Domo Branch and Branchin’ Out

Sunday, September 3, 2023, 2:00 PM - Portland Metro Arts

https://www.tickettomato.com/event/8073

Branch and company are on a mission to heal, motivate, and inspire through the trance of original and arranged music.

• Domo Branch, drums
• Imani Rousselle, voice
• Abdias Armenteros, saxophone
• Noah Simpson, trumpet 
• Sean Mason, piano

• Garrett Baxter, bass

Tim Willcox Quartet featuring Chuck Israels

Sunday, September 3, 2023, 5:00 PM - Portland Metro Arts

https://www.tickettomato.com/event/8079

Tim Willcox’s saxophone “sings and, at times, broods passionately and inventively” into the original works of his ensemble of local heavyweights.

• Tim Willcox, saxophone
• Chuck Israels, bass
• Bryn Roberts, piano
• George Colligan, drums

Alan Jones Quartet featuring Tivon Pennicott, Kevin Hays, and Joe Martin

Sunday, September 3, 2023, 8:00 PM - Alberta Rose Theatre

Festival headliner Alan Jones assembles a dream team of award-winning talent for a concert of original music designed to inspire and challenge. 

• Alan Jones, drums
• Tivon Pennicott, tenor saxophone
• Kevin Hays, piano
• + other artists to be announced

Frank Irwin's Aurora Septet

Sunday, September 3, 2023, 11:00 PM - The 1905

Blending chamber orchestration with improvisation and modal groove, Aurora Septet paints a beautiful landscape of self-discovery.

• Chris Frank, double and electric Bass, compositions, artwork, and stories
• Nicole McCabe, alto saxophone
• Jessie Smith, tenor and soprano saxophones, flute
• Molly Keller, trumpet
• James Powers, trombone
• Corey Heppner, guitar
• Alexander Thomas, drums