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Portland Jazz Orchestra

Since 2005, the 17 members of Portland Jazz Orchestra have come together year-round to present top-caliber orchestral jazz in the unique setting of the concert hall. Portland's first ensemble of this kind, PJO offers diverse, high-quality programs, from the most standard big band charts, to unique arrangements, to brand new works from today's premier jazz composers. In 2007 Portland Jazz Orchestra was named the first-ever Resident Ensemble of the celebrated Portland Jazz Festival. The partnership between the two organizations creates community outreach opportunities throughout the festival, and enables PJO to perform on a national stage each February. Additional PJO outreach events include master classes and workshops in the Portland Public Schools, plus performing annually at benefit events for public school jazz programs

Kneebody

Sixteen years in and the genre-bending electric jazz collective Kneebody is stronger than ever. On the heels of their recent groundbreaking collaboration with electronic musician Daedelus, the band returned to the studio refreshed and armed with a slate of road-tested tunes for their ninth studio album. Kneebody makes their Motéma Music debut on March 3 with the release of Anti-Hero, the pulsating result of that creative rebirth, featuring an assured set of churning backbeats and unrestrained exploration. When Kneebody first convened in the year 2001, they were five twenty-somethings gigging around Los Angeles’ vast pockets of nightlife

Loose Wig Jazz Quartet

LooseWig is more than a jazz group in Portland, Oregon. LooseWig is also a series of house concerts, jam sessions and most of all a state of mind! The latest musical ensemble incarnation of LooseWig takes the form of a Portland, Oregon jazz sextet including Greg Garrett on trumpet, Ben Fajen on tenor saxophone, Stan Bock on trombone, Tom Sandahl on guitar, Tim Gilson on bass and Mike Snyder on drums!

Jeff Baker

Called “…one of the best male vocalists in the jazz world today,” by WCLK in Atlanta, Jeff Baker has quickly become one of the most significant talents in the next generation of jazz vocalists. His diverse musical recordings, exciting live performances, and infectious energy and personality have gained him accolades from critics and listeners alike. Baker has headlined numerous festivals and clubs, and has shared the billing and played with some of jazz music’s top artists including: Ray Brown, Gene Harris, Brian Blade, John Patitucci, Steve Wilson, Bobby Hutcherson, Carla Cook, Marquis Hill, the Yellow Jackets, Mose Allison, Kenny Werner, Joey DeFrancesco, Joe LaBarbera, Bruce Barth, Darrell Grant, Karrin Allyson, Nancy King, Henry Butler, Dave Frishberg, Gene Harris, Orrin Evans, Clark Sommers, George Colligan, Randy Porter and many more! Jeff has performed throughout the U.S., and has enjoyed performance engagements in central Europe and South Africa

Rebecca Kilgore

Born: September 24, 1949

She regularly performs worldwide at jazz festivals, jazz parties, and on jazz cruises. She has been a frequent guest on National Public Radio’s ‘Fresh Air’ with Terry Gross, has appeared on ‘A Prairie Home Companion’, and with Michael Feinstein at Carnegie Hall. The Rebecca Kilgore Quartet (formerly known as BED) was a popular favorite on the jazz festival circuit: with Eddie Erickson (guitar/banjo/voice), Dan Barrett (trombone), and Joel Forbes (bass). She has performed with the Statesmen Of Jazz, dedicated to perpetuating the art of jazz for future generations. Other venues

Darrell Grant

Born: May 30, 1962

Darrell Grant has risen from the pianist in vocalist Betty Carter’s trio to an internationally-recognized performer, composer, and educator who channels the power of music to foster community, sustainability, and social justice. Having performed with jazz luminaries including Frank Morgan, Tony Williams, Brian Blade, Esperanza Spalding, and Nicholas Payton, he followed his 1994 New York Times Top 10 Jazz Album Black Art with seven albums receiving critical acclaim from The Village Voice and DownBeat Magazine. He has toured as a bandleader and solo artist throughout the U.S., Canada, and Europe as well as in Turkey and Japan in venues from Paris’s La Villa jazz club to the Havana Jazz Festival. Dedicated to themes of hope, community, and place, Grant’s compositions include his 2012 Step by Step: The Ruby Bridges Suite honoring the civil rights icon

Peter Epstein

Born: January 18, 1967

Peter Epstein began his career in 1984 in Portland, Oregonwhere he apprenticed with resident musicians Nancy Kingand Glen Moore. In 1992, after four years of studying jazzand various world music genres at California Institute of theArts, Peter earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree andrelocated to New York City.

Since then he has appeared on over 30 recordings andtoured in more than 20 countries with artists including BobbyPrevite, Brad Shepik, Ralph Alessi, Michael Cain, Medeski,Martin, & Wood, Mike Stern, Jim Black, Ravi Coltrane, andmany others. As a leader, Peter has released four albums forMA Recordings.

Dan Balmer

Born: June 27, 1958

From coffee house gigs at fifteen to chart-topping success with the Tom Grant Band in the 90s, world tours with two-time Grammy Award winner Diane Schuur and contemporary jam-bands, Dan Balmer brings fire and heart every time he plays the guitar. His playing spans nearly one hundred CDs including twelve as a leader from which his original works have appeared internationally in television, film and radio. An in-demand educator, Dan maintains a busy schedule of private lessons, group clinics and master classes throughout the US and abroad. He adjudicates student jazz band competitions at events such as the Monterey Next Generation Festival and Reno Jazz Festival along with being a long-term teacher at the Centrum Jazz Workshop

Dave Howell

Born: November 27, 1978

(Piano) Started learning piano when he was six years old in Toledo Ohio, home of jazz greats Art Tatum and Stanley Cowell. After banging his head against classical music for a few years, Dave studied trumpet, piano, jazz theory, and early music at the Cleveland Institute of Music in the 1980s. When the West Coast called out to him with its siren song, he moved to Half Moon Bay, California to write seminal MIDI music apps for the Apple IIgs and Mac. Dave has played in bands with a variety of styles loosely centered around jazz, including bebop, Afrocuban, funk, big band, and blues.

Three-Fifths Compromise

Active since: June 9, 1982

"...such a unique sound and pure energy...this group is well on its way to great things."
- The Jazz Society of Oregon

"The five musicians are all top-notch players who blend styles in exciting and forward-thinking ways...their diverse sound is impressive."
- The Oregonian

"...just might be the best new thing out there."
- The Portland Tribune

Three-Fifths Compromise is pushing envelopes like candy on kids ,bringing imaginative twists to old genres and forging new ones you can only imagine; without saying a word. The ensemble has chosen jazz as their musical foundation and been continually pushing boundaries and bringing fresh ideas to the unfortunately static world of fusion since the group formed in early 2000