kenton Firehouse, 2209 N. Schofield. sAFety ANd LivAbiLity teAm (sALt) meetiNgs are the 1st Tuesdays at 7:00 p.m. at the St. Johns Main Street Office, 8250 N. Lombard. st. JohNs boosters: Gen Meetings 3rd Tues at Central Hotel, 7:30-8:30. Meal provided. Board meetings:1st Tues at 7pm at Central Hotel. st. JohNs LioNs cLub: Meets 1st & 3rd Tuesdays each month at Patti’s Deli, downtown St. Johnsst. JohNs mAiN street: Meets at 8250 N. Lombard. Fore more info go to: stjohnsmainstreet.orgst. JohNs Neighborhood AssociAtioN: General Meeting is 2nd Mon. at the St. Johns Community Ctr, 8427 N. Central.uNiversity pArk busiNess AssociAtioN: Meets in 2014: 2/25; 4/22; 6/24; 9/23; 11/18 at 7pm at Darcy’s at the corner of Fiske/Lombard from 6-7:30pm. uNiversity pArk Neighborhood AssociAtioN: Meets: Jan., Apr., July & Oct on 4th Monday 7pm at the Chiles Center at the UP, 5000 N. Willamette Blvd..

St. Johns Bridge Contest Rules:For each issue the editor will choose two pictures to be used as either a Mast-head or as a Photo of the Week. A third pictures may also be used as space allows. At the end of 2015 (most likely in November,) the pictures will be voted upon by read-ers for which photo reader’s liked the best. The winner will receive a $100 cash prize from the Review.Pictures must be:*Sent in high resolution (200+) and sent to [email protected] or [email protected] in JPEG format.* Pictures may be cropped (by the Review) to fit the paper’s perimeters. For photos ap-pearing in the Masthead they need to be vertical more than horizontal. Masthead pictures are 10.25” across, and 3” to 5” tall. Pictures of the Week can be vertical or horizontal and any size.* Pictures appearing in the paper must belong to taker of the picture, but the Review has the right to use them in current and future issues.* Color pictures are preferred, but outstanding black & whites might be used. * Photos used in 2013 and/or 2014 may be sent and used again.* If multiple photos are sent at one time by a photographer, the Review will use judgment for the picture (or pics) we think will print best in the paper. * Since this is a first, these rules may change during the year, or more suggestions and rules added. (We’ll learn as we go.)* One vote per person. Voting begins in November where all the year’s pictures will be re-shown.(Disclaimer: Pictures appearing in the paper are reformatted to tiff’s at 600 resolution for printing presses. After placement in the paper and being printed on newsprint, the photos may lose a certain amount of clarity. The Review cannot be responsible for lack of clarity or any other changes in the pictures. The Review is not responsible or liable for pictures sent in saying their author has taken them when in fact they may not have.)

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St. Johns Main Street will be hosting the Oregon Food Bank’s free cooking class series, “Cooking Matters,” at Swapnplay this summer. The hands-on class is once a week for six weeks and is team-taught by a volunteer chef and nutrition educator. The classes will cover meal preparation, grocery shopping, food budgeting and nutri-tion. Participants will prepare meals together and get to take home a bag of groceries at the end of each class!Classes will be held at Swapnplay: 7535 N Chicago Ave., in St. Johns on Wednesday evenings, 5:30-7:30pm from July 29 to Sept. 9. Space is limited! Register by phone or email. Contact Sydney Leonard, Communi-ty Programs Manager: Phone #: 503-841-5522 or Email: [email protected]. For more information, visit: www.stjohnsmainstreet.org/farmers_market

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Assumption School All-Class Reunion All class members and spouses are invited to attend a reunion to be held on Sun/ August 2 at the St Johns Bach-elor Club at 2:00 PM. RSVP to John Sullivan Tel: 971-313-4056

