Adriana Wagner Quartet

Saturday, August 31st, 2024, 4:00PM – SoundsTruckNW @ the Montavilla Plaza – FREE

Adriana Wagner presents her original compositions, playing with vulnerability and a dedication to the music that has no limits.

Tasting notes: ethereal, narrative, visual, energetic

Adriana Wagner is an up-and-coming trombonist and composer based in Portland, Oregon. Wagner earned her Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies at Portland State University, studying with George Colligan and Darrell Grant. She formed her quartet in 2022 and has since been featured as an emerging bandleader in festivals such as the PDX Jazz Festival, Vancouver Wine & Jazz Festival, Creative Music Guild Festival, and Seaside Jazz & Blues Festival. Wagner was recently named one of the inaugural recipients of the Music Oregon Echo Fund grant to help fund her debut album. She Sleeps, She Wakes was released on PJCE Records. Featuring her original compositions, the album was recently included on Best Jazz on Bandcamp 2024. Wagner has immersed herself in the Portland scene performing with Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble, Brown Branch Big Band, Lily Sheers, Nicole McCabe, Domo Branch, PDX Jazz Presents: The American Refrain, Orquesta Pacifico Tropical, March Fourth, and Pura Vida Orquestra.

Lineup: Adriana Wagner, trombone and compositions; Matt Sazima, piano; Garrett Baxter, bass; Micah Hummel, drums

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