Dave Fleschner’s organ trio will release their new album “Creapin’ Up” at Jimmy Mak’s on January 15th. If you’re itching to get your hands on the disc even sooner, it’s already available on CD Baby. Also, be sure to check out Dave’s regular Monday night jam sessions at the recently-reopened Brasserie Montmartre.
On Tuesday, December 1st, pianist Ramsey Embick will play a solo piano set from 6-7:30 opening for the Mel Brown Septet.
The gig is a CD release party for his new disc, titled “Extended Shelf Life.” You can read Tom D’Antoni’s piece on Ramsey and the new album at Oregon Music News.
UPDATE: Phil Dwyer will not be playing this show. Devin Phillips will be subbing.
On Tuesday, September 29th, Mel Brown’s Septet will take a night off from their regular Jimmy Mak’s spot to hand over the stage to Alan Jones and his Bridge Quartet. The quartet features two other Portlanders (Darrell Grant on piano and Tom Wakeling on bass) as well as Canadian saxophonist Phil Dwyer.
The performance will be a CD-release event for the long-awaited second half of their “Day/Night” recording project.
In March of 2007, the quartet got together to record in Clackamas Community College’s state-of-the-art recording studio. After the group spent the daytime recording, they headed over to LV’s Uptown for a public evening performance. Originally, there were supposed to be two nights of shows, but Dwyer was held up while trying to cross the Canadian border and made it into Portland much later than expected.
The studio recordings were released last year under the title “Day.” On the 29th, they will release the evening performances, aptly titled “Night.”
Editorial:
I attended the LV’s performance back in 2007. It was the first time that I had ever heard Phil Dwyer and I was (of course) completely blown away. I was sitting next to my long-time teacher Warren Rand and I remember us looking at each other more than a few times during Dwyer’s solos, both being victim to a sort-of shock-and-awe effect that he has with the amount of energy in his playing.
The performance was pretty loose, I’m sure in part because of the problems in getting Dwyer across the border and the stress of being in the recording studio all day. But, loose isn’t a bad thing in this case. The energy, creativity, and spontaneity were all there, making it a great show.
- John Nastos
UPDATE: Phil Dwyer will not be playing this show. Devin Phillips will be subbing.
Portland-based jazz/funk/groove band Trio Subtonic will be releasing their new album “Cave Dweller” at Jimmy Mak’s on Friday, August 7th. The band features founder Galen Clark on keyboards, Jesse Brook on drums, and Bill Athens on bass.
Opening for Trio Subtonic will be the Quadraphones, Portland’s all-woman saxophone quartet.
As usual at Jimmy Mak’s, the music starts at 8 PM. There will be a $10 cover charge.
On Monday (8/3) at Jimmy Mak’s, Kevin Deitz and his band will be performing at the CD release party for “Skylines,” his new album on Seattle’s Origin Records label.
The band performing will consist of:
Music starts at 8 PM. There will be a $5 cover charge.
Next Friday (June 5th), saxophonist Hailey Niswanger will return from her first year at the Berklee School of Music in Boston to release her first CD, “Confeddie.”
The CD features a Boston-based group (some of whom will join her at Jimmy Mak’s for the release) including Greg Chaplin on bass and Mark Whitfield Jr. on drums. She’ll also be joined by local (and somewhat ubiquitous) pianist Randy Porter.
The band will play from 8-12. $8 gets you admission – $15 gets you admission plus a copy of the CD.
For more info, visit haileyniswanger.com and jimmymaks.com
Joining pianist Clay Giberson this week will be bassist David Ambrosio and drummer Matt Garrity, longtime musical associates from New York City. Listed below are some upcoming events. Also, Clay will be on KMHD Friday April 17th at 1:30 to discuss the latest CD.
Saturday April 18th
Wilf’s at Union Station,
800 NW 6th Ave. Portland, OR
8pm-12am
Monday April 20th
Tugboat Brewing Company
711 SW Ankeny St. Portland, OR
7:30-9:45pm
Tuesday April 21st
Egan’s Ballard Jamhouse
1707 NW Market St. Seattle, WA
7:00-8:30pm
Wednesday April 22nd
Report Lounge
1101 E. Burnside
Portland, OR
Sets at 8:30 and 10:30pm
_“Clay Giberson’s Spaceton’s Approach is his finest outing to date–one of the top piano trio efforts of the year.”
- All About Jazz.com_
For Portland-pianist Clay Giberson’s 4th Origin release, he teams with bandmates from his earlier years in New York City, rediscovering their deep musical chemistry as they explore a set of originals and newly arranged standards. Bassist David Ambrosio’s background as a composer informs his approach to the bass while Matt Garrity’s drumming is both crisp and fluid. Together they churn along with an East coast intensity while Giberson completes the musical triangle with an expansive yet introspective West coast sense of sound an space.
Clay Giberson – Piano
David Ambrosio – Bass
Matt Garrity – Drums
Last year, Alan Jones and the Bridge Quartet (Darrell Grant – piano, Tom Wakeling – bass, and Phil Dwyer – saxophone) released “Day,” their first record. “Day” was recorded at Clackamas Community College’s recording facility, which is proving to be one of the best choices in Portland (and the Northwest) to record accoustic music.
When the quartet was in town recording the record (all are Portlander’s except for Dwyer who hails from Vancouver BC. Side note: ask the band about trying to get him across the border in time for the recording sessions), they spent the evenings playing gigs. The live recordings from the public shows have now been released on Origin Records.
Aptly named “Night,” these recordings feature the band in a different setting than “Day.” They may sacrafice the state-of-the-art recording technology of the studio, but they gain the interaction and energy from performing in front of a live audience.
“Night” is available on the Origin Records website.
