This week, The Cave presents:

• 11/5 - Nancy King with Steve Christofferson
• 11/6 - Young Guys of Portland Quartet: Willie Matheis tenor, Andrew Oliver piano, Eric Gruber bass, Randy Rollofson drums
• 11/7 - David Ornette Cherry with Harmeladica: David Ornette Cherry piano, Spencer Stewart bass, Elliot Hocker guitar, Charlie Stanford guitar, Aaron Johnson tenor, Jonas Oglesbee drums
• 11/8 - FROM BOSTON Dominique Eade vocal, w/ Ken Ollis drums, Jed Wilson piano, Bill Athens bass

The Cave is located at 636 SW Jackson, near PSU.  Music starts at 8 PM for a $5 cover charge.  Visit The Cave’s website for more information about all of these groups.

From this week’s press release from The Cave:

Wednesday June 25th: NANCY KING INVITATIONAL

This week Nancy invites the great and venerable Tom Wakeling on bass and Jed Wilson on piano. Jed is a young man who has been living in Boston and New York for the last few years and has recently moved back to Portland. He’s very, very good at playing the piano. He’s very, very good at accompanying singers. These are two quite different things and Jed is brilliant at both.  Tom Wakeling of course is a rock…who makes great lines and hears everything.

Note: Next week Nancy goes to Paris to sing some concerts but “subbing” for her will be Rebecca Kilgore and Dave Frishberg!

Thursday June 26th: ALAN JONES PRESENTS…

Andrew Oliver on piano, Sam Howard on bass and Alan Jones on drums.  This trio is designed to explore some new places a “piano trio” might go in the hands of two young guys with vision and energy and one medium guy who’s eager to see the outcome.

Friday June 27th: ART RESNICK TRIO

Art Resnick is a master piano player and prolific composer who after a long hiatus from the Portland jazz scene will make a triumphant return by performing at The Cave with a new trio featuring Dan Schulte on bass, Jonas Oglesby on drums.

Art has been the sought-after pianist of choice for some of the greatest jazz musicians of our times. He has toured and recorded with James Moody, Freddie Hubbard, Nat Adderly, Benny Golson, Bobby Shew, Gary Bartz and Charles McPherson…and that’s only naming a few!

Saturday June 28th: GREG GOEBEL QUARTET

Greg has been recognized in Down Beat magazine with an award for Outstanding Original Composition.  He has consistently been given top honors at music festivals including Best Overall College Performer and three time Best Overall College Pianist at the Reno International Jazz Festival. Greg has recorded and toured with renowned bassist David Friesen, and is a current member of the David Friesen Trio. Greg also performes with Portland quintet, PDXV, which just released their second CD.  He has played with and continues to work with notable musicians such as Alan Jones, Bob Magnusson, Dick Oatts, John Handy, Gary Hobbs, Peter Epstein, Jay Thomas, John Stowell, Rebecca Kilgore, John Gross, Ron Steen and Terrell Stafford.  Joining Greg will be Tim Wilcox tenor, Dave Captein bass and Charlie Doggett drums.

The Cave is located at 636 SW Jackson underneath the Green Onion restaurant

This week’s press release for The Cave:

Wednesday June 11th: NANCY KING INVITATIONAL

This week Nancy invites the clever, intricate, swinging, and still young pianist Dan Gaynor. Dan is also what in baseball would be called “in the hot box”.

Thursday June 12th: ALAN JONES PRESENTS…

If you asked randomly around the world, “who is the greatest musician living in Portland, OR”, it’s quite possible, likely even, that most of the responses would be…Dave Frishberg. It’s worth taking a minute to check out some of the things he’s done over a 40-year career http://www.davefrishberg.net/long_bio.php. He played with Ben Webster! He played with Gene Krupa! He writes and sings hilariously intelligent songs that are very famous…but those songs are for another night. On this night he’ll be playing version of breathtaking piano with Warren Rand. Warren has “Revered Master” status in Portland. He has the biggest, fattest sound you can get on an alto saxophone, has played since it’s inception with the Mel Brown sextet/septet and the Alan Jones Sextet.  He’s played blues for years with Robert Cray and Albert King. Dave Speranza will be playing bass. Dave is playing very, very well, just look at the company he’s keeping. Alan Jones will play drums.

Friday June 13th: ANDREW OLIVER SEXTET

Andrew is a very motivated, prolific and exceptional piano player and composer. One of the leaders in the great movement of young talented musicians in Portland, he brings to his work the experiences of living, studying and playing for 3 years in New Orleans, touring in unusual and interesting places like Poland, Bulgaria and Africa, the ability to speak French and play cello, trumpet and drums.  This is an opportunity to hear a young creative musician on his way up.  Joining Andrew will be Dan Duval, guitar and composition; Mary Sue Tobin, soprano, alto saxophone and clarinet; Willie Matheis, tenor saxophone; Eric Gruber, bass and Kevin Van Geem, drums

Saturday June 14th: DAVID FRIESEN TRIO

David Friesen bass, Randy Porter piano, Alan Jones drums have been playing together for many years, traveled all over the world, recorded 3 internationally acclaimed CD’s, have a virtually telepathic rapport with each other and have never had a rehearsal.

Monday June 16th: INGRID JENSEN QUARTET

Special Note: Next week INGRID JENSEN will dart into Portland to do some work with David Monette on a new trumpet and while she’s here play a rare, secret gig at the cave on MONDAY JUNE 16th with Randy Porter, Dave Speranza and Alan Jones + special guests.  I know, we don’t usually have music on Mondays, but sometimes you have to make exceptions.  This will be a party!

The Cave is located at:

636 SW Jackson St (at the corner of Broadway in the PSU neighborhood).