Portland Parks & Recreation (PP&R)’s ban on smoking and tobac-co use will expand to include the en-tire PP&R system on July 1, 2015. All City parks, natural areas, community centers, trails, golf courses, recreation areas, and all other sites where PP&R park rules apply will be smoke and to-bacco-free. The bureau continues to feel that education on this expanded policy is the best way to promote public health and protect Portland’s parks and nat-ural areas. PP&R currently prohibits tobacco use at Director Park, Pioneer Courthouse Square, and the portion of the South Park Blocks that is located on Portland State University’s cam-pus. Smoking is also prohibited within 25 feet of any play structure, picnic ta-ble or designated children’s play area. “Expanding the smoking and tobac-

Smoking not permitted in City Parksco-free policy throughout the entire PP&R system makes the rule consis-tent,” says PP&R Director Mike Ab-baté. “And Portland will join more than 500 cities and towns nationwide which already have laws mandating smoke-free parks. It furthers our mis-sion of Healthy Parks, Healthy Port-land.” On Wednesday, June 17, 2015, pri-or to the expanded policy going into effect, Portland Parks Commissioner Amanda Fritz is taking an amendment to City Council clarifying how the pol-icy will be enforced: only by Portland Parks & Recreation staff who have the authority to enforce park rules (such as Portland Park Rangers), and not law enforcement or other personnel. Those smoking or using tobacco could be asked to leave the park where the violation takes place, for the rest of

the day. “The intent of the smoke and tobac-co-free parks policy is to promote pub-lic health and protect Portland’s parks and natural areas, not to criminalize those who smoke or use tobacco,” says Commissioner Fritz. “We expect people to comply with the expanded policy because it’s the right thing to do for our parks and for themselves, not solely because they’re faced with major penalties.” The primary method of enforcement will be education, emphasized Fritz. Voluntary compliance is key in the expanded policy, which is designed to promote public health and to pro-tect Portland’s parks and natural areas from litter and fire danger, among oth-er concerns. Prohibited smoking and tobacco products include, but are not limited to: bidis, cigarettes, cigarillos, cigars, clove cigarettes, e-cigarettes, nicotine vaporizers, nicotine liquids, hookahs, kreteks, pipes, chew, snuff, smokeless tobacco, and marijuana. The expanded policy will also apply to events held at PP&R properties, with a provision for golf tournaments to allow smoking un-der permitted and certain conditions.

Free Tennis Lessons There are free Tennis Lessons at Co-lumbia Park for girls grades 6-9! The Roosevelt High School Varsity Tennis Team is putting on free clinics to teach tennis to our neighborhood. Session #1 was July 7, 8 & 9 Session but there is still time to get in on ses-sion #2 which will be held July 14, 15 & 16. 9 a.m. – 12:00. T-shirts and snacks are included! Please Call Coach Karey to register: 503-312-6103.

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Ben Rice has been leaving huge impressions on audienc-es around the Northwest and winning awards for his vocals and guitar playing for the last seven years. In 2014 at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis Tennessee he left the audience speechless with a raw emotional delivery of his version of “Key To The Highway.” His second consecu-tive trip to the International Blues Challenge finals in 2015, with Lucy Hammond, he delivered an elegant performance that highlighted his voice, writing, and guitar playing. After that performance he was given the St. Blues Guitarist award for best guitarist in the solo/duo competition at the 2015 In-ternational Blues Challenge. His debut on the internation-al stage in 2014 was a landmark step forward in his career from being a regional act playing primarily around the NW to a national and international touring artist. Captivating au-diences and presenting himself as someone who has a lot of depth in the various soundscapes of American music. Ben is gaining fans all over the world who love his playing, sing-ing, songs, and stage performance.

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His original music blends Soul, Delta-Blues, Rockabilly, Jazz, and Funk into a Roots Stew. In-

fluenced heavily by his parents record collection from Al Green to Alice Cooper, Teddy Pender-grass to Marshall Tucker. Ben at a young age began investigating into Blues and its history. Starting with B.B. King and going through the various regions and time peri-ods, he is inspired and influenced by historical figures like Muddy Waters, Mississippi Fred Mc-Dowell, Robert Johnson, Big Bill

Broonzy, and Skip James to name a few. Ben spent his college years studying Jazz Guitar at the Uni-versity of Oregon as well as clas-sical music, playing in the Celt-ic Folk ensemble and Mariachi group on campus. He has been well versed in a lot of musical styles that all contribute to the unique sound of his originals. As a performer Ben looks to the greats for inspiration, always striving to connect with the audi-ence through his music and sto-ries. He also has an interesting arsenal of guitars playing reso-phonic guitars and homemade cigar box guitars. More important than the visual appeal, Ben has an amazing way of making these guitars sound, often bringing au-diences to tears with his slide playing. Ben Rice has been a growing talent in the NW, winning awards for his singing, guitar work, writing, and performing and is stepping into the national and in-ternational scene using his vast influences of American music to fuel his music and performance.

Ben Rice on one of his

unique guitars

7:40 - 8:50 LaRhonda Steele

5:00 - 5:45 & 6:10 - 7:10 Ben Rice

LaRhonda Steele began her musical jour-ney in Jones, Oklahoma at age 13 singing her first solo in church one Sunday morning. The

journey continued to Portland, Or-egon and is an amazing legacy of musical experiences for which she is ever awed and grateful. Over the years she has enjoyed working with local, national and international artists: Curtis Sal-gado, Norman Sylvester, Linda Hornbuckle, Janice Scroggins, Paul Delay, Obo Addy and Thara Memory. She has had the pleasure of recoding with Obo Addy, Janice Scroggins, Norman Sylvester and Ken DaRouchie. Performing at the Lincoln Cen-ter with Obo Addy in 2005 and her yearly appearances at the Safeway Waterfront Blues Festivals are just a couple of the highlights of her career.She said Oregon is a perfect place to have and raise a family. She and her husband Mark are raising two daughters and love living and working in Portland. LaRhonda currently enjoys working with her own band The

LaRhonda Steele Band in which Mark is the keyboardist and co-producer of their collaboration “Artistic Differences.” The CD features 12 original songs written and co-written by the duo. “My Soul’s Song” is her latest record-ing that feature a few of her gospel favorites Returning to her Gospel roots, LaRhonda is the choir director for the Portland Interfaith Gospel Choir, whose mission is to employ

Black Gospel Music to spread the message of Love, Equality and Cooperation to the community and world. She is Music Director for Unity West Linn and performs with “The Group” founded by Jan-ice Marie Scroggins Ever thankful for the support she has received from the musi-cal community and her fans, her legacy of the love of music will continue on as the Irresistible Soul Music of LaRhonda Steele.

9:15 - 10:30 Dover Weinberg QuartetDover Weinberg, is on a brief layover from a world-wide tour with the Robert Cray Band, and will light up the stage with a cast of award-winning musicians in a Guitar Masters Finale featuring Lloyd Jones, Norman Sylvester, Michael Os-born, Jay “Bird” Koder and Ben Rice, as well as a young master in a four-generation tribute to 35 years of music in the park. Weinberg is a remarkably talented keyboardist who has proven his mettle by playing with a long list of Blues notables - not only local luminaries like Duffy Bishop, Paul deLay, Ellen Whyte, Jim Mesi and Lloyd Jones, but also all-time greats like Al-bert Collins, Otis Rush, Big Walter Horton, Charlie Musselwhite, Sonny Rhodes and Phillip Walker. Weinberge jokes, “Some people say, ‘You can’t hold a job!’ “They call me the Blues Slut because I’ve played with everybody.”

Cathedral Park Jazz Festival

This Friday Night lineup is a MUST SEE!

Welcome to the 2015 FREECathedral Park Jazz Festival

Food - Beer Garden - Entertainment and of course GREAT MUSIC for three days!


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12:00 - 1:00Portland Youth Jazz Orchestra

The Portland Youth Jazz Orchestra has been training musicians from the Portland Metro Area since 2001 with many go-ing on to attend prestigious music schools across the country on scholarship. And, many have con-tinued in music or music education. The music stu-dents are ages 11-26.

