Tahirah Memory
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Tahirah Memory is a jazz and soul singer. She is from Portland, Oregon and has performed internationally.
Career
Memory's performances have been described as intimate experiences for the audience.{{Cite news |last=Mendenhall |first=Marti |date=2020-02-01 |title=Tahirah Memory: Producing- Writing- Loss- Staying Healthy School Night Pizza Marti's Music Kitchen EPS2-32 |language=en |work=Oregon Music News |url=http://www.oregonmusicnews.com/tahira-memory-martis-music-kitchen-eps232 |access-date=2022-03-13 |archive-date=2021-04-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415171840/https://www.oregonmusicnews.com/tahira-memory-martis-music-kitchen-eps232 |url-status=live }} Her albums include Pride (2015){{Cite news |date=September 25, 2015 |title=Tahirah Memory |language=en |url=https://www.portlandmercury.com/events/16538333/tahirah-memory |access-date=2022-03-13 |archive-date=2022-03-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325142739/https://www.portlandmercury.com/events/16538333/tahirah-memory |url-status=live }} and Asha (2019); Asha was nominated for several SoulTracks awards. Pride was produced by Jarrod Lawson. Memory has performed with Lawson in London{{Cite news |date=2015-04-13 |title=Blue-Eyed Soul Boy of Jazz |pages=A36 |work=The London Evening Standard |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97489646/tahirah-memory/ |access-date=2022-03-13 |archive-date=2022-03-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220312230025/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97489646/tahirah-memory/ |url-status=live }} and Birmingham.{{Cite news |title=Pizza Express Live |language=en |url=https://www.pizzaexpresslive.com/whats-on/tahirah-memory |access-date=2022-03-13 |archive-date=2022-03-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325142738/https://www.pizzaexpresslive.com/whats-on/tahirah-memory |url-status=live }} In 2013 Memory performed at a benefit for the American Music Program, run by her father, Thara Memory.{{Cite news |last=White |first=Ryan |date=August 14, 2013 |title=Esperanza Spalding benefit for Thara Memory's American Music Program is Sunday |work=The Oregonian}}
Memory performed at the Skanner Foundation's 35th annual Martin Luther King, Jr. breakfast in 2021{{Cite news |last=Ryan |first=Jim |last2=Acker |first2=Lizzy |date=January 19, 2021 |title=Hundreds march, clean up litter to honor King |page=8 |work=The Oregonian}} and was a headliner of the Portland Black Music Expo in fall 2021.{{Cite news |date=October 15, 2021 |title=Week in Events: Portland Black Music Expo |pages=A&E p. 3 |work=The Oregonian}}
Personal life
Memory is a single parent. Her father was famous Portland jazz trumpeter Thara Memory.
References
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Category:American jazz singers