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Different NoisesWorld of Jazz 725The truly global reach of jazz is demonstrated by this selection of new releases. From large ensembles to duos, and crossing several continents, the variety and vibrancy of the music is on show with some exciting and thought-provoking creations.
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Show Intro 00:00
Omar Thomas Large Ensemble “The Path” from Griot Songs (Omar Thomas Music) 00:28
Wojtek Mazolewski Quintet “Sun” from Beautiful People (WMQ Records) 17:17
Rebecca Coupe Franks “Forest” from Landscape Suites for Trumpet (RCF Music) 24:11
Brian Molley Quartet And The Asin Langa Ensemble “Parapraxis/Liver Jivaro” from Journeys (BGMM Records) 31:58
Anupam Shobhakar “Ladders To The Sky” from Liquid Reality (AGS...2025-02-011h 58
RADIO.D59BRADIO.D59B / SOUND TRAVELS #49 w/ Pierre Ringwald1. 2. Sparklmami - Running (artist release)
Anthony Joseph - Black History - Rowing Up River T o Get Our Names Back (Heavenly
Sweetness)
3. Hot 8 Brass Band - Ain’t No Sunshine - Ain’t No Sunshine: Single (Tru Thoughts)
4. Charles Owens Trio - Afro-Centric - The Music T ells Us (La Reserve)
5. Bosque Sound Community - San Francisco Waltz - 12 Angry Mushrooms (A.MA)
6. Billy Mohler - Hawk Wind - The Eternal (Contagious Music)
7. Carl Allen - James - Tippin’ (Cellar Music)
8. Yulia Musayelyan - Futurism - Strange Times (Wherego Music)
9. Diggs Duke - I’m Glad There Is You - The Danc...2025-01-021h 55
Oregon Music NewsRyan Meagher: PJCE Records and the 2024 Montavilla Jazz Festival CC#428Sorry that there hasn’t been a new episode of Coffeshop Conversations at Artichoke Music for a few weeks. I’ve been looking at the four walls of a hospital room and then recovery at home, but most of that is behind me and here we go again, just in time for this year’s Montavilla Jazz Festival.
With me is guitarist, composer, teacher and PJCE Records honcho Ryan Meagher, no stranger to this podcast. He’ll be performing at the festival but he’s much more than that these days.
The festival runs from Friday, August 30 to Sunday, September 1. This is wh...2024-08-2829 min
RADIO.D59BRADIO.D59B / SOUND TRAVELS #44 w/ Pierre Ringwald1. Daniel Casimir - Believe - Balance (jazz re:freshed)
2. Jeff Coffins - Pharoah Rise - Only The Horizon (Ear Up)
3. The Modern Beat Combo - Gods of Yoruba - Song for Horace (self-released)
4. Ola Tunji - Experimentation - Untitled EP (self-released)
5. Rivkah Ross - Dare to Hope - Dare to Hope (PJCE)
6. Superposition - KMT - Superposition II (We Jazz)
7. Raffy Bushman - Bolo - single (self-released)
8. Miki Yamanaka - Herzog - Chance (Cellar Music Group)
9. Lyder Røed Quintet - Bounce (Jazzlandrec)
10. Bryony Jarman-Pinto - Deep - Below Dawn (Tru Thoughts)
11. Aflex Combo - Hibaros - Hibaros b/w (J...2024-08-201h 58
Dan Cable PresentsEpisode 423: Adriana WagnerAdriana Wagner is a Portland, Oregon based Trombone player, composer, and teacher. I chatted with Adriana about her entry into playing music, her approach to playing the instrument, imposter syndrome, expression through music, and more.
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Du Vanguard au SavoyÉmission du 21 février 2024 - 6e émission de la 58e session...6e émission de la 58e session...Cette semaine, pas mal juste ce qui ressemble à du post-bop!
