BRIEFLY.Byline: The Register-Guard Monk, Shorter, Porter on the UO's Jazz Cafe menu Four student groups, led by faculty and graduate teaching fellows, will play music by Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter (born August 25 1933) is an American jazz composer and saxophonist, commonly regarded as one of the more important American jazz sax players and composers since the 1960s. , Thelonious Monk, Cole Porter Noun 1. Cole Porter - United States composer and lyricist of musical comedies (1891-1946) Cole Albert Porter, Porter and others at the UO music school's Jazz Cafe. The event is at 8 p.m. today in Room 178 of the music building, 961 E. 18th Ave. Tickets, available at the door, are $5 general admission, $3 for students and senior citizens. Misty River's Americana lands in Shanghai, China Misty River will represent the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. at the Shanghai International Music Festival, to be held Saturday through May 7. The all-female acoustic Americana band includes Dana Abel of Eugene and former Eugene residents Carol Harley and Laura Quigley. The group is about to release its third album, "Willow." It will perform June 4 at the Hult Center. Southern Culture will skid into the WOW Hall Southern Culture on the Skids Southern Culture on the Skids, also known to fans as SCOTS, is an American music group composed of Rick Miller (vocals, guitar), Dave Hartman (percussion), and Mary Huff (vocals, bass guitar). The band formed in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA, in 1985. will slide into town next week carrying a carpetbag car·pet·bag n. A traveling bag made of carpet fabric that was used chiefly in the United States during the 19th century. adj. Carpetbagging. of "swamp pop, garage, R&B and monkey-paw surf." The band is led by Rick Miller, who grew up in Henderson, N.C., but soaked up high-reverb surf guitar and Creedence Clearwater Revival Creedence Clearwater Revival (commonly referred to by its initials CCR or simply as Creedence) was a southern rock American rock band, which consisted of John Fogerty (vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano), Tom Fogerty (guitar, vocals, piano), Stu Cook (bass guitar, swamp rock while living in California. The show is Wednesday at the WOW Hall, 291 W. Eighth Ave.; the Paybacks open at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 in advance, $12 at the door. Pioneer Toots toots n. Slang Babe; sweetie. [Perhaps short for tootsie.] brings `Reggay' to the Jungle Toots and the Maytals will play at 7 p.m. Sunday at the Jungle, 23 W. Sixth Ave. Tickets are $20. Toots Hibbert rose above the reggae pack with his 1968 single "Do the Reggay," and he's still up there. His new album, "True Love," includes contributions by Bunny Wailer, Keith Richards, Eric Clapton, Bonnie Raitt, No Doubt, the Roots and Trey Anastasio. - From Register-Guard and news service reports |
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