Guitarist Dan Balmer is a fixture on Monday nights at Jimmy Mak’s with several different versions of his ensembles. Watch an interview between sets at Jimmy Mak’s.
The stories behind the songs on Vest’s new album. CD release Saturday at Duff’s Garage.
They made the moon come up over the mountain during the finale of Friday night’s performance. Watch them talk about the odd inspiration of Skamania in an interview shot BEFORE they played. / Photo by Karen Fox
Editor’s note: Unofficial word leaked out Monday afternoon that the Festival has found money and will go on with the celebration. A full update as soon as possible.
Everyone Unique – Everyone Exciting – Everyone Orchestra this Thursday at Alberta Rose. Part of new monthly Last Thursdays.
Along the Oregon Coast….Reggie Houston will play with the Too Loose Cajun Band with special guest Turtle Vandemarr. Also appearing will be mighty-multi-funky-instrumentalist Mac Potts, Louisiana native keyboardist Steve Kerin and Lady “A” of Lady A & the Baby Blues Funk Band.
The CD release is at Alberta Rose Theatre on Friday. He also talks about “Jazz/not-Jazz,” gives us sketches on each song and dreams about wanting to tour by train.
On a Portland night filled with folk, David Friesen reminds us that PDX has a Jazz soul.
It was one of those times when a performer is so spellbinding, surprising, riveting and spectacular that the audience reacts as one living, breathing entity, absorbing the deepest kind of musical pleasure.
This August I had the opportunity to attend two of the West Coast’s premier jazz workshops: The Stanford Jazz Residency and the Brubeck Summer Jazz Colony at the University of the Pacific.
Glen Moore, Dan Gaynor and Gary Hobbs at Blackbird Wine on Sunday. Not to be missed!
He survived a quadruple bypass yesterday and is at Legacy Emmanuel Hospital today.
A short hop across the river brings you to the Vancouver Wine and Jazz Festival – three days of national and local talent…and Soul Queen Mavis Staples.
One per show per month: September — Devin Phillips doing the entire “A Love Supreme.” October — Rebecca Kilgore and Dave Frishberg. November – vocalist Jenna Mammina.
Straddling multiple generations, genres, and demographics throughout their catalog, Radiohead has proven, for better or worse, to be a surprisingly malleable, ubiquitous force in modern music.
“A singer whose dramatic vocal command and tersely poetic songs made her a singular figure in jazz, died on Saturday in Manhattan.” — New York Times
A revered figure in New Orleans music, his list of students included Nicholas Payton, Terence Blanchard, Devin Phillips, Irvin Mayfield, Christian Scott and Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews
He was a member of the pianist Oscar Peterson’s internationally popular group for three decades, died on July 29 in London.
It’s an old-fashioned supper club featuring Tony on this night in numerous, usually exaggerated, personas. His act makes people laugh. The audience pays attention. The entertainment spans generations, hitting on Sinatra to Dean Martin to Neil Diamond to Facebook.
Bennett, Paul Mazzio, Dan Gaynor, Scott Hall and Todd Strait shine in the first new album by Bennett as a leader since 1997.
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