En musique:
Bryce Rohde Quartet sur l'album Straight Ahead! (Coronet, 1962);
Michael Garrick Septet sur l'album Black Marigolds (Argo, 1966);
Terell Stafford sur l'album Between Two Worlds (Le Coq, 2023);
Adriana Wagner sur l'album She Sleeps, She Wakes (PJCE, 2024);
Maciej Obara Quartet sur l'album Frozen Silence (ECM, 2023);
Tyler Blanton sur l'album References & Irreverences (Destiny, 2024);
Joel Ross sur l'album Nublues (Blue Note, 2024)...2024-02-222h 00
RADIO.D59BRADIO.D59B / SOUND TRAVELS #37 w/ Pierre Ringwald1. Jultrance Sextet Duplex - Tristesse - Creation (Jazz Family)
2. Theo Erksine & Mark Kavuma - The Day After - Ultrasound (Banger Factory)
3. Soso Gelovani - Gratitude - Gratitude (self-released)
4. Muriel Grossmann - All Heart - Devotion (Third Man Records)
5. Art Hirahara - Shura - Echo Canyon (Posi-tone)
6. Jiyu - Black Coffee - Totem of Quiet Mystic (Dubsoul)
7. Ethic Labs - Come Alone - Black Red Blue Green (self-released)
8. Tin Men and the Telephone - Not Today - Greatest (self-released)
9. The Black Atlantic Cool Trio - Sky Is The Womb - Geographic Problem (self-released)
10. Salesvuo Syncopation - Opener Drag - The Complete...2024-01-041h 54Oregon Music NewsRyan Meagher: An unforgettable new mix of music and fine art CC#386Ryan Meagher is in the Artichoke Café with me today. He is a very busy man. Besides his career as guitarist and composer, he is also the Artistic Director of the Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble where he also runs their PJCE label. He also programs the Montavilla Jazz Festival, does a lot of teaching and I will run out of intro time if I continued to list what else he does.
He’s here to talk about his latest project, a combination of his music and Tina Granzo’s art called AftEarth. It was written and recorded during the Covid lockd...2023-05-2223 min
Oregon Music NewsKerry Politzer 2022: The Pianist/Composer's new album / CC#358Coming up next week here in the Artichoke Café, MizEtta, Arietta Ward, and the following week Darka Dusty will be here to talk about Ukraine and a lot more.
We’re on a great run of Coffeeshop Conversations. Last time it was Jeremy Wilson and today it’s pianist/composer Kerry Politzer who has a new album on Portland’s PJCE label.
It’s called In a Heartbeat and features an all-star band which includes her husband George Colligan on drums. She’ll talk about the rest of the band why the album is called In a Heartbeat, and you can hear th...2022-11-1145 minOregon Music NewsMeg Morrow of the PJCE and Meg Samples of KMHD. It's the same person CC#355For the first time since December, I am back at Artichoke Music in their Café. I had surgery in January…which worked and I did a few months in Skype prison.
I have a new and different surgery in about a month and we’ll go back to Skype then until I heal, but for the next few weeks, it’s GREAT to be back and talking to people in person across a table, coffee in hand.
Today I am very happy to have Meg with me. You know her as Meg Samples on KMHD and also as drummer and new Exe...2022-05-0530 min
Oregon Music NewsJasnam Daya Singh: Composing music for unity / CC#238Well, hi there. We recorded this episode before we all got told to stay home. So it’ll be the last one until the time we can sit in the Artichoke Music Café again.
Until then, as we did last week, we’ll make do with Skype and phone.
Today I’m with composer/pianist Jasnam Daya Singh who has a new album on the PJCE label…that’s Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble.
It’s called Ekta: The Unity Project. Sound like something we need right now?
At the end of our conversation we’ll play a track, “Acceptance.”
We’re not going to stop...2020-03-2438 min
Beyond CategoryMontavilla Jazz Festival 2019Montavilla Jazz Festival 2019 was a few months ago, but hearing the voices of these artists brings back vivid memories of all the music we heard that weekend. Like we’ve come to expect, the music was incredibly diverse and the atmosphere was warm and inviting. You’ll hear why that is as you listen to the artists talking about their work and about the festival itself. Before 2019 comes to a close, please make a donation to Montavilla Jazz Festival and to Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble to keep this music community strong!2019-12-1532 min
More DevotedlyIntroducing More Devotedly - Prologue, Volume I
Introducing More Devotedly and the ideas behind it.
After many hours of planning and producing, More Devotedly is finally here. I’m excited to share this show with all of you. In this prologue to Volume I, I introduce myself and the reasons for starting this project.
Don’t miss our launch party at 7 pm on Sunday, October 6th, 2019 at The 1905 in Portland, Oregon. Join the More Devotedly community on Facebook, and follow us on Instagram at @moredevotedly.
