Happy Thanksgiving, Portland jazz fans.

If you need to get some holiday shopping done and are thinking some local jazz CDs would make good gifts (you’d be right to think this, of course), head over to the Diatic Records online store, where you can find all of their CDs on sale for $8 right now.  This even includes shipping!

Diatic sports a great roster of artists, including Gordon Lee, Chris Mosley, Renato Caranto, Tim Willcox, David Ornette Cherry, and more.  Head over and fill up that shopping cart.

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.

Kristina Quevedo -- Videographer
Recorded at Jimmy Mak’s

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.

This week, The Cave presents:

• Tuesday, February 24 – PSU Jam Session led by Farnell Newton.  $3 cover charge instead of the normal $5.
• Wednesday, February 25 – Nancy King (vocals) with Steve Christofferson (piano)
• Thursday, February 26 – Clackamas Community College Student Ensemble (7-8PM) followed by Tom Wakeling and the Cavemen (8-11 PM) featuring Tim Willcox (tenor saxophone), Randy Porter (piano), and Todd Strait (drums)
• Friday, February 27 – Ken Ollis CD Release featuring Ken Ollis (drums), Lars Campbell (trombone), Bill Athens (bass), Tim Jensen (saxophone), and Dave Fleschner (organ)
• Saturday, February 28 – Art Lande Quartet

This week, The Cave presents:

• Wednesday, 12/3 – Shirley Nanette Vocals w/ Vince Frates piano
• Thursday, 12/4 – Mordy Ferber Quartet: Mordy Ferber guitar, Randy Porter piano, Tom Wakeling bass, Alan Jones drums
• Friday, 12/5 – Lynn Darroch’s all new Jazz Stories ’08: Lynn Darroch storyteller, Randy Porter piano, David Evans tenor, Alfredo Muro guitar, Carlton Jackson percussion
• Saturday 12/6 – Greg Goebel Quartet: Greg Goebel piano, Tim Willcox tenor, Dave Captein bass, Alan Jones drums

You can find more information at The Cave’s website

This week, The Cave presents:

• Wednesday, September 17 – Nancy King with Steve Christofferson and Tom Wakeling
• Thursday, September 18 – Idit Schner Quartet with Sam Howard, Jason Palmer, and Toby Koenigsberg
• Friday, September 19 – Tim Willcox Quartet with Toby Koenigsberg, Dave Captein, and Randy Rollofson
• Saturday, September 20 – Trio Subtonic with Galen Clark, Jesse Brooke, and Eric Gruber

This week, The Cave presents the following artists:

• 8/27 – Nancy King with Dave Speranza and Dan Gaynor
• 8/28 – Ron Steen with Rick Green and Dave Speranza
• 8/29 – Bobby Torres (with James Travers, Tom Kay, and Brian Ward)
• 8/30 – Dan Schulte’s Strange Pilgrims (John Nastos, Tim Willcox, John Moak, David Goldblatt, Todd Strait)