1:30 - 2:30Chris Parker Quartet


Chris Parker was born in Chicago, and start-ed playing drums at age three performing his first professional gigs at eleven. At nineteen, Parker began recording and touring with blues great, Paul Butterfield and then broke into the New York studio scene in 1970, doing records, movie scores and filling the drum chair at Saturday Night Live. Toph, as friends know him, recorded platinum, gold and Grammy winning albums and CDs with many artists, including the original Breck-er Brothers, Bob Dylan,

3:00 - 4:00Blueprints Trio

4:30 - 5:00Kung Pao Chickens

6:00 - 7:00Pa’lante

Pa’lantes first gig was an exciting one. They opened for the great Mon-go Santamaria, and it took off from there. Pa’lante has been one of Portland’s favorite bands for two decades, playing latin jazz, salsa, cumbia, merengue and timba for listening and dancing. Pa’lante was started in 1985 by percussionist Nick Gefroh. It evolved from Nick’s previous band “Manteca” which in turn evolved from Portland’s 1st salsa

7:30 - 8:30Toni Lincoln Quartet

9:00 - 10:15 Hailey Niswanger’s PDX Soul

Saxophonist, composer and Portland native Hailey Niswanger is a rising star. After graduating from Berklee College of Music, Niswanger made the big move to New York and went on to perform with Esperanza Spalding, Terri Lyne Carrington, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Wynton Marsalis, and Christian McBride among many other greats. Since she was a teenager, Niswanger, 25, had been drawing attention in the jazz world, and not just because she’s a woman in bands most often populated by men, but because of her sopra no-sax mastery. She is truly captivating.

When vocalist Toni Lincoln was 5 years old, she liked to dress up in her grandmother’s vintage dresses and sing to her dolls, which she neatly arranged on her bed as an audience for her im-promptu concerts. Little did she know that it would be more than five decades later that shewould do her first real live singing appearance at a little subter- ranean Portland jazz club. In the audience that night at the Blue Monk was drummer Ron Steen who has been a catalyst and mentor for many major music careers for Northwest artists. Ron signed Toni up for several gigs in the Portland area and a singing career was born that night.

Cher, Donald Fagen, Ashford and Simpson, Natalie Cole, Aretha Franklin, Freddie Hubbard, James Brown, Salt n’ Pepa, Stuff, Miles Davis, Patti LaBelle, Michael Bolton, and Suzy Boggus. He has toured with many artists, among them Boz Scaggs, Joe Cocker, Joe Cool, Bob Dylan, Bette Midler, Paul Simon, Akiko Yano and Ralph MacDonald. He recently performed with Stevie Wonder, Sheryl Crow, James Taylor, Jennifer Holiday, and Ledisi at the dedication ceremonies for the Martin Luther King Memorial in Wash. DC.

The Blueprints Trio was formed in 2012 with the intention of exploring original music by all three of its members: Dave Averre (drums), Craig Snazelle (bass), and Matt Tabor (piano). Steven Hanneman, owner of Arrivederci Wine & Jazz Bar said of the trio, “A fine combination of energetic youth and sagacious experience, brought together by the desire to play and produce the classic jazz form...Blending creative, original compositions along with the jazz standards of the great piano trio jazz era, Blueprints Trio is a fresh, swingin’ breeze blowing into the PDX jazz scene! “The Blueprints Trio is simply one of the best jazz groups that I have heard in a long while,” said Mike Winkle, vocalist and owner of Celebra-tion Music & Events. “The musicianship is first rate and their time togeth-er is apparent as the group is as tight as you might expect great musicians who play together often can be.”

The five PYJO bands rehearse, study, and perform the American art form of Jazz. Clinics are available to local schools and student leaders are given op-portunities to lead sectionals and work with younger students Students come from the Portland area and sur-rounding areas as far away as North Salem, Battle-ground, WA, Forest Grove, & East of Gresham.

