Indie-Jazz Showcase tonight at Jimmy Mak’s
Looking forward to tonight at Jimmy Mak’s – Oregon Music News is presenting an “indie-jazz” showcase featuring two of my groups – the Ocular Concern and the debut of a brand new sextet (name to be unveiled at the gig) with me, Dan Duval on guitar, Joe Cunningham and Lee Elderton on saxes, Jon Shaw [...]
The Music of Herbie Nichols tonight at Ivories!
Looking forward to playing some great music of this obscure composer-genius tonight at Ivories! Andrew Oliver Quintet plays compositions of Herbie Nichols Andrew Oliver, piano Dan Duval, guitar John Savage, flute and alto sax Bill Athens, bass Ken Ollis, drums Herbie Nichols was a fascinating pianist and composer active in the 50′s and 60′s. His [...]
Busy Week – Herbie Nichols Wednesday / PJCE Returns Saturday!
This week I have two shows of interest, I’m especially excited about the return of the full 14-piece Portland Jazz Composers’ Ensemble at the Community Music Center Saturday night. I’ll also be at Tony Starlight’s on Wednesday with some great music by Herbie Nichols, the obscure but fascinating pianist from the 50′s-60′s era. We have [...]
Chad McCullough / Bram Weijters + Ocular Concern Wednesday!
My ongoing series on the first Wednesday of the month at Tony Starlight’s continues with some very special guests from Belgium and an opening set by my trio The Ocular Concern. Hope to see some folks out to support this fledgling series bringing new and varied projects to Tony’s each month! This month we have [...]
Gamera vs. Barugon
I’m very excited to announce a show coming up at the Hollywood Theatre the 26th and 27th of this month that I’ve been working on for most of the summer. FILMUSIK, a fantastic local organization, commissions new scores for old movies and then presents a live performance of the music along with voice actors, sound [...]
Traditional Jazz
I’m very excited to be returning to Jimmy Mak’s this Friday with the Bridgetown Sextet + Midnight Serenaders double bill – we had a fantastic time last time we presented this exciting collaboration and are very happy to do it again. Recent conversations with Scott Kennedy (stride pianist extraordinaire from Bridgetown) and Doug Sammons (Bridgetown’s guitarist and [...]
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