Transcript
This is the first episode of More Devotedly, so I wanted to take...2019-09-3016 min
Beyond CategoryGordon LeeOn Saturday May 18th PJCE honors the late saxophonist and composer Jim Pepper in a concert at the Old Church. We’ll play music by Jim Pepper, Gordon Lee, and Glay Giberson, as well as music by our guest, hip hop artist and traditional singer and dancer 2 8 Tha Native, arranged by Farnell Newton and Stephanie Kitson. Jim Pepper, who identified with the Kaw and Creek tribes, was a Native American jazz innovator who is best known for a song that reached the Billboard charts, Witchi Tai To. Pepper’s was an incredibly distinctive voice on the tenor saxo...2019-04-2418 min
Beyond CategoryEzra WeissI talked with composer Ezra Weiss as two big projects of his go out into the world. First the release the studio recording of From Maxville to Vanport, featuring his music, and lyrics by S. Renee Mitchell sung by Marilyn Keller; and second, a concert taking place this Saturday, December 8th, 2018 at the Alberta Abbey featuring Ezra’s latest composition, We Limit Not the Truth of God. The two pieces have a lot in common. They’re both concert-length jazz suites that tell stories about who we were as human beings in general and Oregonians in particular, and...2018-12-0635 min
Beyond CategoryMontavilla Jazz Festival Recap - Part TwoThis is the second installment of a two-part series recapping the 2018 Montavilla Jazz Festival. This time I talk with Neil Mattson, MJF Executive Director, about how the festival went in terms of ticket sales, budgets, and attendance, you know, the stuff you can measure. And then we get into the intangible measures of the project’s success—the gut feelings he has about whether or not it’s worth it to keep on doing what everyone thought was a fool’s errand five years ago. Fortunately for all of us, I think Neil is ready to be foolish for at least...2018-11-1624 min
Beyond CategoryMontavilla Jazz Festival Recap, Part IIf you were at the 2018 Montavilla Jazz Festival on August 19th or 20th in Portland, OR, then you felt the excitement. But if you weren’t, I hope this episode will give you a taste of the music and the people that made the event special. Interviews with Shao Way Wu, saxophonist Idit Shner, KBOO radio personality Daniel Flessas, and the Saturday headliner saxophonist Nicole Glover in this episode.2018-09-2825 min
Beyond CategoryTrio UntoldTrio Untold, with James Miley on piano and keyboards, Mike Nord on guitar and electronics, and Ryan Biesack on drums, is the thirty-third release on PJCE Records. It drops Friday September 14th. Stream and buy it at pjce.bandcamp.com.2018-09-1305 min
Beyond CategoryRyan Meagher's Evil TwinRyan Meagher’s new album of “collective spontaneous composition” is called Evil Twin, and its the 32nd release on PJCE Records. You can hear the band perform live at the 2018 Montavilla Jazz Festival, on August 18th at 4:10 pm. Learn more and get your tickets at montavillajazzfest.com. The album drops August 17th. Stream and buy the album at pjce.bandcamp.com.2018-08-1521 min
Beyond CategoryJames Miley's "Watershed Suite"The Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble gives two world premiere performances of James Miley’s newest work “Watershed Suite.” This six-movement piece is inspired by distinctive bodies of water in the Oregon landscape, from the Tamolitch Pool to Oaks Bottom, capturing the spirit of each through music. James Miley joins PJCE Executive Director Douglas Detrick for a conversation about the piece taped at Sellwood Riverside Park, on the banks of the Willamette River. Learn more at pjce.org/watershed. Episode Transcript [Doug] Welcome to Beyond Category. I’m Douglas Detrick. The Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble...2018-07-3008 min
Beyond CategoryOther BarryThe 31st release on PJCE Records is “Escape Route,” by Other Barry, a bionic power trio led by George Colligan on keyboards, with Micah Hummel on drums and Enzo Irace on guitar. Transcript: [Doug] PJCE Records artists Other Barry, a trio led by George Colligan, play at 2:50 pm, Saturday August 18th at the 2018 Montavilla Jazz Festival in Northeast Portland. Tickets available at montavillajazzfest.com, and you buy or stream the album at pjce.bandcamp.com. Here’s the episode. Welcome to Beyond Category, I’m Douglas Detrick. The 31st release on PJCE Records is “Esca...2018-07-1809 min
Beyond CategoryLady Day at Emerson's Bar and GrillPortland Center Stage is presenting “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill,” from May 26 to July 1 at The Armory in Portland’s Pearl District. Use the discount code “PJCE” for $10 off your ticket to any performance of this incredible production. And, don't miss a special concert featuring Portland-based singer-songwriter Jimmy Herrod with a sextet of PJCE musicians. We’ll be playing a new song by Jimmie, and songs written or made famous by Billie Holiday arranged by Kerry Politzer, Clay Giberson, and Alex Koehler. It’ll be a bit like a live version of this podcast with musical per...2018-06-1312 min
Beyond CategoryFrom Maxville to Vanport“Nothin’ but white people and sheep,” is how one Maxville logger described the tiny town of Maxville, Oregon. Oregon's racist history is well-known, but we rarely hear from the people of color who thrived in spite of it. FROM MAXVILLE TO VANPORT celebrates the blue-collar African American experience in 20th century Oregon with new jazz, blues, R&B with a twelve piece band and two short films. Lyricist S. Renee Mitchell, filmmaker Kalimah Abioto, composer Ezra Weiss, and vocalist Marilyn Keller illuminate unheard stories of Oregon’s black history through a live performance with the Portland Jazz Composer...2018-05-1420 min
