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FEBRUARY 16-26

PDX JAZZFESTIVAL2017

Added Shows! + New & Updated Venues!This 2017 Festival Guide has all the latest information.Go to pdxjazz.com for more!

FESTIVAL UPDATES

WELCOME TO THE 2017 PDX JAZZ FESTIVALFor more than a decade, the city of Portland has transformed into Jazzlandia with the arrival

of the annual PDX Jazz Festival every February. Co-founded in 2003 by Travel Portland as

a cultural tourism initiative in celebration of Black History Month, the 2017 Biamp PDX Jazz

Festival promises to be energizing, magnetic, serious, and fun. With upwards of 100

performances over the course of 11 days, the festival is expansive and exploratory while

also recognizing the icons that came before us. Jazz will be spoken here, in the city of

Jazzlandia – Where Jazz Lives.

Festival Preview

Experience the many facets of the Festival: International

Jazz artists on stage at the Newmark and Winningstad

Theatre, Revolution Hall, intimate solo piano performances

at Classic Pianos and a run of Dizzy Gillespie inspired

performances at Al's Den below McMenamins Crystal Hotel.

PDX Jazz in the Community

Jazz is an indigenous American art form. A priority of PDX

Jazz’s mission is to provide educational opportunities to

Portland area students that will comunicate the music’s

essence and cultural significance while contributing to the

growth of new audiences. We are achieving this through

four outreach programs.

• PDX Jazz in the Schools

• The Incredible Journey

of Jazz

Full Festival Calendar

To see a full list of Jazz performances around Portland

during the Festival, free and ticketed, please go to our

website and click on Calendar.

To purchase Festival TicketsONLINE: pdxjazz.com PHONE: 503-228-JAZZ (5299)

BOX OFFICE: 126 NE Alberta St, Suite 002

• Discover Jazz

• The Bright Moments Fund

Photo Credits: Maria Schneider/Jimmy & Dena Katz • The Cookers/John Abbot • Marsalis & Elling/Palma Kolansky

Charenee Wade/Laura Diliberto • Dizzy Gillespie/Lauren Deutsch • Buddy Rich/©RayAvery/CTSIMAGES

Mel Brown/Travel Portland. Other images courtesy of PDX Jazz

Heath Brothers

John Scofield

John Beasley & MONK'estra

GRAMMY NOMINATED 2016

GRAMMY NOMINATED 2016

2017 FESTIVAL SPONSORS

GRANT SPONSORS

James F. & Marion L. Miller Foundation

Herbert A. Templeton Foundation

The Jackson Foundation

J&J Foundation

CONCERT SPONSORS

TITLE SPONSOR OFFICIAL WINE SPONSOR OFFICIAL BEER SPONSOR

EDUCATION SPONSORS

FESTIVAL SPONSORS

MEDIA SPONSORS

The Jazz iconoclasts John Berks

“Dizzy” Gillespie, Thelonious

"Sphere" Monk and Bernard

"Buddy" Rich had imposing

personalities to match their

innovative muse. This year we

celebrate their collective and

indomitable musical spirit from

many vantage points.

The 2017 Biamp Festival features a big band

world premiere with Portland Jazz icon

Mel Brown along with Gillespie protégé

Jon Faddis. Monk’s son, T.S. Monk, is paired

with the production John Beasley Presents

MONK’estra and John Santos and Alex

Conde join up for a Latin sojourn titled

Descarga Monk. Enjoy Alan Jones recasting the storied Gretsch

drum battles with classic Buddy Rich re-arrangements featuring

Carlton Jackson along with Mel and Christopher Brown. Celebrate

a century of innovation as we look back and move forward.

