In the April edition of All About Jazz, Managing Editor Laurence Donohue-Green wrote an extensive review of this year’s Portland Jazz Festival.  He covers many of the headliners, including Ornette Coleman, Tim Berne, and the Bad Plus.  He also wrote a section about Portland musicians, but sadly, although it appears in the online version, most of that segment got cut from the print version that you can pick up on the street in New York.

In the local section, he spells a number of Portland musician’s names incorrectly.  Here’s my list of corrections, in the order they appear in the article:

• Warren Rand (not Warn Rand)
• Renato Caranto (not Renato Carranto)
• Stan Bock (not Stan Bick)
• Alan Jones (not Allan Jones)
• Russ Kleiner (not Russ Kleisner)

And my personal favorite: as far as I know, it’s just Jof Lee, not "Jof Lee Johnson" as he’s listed in the article.

Last month, Matt Jorgensen from Seattle’s Origin Arts label came down for the Portland Jazz Festival with his band, +451.  From Origin-Records.com:

The performance featured Matt’s longtime bandmates Mark Taylor, Ryan Burns and Phil Sparks along with special guest Thomas Marriott. They opened the show with two tunes from their new CD, Another Morning.

You can download Mp3s of both sets from their performance from the Origin Arts website.

JazzPDX.org is introducing a new category - “Community Discussion” in an attempt to make the site more interactive. Since the 2008 Portland Jazz Festival just concluded, why not have that be the first topic?

• If you attended any of the events, which did you particularly enjoy and why?
• Did you miss any concerts that you wished you had caught?
• If you’re a musician and you played at the festival, at which events did you enjoy playing?

You don’t have to be a registered user to comment and your e-mail address won’t be used or published, so comment away!

JazzPDX.org took a little break during the jazz festival, but now the festival has concluded and we’re back to help you find jazz events to attend for the other 51 weeks in the year. While the Oregonian is pessimistically saying “Farewell to Jazz,” JazzPDX.org is optimistically saying hello to some exciting upcoming music, including the return of the Rob Scheps Big Band, Alan Jones with Ingrid Jensen, and more. Don’t let the festival events be the only jazz you hear all year.

The lineup for the 2008 Portland Jazz Festival has been announced, including artists like Joshua Redman, Ornette Coleman, Cecil Taylor, and Dave Douglas. More info can be found at the official website and a recent Oregonian article.

Starting this Friday, the annual Vancouver Wine and Jazz Festival will take place just across the river in Esther Short Park.

The festival will feature national touring acts, such as Ramsey Lewis, Take 6, and the Yellowjackets, as well as local bands including Tall Jazz, Shelly Rudolph, Ben Darwish Trio, John Nastos E4, Janice Scroggins, and more.

Head over to the official website for schedules, ticket information, etc.

Check out Jazz in the Pearl on September 15th with Patrick Lamb, Liv Warfield, and others.
Official website.

On August 4th, the Christian McBride band will play in Portland as part of the Mt. Hood Jazz Festival. McBride’s band features some fantastic musicians, including Terreon Gully, Ron Blake, and Geoffry Keezer. They play a mix of jazz, fusion, and, funk featuring McBride on both electric and acoustic basses. Below, you can take a look at some videos of McBride with his band and a duo with Niels Pederson via youtube.

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