• Jet Black Pearl with Chris Shuttleworth

    Alberta Street Pub, 1036 NE Alberta St, Portland, OR 97211, USA

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  • Mel Brown Trio at Salty's

    Salty's on the Columbia River, 3839 NE Marine Dr, Portland, OR 97211, USA

    Live Jazz Friday Nights Salty’s on the Columbia is thrilled to have live jazz performed by the magnificent Mel Brown Trio in our café dining room. This trio of world-class jazz players features Jof Lee on piano, Tim Gilson on bass, and Mel Brown on drums. Drummer Mel Brown is known as Portland’s ultimate timekeeper and ‘Mister Groove.’ An Oregon icon in jazz, Mel Brown has been labeled the ‘Gentleman of Jazz’, with a career spanning over 40 years. Mel first made his mark as a Motown staff drummer, recording and touring with Martha Reeves, The Temptations, Smokey Robinson, and others. He subsequently spent ten years working with Diana Ross and other pop acts before giving up the road in 1991 and returning home to his first love – jazz. This fabulous trio is a treasured part of the Salty’s family.

  • Soul'd Out & Jazz IS Dead Present BALTHVS (Early & Late Shows)

    The Jack London Revue, 529 SW 4th Ave, Portland, OR 97204, USA

    Soul'd Out and Jazz Is Dead proudly present

    BALTHVS, the Bogota, Colombia based psychedelic funk trio formed in the countryside while the group waited out the 2020 pandemic. The band was escaping the city during uncertain times and according to guitarist and vocalist, Balthazar Aguirre “we wanted the music to meld with the peaceful environment surrounding us at that moment”.

    The band is notable for their energetic performances, improvisation and connectivity to their ever growing audience with their genre-defying sound blends Cumbia, surf rock, funk and Turkish musical influences.

    BALTHVS have sparked a counter culture revolution in their home country with music comprised of lyrics in English, Spanish and plenty of instrumentals that meld mysticism and psychedelics. “Colombia is very psychedelic, there's plenty of availability and a lot of traditional medicine involving entheogens and plant medicine around.” The result is a captivating sonic tapestry that transcends conventional boundaries, captivating listeners with its multifaceted influences.

    Since their inception, the band has embarked on a prolific creative and touring journey, releasing an impressive catalog featuring over 34 singles and 3 full-length albums. Their music has resonated globally, amassing over 6.8 million streams worldwide, establishing BALTHVS as a formidable presence in the music industry and with an upcoming new full length LP, the band is poised for even greater heights.

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  • PDX Jazz Presents: Laurie Anderson "Let X=X" with Sexmob

    Keller Auditorium, 222 SW Clay St, Portland, OR 97201, USA

    Arguably, the U.S.’ most popular avant-garde performance artist, the two-time GRAMMY award winner Anderson has created ground-breaking works that span art, theatre, experimental music, and technology. Her recording career, launched by Big Science in 1981, includes the soundtrack to her feature film Home of the Brave, and her 2001 album Life on a String. Anderson’s live shows range from simple spoken word to elaborate multi-media stage performances. In 2002, Anderson was appointed the first artist-in-residence of NASA, culminating in her 2004 touring solo performance The End of the Moon. In 2010, a retrospective of her visuals and installation work opened in São Paulo, Brazil. Her largest exhibition to date has been shows at The Smithsonian Hirshhorn Museum of Modern Art in 2022.

    ‘X = X’ features the enduring avant-gardist Anderson  --backed by the New York underground jazz combo Sexmob-- in a set of revisited vintage and recent songs with a grooving spirit.

    The New York Times called her recent Brooklyn Academy of Music performance a “thrilling multimedia show.”  As for the music, the Times says ‘X = X’ is not “a historical recreation of past recordings; Sexmob’s sound is a beefier one than on Anderson’s albums” with Sexmob contributing inventive arrangements that never over-power the show’s impish 76-year old frontwoman.

    Sexmob is Steven Bernstein, Briggan Krauss, Tony Scherr, Kenny Wollesen, and Doug Wieselman.
     
