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Arts Equity Inc.com presents tap dancing saxophonist Shoehorn in a solo multimedia performance based on his original show “Saxovisionâ€. Featuring performance artist Michael “Shoehorn†Conley on Rhythm Tap Dance, Tappercussion (TM) etap (TM) (Electronic Tap) , Saxophones, Clarinets, Percussion, Voice, Spoken Word, plus misc. instruments. The show is part travelogue, part visonary fantasy,part tribute, part memoir, but mostly an entertaining musical tour-de-force. Main Street Theatre, 606 Main Sreet,Vancouver, WA Tickets range from $18to $24 to reserve seats call 360-695-3770 website: www.artsequityinc.com www.shoehornmusic.com mention www.shoehornmusic.com for discounts and ticket specials Showtime 7:30pm weekdays, 8pm Fridays and Saturdays 22-Dec SHOEHORN Thursday 23-Dec SHOEHORN Friday 29-Dec SHOEHORN Thursday 30-Dec SHOEHORN Friday I started my performing career on the streets of New Orleans during the Mardi Gras of 1979. I have always carried a little of New Orleans with me in my music. Kutsubera Music presents: New York tap dance sensation Roxane Butterfly with the Shoehorn VonTap Trio featuring: Janice Scroggins piano Ward Griffiths drums at: Vine Leaves Restaurant 2221 SE Hawthorne Boulevard one night only! Tuesday, September 6th, 8pm $10 cover all ages, full bar and menu EXTRA FOR TAP FANATICS! New York tap sensation Roxanne Butterfly will be in Portland on September 6th. She will be conducting masterclasses at Aurora,A Space for Dance & Movement,5433 NE 30th Ave, Portland 97211(at Killingsworth)from 4-6pm. Located several blocks from New Seasons Market in the heart of the lovely Concordia Neighborhood.phone 503-249-0201. The fee is $25 for one hour, $40 for both hours.4-5 is intermediate.5-6 is advanced.Call 503-287-3459 for details. Roxanne Butterfly and the Shoehorn VonTap Trio will host a special performance and tap jam at the Vine Leaves Restaurant at 2221 SE Hawthorne Boulevard the evening of September 6th. This is a rare opportunity to enjoy one of the most dynamic and innovative tap performers on the New York scene (or anywhere), right here in Portland. These shows will present Ms. Butterfly in an intimate club setting doing what she does: throwing down some incredible tap! Roxanne Butterfly has been described as "the Coltrane of dancers" in the New York Times; "One of the best tap-dancers in the world, period. No gender distinction necesary" (Backstage); "one of the edgiest tap artists in the international dance scene."(Star-Ledger); "a dazzling rhythmic banquet" (Los Angeles Times); and "a master of all she surveys" (the Village Voice). The late great Gregory Hines said "She is truly amazing" and tap maestro Dr. Jimmy Slyde considers her "The most exciting woman tap dancer in thr field today" Michael "Shoehorn" Conley "Both an exceptional entertainer and a serious artist, Shoehorn's synthesized the juba-lent complexities of jazz and tap--mind-melding with both Honi Coles with John Coltrane--creating an utterly engaging blend of bebop toughness and fluid, feets-don't-fail-me-now panache." Tim Duroche, Willamette Week "Miraculous...a dance company and orchestra in one." Boston Globe "amazing marriage of dancing and saxophone playing." Chicago Tribune " an amusing routine with a serious message..." Christian Science Monitor "The man they call Shoehorn not only plays the alto sax amazingly well, he also does some expert tap-dancing as he plays. That's some serious multitasking." Stan Hall - The Oregonian 5/31/02 Shoehorn on sax & tap at the Pink Door Restaurant 1919 Post Alley, Seattle Sundays in September 7-10pm also: Sun., August 28, with Artis the Spoonman "Both an exceptional entertainer and a serious artist, Shoehorn's synthesized the juba-lent complexities of jazz and tap--mind-melding with both Honi Coles with John Coltrane--creating an utterly engaging blend of bebop toughness and fluid, feets-don't-fail-me-now panache." Tim Duroche, Willamette Week "Miraculous...a dance company and orchestra in one." Boston Globe "amazing marriage of dancing and saxophone playing." Chicago Tribune " an amusing routine with a serious message..." Christian Science Monitor "The man they call Shoehorn not only plays the alto sax amazingly well, he also does some expert tap-dancing as he plays. That's some serious multitasking." Stan Hall - The Oregonian 5/31/02 Also available: musical ensembles and Jugglemania with Shoehorn more info at the website: www.shoehornmusic.com Contact: tappercussion@yahoo.com P.O.Box 11634, Portland, OR 97211 Shoehorn's VonTap Quartet will perform with and accomapny the CLOWNS WITHOUT BORDERS VAUDEVILLE EXTRAVAGANZA Sponsored By: Tears of Joy Puppet Theatre ONE DAY* ONE BUILDING* TWO SHOWS The greatest Portland variety performers assemble for One purpose to raise money for Clowns Without Borders. This event is to raise money to send clowns/performers to refugee camps of people displaced by violence in Haiti. February 26, 2005 3:00 & 8:00 PM The Winningstad s Theater (Portland Center for Performing Arts PCPA 1111 SW