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Thara Memory
Background information
Born1948/1949
Eatonville, Florida
Died (aged 68)
Portland, Oregon
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Educator, trumpeter
Instrument(s)Trumpet

Thara Memory was a trumpeter and educator from Eatonville, Florida. He attended Alabama State University and Marylhurst University. He lived in Portland, Oregon, United States from the 1970s until his death in 2017. His daughter, Tahirah Memory, is an internationally known jazz vocalist.

Biography

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In 2005, he founded the American Music Program Pacific Crest Jazz Orchestra (often shortened to American Music Program), a youth jazz orchestra in Portland, Oregon, that has won national accolades. During the 2012 Portland Jazz Festival, Memory was honored as 2012's Portland Jazz Master.[1] Memory was a member of the Oregon Music Hall of Fame.

On February 10, 2013, Memory won a Grammy Award in the Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) category for his arrangement for the Esperanza Spalding track "City of Roses" from her album Radio Music Society, which featured the students of the American Music Program in the music video and backing up Spalding on the album.[2]

On May 9, 2014, Berklee College of Music awarded Memory an honorary doctorate of music degree. Memory's message to the students was direct and sharp, a piece of wisdom from a seasoned educator. "You can't keep it unless you give it away. Start giving it away as soon as you walk out this door. Rehearsal every day is the answer. If you rehearse every day, you have nothing to worry about."[3]

On May 9, 2015, the American Music Program, which Memory still directed at the end of his life despite his failing health, won Jazz at Lincoln Center's Essentially Ellington high school jazz band competition, playing Ellington's "Tattooed Bride" from memory.[4]

At the time of his death he had been under arrest, after being charged with 8 counts of sexual abuse and assault.[5][6]

Memory died on June 17, 2017, at the age of 68.[7]

Discography

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References

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  1. ^ "Hatchfund - AIM Careerlink". www.hatchfund.org. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  • ^ "Esperanza Spalding wins two Grammys, including one with Thara Memory for 'City of Roses'". Oregonlive.com. 11 February 2013. Retrieved 2017-06-25.
  • ^ "Jimmy Page Receiving Honorary Doctorate of Music From Berklee'". Rollingstone.com. 13 March 2014. Retrieved 2017-06-25.
  • ^ "U.S. News - National News". ABC News. Retrieved 2017-06-25.
  • ^ Cranley, Diane. "Grammy-winning Portland jazz teacher Thara Memory charged with sex abuse". dianecranley.com. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  • ^ Baer, April. "Portland Music Community Stunned By Thara Memory's Indictment". www.opb.org. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  • ^ "Portland jazz musician Thara Memory dies at 68'". Oregonlive.com. 19 June 2017. Retrieved 2017-06-25.
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