06/07/2023 | 0 comments
By MICHAEL "SHOEHORN" CONLEY // Saxophonist Camille Thurman and the PSU Big Band Jazz Concert at Lincoln Hall June 5, 2023. Thurman has her own sound and has absorbed a number of the protean ...
06/01/2023 | 0 comments
By TOM D'ANTONI // Tina Granzo did the drawings which accompany Ryan Meagher's music on their evocative AftEarth project. How does that work? How did one affect the other?
05/29/2023 | 0 comments
By BOB HOWARD // Check out all of the events during Artichoke's 50th Anniversary
05/22/2023 | 0 comments
By TOM D'ANTONI // Composer/guitarist Ryan Meagher and fine artist Tina Granzo have combined to capture in a new album/book what life was like during the Covid lockdown. It will be a lasting document of ...
05/04/2023 | 0 comments
By Tom D'Antoni // Meet ace bassist Dennis Caiazza, all around smart guy, fellow Orioles fan and East-coast compare He’s generally not the headliner in the band but he is indispensable ...
04/28/2023 | 0 comments
By TOM D'ANTONI // You've seen Mieke Bruggeman playing baritone sax with the Quadraphonnes, But she also teaches, is Education Coordinator with Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble among other schools. She ...
04/20/2023 | 0 comments
By TOM D'ANTONI // Waterfront Blues Festival Artistic Director returns for his annual visit to tell us all about who's playing and why.
04/07/2023 | 0 comments
By TOM D'ANTONI // The always busy Gordon Lee has a new album coming and is appearing at the David Ornette Cherry Tribute at Alberta House on Thursday, April 13.
03/19/2023 | 0 comments
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03/16/2023 | 0 comments
By TOM D'ANTONI // Marcia Hocker has played many roles in Oregon's music scene. She's curating and singing at Siren Nation's Billie Holiday Tribute at the Alberta Rose Theater on Saturday April 8.
03/15/2023 | 0 comments
Portland Music industry worker Joey Scruggs was hit by a car. A group of Portlanders is staging a benefit concert for him at t he Mission Theater on Saturday, March 18. Listen to Steve Wilkinson, one of ...
03/10/2023 | 3 comments
By PAUL K. WARD // Three Portland musicians pay tribute to the late saxophone master, Wayne Shorter.
03/09/2023 | 0 comments
By: TOM D'ANTONI // Does the instrument you play reflect your personality? Adriana Wagner is a Jazz (mostly) trombonist. Listen to what she has to say and make up your own mind.
02/27/2023 | 1 comments
By MICHAEL "SHOEHORN" CONLEY // Hubert Laws is one of the more famous flute players in jazz, who also established himself in the classical music world early in his career. His tone and articulation ...
02/20/2023 | 0 comments
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02/19/2023 | 0 comments
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02/16/2023 | 0 comments
By TOM D'ANTONI // Drummer, percussionist, composer, icon Max Roach from March 1, 1990, on my American Radio Network show. I need say no more.
02/14/2023 | 0 comments
By MICHAEL "SHOEHORN' CONLEY // This year's Biamp Portland Jazz Festival begins on Thursday, February 16 and runs through Saturday, February 25. Here are the highlights.
02/09/2023 | 0 comments
By TOM D'ANTONI // Portland Jazz club The 1905 was named by Down Beat Magazine as one of the top Jazz clubs in the world. Find out how Aaron Barnes made it that way.