Beyond CategoryGrasshoppers 2018The Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble’s Grasshoppers Young Composers Program is now in its third year with six new students. Hear new music by these young artists March 25th, 2018 at The 1905 from 7 to 8 pm. An open composer’s jam session follows, and there’s no cover charge. Grasshoppers 2018 was sponsored by Vino Veritas wine bar in the Montavilla neighborhood, and the Lynne Detrick Memorial Fund.2018-03-1907 min
Beyond CategoryHoller SessionsFrank Boyd's one-man show is a profane yet passionate "love letter to jazz." In this episode of Beyond Category, sponsored by Oregon Arts Watch, PJCE Executive Director Douglas Detrick interviews the show's creator, director and performer about this production staged as a live jazz radio broadcast.2018-03-0508 min
Beyond CategoryEdna VazquezEdna Vazquez joins the PJCE’s 12-piece jazz ensemble February 15th at the Old Church in Portland, February 16 at Mt Hood Community College in Gresham, and February 17th at the Columbia Center for the Arts in Hood River. If you get your ticket before they all sell out, you’ll hear the incredible passion she brings to every performance. Her energy is unforgettable, and even if you don’t speak Spanish, you’ll understand every word.2018-02-0114 min
Beyond CategoryAndrew OliverAndrew Oliver, co-founder of the PJCE, lives in London now, but back in 2008 he and a group of ambitious graduates of Portland State University staged the first concert in the group's history. Oliver didn't know what he was getting himself into, but we're glad he did. [Andrew] I was stupid enough to make a 501(c)3 without having any idea of what I was getting into… [Doug] Welcome to Beyond Category, from the Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble. I’m Douglas Detrick. This season, we’re celebrating a big milestone: the PJCE is turning...2017-12-2809 min
Oregon Music NewsDouglas Detrick: CC #117 Making Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble into a cultural powerhouseThanks for joining us again at World Cup Coffee and Tea, NW 18th & Glisan for another OMN Coffeeshop Conversation.
Joining me today is Douglas Detrick, the Executive Director of Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble which I have been covering since before it was a real organization about ten years ago, and before there was an OMN.
Since he became Executive Director he along with Ryan Meagher and Mieke Bruggeman-Smith have made PJCE into a real cultural force in Oregon. They’ve got a large amount of concerts and events coming this fall and we’re going to get the inside scoop on t...2017-09-2138 min
Beyond CategoryBeyond Category - Ep 24 - Montavilla Jazz Festival 2017This episode is a collection of interviews I did at the 2017 Montavilla Jazz Festival in Portland, Oregon, mostly August 20th. I talked to artists, festival leadership, and a few other members of the jazz community who helped make the event happen. And from what I heard, both in terms of the music and what people had to say about the festival, the Montavilla Jazz Festival is most definitely here to stay, and it has become an indispensable part of Portland’s jazz scene.2017-09-0821 min
Beyond CategoryJasnam Daya SinghJasnam Daya Singh, a pianist and composer originally from Brazil, has composed a new piece for the Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble called “Ektah: The Unity Project.” When Jasnam begins a new piece of music, he begins not with a melody in mind, but with a word. This helps to give the piece a purpose, and help him focus his attention on that purpose. In this case, the word was "unity." We had a conversation about the new piece, and about how inspiration, respect, and gratitude combine with hard work in the process of writing music. The Portland Jazz...2017-08-0827 min
Beyond CategoryMontavilla Jazz Festival 2016The 4th annual Montavilla Jazz Festival is August 19th and 20th, 2017. Get all the information at montavillajazzfest.com. This year’s festival features headliner Essiet Essiet with Sylvia Cuenca, the Rich Halley Five with Vinny Golia, the Blue Cranes, the David Friesen Quartet, and us, the Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble playing new music by Jasnam Daya Singh. I had my headphones and my microphone out at last year’s festival, talking to pretty much everyone: artists, volunteers, listeners, and sponsors. These are some of my favorite interviews from last year, to get you excited for what’s coming...2017-07-3117 min
Beyond CategoryAndrew Durkin's Breath of FireAndrew Durkin's "Breath of Fire" is out now on PJCE Records! This pianist and composer, who led the firebrand Industrial Jazz Group in concerts around the world, releases his first album in seven years. The meditative music is inspired by Durkin's yoga practice, which he has started as way to keep his body flexible, and his spirit engaged.2017-05-1708 min
Oregon Music NewsRyan Meagher: CC#54 - Playing, composing and doing da bizz-i-nessJanuary 22, 2016
In the coffeeshop with me today is guitarist, composer…and a lot more…Ryan Meagher. The coffeeshop, as usual is World Cup Coffee and Tea at Northwest 18th and Glisan in Portland.
