Kora Band Tonight @ Jimmy Mak's
And, as an addition to that last lengthy post, here’s a plug for my gig tonight at Jimmy Mak’s with the Andrew Oliver Kora Band. We’ll be opening for the Ben Darwish Trio CD release. We play 8-9:30, Ben plays 10-12. Jimmy Mak’s is at NW 10th and Everett in Portland. We’re really excited for [...]
Lionel Loueke @ PDX Jazz Festival
So, last Sunday I was fortunate enough to get into 2 Portland Jazz Festival shows for free, thanks to friends with extra tickets. The first was McCoy Tyner / Joe Lovano with Don Byron’s band opening – more on that later. The second was the Lionel Loueke Trio with Judi Silvano opening. Although it might [...]
PJCE Tonight!
As I mentioned yesterday, the PJCE will be giving it’s first concert of 2009 tonight at the Old Church. Come by and support local musicians! We have by far our strongest program yet for this concert, so don’t miss it.
http://www.pjce.org
Not about canyons
Yes, I like this picture of Waimea Canyon I took last year in Kauai so I thought it would provide a pleasing image for the top of this thing.
The Portland Jazz Festival is underway, yesterday I took in a whopping 4 fantastic bands in 6 hours of music-listening. Quite an experience. More on that later [...]