We are back and in our 3rd year in a brand new location Featuring Bart Hafeman & the Hit Machine, the Northwests Most in Demand Event Band! LOCATION: The Nines, A Luxury Collection Hotel, Portland, OR. This Hotel is top notch from top to bottom. We will be celebrating on the entire 6th floor which features the Grand Ballroom, the Gallery Ultra Lounge and a special VIP room. Urban Farmer Restaurant
is just two floors up accessible by a "one of a kind" stairwell. Departure Restaurant + Lounge is located at the top of The Nines Hotel and has the best views in Portland Oregon. Ticket Link is coming soon through Ticket Tomato. We are very excited to have special guests, Portland's own Valerie Day and John Smith of NU SHOOZ! NU SHOOZ scored two major pop / R&B / dance hits. "I Can't Wait" climbed to #2 on the R&B charts and #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in June 1986 and spent 15 weeks in the Top 40, and it also hit #1 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart earlier that year. Its follow-up, "Point Of No Return", was remixed by Shep Pettibone and also topped the dance chart in September 1986; the song peaked at #28 on the Hot 100 and #35 on the R&B charts. Both singles were on the album Poolside, which charted on Billboard's 200 chart at #27, and sold a half million copies in the U.S., garnering gold record RIAA certification on October 2, 1986. In 1987, Nu Shooz was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best New Artist category, based on its breakthrough success the previous year. Equally excited to have veteran musician TOM GRANT featured as our welcoming musician on solo piano. Tom was born in Portland, Oregon to a musical family – his father was a tap dancer who owned a record store in Portland, and his brother was an avant-garde jazz pianist. At a young age, Grant learned to play piano and drums. After graduating from the University of Oregon, he traveled to New York City in 1970 with Native American saxophonist Jim Pepper. This led to Grant touring and recording with jazz greats Woody Shaw, Charles Lloyd, and Tony Williams. In 1976, Grant cut his first solo record for Timeless and in 1979 he formed his own band. Beginning in 1983, Tom Grant started recording a series of jazz-influenced pop albums that have variously been called "New Adult Contemporary," "Quiet Storm," "Contemporary Jazz" and "Smooth Jazz"; each have been best-sellers in the "lite jazz" market. Grant has been featured on CNN and has been a guest on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. In addition, Tom Grant has composed music for TV and radio. Portland's Grand Ball Featured Entertainment:
8:30-9:30pm- Tom Grant, Welcoming solo piano (Lobby)
8:30pm-Beat Frequency from NBC The Voice
9:15pm-DJ A-TRANE
9:30pm Hit Machine
10:30pm-DJ A-TRANE
10:50pm-HIT MACHINE Featuring Valerie Day and John Smith of NU SHOOZ Music.
11:50pm-DJ A-TRANE
12:05am-HIT MACHINE
12:40am-DJ A-TRANE