Ryan has just gotten back from New York and I’ll be asking about what he did there. He’s working on a new album, he’s one of the leaders of the Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble as well as its label PJCE Records, he’s one of the founders of the Montavilla Jazz Festival and he recently was named Editor of the Jazz Society of Oregon’s JazzScene Ma...2017-05-1446 min
Beyond CategoryEddie BondEddie Bond makes the unheard sounds of the bridges of Portland audible in his new composition for the Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble's Oregonophony concerts April 13th at Willamette University in Salem, and April 15th at the Fremont Theatre in Portland.2017-04-0705 min
Beyond CategoryIan Christensen's "Finding"“Finding” is the title of saxophonist and composer Ian Christensen’s debut album, and it’s the twenty seventh release on PJCE Records. When Ian talks about getting lost in the music, he’s talking about what some people call a “flow state.” It’s the state of fulfillment you experience when you are completely absorbed in a task that you care about. For Ian, the moments when he achieves it make all his hard work seem easy.2016-11-1111 min
Beyond CategoryCatherine FeenyPortland singer/songwriters Catherine Feeny, Annalisa Tornfelt, Tahirah Memory, Johanna Warren, and Haley Heynderickx join our 12-piece jazz ensemble on original arrangements of their songs, October 29th at The Old Church at 7:30 pm. Curator Catherine Feeny talks about our guest artists.2016-10-2807 min
Beyond CategoryRyan Meagher's "Mist Moss Home"Guitarist and composer Ryan Meagher’s fifth album is called Mist, Moss, Home. It’s a musical celebration of all things Oregon, the state he now calls home. Get the album at pjce.org.2016-10-1206 min
Beyond CategoryGeorge Colligan's Fathers and SonsGeorge Colligan has composed a suite of new music for the PJCE. It's called "Fathers and Sons" and it's about family—George's answer to the question "how does one person go into another person?" Hear the new piece at the Montavilla Jazz Festival, Aug 20th in Portland, OR.2016-08-1606 min
Beyond CategoryHolland AndrewsHolland Andrews, aka Like a Villain, joins the PJCE to perform her newest composition, "Deviate." Inspired by her work in the mental health field, the piece for her voice, electronics and clarinet explores the depths of human experience through the lens of trauma. Hear the new piece at the Portland Improv Summit, the summer festival of the Creative Music Guild.2016-05-3107 min
Beyond CategoryStreetcar Named Desire"Sound is all around us," says Portland Center Stage sound designer Casi Pacilio. She tells us some of the secrets of designing sound for the PCS production of Streetcar Named Desire happening May 14 to June 19, 2016 in Portland, Oregon. Use the discount code "PJCE" for $10 off your tickets!2016-05-1706 min
Beyond CategoryGrasshoppers 2016The PJCE's first-ever student mentorship concert is February 20th, 2016! Meet our "grasshoppers," Devina Boughton and Andres Moreno, both high school students, and their professional mentors Kerry Politzer and Ezra Weiss, and hear them talk about the ups and downs of the mentorship process.2016-02-1706 min
Beyond CategoryMontavilla Jazz festival 2015What kind of crazy does it take to launch a new jazz festival? Beyond Category host and producer Douglas Detrick interviewed the Montavilla Jazz Festival's Programming Director Ryan Meagher before the festival, and then interviewed musicians, staff, volunteers, and sponsors during the festival to produce this recap of this unique festival.2015-12-1314 min
Beyond CategoryJessika Smith's Tricks of LightJessika Smith's hard-swinging big band music comes out on PJCE Records December 18th, 2015. With all the difficulty that went into composing and producing this album, the hardest part for Jessika was finding the confidence to write the first note. She found it and then some.2015-12-0404 min
Beyond CategoryMarilyn KellerMarilyn Keller is one of Portland's favorite singers and storytellers in the jazz and gospel scenes. She shares her experience learning to express her heritage through music, and getting in touch with the strength of her ancestors.2015-11-2005 min
