Chapter 77 Basic Tone

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Just half an hour after the Washington Bullets and the Milwaukee Bucks ended their game seven showdown, at the Portland Memorial Coliseum, the Western Conference finals opener between the Trail Blazers and the Rockets was about to tip off.

And it wasn't just the Memorial Coliseum that was packed to the rafters, but also the Paramount Theatre next door, located on the other side of the Willamette River, near the Portland Art Museum, where many people had lined up at the theater entrance early on.

Tonight there was a performance by the Oregon Symphony, featuring the famous conductor Norman Leyden taking the stage. He had established a collaboration with the symphony starting in 1970, making it sixteen years now.

Previously as a composer and arranger, he had written themes for many of Disney's animated films and musicals, and also arranged music for many famous pop and Jazz artists in the 50s and 60s.