Music Stories There is a general misperception in the national mainstream jazz press that Portland is "insular," "largely quiet" or maybe just a whistlestop between towns of greater jazz-powered magnitude. Tossing ... More
Portland Jazz Roundup
The latest from the greatest in the Portland stable.
Music Stories There is a general misperception in the national mainstream jazz press that Portland is "insular," "largely quiet" or maybe just a whistlestop between towns of greater jazz-powered magnitude. Tossing ... More
Songbirds Lift Festival
Music Stories The Portland Jazz Festival's safety net has been cast aside, but the traditionalists carry on.The second annual Portland Jazz Festival teasingly revved its flat-6 engines last week with a number of lo ... More
Karim of the Crop
Night Avenger Casanovas, octogenarian ballroom dancers, Riviera jewel thieves and supper-club Lotharios will all tell you: Nothing closes the deal or establishes the scene of the crime like proper lighting, a savor ... More
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WW'S GUIDE TO THE 23RD ANNUAL MOUNT HOOD JAZZ FESTIVAL.
Music Stories The Mount Hood Jazz Festival kicks off its 23rd season with one of its most appealing straight-ahead jazz lineups ever. In recent years the festival was spooked in the direction of smooth jazz (the au ... More
The Artist as Imagined
Saxophonist Charles Gayle embodies the gritty reality of the jazz life.
Music Stories "With jazz," Ralph Ellison once said, "we are not yet in the age of history, but linger in that of folklore." Forty years later, that seems to be both jazz's blessing and its curse. It allows us the s ... More
A Van, a Man and a Quintet
John Hollenbeck and his Claudia Quintet pull into town to play 411's final show.
Music Stories Bebop-onomics haven't changed too much over the years, but lately it's been harder and harder to get paid and even more difficult to find good venues. Without a strong support structure in place f ... More
EZRA WEISS
Album Reviews EZRA WEISS The Five A.M. Strut (Umoja)Recorded last year when the ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Award winner was only 23 years old, Ezra Weiss' The Five A.M. Strut showcases a marvelously well-craft ... More
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Bicoastal composer/clinician/bandleader returns in frontier-justice style. Oregon Ballet Theatre's Swan Lake
Wings of desire floated across the stage of the Keller Auditorium for one of the world's most famous ballets. Cheap Eats 2006 - The World... On Five Bucks A Day
A 10-Stop Cart-ography of earthly delights. Gina Gibney Dance
Thoroughly modern Gina hotwires live art. Playing The Changes
Portland's barely legal boppers lead the way to a new jazz. Compagnie Tchétché
The eagle has landed: Compagnie Tchétché and the new face of African dance. Ascending The Throne
The world's greatest jazz singer is right next door. EZRA WEISS
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WW'S GUIDE TO THE 23RD ANNUAL MOUNT HOOD JAZZ FESTIVAL. Portland Jazz Roundup
The latest from the greatest in the Portland stable.
Bicoastal composer/clinician/bandleader returns in frontier-justice style. Oregon Ballet Theatre's Swan Lake
Wings of desire floated across the stage of the Keller Auditorium for one of the world's most famous ballets. Cheap Eats 2006 - The World... On Five Bucks A Day
A 10-Stop Cart-ography of earthly delights. Gina Gibney Dance
Thoroughly modern Gina hotwires live art. Playing The Changes
Portland's barely legal boppers lead the way to a new jazz. Compagnie Tchétché
The eagle has landed: Compagnie Tchétché and the new face of African dance. Ascending The Throne
The world's greatest jazz singer is right next door. EZRA WEISS
Straight-up
WW'S GUIDE TO THE 23RD ANNUAL MOUNT HOOD JAZZ FESTIVAL. Portland Jazz Roundup
The latest from the greatest in the Portland stable.
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