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  • Yugen Music Project

    Mermosa PDX, 1422 NW 23rd Ave, Portland, OR 97210, USA

    Yugen Music Project is Greg Kelly flute, Phillip Tucker drums, Carmelo Torres congas, and Terrance Wooten guitar.   Yugen Music Project welcomes back the vocal stylings of artist Toni Hill.

  • Billie Edison Band

    Wilf's Restaurant & Jazz Bar at Union Station, 800 NW 6th Ave, Portland, OR 97209, USA

    Billie Edison, VocalsGreg Goebel, pianoEd Bennett, bassTodd Strait, drums

  • Pa’Lante

    Atlantis Lounge, 3552 N Mississippi Ave, Portland, OR 97217, USA


    Pa’lante has a distinguished history as one of Portland’s favorite Latin bands for decades, playing Latin jazz, salsa, cumbia, merengue and timba for listening and dancing. The band has a very tight, professional sound, and features a combination of fantastic musicians from the genesis of the band, along with some outstanding new players.

    A typical Pa’lante set moves from cookin’ Latin jazz to spicy hot salsa, to cumbia, merengue, bolero, and cha cha cha, all designed especially for dancing, and even seated listeners can’t help but respond to the compelling rhythms.

    Pa’lante is a contraction of para adelante, translated variously as “forward!”, “straight ahead!” and “onward!”.

     

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  • Soul'd Out Presents SUBATOMIC SOUND SYSTEM - LEE SCRATCH PERRY 88th MEMORIAL

    The Jack London Revue, 529 SW 4th Ave, Portland, OR 97204, USA

    SUBATOMIC SOUND SYSTEM - LEE SCRATCH PERRY 88th MEMORIAL feat. Screechy Dan & The Impact! Sound

    For over a decade, Subatomic Sound System was the Brooklyn based touring band for Jamaican dub & reggae inventor Lee "Scratch" Perry (1936-2021) and producers of the acclaimed 2017 album "Super Ape Returns to Conquer" which reimagined Scratch's 1973 classic "Super Ape", mixing the vintage Jamaican dub sound with 21st century bass and beats.

    With Scratch, Subatomic toured for over a decade across the US and the world, including sets at Coachella, France’s Telérama Dub Fest, Berlin’s Loop fest, Dubai’s Sole DXB, Hungary’s OzoraFest to name a few. 2023 was the 50th anniversary of the world's first dub album, Lee "Scratch" Perry's "Blackboard Jungle Dub", for which Subatomic & Scratch previously did a 45th anniversary tour. Subatomic's recent single,“Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry is the Dub Organizer”, featuring Screechy Dan is from a forthcoming album with Scratch. Subatomic along with the legendary Jamaican vocalist Screechy Dan recently recorded alive session at KEXP that went viral, demonstrating their unique style of live dub performance as well as their versions of "Chase the Devil" & “Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry is the Dub Organizer” that have become some of Scratch's Biggest Songs of this century.

    In summer of 2023, Subatomic Sound System & Screechy Dan Toured Europe with Hawaiian singer Jack Johnson In support of their posthumous collaboration with Scratch on Jack's new "In Between Dub" album and toured the USA with Stephen Marley.In 2023, Subatomic also performed on the main stage atThe Marley Brothers Sold out 4/20/23 Kaya Fest at Red Rocks, Cali Roots, andCali Vibes Festival.

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  • Live Jazz at Keys

    Keys Lounge, 533 NE Killingsworth St, Portland, OR 97211, USA

    INTRODUCING LIVE JAZZ ON SATURDAY NIGHTS. Every Saturday from 10pm ~ Midnight your visit to Keys Lounge will be soundtracked with the sweet sounds of live jazz. 🎷🎶🎺🍸 See you there! 👀

  • Jazzy Brunch with the Billie Edison Band

    Studio One Theaters, 3945 SE Powell Blvd, Portland, OR 97202, USA

    Billie Edison, Vocals Greg Goebel, piano Ed Bennett, bass Todd Strait, drums

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