One of the most exciting annual events at the Portland Jazz Festival has come to be the Old Church performance of the Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble, led by Andrew Oliver and Gus Slayton. Their twice-a-year performances have become known as the best place to hear the newest works of our younger Jazz stars.
They play, conduct and compose. In their three years, they have premiered more than 25 new compositions by local and national composers. Every concert has been memorable and important.
Listen to Fearless Frogs from last Winter’s Old Church concert. Writen and arranged by Gus Slayton with alto saxophone solo: Mary Sue Tobin, keyboard solo: Andrew Oliver
Wednesday, Feb. 24 at 7:30pm, The Old Church, 1422 SW 11th Ave $10 students, $15.00 general
They tell us:
This concert will feature new compositions by Portlanders Andrew Oliver, Gus Slayton, Dan Duval, Reed Wallsmith, Kevin Van Geem, and Eric Allen, as well as several reprises from the group’s repertoire of works by Sam Howard and Ken Ollis.
This performance will feature some of Portland’s finest instrumentalists: Randy Mueller, Brooks Barnett, and Tree Palmedo on trumpets, Lars Campbell, Dave Bryan, and Doug Peebles on trombones, Mary Sue Tobin, Willie Matheis, Gus Slayton, and Mieke Bruggeman on saxophones, Andrew Oliver on piano, Kyle Williams on guitar, Bill Athens on bass, and Kevin Van Geem on drums.
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Thanks for the nice writeup Tom!
Just a last-minute change, Randy Mueller will be playing lead trumpet instead of Mike Hankins. Yes, I’m splitting hairs here, but I thought I would put it up, for what it’s worth.
Hope to see you and everyone on Wednesday!
- Andrew