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 [...]
NYC, SEA, PDX w/Pablo Masis
I’ve been in New York all week thanks to a generous grant by the Oregon Arts Commission to take some composition lessons with John Hollenbeck, which have so far been very illuminating and fun. While I’m here (in addition to lots of fun hanging with new and old friends) I’m playing a couple of gigs [...]
Round Mountain tomorrow!
I’m very excited to be playing tomorrow night at the Alberta Street Public House in a double bill: my duo with Kane (the “Kane Mathis/Andrew Oliver duo”) which in this case will actually be a trio with the addition of Kevin Van Geem on percussion (read: calabash!) will be starting the evening off followed by [...]
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