The Jack Radsliff Organ Trio ft. LA Saxophonist Nicole McCabe

The Jack Radsliff Organ Trio ft. LA Saxophonist Nicole McCabe

Thu, Aug 01

Join Jack Radsliff and this All Star band for an evening of storytelling and swing. This is night #1 of a Pacific Northwest Tour with a brand new band featuring Nicole McCabe on sax, Joe Bagg on organ and Michael Raynor on drums. Be the first audience to hear this music! Jack Radsliff has proven himself to be one of the most in demand guitarists in the Pacific Northwest. In Portland, Radsliff can be heard frequently playing in bands led by Chuck Israels, Ron Steen, Michael Raynor, Alan Jones, Christopher Brown, Cyrus Nabipoor, George Colligan, Kerry Politzer, Galen Clark, Dan Balmer, Idit Shner, Kathleen Hollingsworth, and Torrey Newhart: a veritable who’s who of Oregon’s jazz musicians. In addition to his steady work around Portland, last year Jack had the opportunity to work as sideman to Jonathan Pinson, Greg Ward, Domo Branch and Charlie Brown; finish his upcoming record “Barefoot” featuring Randy Porter, Todd Sickafoose and Alan Jones (PJCE, summer 2024); and tour extensively with Ian George, Cyrus Nabipoor and his own trio, with more to come in 2024. Jack’s playing can be heard on more than a dozen records from bandleaders including Tony Glausi, Martina DaSilva and Cyrus Nabipoor. He also has two records under his own name; “Migration Patterns” (2017) and “Barefoot” (2024). The Jack Radsliff Trio will be touring the music from “Barefoot” up and down the west coast Summer 2024. Follow Jack on instagram (@JackRadsliff) to see where he’s playing next. 

Meridian Odyssey

Meridian Odyssey

Thu, Aug 08

Meridian Odyssey is a six piece Seattle/New York Based band touring in the summer of 2024. They are a young group of musicians coming from Julliard, Manhattan School of Music, and Cornish College of the Arts playing original music derived from the jazz tradition. Noah Halpern – trumpet (NYC) Santosh Sharma – tenor saxophone (NYC) Martin Budde – guitar (SEA) Dylan Hayes – piano (PDX) Ben Feldman – bass (NYC) Xavier Lecouturier – drums (SEA) Their debut album "Second Wave" that was listed as one the top 15 albums of 2021 in The Seattle Times. Their Sophomore release “Earthshine” which was listed as one of the top 20 albums of 2022 in the Seattle Times and received the Northwest Recording of the Year award from Earshot Jazz's 2022 Golden Ear Awards. 

David Friesen’s Circle 3 Trio

David Friesen’s Circle 3 Trio

Thu, Aug 15

David Friesen and his Circle 3 Trio return to the lounge! David has performed and recorded with countless jazz legends, including Stan Getz, Dexter Gordon, Joe Henderson, Dizzy Gillespie, Art Farmer, Chick Corea, and Philly Joe Jones, to name a few. And lest we forget the two other incredible players in this trio, powerhouse drummer Charlie Doggett and explosive saxophonist Joe Manis. Great musicians, terrific original compositions and unique arrangements, we can't stress enough how great this band is. 

BrandonLee Cierley Quintet

BrandonLee Cierley Quintet

Thu, Aug 22

BrandonLee Cierley is a Saxophonist born in Tacoma, WA now relocated to Portland, OR whose music seemingly combines elements from sounds that have influenced his musical voice such as Modern Jazz, Groove, R&B & Hip Hop. He's got a great band featuring Machado Mijiga on drums, Mike Gamble on guitar, Santiago LaRochelle on keys and Ian “Yuck” Lindsey on bass. While being a band leader and solo artist, BrandonLee has showcased his talents working with some of the music scene’s most exciting producers/artists around the world such as; LofiJazzSoul Founder/Portland based Trumpeter Farnell Newton, EyeLoveBrandon, Jetfuel Jayy, Jonny Tobin, multi-instrumentalist from Portland Machado Mijiga, and Portland based Producer POSY to name a few. In 2018, BrandonLee Cierley ventured into exploits outside of his staple genre to be a guest artist with TwoFriends, LA Dj Duo, at sold out music festivals Lucky & Paradiso. Recently, BrandonLee has joined the stage with world renowned Saxophonist Mike Phillips who has played with musical giants such as Michael Jackson, Prince & Stevie Wonder for his appearance at the PDX Jazz Festival 2023. BrandonLee Cierley has been a featured performer on Seattle's KNKX for multiple Live Studio Sessions and his music has also been featured continuously on PDX's KMHD Jazz Station. BrandonLee released his sophomore record “Camaraderie” in 2022 through the PDX based label Lofijazzsoul receiving album reviews from one of Seattle prestigious jazz writers, Paul Rauch, from "All About Jazz" as well as from Robert Ham of "Jazz Society of Oregon''. With that, BrandonLee's newest album has been placed on a plethora of playlist placements including 2 of Spotify's biggest followed Editorial Playlist, "All About Jazz" & "Fresh Finds: Jazz". Since then, BrandonLee has been continuously releasing new music through the Lofijazzsoul label. BrandonLee recently released a Live Studio Session EP "Live at Page St Sound Lab '' as well as releasing an EP with Portland based Producer POSY entitled "Letters to Japan'' to pay homage to their Japanese heritage and is currently working on his next album set to be released in 2024. 

George Colligan Quartet ft. Zyanna

George Colligan Quartet ft. Zyanna

Thu, Aug 29

The great George Colligan brings down a smashing band featuring vocalist Zyanna! Zyanna Melada recently released her first album and has found success on the LA jazz and R&B scene. Lately, she has been collaborating with George Colligan; she is heavily featured as a vocalist and lyricist on his Phyllis Wheatley project and also his upcoming “You’ll Hear It” on the LA Reserve label.