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	<title>Andrew Oliver</title>
	<link>http://andrewoliver.net</link>
	<description>Pianist, Composer, Arranger - Portland, OR</description>
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		<title>Indie-Jazz Showcase tonight at Jimmy Mak&#8217;s</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Looking forward to tonight at Jimmy Mak&#8217;s - Oregon Music News is presenting an &#8220;indie-jazz&#8221; showcase featuring two of my groups &#8211; 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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://andrewoliver.net/2012/05/indie-jazz-showcase-tonight-at-jimmy-maks/</link>
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		<title>PJCE May 4!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m excited as always to present another concert of the Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble on May 4.  This will be our final concert of the season.  I have a brand-new piece that I&#8217;ve been working on for a couple years (on-and-off) which we&#8217;ll be premiering, and we&#8217;re also very excited to premiere new works by [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://andrewoliver.net/2012/04/pjce-may-4/</link>
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		<title>The Music of Herbie Nichols tonight at Ivories!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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&#8242;s and 60&#8242;s. His [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://andrewoliver.net/2012/03/the-music-of-herbie-nichols-tonight-at-ivories/</link>
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		<title>Kora Band at Cafe Solstice, Seattle 2/11</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Kora Band is back in full 5 &#8211; piece format now that Chad McCullough, our trumpeter, is on his way back from another extended European jaunt!  We&#8217;re appearing a bunch in the next few months, starting it off with a show on Saturday the 11th at Cafe Solstice in the University District of Seattle. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://andrewoliver.net/2012/01/kora-band-at-cafe-solstice-seattle-211/</link>
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		<title>Happy New Year!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Happy new year to everyone!  The holday season was lots of fun here in Portland and I hope everyone had an enjoyable time as well.  Having finally recovered from the festivities it was time for the Bridgetown Sextet CD release this last weekend (as usual my failure to post timely notices of these things on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://andrewoliver.net/2012/01/happy-new-year-2/</link>
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		<title>Return of the Kora Band!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Kane Mathis has been off in Europe and Africa for much of the fall and so the Kora Band has been on somewhat of a hiatus, but we&#8217;re back for a gig this Saturday night in Seattle at a great house concert series in the Burien neighborhood.  If you&#8217;re in the area and would like [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://andrewoliver.net/2011/12/return-of-the-kora-band/</link>
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		<title>Busy Week &#8211; Herbie Nichols Wednesday / PJCE Returns Saturday!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week I have two shows of interest, I&#8217;m especially excited about the return of the full 14-piece Portland Jazz Composers&#8217; Ensemble at the Community Music Center Saturday night.  I&#8217;ll also be at Tony Starlight&#8217;s on Wednesday with some great music by Herbie Nichols, the obscure but fascinating pianist from the 50&#8242;s-60&#8242;s era. We have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://andrewoliver.net/2011/12/busy-week-herbie-nichols-wednesday-pjce-returns-saturday/</link>
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		<title>Chad McCullough / Bram Weijters + Ocular Concern Wednesday!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My ongoing series on the first Wednesday of the month at Tony Starlight&#8217;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&#8217;s each month! This month we have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://andrewoliver.net/2011/11/chad-mccullough-bram-weijters-ocular-concern-wednesday/</link>
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		<title>Bridgetown at Secret Society Friday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well I have been a bit lax about show promo and substantial blog info recently!  My calendar page is now updated through the end of the year finally, a few more things to be added soon but at least it&#8217;s not empty!!  First up is some great swing from Bridgetown Sextet at Secret Society this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://andrewoliver.net/2011/10/bridgetown-at-secret-society-friday/</link>
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		<title>West Coast Jazz Part 2: Shelly Manne / Russ Freeman</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am happy to be continuing my relatively new series (this will be the 2nd installment) at Tony Starlight&#8217;s on Oct. 5.  The series is the first Wednesday of the month and I present a different project, theme, or guest each time. For October I am digging back into the vaults of West Coast Jazz of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://andrewoliver.net/2011/09/west-coast-jazz-part-2-shelly-manne-russ-freeman/</link>
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