
Last Monday (October 26th), my partners and I launched Oregon Music News - a new website dedicated to covering all genres of music in Oregon. The site's Editor in Chief (Tom D'Antoni) will be writing the majority of the jazz and blues pieces on the site, which can all be found ...

Oregon Music News has a piece on the opening night of the newly-refurbished Brasserie Montmarte - a club that used to be a staple of Portland's jazz scene, but has been closed for years due to changes of ownership and renovation. I'll try to head over soon to snap some pictures ...

Featuring John Kaizan Neptune (Shakuhachi/Japanese Bamboo Flute) with: Darrell Grant - piano, Todd Strait - drums, Dennis Caiazza -bass More info at the Japan-America Society website

From their press release: Appearing October 27, 2009 from 7-10pm., we have Paul Mazzio (trumpet), Lee Wuthenow (tenor), Steve Christofferson (piano),Kevin Dietz (Bass), Duncan Branom (drums), Xavier (vocals), Shelly Rudolph (vocals), and Mike Winkle (vocals)...

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQCPN-DXNis httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mll1s0klpeU Portland State University's newest jazz professor, trumpeter Farnell Newton, is bringing his student ensemble to Jimmy Mak's tonight (10/20) to open for the Mel Brown Septet...

The Oregonian has a nice piece on this on OregonLive. Be sure to take a look at the comments as well.

On Sunday, October 25th, Nancy King and Glen Moore will play a duo concert at Blackbird Wine. This will be a great chance to hear the word-class duo (that seems to rarely play) in an intimate setting. Tickets are $25 each, which includes one glass of wine. Desserts and ...

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZaYsEJgFD4 Before he moved to Portland, pianist and Portland State University jazz professor Darrell Grant played with a number of interesting (and famous) groups, not the least of which was Betty Carter's group...

Vibraphonist/percussionist Chuck Redd returns to Portland this week for what seems to be turning into a semi-regular appearance with the Mel Brown Quartet at Jimmy Mak's. Redd will join the band this Wednesday night (10/7) for what will surely be a night of hard-swinging jazz...

This week, the "Notes from the Underground" series at the Mission Theater presents the Sam Howard band, featuring guitarist Dan Balmer. For those of you that haven't yet heard Sam Howard, you owe it to yourselves as jazz fans to do so as quickly as possible. Sam has a beautiful ...

Saturdays in October will feature the music of Mary Flower and Janice Scroggins thanks to a new partnership between Portland Center Stage and Music Millennium. Read what Tim DuRoche has to say about this new series on the Portland Center Stage blog.

This Friday (10/2), the Portland Jazz Orchestra will kick off its 2009-2010 season with a program called "Groovin' Hard." The concert will feature drummer Alan Jones driving the band through selections from the Buddy Rich book...

October 2nd at Jimmy Mak's, Ben Darwish's trio will play a double bill with Darrell Grant's newest band - "On the Territory." Portland jazz fans will undoubtedly know Ben's trio by now. Despite the young age of the group, they have two succesful albums on Portland's own Diatic Records and have .....











