David Friesen’s Quintet (Dan Balmer – guitar, Tim Willcox – saxophone, John Gross – saxophone, Charlie Doggett – drums) and Darren Klein’s Kleintet (Noah Bernstein – saxophone, Elysia Strauss – saxophone, Akila Fields – piano, Russ Kleiner – drums) return to Jimmy Mak’s on Friday, November 27th. Music starts at 8 PM for a $10 cover charge.
The Portland Jazz Festival’s PDXJazz is starting a new series at the ArtBar featuring local talent. For the next three months, a wide variety of groups (everything from the Blue Cranes to Dave Frishberg) will take the stage on select Friday and Saturday nights.
Good news for frugal audience members – the series is free with no food or drink minimum.
The series starts this Saturday (9/19) with the David Friesen trio featuring Dan Balmer and John Gross.
More information below.
Select Fridays and Saturdays
8:00 PM – 11:00 PM*
September 19 – December 12
Portland Center for the Performing Arts, Main Lobby Rotunda, 1111 SW Broadway, Portland
Saturday, 9/19 – David Friesen/ John Gross/ Dan Balmer Trio
Friday, 10/2 – Barbara Lusch
Friday, 10/16* – Stephanie Schneiderman (*8:30-11:30)
Saturday, 11/7 – Blue Cranes
Saturday, 11/21 – Shelly Rudolph
Friday, 12/4 – Bryant Allard Quartet
Saturday, 12/12 – John Gross/ Dave Frishberg/ Charlie Doggett Trio
On August 22nd, Jimmy Mak’s will host a double bill featuring the David Friesen Quintet (Charlie Doggett on drums, Dan Balmer on guitar, John Gross and Tim Willcox on tenor saxophones, and David Friesen on bass) followed by the Darren Kleintet (Darren Klein on guitar, John Nastos on alto sax, Akila Fields on piano, Sam Howard on bass, Noah Bernstein on tenor sax, and Sam Berrett on drums).
Music starts at 8 PM. There is a $10 cover charge.
Although they’ve given it a horrible title (you’ll have to click through to see), KGW has posted a video they shot at The Cave for the return of the Alan Jones Sextet. The band (featuring Warren Rand on alto saxophone, John Gross on tenor saxophone, Randy Porter on piano, Paul Mazzio on trumpet, Tom Wakeling on bass, and of course Alan Jones on drums) played at The Cave for their return after a hiatus of a few years. If you don’t own them already, do yourself a favor and go buy their albums: Unsafe, and the Leroy Vinnegar Suite
Gordon Lee’s Rough Jazz Quartet is returning to Jimmy Mak’s on April 17th.
Be sure to catch this group, as they are some of Portland’s most in-demand musicians (Alan Jones on drums, John Gross on tenor saxophone, and Dan Schulte on bass) playing Gordon Lee’s incredibly creative and unique compositions.
Rough Jazz recently released a DVD on Diatic Records. Below is a clip from the DVD.
This week, The Cave presents:
The Cave is located at 636 SW Jackson. See their website for more details
This week, The Cave presents:
The Cave is located at 636 SW Jackson, beneath the Green Onion restaurant near PSU. Music starts at 8 PM for a $5 cover.
This week The Cave presents:
