Results for "Ron Steen"

Ron Steen

Veteran bandleader and drummer Ron Steen is one of the Northwest’s top rhythm keepers and a leader of the Portland jazz scene. He is also the Godfather of Jazz Jams in Portland, having hosted ongoing jam sessions since 1980, including the famed jam at Produce Row. Notable international jazz stars who come through town stop in to Steen’s jams for impromptu music, led by one of the best in the business. In addition to hosting five jam sessions, Steen is also a sought after bandleader and session musician, who his peers hold in high regard for his solid and versatile rhythms and his engaging personality

Out of a Dream

By Laura Stilwell

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2022
Track listing: Day In Day Out; Out of a Dream; A Time for Love; Don’t Be That Way; If Should Lose You; If You Could See Me Now; Inutil Paisagem; Out of Nowhere; You Stepped Out of a Dream

JAZZ 2020

By Perry Thoorsell

Label: JAZZ 2020 LLC
Released: 2019
Track listing: Dizzy Ride Me and Bobby McGee Bubbly with Grits Something to Talk About Almost Good Love Poem for Cathi

The Ron Steen Jazz Jam at Clyde's Prime Rib Restaurant

by Tom Borden and Eric Gibbons
November 13, 2016

The Ron Steen Jazz Jam Clyde's Prime Rib Restaurant Portland, OR October 2016 Every Sunday night, for the past twelve years, yes, YEARS, Clyde's Prime Rib Restaurant in NE Portland has been home to the Ron Steen Jazz Jam. The jam is a loose format session with Steen and a core ...

Billy Childs: Pushing Past Preconceptions

by George Colligan
August 13, 2013

[ Editor's Note: The following interview is reprinted from George Colligan's blog, Jazztruth]Billy Childs is simply one of the baddest musicians on the planet. He's a brilliant jazz pianist, having received much acclaim as a sideman with legends as well as from being a bandleader. His Windham Hill recordings--Take For Example, This....., His April ...

Soft Focus

By Rick Laird

Label: Timeless Records (3)
Released: 1979
Track listing: Outer Surge; Now You Know; Thorn In A White Rose; I Love You; Soft Focus; Tranquility; We'll Be Together Again;

Soft Focus

By Rick Laird

Label: Timeless Records (3)
Released: 1977
Track listing: Outer Surge; Now You Know; Thorn In A White Rose; I Love You; Soft Focus; Tranquility; We'll Be Together Again;