We want to thank everyone who came out to The Cave for this opening week of music. You’ve helped to set the tone…the spirit of the place! Thank You again, and so looking forward to the future of creative music and spaces in our great city.
Wednesday May 14th: NANCY KING INVITATIONAL
“She is, I think, one of the best singers that ever walked the planet.”
- Karrin Allyson, Jazz Vocalist
–Nancy has been nominated Female Vocalist of the year by the Jazz Journalist Association!–
This week Nancy invites two of her longest standing playing mates, Steve Christofferson and Tom Wakeling.
How fortunate we are to be living in a time and place where we can hear Nancy sing every Wednesday!
Thursday May 15th: ALAN JONES PRESENTS…
…an exploration of new music with a totally new line up of some of the “younger” musicians on the Portland scene: Tim Wilcox, tenor; Greg Goebel, piano; Bill Athens, bass;
Best-known for his leadership of the Alan Jones Sextet, which for many listeners defines the essence of Portland jazz with its adventurous, hard-swinging original music, grounded in both jazz tradition and the rugged individualism of the Northwest.
Friday May 16th: THE JOHN NASTOS QUARTET
A Portland native recently returned from living, studying and playing in New York, John is a standard setter in our flourishing scene of young players. He plays the alto at a very high level having learned from some of the best…Warren Rand, Dick Oatts, Steve Wilson…he’s first-call guy in many of the working bands in Portland, and he runs JazzPDX.org - a website about the Portland jazz scene. His energy and enthusiasm is where Jazz is going. John brings with him 3 other great young players Clay Giberson kybds, Randy Rollofson dr and Chris Mosley gt.
Saturday May 17th: DAVID VALDEZ, The Lennie Tristano Files
David is a very creative human being. He plays the alto and tenor saxophones with the depth of…well, someone who deeply understands the music, he teaches at Ethos Music Center, a non-profit music program in north Portland, he runs 2 or 3 bands, he writes a FANTASTIC blog, http://davidvaldez.blogspot.com/ that everyone interested in jazz should definitely read, and he invents really cool projects…this music of Lennie Tristano is one of them.
Lennie Tristano had a profound influence on jazz, but as sometimes happens, has not gotten a lot of popular recognition. His compositions are clever, intricate and challenging to play even if you’re an obvious virtuoso. This evening will be a slice of jazz history not often heard. Playing with David will be: Tim Wilcox tenor sax, Dan Gaynor piano, Dave Speranza bass, Alan Jones drums.
