44th Annual Cathedral Park Jazz Festival
The Cathedral Park Jazz Festival is live for our 44th anniversary of this landmark jazz festival! The event will be...
Jul 14, 2024
Side-by-Side: Ben and Michelle Medler, Partners in JazzBy Lynn Darroch
It’s 7:00 pm on a Monday. Ben Medler, laptop open on a small table, is grabbing a...
Apr 21, 2024
At a special event benefiting the 43rd Annual Cathedral Park Jazz Festival, the Jazz Society of Oregon will put the spotlight on three dynamic vocalists, all...
Jun 10, 2023
One of the more exciting days on the calendar — International jazz Day — is on the horizon and Portland will have a chance to celebreate it in style this year...
Apr 27, 2023
Like so many of us, keyboardist Todd Marston spent the long hours during the pandemic lockdowns looking within. He re-committed himself to the work of...
Mar 17, 2023
The hype surrounding the 2023 edition of the Biamp Portland Jazz Festival has been somewhat muted this year. And that's in spite of the fact that the event has...
Feb 17, 2023
Saxophonist BrandonLee Cierley had a dual purpose in mind when he named his latest album Camaraderie. The title is a nod to the late trumpeter Roy Hargrove, a...
Oct 14, 2022
PJCE, the imprint run by the braintrust behind the Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble, is closing out 2022 with authority. The label has three releases on deck...
Oct 04, 2022
Originally from Reno, Nevada, drummer Matt Mayhall took a typically meandering path to land here in Portland. After graduating from high school, he slipped...
Sep 09, 2022
Trumpeter Cyrus Nabipoor would be forgiven for shedding a few tears. The last couple of years have been difficult for the 28-year-old musician, from the loss...
Aug 26, 2022
Thirty years ago, the Portland jazz community lost one of its most dynamic voices. Until his passing from lymphoma in 1992, saxophonist Jim Pepper had amassed...
Jul 14, 2022
When friends and frequent collaborators Thara Memory and Ken Berry dreamed up the Creative Jazz Orchestra in the late ’70s, their concept was simple: to keep...
Jul 12, 2022
The physical space where a piece of music is recorded can have as much of an impact on the sound as the choice of microphones or the instruments being used....
May 17, 2022
International Jazz Day is Saturday, April 30th!
The Jazz Society of Oregon presents four shows at The 1905 in celebration! All four shows will be live-...
Apr 30, 2022
One of the best ways to make a career out of being a jazz musician in a market as relatively small as Portland is to be as flexible as possible — able to play...
Apr 27, 2022
In Ken Burns' documentary Jazz, bassist Charlie Haden remembered the conversations he and Ornette Coleman would get into about the radical sound they were...
Apr 19, 2022
Something about writing music for his trio integer seems to mellow Todd Marston out. In his various guises, either solo or working with his long-running world...
Apr 15, 2022
The Jazz Journalists Association (JJA), the august body of jazz writers and photographers from around the world, recently announced their 2022 slate of Jazz...
Apr 07, 2022
The dull reality that independent jazz artists have to face these days is that, without the help of a record label, to make a proper recording of their music...
Mar 29, 2022
In an era when, due to continually shrinking funding options and pitiful payouts for streams, most independent artists are being forced to maintain a lean...
Mar 17, 2022
Filling the shoes of Douglas Detrick, the multi-talented artist and composer who, after eight years is stepping down as the executive director of the Portland...
Mar 09, 2022
Story by Robert Ham — February 17, 2022
Nicholas Salas-Harris took on the role of PDX Jazz Artistic Director at the best and worst time.
As he stepped into the...
Feb 17, 2022
Story by Robert Ham — Feb 5, 2022 —
Jazz musicians, at their best, love to dangle off a cliff, with only their wits and their fingertips holding themselves and...
Feb 11, 2022
Review by Robert Ham — February 2, 2022 —
Alan Jones deserves to sound as relaxed and in reponse as he does throughout his latest album You Took Me Home. The...
Feb 02, 2022