OPB's State of WonderNov. 14: George Takei & Marc Acito, Darrell Grant, Paige Powell, Liminal & MoreToday on the show: creativity and geography. Salem Chamber Orchestra Files For BankruptcyLast month, the Salem Chamber Orchestra board announced the season would be cancelled because of financial difficulties. Now it has informed its musicians it will also file for bankruptcy.Frank Almond’s Famous StradivariusViolinist and concertmaster Frank Almond, the man behind the best-selling CD “A Violin’s Life,” will perform on Tuesday in Corvallis at Oregon State University and on Friday in Bend as part of the High Desert Chamber Music’s Spotlight Series.The real star of the show...2015-11-1450 min
Beyond CategoryPaul KnaulsThe third installment of a special podcast series produced in partnership with Portland Center Stage and their production of Ain't Misbehavin'. Paul Knauls was the owner of one of North Portland's favorite nightclubs, the Cotton Club. He shares stories about the club's role in Portland jazz scene.2015-11-1204 min
Beyond CategoryLynn DarrochWriter, historian, and performer Lynn Darroch tells stories of the history and culture of jazz in the Pacific Northwest during the time of Fats Waller. This episode was produced by Andrew Oliver, recorded by Branic Howard, and features original music by Christopher Brown.2015-11-0606 min
Beyond CategoryDarrell GrantPianist and composer Darrell Grant talks about his PJCE Records release "The Territory." How do you make it to the end of a big project? How will you recognize the end when you get there? This accomplished and creative composer shares what he's learned about making music in the Oregon territory.2015-11-0605 min
Beyond CategoryChristopher BrownDrummer Christopher Brown about his journeys across the world playing jazz, and finding his way back to Portland. This is the first episode of a special series sponsored by Portland Center Stage and their production of Ain't Misbehavin'.2015-10-2306 min
Beyond CategoryCarlton JacksonPortland drummer Carlton Jackson shares stories about the Oregon Coast Jazz Party's freewheeling, joyful atmosphere. This episode was sponsored by the Oregon Coast Jazz Party, a three-day celebration of jazz in beautiful Newport, OR. Go to http://oregoncoastjazzparty.org to buy tickets and learn more.2015-09-1605 min
Beyond CategoryDarrell Grant's The TerritoryDarrell Grant, a skilled and accomplished composer, is premiering a new band at the Montavilla Jazz Festival that's playing his arrangements of pop tunes from the likes of Adele, Pharrell Williams, and Lorde. Why? "The idea is to create a vibration, wherein there is the opportunity for people to realize themselves."2015-08-1007 min
Beyond CategoryBarra BrownEpisode Three of Beyond Category, the podcast of the Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble. A close family friend of Barra's was rushed to the hospital the night before the band went into the studio to record this album, and this event had an impact on the music.2015-07-2909 min
Beyond CategoryCartridge's Black Heron and the SpoonbillIn Episode Two of Beyond Category, we introduce you to John Savage, one half of the avant world-jazz duo Cartridge. Their album, "Black Heron and the Spoonbill" will be available June 17th online and at their CD release show at Turn Turn Turn at 8pm in Portland.2015-06-1604 min
Beyond CategoryAndrew Durkin's Coffee CeremonyIn the first episode of the PJCE's new podcast Beyond Category, Andrew Durkin reveals his own personal coffee ceremony, and the traditional ceremony of Ethipoia that he learned about from his daughter's second grade report, that inspired his newest work for the PJCE Sextet.2015-04-2904 min
Du Vanguard au SavoyÉmission du 14 mai 20133e de la 24e session
Cette semaine, jazz à saveur 60's, Marie-Eve Boulanger et ses nouveautés et pas mal de trio!
En musique:
McCoy Tyner sur l'album Today & Tomorrow (Impulse!, 1963);
Oliver Jones sur l'album Just for My Lady (Justin Time, 2013);
David Miles sur l'album In the Night Time (Maple Music, 2013);
Artistes variés sur l'album American Jazzmen in Paris (EMI, 2013);
Andrew Oliver Trio sur l'album The Northwest Continuum (PJCE Records, 2013);
Satoko Fujii New Trio sur l'album Spring Storm (Libra, 2013)...2013-05-151h 31