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09/21/2017

Douglas Detrick: Coffeeshop Conversations #117 Making Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble into a cultural powerhouse

By TOM D'ANTONI // What exactly is that music that flows from Portland Jazz Composers ensemble?

Thanks for joining us again at World Cup Coffee and Tea, NW 18^th & Glisan for another OMN Coffeeshop Conversation.

Joining me today is Douglas Detrick, the Executive Director of Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble which I have been covering since before it was a real organization about ten years ago, and before there was an OMN.

Since he became Executive Director he along with Ryan Meagher and Mieke Bruggeman-Smith have made PJCE into a real cultural force in Oregon. They’ve got a large amount of concerts and events coming this fall and we’re going to get the inside scoop on them. Douglas is also a trumpeter, composer and arranger. How does he have time for all this and his two little kids? Let’s meet him.

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