http://andrewoliver.net Pianist, Composer, Arranger - Portland, OR Sun, 28 Feb 2010 01:01:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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!).  ... http://andrewoliver.net/2010/02/the-woods-thursday/ Well I have been enjoying the Olympics as much as the next guy or girl, but the real topic of this post is the fact that Tunnel Six, a Canadian-American collaborative group that was founded at the Banff workshop last spring, has recently received a generous grant from the Canada ... http://andrewoliver.net/2010/02/olympics-and-arts-funding/ 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, ... http://andrewoliver.net/2010/01/bantus/ 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 ... http://andrewoliver.net/2010/01/sextet-jimmy-maks-tonight/ After the recent holiday festivities, I was lucky enough to do something I've always wanted to do, and hope to repeat again: go off to a proverbial (or almost literal, in this case) cabin in the woods with a band for a weekend and work on new music!  The Kora ... http://andrewoliver.net/2010/01/kora-band-retreat/ I hope that everyone's holidays have gone well so far, and that everyone has a great New Year and appropriate celebrations.  I'm very much looking forward to many projects coming up in the next year, and I thought I would post a bit about some exciting news and events: - I ... http://andrewoliver.net/2009/12/happy-new-year/ 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 ... http://andrewoliver.net/2009/12/tonight-doug-fir/ 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 ... http://andrewoliver.net/2009/12/recent-shows-and-reflections-thereupon/ http://andrewoliver.net/2009/12/columbia-city-theater-tomorrow/ In preparation for our big show at the Columbia City Theater on Thursday night, the Kora Band will be appearing tomorrow on KEXP's "The Best Ambiance", a great and very comprehensive radio show about the music of Africa hosted by Jon Kertzer.  We'll be talking and performing around the 7:00 ... http://andrewoliver.net/2009/11/kexp-tomorrow-night/