The Woods Thursday!
This Thursday at The Woods, one of Portland’s newest and most intriguing venues (an ex-funeral parlor, in fact!), my sextet will be performing alongside A Cautionary Tale, a great member of the vibrant indie-rock scene here. Advance tickets are available here from Brown Paper Tickets (Only $7 for 2 bands!). We’re looking forward to this [...]
Bantus
Back in June I received an intriguing phone call from one Matt Gordon, who had gotten my number from Kevin Van Geem (the drummer in my sextet) and needed a substitute keyboardist to play (get this) marimba parts on a gig with a Zimbabwean singer, Loveness Wesa. Needless to say, I was more than slightly [...]
Sextet @ Jimmy Mak’s Tonight!
After a relatively long hiatus, my sextet will be back at Jimmy Mak’s tonight, alongside the excellent Trio Subtonic. This will be our first show with them and, for that matter, our first time playing the “headlining” slot at Jimmy Mak’s, so tell all your friends!
For a preview, here’s “Public and Republic” by Dan Duval [...]
Tonight @ Doug Fir!
Well, Reptet’s reputation seems to be preceding them these days. We’ll be opening for them tonight over at Portland’s hipster central, the Doug Fir Lounge. It’ll be great to bring some of what Tom D’Antoni calls “indie jazz” into the room and I’m always happy to hear a set of crazy music from Reptet while [...]
Recent shows and reflections thereupon
As you can tell from the infreqent and cursory nature of my recent posting activity, things have been pretty hectic, and I’ve been doing a lot of travelling to Seattle recently to prepare for (and finally play) our big show last Thursday night at the Columbia City Theater. I’m back in Portland for a solid [...]