Influenced by such greats as Nancy Wilson, Dionne Warwick, and Sarah Vaughan, Toni has wowed audiences with her command of the Great American Songbook and her joyful sweet synthesis of the styles of those above-mentioned masterful mentors. And what she adds to the mix is her very own matchless sense of style and beauty.

Kung Pao Chickens is one of the longest running bands in Portland, the Chickens play the hot jazz of Django Reinhardt. This gypsy dance music will have the Cathedral Park crowd on its feet as they do every Monday night at the Laurelthirst tavern.

band “Montuno.” From 1985 to 2005 Pa’lante played in-numerable parties, clubs, weddings, festivals, etc. Then it was time for a break to focus on other projects. The band is now back with high energy and playing tight-er than ever and you will hear the excitement of being together again in their music. A typical Pa’lante set moves from cookin’ Latin jazz to spicy hot salsa, to cumbia, merengue, bolero, and cha cha cha, all designed especially for dancing, and even seated listeners can’t help but respond to the compelling rhythms.

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1:00 - 2:00Thara Memory’s American Music Program

2:30 - 3:30Todd Bishop Group

4:00 - 5:00Kelly Broadway Quartet

5:30 - 6:50Robert Moore Orchestra

7:20 - 8:35Paul Creighton Project:

Tribute to Stevie Wonder

The American Music Program Pacific Crest Jazz Orchestra is a nationally known jazz band in Portland and magnet school program, professionally training young musicians from 7th-12th grade, under the direction of jazz trumpeter Thara Memory. The band was founded in 2005, by Memory. Many of the original members came from his previous band program at Beaverton’s Arts and Communication Magnet Academy and

from the jazz orchestra he led within Portland’s Metropolitan Youth Symphony. Currently the band draws from all over the Portland metropolitan area, including students from Portland Public Schools as well as from surrounding communities such as Battle Ground, Washington. The band performs in competitions across the country, including the Es-sentially Ellington Competition at Lincoln Center, which they just won.

The Todd Bishop Group is a band from Portland, Oregon, USA, led by drummer Todd Bishop. The group has released three albums: Travelogue (2014), largely original music by Bishop and weber Iago; Little Played Little Bird, rarely-per-formed tunes by Ornette Coleman; and 69 Année Érotique, the music of French songwriter Serge Gains-bourg. Since 2009, Bishop has done four Europe tours, with a fifth outing planned for April, 2015. For CPJF Todd will have Tim Wilcox on sax, Weber Iago on piano, and Chris Hig-gins on bass.

Kelly Broadway Quartet. Kelly has been sing-ing and performing all her life. She has performed on cruis

ships, concert venues, festivals, corporate events and toured with legendary jazz vocalist Jon Hendricks. Kelly Broadway became one of Portland’s major jazz vocalists when she moved here in 1990, virtually taking the Rose City by storm with her strong and swinging way with jazz, blues, big band and rock versatility. She quickly began working with some rather elite instrumentalists like Dave Frishberg, Randy Porter,

Leroy Vinegar, Mel Brown and Ed Bennett. She also appeared in regular gigs at the city’s jazz clubs and jazz festivals. Kelly was

Robert Moore started his singing career in a Southern Baptist church, and that early heartfelt gospel truth can still be heard in the soulful delivery of his music. After stints as a public schools music teacher, he be-gan his performance career, settling in Birmingham, Alabama. After 25 years there, he moved his scene to Portland, Oregon, finding a home and a follow-ing among the knowing jazz fans of that musically sophisticated city. His music has steadily grown in depth, passion and honesty during his 61 years on the planet. Robert’s well-sea-soned, finely-honed chops on vocals, trumpet, and harmonica are bringing joy to a wider audience than ever. For CPJF he’ll have 14 pieces with him including the rhythm section of Dan Gaynor, Bill Athens and Alan Jones.

