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 [...]
PJCE Tonight!
Tonight at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Portland will be the final performance in our second year of concerts by the Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble, one of my favorite ongoing projects. As I was just making up the program here, I went back through our old programs and determined that we have already debuted 30 new [...]
“Busy, Busy, Busy”
“‘Busy, busy, busy’ is what a Bokononist whispers “whenever [he] thinks about how complicated and unpredictable the machinery of life really is.” – Vonnegut, Cat’s Cradle
That’s a good one for musicians and artists to think about, especially [...]
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 [...]
Urs Leimbgruber, and more
So on Thursday night I was invited to play in the Creative Music Guild Large Ensemble directed by Swiss virtuosic improvising saxophonist Urs Leimgruber. The CMG is a great Portland-based nonprofit that brings many fantastic creative improvisers to town. They are now moving into involving more local musicians as well, which is fantastic. We had [...]
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