Dee Dee Bridgewater and Roy Haynes to Headline 2012 U.S. Bank Portland Jazz Festival

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Bridgewater to Pay Tribute to Billie Holiday - Thursday, February 23 at 7pm

Haynes to Make Portland Debut as a Leader - Friday, February 24 at 7pm

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Dee Dee Bridgewater and Roy Haynes are set to perform at the 2012 U.S. Bank Portland Jazz Festival Presented by Alaska Airlines. Bridgewater will perform repertoire from her recent GRAMMY® Award winning project, in a program titled "To Billie with Love: A Celebration of Lady Day," paying homage to Billie Holiday on Thursday, February 23 at 7pm. Haynes will make his Portland debut as a leader with his Fountain of Youth band on Friday, February 24 at 7pm. Both performances will take place at the Newmark Theatre.

Three-time GRAMMY® Award winner Dee Dee Bridgewater has been a torchbearer for female vocalists in the tradition of Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan for the past 40 years. Bridgewater and her rich, charismatic voice will evoke some "Holiday" spirit, performing the timeless songs of Billie Holiday from her 2010 GRAMMY® Award winning album Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie With Love From Dee Dee. The former Tony® Award winner, awarded for her role in The Wiz on Broadway, will be joined by pianist and music director Edsel Gomez, saxophonist Craig Handy, bassist Kenny Davis, and drummer Lewis Nash.
Holiday's influence as a jazz icon looms large, and in the case of Roy Haynes there is a direct historical link. Haynes joined Lester Young's band in 1947, and that year Billie performed with them in New York. Because of his distinctive playing, Holiday nicknamed Young "Prez," and he in turn nicknamed her "Lady Day." In 1959, the indefatigable Haynes played on Holiday's last show, at the famed Storyville Club in Boston. Six years later Haynes named his son Craig Holiday Haynes in her honor. Few musicians have had the decorated, enduring career of drummer and NEA Jazz Master Haynes. Haynes, 86, earned the nickname of "Snap Crackle" in the 1950s for his uniquely punctuated rhythms and use of the snare drum. He has worked with generational jazz goliaths like Charlie Parker, Lester Young, Thelonious Monk, Sarah Vaughan, Sonny Rollins, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, and countless others. He has also played with popular rock acts such as The Rolling Stones, and The Allman Brothers Band. Haynes has led his band - Fountain of Youth - for the better half of the last decade, tackling bebop and hard swinging jazz. Haynes will make a much anticipated and long overdue debut as a leader in Portland.   

Dee Dee Bridgewater en el Festival de Jazz de Getxo 2010. Resumen  Dee Dee Bridgewater


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 Newmark Theatre    

31111 SW Broadway (at Main Street) 

Portland, OR 97205 
(503) 248-4335


Ticketing Info:



For online tickets, visit: https://www.boxofficetickets.com/pdxjazz
  
Portland Jazz Festival Box Office
Hours of Operation: 2 - 5:30PM, Monday - Friday
Order by Phone: (503) 228-5299
In Person: 133 SW 2nd Avenue, Ste. 420 Portland, OR 97204
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PCPA Main Box Office (Newmark Theatre) 
Walk Up: 1111 SW Broadway, 10AM - 5PM, Monday - Saturday 
Walk up sales only 
(503) 248-4335
Tickets range from $28-$58 
                                                         
Ticket Packages:   
Packages are available exclusively through the Portland Jazz Festival box office 
  

For more info about The Newmark, visit:  http://www.pcpa.com/newmark

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