Archival Interview by Don Campbell, November 2008—
Portland's music scene lost one of its titans this week when drummer, bandleader, and radio DJ Carlton...
Interview by Tree Palmedo, July 2021—
As musicians have come and gone from the Portland scene, Barra Brown has stuck around. Since moving to Portland from...
Review by Tree Palmedo, June 2021—
While Stevie Wonder is a ubiquitous influence among jazz, pop, and soul musicians, the music legend’s songs are actually...
Interview by Tree Palmedo, June 2021—
Soul Vaccination is getting back into the groove. Despite its name (borrowed from a classic Tower of Power song), the 12-...
Interview by Tree Palmedo, May 2021—
Virginia López and her Melao de Cuba Orchestra have been fixtures of the Portland music scene since 2005. Led by the...
Interview by Tree Palmedo, May 2021—
When Andrew Oliver moved from Portland to London in 2013, he left behind a sizable footprint. A prolific composer and...
Review by Tree Palmedo, May 2021—
Lloyd Jones is a native Oregonian, but you wouldn’t know it from his gritty and groovy takes on blues and soul. For his...
Reviews by Tree Palmedo, May 2021—
Matt Tabor - Improvisations
Portland pianist Matt Tabor has had a prolific pandemic, and his latest release harkens toward...
Interview by Tree Palmedo, April 2021—
Catching up with Charlie Porter is bittersweet. The accomplished trumpeter, who in the past five years has become one of...
Review by Tree Palmedo, April 2021—
The all-star band has become, in its own way, a time-honored jazz tradition. From Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers to the...
Interview by Tree Palmedo, April 2021—
If any Portland musician deserves a TED Talk, it’s Christopher Brown. Aside from his impressive biography—son of...
Interview by Tree Palmedo, March 2021—
For musicians, COVID-19 has redefined what it means to be busy. These days, for instance, Dan Balmer seems to be...
Review by Tree Palmedo, March 2021—
The Portland Jazz Composer’s Ensemble was founded over a decade ago, and in the years since it has expanded into one of...
Interview by Tree Palmedo, March 2021—
I catch George Colligan on a heavy day. Fewer than 24 hours before our interview, news has broken that Ralph Peterson Jr...
Review by Tree Palmedo, Feb 28, 2021—Though the widespread pandemic narrative in the jazz world has been one of hardships, cancellations, and long-term...
CD Review by Tree Palmedo, Feb 23, 2021—
It may come as a surprise to some Oregon listeners that Shelly Rudolph’s last album came out over 15 years ago. On...
Interview by Tree Palmedo - February 11, 2021 —
Since moving to Portland in 2014, Noah Simpson has quickly become one of the city’s most active musicians, a...
Interview by Tree Palmedo, Tue, Feb 16, 2021 —
Unlike many touring artists and festivals in the past year, PDX Jazz had time to plan. The non-profit...
Interview by Tree Palmedo - Feb 14, 2021 —
Watching Alan Jones play the drums these days is not all that different from how it used to be. Sure, some things...
Review by Tree Palmedo, Feb 10, 2021
The summer of 2020 felt like a rebirth. After months of nationwide shutdowns, even as many venues stayed closed, life...
Don't miss David Friesen’s Circle 3 Trio LIVE STREAM performance from the Portland Piano Company on Friday, January 15th at 7pm PST!
Left Door Streaming will...
CD Review by Tree Palmedo
Portlanders have probably seen Chance Hayden around, either playing jazz at local restaurants or accompanying funk-leaning acts like...
This just in from Ezra Weiss!
Dear Friends,
My trio wants you to feel super kick-ass about voting. So we're making a concert for that. And it will work. You...
Composer/Pianist Ezra Weiss’s trio live streams from Portland’s The 1905 on Sunday, November 1, 2020, with Music to Make you Feel Super Kick-Ass About Voting....