Jazz Night featuring Kirk Kalbfleisch, DVR, and Cyrus Nabipoor at The 1905
The 1905, 830 N Shaver St, Portland, OR 97227, USA
We play original music bringing in influences of modern jazz with crossover stylings from R&B, neo-soul, drum & bass, hip-hop and jazz fusion sounds. We'd love to get back to playing at the 1905 as often as it makes sense for both parties.
Late Show: 10 PM (DOORS 9:45 PM) 21+
Artist: Cyrus Nabipoor
Tickets: $15
Trumpeter, composer and educator Cyrus Nabipoor splits his time between New Orleans and his hometown of Portland, OR. Nabipoor’s earnest & distinctive voice on the horn soars over a unique brand of crossover-jazz. He has been a featured artist at the PDX Jazz Fest, Cathedral Park Fest, Montavilla Jazz Fest, and New Orleans French Quarter Fest. In addition to writing for his own group, Nabipoor has had several works commissioned by Portland Jazz Composer’s Ensemble. His recently released, highly anticipated debut studio album 'In Lieu of Tears’ is a landmark in the development of Nabipoor's writing style as well as his trumpet playing.
It is never possible to anticipate his next move…The jazz equivalent of a first-year pitcher who throws 99 m.p.h….His trumpet chops are deadly. — JazzTimes
A bandleader and composer/arranger for whom no style or emotion is off limits. — Offbeat Magazine
Tickets available hereMel 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.The Medler Sextet
Burlingame Space-Portland Youth Jazz Orchestra, 8423 SW Terwilliger Blvd, Portland, OR 97219, USA
The Medler Sextet - Paul Mazzio, Michelle Medler, John Moak, Clay Giberson, Ben Medler, Todd Bishop
Tickets available hereMassamba Diop w/ Walo Walo + Wamba
The Jack London Revue, 529 SW 4th Ave, Portland, OR 97204, USA
Massamba Diop is perhaps the world's most renowned master of the Tama, a talking drum from Senegal, West Africa. Most recently, Massamba has received much acclaim for his collaboration with composer Ludwig Goransson on Marvel's Black Panther soundtrack, which earned both a Grammy and Oscar in 2019 for “Best Original Score”. Providing the drumming for King Tchalla's theme music, Massamba is heard throughout the film whenever the title character makes an entrance. The music also accompanies the Black Panther character in Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War. Massamba has recently performed with Mumford and Sons at the 2018 Blues du Fleuve Festival in Senegal, and on their 2016 tour, including an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. He is featured on two videos in Playing For Change's latest album Listen to the Music. In 2016, he launched the “Tamani Talking Drum” to the public with Remo Percussion, the first mass-produced Tama, a drum he helped design.
Massamba came into the limelight as lead percussionist and a founding member of Daande Lenol (The Voice of the People), the band of Senegalese super-star Baaba Maal. Over the past 40 years the group has been playing all over the world, working with many notable musical figures and releasing dozens of albums, including Firin' in Fouta, which was nominated for a Grammy for “Best World Music” in 1996. Massamba himself has also performed and/or recorded with the likes of James Brown, Carlos Santana, Herbie Hancock, Harry Belafonte, and Angelique Kidjo, to name a few. He appeared on Peter Gabriel's landmark release Passion, which won a Grammy in 1990.
Cultural Diplomacy has also been a major part of Massamba’s work. With Baaba Maal, who himself has worked as a United Nations Cultural Emissary, he has performed at many major international events like the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony in Oslo, the 2012 Olympics in London, and even joined Stevie Wonder in 2009 to perform “Happy Birthday” for Nelson Mandela to close out Mandela Day at Radio City Music Hall. In 1993, Massamba and American percussionist Tony Vacca co- founded the Senegal-America project, a cultural exchange program which annually brings student and adult groups to Senegal to participate in educational, health care and artistic initiatives. In addition to releasing multiple albums featuring collaborations with Senegalese and American musicians, Massamba and Tony tour the Northeast each year with a variety of performances, school programs, and workshops, from their Northampton, MA base.
https://www.ticketweb.com/event/massamba-diop-and-walo-walo-jack-london-revue-tickets/13398464Adrianna Wagner and Charlie Brown III, Chris Lock, Nicole McCabe Solo at Megalith
2730 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Portland, OR 97212, USA
Charlie Brown III
Instagram @browncharlie3
A Portland native, Charlie Brown III is a musical director, producer, and keyboardist whose work has gained international renown in recent years. Brown has gained wider exposure when producing for mainstream rap artist, Aminé, and has since become a fixture in the tight-knit live unit supporting Memphis-based bass guitar prodigy, MonoNeon. Pushing the boundaries of jazz and new music, Brown does so with a unique knack for both composition and improvisation in the studio. He has produced and directed for regional artists such as Reva Devito and Blossom and currently splits time between Portland and the international touring circuit.
Nicole McCabe is an alto saxophonist, composer and educator from Marin County, California who works and lives in Los Angeles. A rising star in the city’s interdisciplinary scenes, she recently released Mosaic, her fourth album as a bandleader, on Ghost Note Records. The LP follows Landscapes on the Spanish label Fresh Sound and her 2020 debut Introducing Nicole McCabe on Minaret. What Is My Porpoise?, the latest album from her electro-jazz duo with bassist and partner Logan Kane, is forthcoming on Dox.
Mosaic, executive produced by Jeff Parker, showcases McCabe’s complex tone and expanding structural sensibility in a post-bop tradition that she plies with studied creative verve and surprise. To record these through-composed works, she formed a new band featuring Kane, drummer Tim Angulo and pianist Julius Rodriguez, with appearances by Jon Hatamiya on trombone, Aaron Janik on trumpet and Parker on guitar. The album features music that McCabe wrote during Betty Carter’s Jazz Ahead residency at the Kennedy Center under the tutelage of Jason Moran, as well as that workshopped with mentor Patrice Rushen for the Los Angeles Jazz Society’s New Note Jazz Award.
McCabe has otherwise performed or recorded with Ari Hoenig, Dan Weiss, David Binney, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Gerald Clayton, Sasha Berliner, Genevieve Artadi, Dave Harrington, and 10.4 Rog, to name a few. Frequent collaborators Louis Cole and Justin Brown appear on Dolphin Hyperspace’s new album. McCabe’s constellation grew further with a 2023 residency at Los Angeles improvised music hub ETA in its final months, and she is a regular presence at Altamira Sound, where she recorded Mosaic and 2022’s Improvisations, a solo work for saxophone and pedals. Earlier this year, Fresh Sound released McCabe’s Live at Jamboree, a performance in Barcelona with Kane, Iannis Obiols and Ramon Prats.
A teacher since high school, McCabe is currently an educator and jazz ensemble director at Loyola Marymount University and a mentor in California State University, Northridge’s Jazz Studies program. She also teaches at Los Angeles public schools through the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz program Jazz in the Classroom. She earned a Master’s from University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music and a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies at Portland State University.
More info hereMontavilla Jazz Season Reveal
ENSO Winery, 1416 SE Stark St, Portland, OR 97214, USA
Fundraising Dinner & Artist Celebration
Join us at ENSO Winery and Strum for Montavilla Jazz's most decadent night of the year, ushering in our second decade and celebrating the artists that make our community shine.
Venues: Enso Winery 1416 SE Stark St & Strum 1415 SE Stark St
Mix & Mingle with tunes by DJ Bryson Wallace - 5:30 pm @ ENSOFundraising Dinner ft. the best of the Pacific Northwest by White Pepper - 6:00 pm @ ENSO
Season Reveal and an intimate concert by the Nicole McCabe Trio - 7:00 pm @ Strum
Artist Celebration with MJF Artists & more tunes by KMHD’s Bryson Wallace - 8:00 pm @ ENSO
Tickets available here
KMHD Presents: Farnell Newton & Friends at The 1905
The 1905, 830 N Shaver St, Portland, OR 97227, USA
Artist: Farnell Newton and Sexual Chocolate with Vanilla Sprinkles
Tickets: $20
Local trumpeter Farnell Newton and friends bring the sweet, life-affirming sounds of swing, soul, and booty-shaking funk to The 1905! Without question, this brilliant horn god and composer is a premium example of the rich depth of our town’s jazz scene.
Tickets available hereYugen 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.The Ben Graves Quartet
Burlingame Space-Portland Youth Jazz Orchestra, 8423 SW Terwilliger Blvd, Portland, OR 97219, USA
Cowboy Jazz Ep Release
Blue Butler Studios, 2400 SE Holgate Blvd, Portland, OR 97202, USA
Celebrate the first EP release! Original music and rearranged American folk sons that will be recorded live!
Cowboy Jazz:
Vryan Smith: saxophone
Ryan Meagher- guitar
Shao Way Wu- Bass
Jonas Oglesbee- drums
More info here
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