Paul Creighton Award-winning song-writer Paul Creighton has been gathering loyal fans and followers for the last ten years. His voice and musical style have been compared to the likes of Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder. Creighton has opened for multi-platinum artists, including

Lifehouse, The Neville Brothers, Little Richard, The Dirty Doz-en Brass Band and many more. He has received an Independent Music Award for Best R&B and was a finalist in the John Lennon Songwriting Competition. For CPJF he’ll be bringing his “Trib-ute to Stevie Wonder” band to end our three day festival.

one of the first vocalists to perform with the popular group Pink Marti-ni, recruited by pianist extraordinaire Thomas Lauderdale. For CPJF she’ll have Randy Porter, Phil Baker and Ron Steen with her.

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3-ALARM FIRE IN NW IN-DUSTRIAL News Release from Portland Fire & RescuePosted FlashAlert: June 27 2015 12:41 AMFire crews reported seeing a large col-umn of smoke while responding and arrived to find approximately an acre of dry grasses on fire. High tempera-tures and gusty winds between 5-10 mph dried out fuels to a point where fire spread was rapid. Incident Com-manders called additional alarms to bring in enough personnel to get around the fire on all flanks and pre-vent it from burning into train tracks on one side and a recycling facility and tank farm on another. The final re-sponse was a 3-Alarm, which brought in over 70 firefighters, chief officers and other support staff. The final size of the fire is estimated between 20-30 acres. The cause of the grass fire is un-der investigation. ========================SHOPLIFTER BITES SALES-MAN & FLEESPolice are looking for a shoplifter who bit a salesman at a the Man’s Shop in St. Johns. Witnesses said it was not just a nip on the finger, but a bite to the bone.The Man’s Shop on North Lombard well-established in the St. John’s neighborhood, having been there for 75 years. According to owner Jerry Leveton, The Man’s Shop has seen its share of shoplifters. Leveton said they often come in looking for jeans, Levis in particular. On this Saturday morning at 11 a.m., that is exactly what Leveton said happened. “I was outside; we had a sidewalk sale,” Le-veton said. “And I heard a commotion inside.” Beth Preciso, a tailor at the shop, was helping the customer with the jeans. She said the suspect came out of the dressing room wearing the store’s jeans and that he was about to leave when she confronted him. “He tried to go out the door, but there were several of us there, so we stopped him from going out,” Preciso said. Sales-man Denny Hassler was one of those who tried to stop the suspect from leaving the store. The two got into a

tussle, and that is when Hassler was bitten. “Denny grabbed onto him kind of from behind,” Preciso said. “And he bit on [Denny’s] finger because it was close to his face.” Hassler’s friends and coworkers at The Man’s Shop worry the tussle will leave a mark. “He was bleeding pretty badly,” Leveton said. Hassler was taken to emergency room and received stitches. He was tested for tetanus and given antibiotics in case of infection. In the meantime, police found a bag the suspect had been carrying with the jeans inside about 10 blocks from the store. How-ever, officers have not yet caught up with the man who used his teeth as a weapon. The suspect is described as an African American man perhaps in his 30s, about 5’ 3” tall. He was last seen wearing a hoodie and jeans. Anyone with information is asked to call Port-land Police.===========================PORTLAND FIRE & RESCUE SAVE KITTEN ON ST. JOHNS BRIDGE News Release from Portland Fire & RescuePosted FlashAlert: June 19 2015 7:00 AMPortland Fire & Rescue responded to a report of a kitten stuck on a gird-er on the St. John’s Bridge around 3:10am. When fire crews arrived, they found the kitten 10-12 feet below the bridge deck, on a girder mid-span on the bridge. Fire crews determined that there was not a safe way to re-trieve the kitten without the assistance of PF&R’s Technical Rescue Team. When the team arrived, they set up a rope rescue system and lowered a firefighter down to where the kitten was located. The firefighter carefully placed the kitten inside a bag and was raised back up the outside of the bridge with the kitten to the bridge deck. The kitten was turned over to animal con-trol to be evaluated and treated if nec-essary. It is unknown how the kitten got there, but it appears that it did not get there by itself. Fire crews have un-officially named the kitten “lucky” and the pedestrian who found the kitten is looking into adopting it.

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