as "grassroots" as they come…
We rehearsed the PJCE the other night at a place called AudioCinema in Portland’s industrial district. It is a great space, large and good-sounding, where I hope to do some gigs/mini-festivals or something in the future. Nonetheless, an extremely loud rock band was rehearsing in another part of the building, which made playing the more [...]
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So it’s nearly time for the summer Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble concert, this coming Friday. Co-directing this band is one of my favorite projects to date, though it’s quite time consuming and often frustrating to get fourteen musicians together to rehearse and perform four times a year, in addition to convincing various fantastic composers to [...]
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