Broadway) Tickets Info: TOJT OR (503)-248-0557 WA (360)-695-0477 Tickets: $15.00-$20.00 Sliding Scale Starring: The Nomadic Theatre CO, Leapin' Louie Lichtenstein, Tom Question, Tyler Bechtel, Toby Lawrence, & The Vanilla Town Vaudevillians LIVE MUSIC: Shoe Horn & The VonTap Quartet Clowns Without Borders is an international relief organization based in Barcelona Spain that has sent hundreds of expeditions to entertain, deliver supplies and teach workshops in war zones and refugee camps around the world. ALL AGES WELCOME Assigned seating so reserver your tickets today. OR # (503)-248-0557 WA # (360)-695 Shoehorn with Baby Gramps Trio on Friday,March 4th at Laurelthirst 9:30pm Shoehorn's TRIO CALZADOR performed as part of Shoehorn's Vaudeville Lounge at the Bite of Oregon Festival, Waterfront Park, August 15,2004 and appeared on the OPB TV "Art Beat" season opener on September 23 & 26 with the following personnel: Shoehorn, MC, tap dance, saxophone,vocals,percussion,harmonica Dan Gaynor piano Skip Elliott Bowman bass Ward Griffiths drums Toshi Onizuka-guitar Baby Gramps- guitar and vocals Shirley Nanette - voice Rob Brown- unicycle and props(schedule permitting) with Special guest Roxanne Butterfly- tap dance phenomenon from New York City That was a great show! the VonTap Quartet also played an SRO show at Vine Leaves with Brenda Bufalino on September14th. Shoehorn-Trio Calzador (CD is also titled Trio Calzador) World Jazz Improv by Trio Calzador Trio Calzador is: Leader-Tap dancer and saxophonist/vocalist Shoehorn , featuring Skip Elliot Bowman - acoustic bass & Toshi Onizuka - guitarist (The CD was recorded without overdubs, with Shoehorn tracking tap dance percussion, etap(TM),and alto sax simultaneously, just like their live show.) Trio Calzador creates an intoxicating blend of sound and rhythm with a range of influences including flamenco, jazz, Hot-Club-style swing, Latin, Asian, African, Japanese enka, and bossa nova. Shoehorn has realized a dream of weaving various threads of his life and musical experience into a dynamic world-jazz-jam band. In addition to his shoes and horn, he uses the Tappercussion(TM) Mark VII etap (TM) MIDI instrument to add percussive sounds from drum kits and steel drums to sitar and marimba. While the Trio is primarily an instrumental group, Shoehorn also sings a few tunes, in several languages. Skip Elliott Bowman is a versatile virtuoso on electric or acoustic. Guitarist Toshi Onizuka of Japan spent 5 years in Spain playing Flamenco professionally. The CD was recorded without overdubs, with Shoehorn tracking tap dance percussion, etap(TM),and alto sax simultaneously, just like the live show. Most of the tunes are original, but the disc includes a Brazilian tune, a jazz standard and a Japanese song, the only vocal on the CD. Shoehorn and Trio Calzador appeared on OPB TV's Artbeat Thursday, October 23rd and the 26th,2003 The Name: The band name reflects our music, which has a Spanish accent, especially due to Toshi's Flamenco-drenched guitar style. Calzador is Spanish for "Shoehorn". Shoehorn on how group formed: "I convened the members for a gig and decided to record these guys for my new CD, titled Trio Calzador. I have known Skip for years, since we were both often featured at Berbati's when our mentor, the late great bassist Leroy Vinnegar, held forth there every Tuesday. Skip has played a number of shows with me since. Toshi I met last year and we became fast friends, having similair experiences as foriegners defying assumptions- he as a Japanese playing Flamenco and me being an Irish-American jazz tap dancer who plays the sax, sings in Japanese and is a Latin music freak! We also enjoy the trans-lingual puns between Spanish and Japanese that no one else gets!" We regard anything we hear and like as "open-source code" and feel free to adapt it to our own ends. We do mostly orginals on the CD. We also cover many artists from divergent disciplines: Miles Davis, A.C. Jobim, Benny Goodman, Tito Puente, Enka singer Saburo Kitajima, classic Latin songs, jazz standards, you might even hear us do a Santana tune. Whatever we play we always do it with conviction and inhabit the tune with our own soul and sound. We get a broad demographic for our audience because we are fun, yet totally committed to what we do. Our approach makes it exotic yet accessible to anyone. Our sound is primarily acoustic, but we'll get funky for awhile and then play romantic, then maybe hit a Flamenco rhythm and go very high-energy with that. We can come out of that with a bright swing feel and then go to mysterious Asian territory. Other Shoehorn CDs on the Kutsubera label: World Beat Ragtime,1994- Kutsubera SPR-001 the Shoehorn Swing,1998- Kutsubera SPR-002 Check out the artist's website: http://www.shoehornmusic.com Track List: 1. Fuego Azul (silk road) 2. Descarga Calzador 3. Manha de Carnaval/Spanish Fantasy 4. le Swing Shoehorn 5. Three Metals 6. Blue Bossa 7. Yosaku 8. Eastrum 9. Malaguena 10. Soweto Blue 11. Liberty Suggested CDs:Other Genres:
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