Thelonius Monk

Buddy Rich

Dizzy Gillespie

THE 2017 FESTIVAL FEATURES

CELEBRATING THE CENTURIONS

HOTEL PARTNERS

AC Hotel Portland

Aloft Portland Airport

The Benson Hotel

Hotel deLuxe

Courtyard by Marriott

DoubleTree Portland

Hotel Eastlund

Embassy Suites Portland

Hilton Portland & Executive Tower

Hotel Lucia

Mark Spencer Hotel

River’s Edge Hotel & Spa

Hotel Rose

Sentinel Hotel

University Place Hotel

The Westin Portland

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16

PDX Jazz & P5 Present Branford Marsalis with special guest Kurt EllingNewmark Theatre 7:30 pm

Soul'd Out Music & PDX Jazz Present ThundercatWonder Ballroom 9 pm

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17

Maria Schneider OrchestraNewmark Theatre 7 pm

Ralph Peterson & Triangular featuring the Curtis Brothers Winningstad Theatre 9:30 pm

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18

KneebodyWinningstad Theatre 3 pm

Dizzy Gillespie @ 100: Heath Brothers & Javon Jackson’s Sax Appeal (DOUBLE BILL)

Newmark Theatre 7 pm

The Cookers featuring Music Director David Weisswith Billy Harper, Eddie Henderson, Donald Harrison, George Cables, Cecil McBee & Billy Hart

Winningstad Theatre 10 pm

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19

John Abercrombie Quartet with Marc Copland, Drew Gress & Joey Baron

Winningstad Theatre 3 pm

Yellowjackets & Mike Stern: Lifecycle Revisited (DOUBLE BILL) Revolution Hall 7:30 pm

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20

Ezra Weiss & the Monday Night Big BandLola's Room 7:30 pm

ECM For Portland ONLY: Alone Together featuring Ralph Towner (SOLO) & Anja Lechner & Francois CouturierThe Old Church 7 pm

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21

Drum Battle: Celebrating Buddy Rich @ 100 with the Alan Jones Sextet featuring Mel & Christopher Brown, and Carlton Jackson Fremont Theater 7 pm & 9:30 pm

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22

Mel Brown Big Band featuring Jon Faddis-Groovin’ High: Celebrating Dizzy Gillespie @ 100 Revolution Hall 7:30 pm

Bridgetown Sextet featuring Devin Phillips & Andrew Oliver (UK) Mission Theater 7:30 pm

Branford Marsalis & Kurt Elling

Mel Brown

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GRAMMY NOMINATED 2016

PORTLAND JAZZ MASTER 2017

PDX PIANO PERSPECTIVES 2017

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23

“Neo-Soul Godfather” Roy Ayers and Farnell Newton & The Othership Connection Performance by DJ Rev Shines (DOUBLE BILL)

Revolution Hall 7:30 pm

Keyboard Misterioso: Craig Taborn Quartet with Chris Speed, Chris Lightcap & Dave KingThe Old Church 7:30 pm

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24

Country for Old Men: John Scofield, Vicente Archer, Bill Stewart & Larry GoldingsRevolution Hall 7:30 pm

Aaron Parks Trio with Ben Street & Billy HartFremont Theater 7:30 pm & 10 pm

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25

It’s Monk’s Time: John Beasley Presents MONK’estra & T.S. Monk Sextet (DOUBLE BILL)

Revolution Hall 7 pm

Descarga for Monk & Diz: John Santos & Alex Conde featuring Bobby Torres, Dick Titterington, Al Criado & Israel AnnohFremont Theater 7:30 pm & 10 pm

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26

MISTERIOSOS: The Music of Steve Lacy & Thelonius MonkFeaturing Jenny Scheinman, Todd Sickafoose, Rob Burger, Mary Sue Tobin, Lee Elderton, & Stephen PancerevThe Alberta Abbey 7:30 pm

PDX Piano Perspectives is a series

of solo piano performances that run

throughout the PDX Jazz Festival.

These events all take place at the

Recital Hall at Classic Pianos.

Roy Ayers

Amina Claudine Myers

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18

Emmett Cohen

Classic Pianos 4 pm

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19

Amina Claudine Myers: Poems for PianoClassic Pianos 5 pm

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20

Andrei Kitaev

Classic Pianos 7 pm

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23

Bill Mays: Front Row SeatClassic Pianos 7 pm

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25

Hector Martignon: Mambo para ColombiaClassic Pianos 4 pm

Classic Pianos3003 Southeast Milwaukie Avenue Portland, OR 97202portland.classicpianos.net

The mission of PDX Jazz and The PDX Jazz Festival is to present,

preserve, and promote jazz in the Pacific Northwest

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The Cookers | Winningstad Theatre 10 pm

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18