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Festival 22 Performance Schedule

Portland’s Montavilla Jazz Festival 2022 presented by OnPoint Community Credit Union, Mr. Plywood, and The Skanner News returns for its ninth season August 19–21 with concerts by an array of emerging and established local artists at Portland Metro Arts and expands its footprint to four venues across the city. See the lineup here!

6:00PM – Alan Jones Academy of Music Combo

MJF Student Stage at Vino Veritas Wine Bar & Bottle Shop – FREE
Breakout student performers take center stage. Read more.

8:00PM – PJCE’s The Heroine’s Journey
feat. Marilyn Keller, Darrell Grant and Rebecca Sanborn

Alberta Rose TheatreTickets $5-35
Lyricists and songwriters Sanborn and Keller each debut their new songs honoring the power of dreams to change our waking lives, performed with Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble. Read more.

11:30PM – George Colligan and Jazz Millenium

The 1905Tickets $15-20
Virtuoso multi-instrumentalist and mentor George Colligan showcases four young Portland jazz artists. Read more.

 

2:00PM – Tunnel Six performs the Columbia River Suite

Portland Metro ArtsTickets $5-20
LIVESTREAM
A pilgrimage following the Columbia River’s winding banks is the creative framework for this suite for sextet and spoken word. Read more.

5:00PM – Idit Shner and Mhondoro

Portland Metro ArtsTickets $5-20
LIVESTREAM
Mhonodoro, meaning the lion spirit in Shona, a language of Zimbabwe, formed spontaneously, melding Zimbabwean folk and American jazz traditions. Read more.

6:00PM – Portland State University Combo

MJF Student Stage at Vino Veritas Wine Bar & Bottle Shop – FREE
Breakout student performers take center stage. Read more.

8:00PM – Rich Halley with Matthew Shipp Trio

Portland Metro ArtsTickets $5-30
LIVESTREAM
Dynamic tenor saxophonist Rich Halley performs in-the-moment improvisations with the New York City-based Matthew Shipp Trio to create a powerful emotional experience. Read more.

11:30PM – Barra Brown Quintet

The 1905Tickets $15-20
A rare performance by drummer/composer Barra Brown’s melody-driven improvisational ensemble of inventive original music. Read more.

10:00AM – Partner Event: Augustana Jazz Worship

Augustana Lutheran Church – LIVESTREAM
Livestream jazz worship in English at 10 AM PST and in Spanish at 11:30 AM PST from Augustana Lutheran Church in Portland, Oregon.

2:00PM – James Powers Relativity Ensemble

Portland Metro ArtsTicket $5-20
LIVESTREAM
A genre-bending 13-piece instrumental ensemble, playing new compositions exploring social issues, Identity, science fiction, and modern myth. Read more.

5:00PM – Noah Simpson Quartet

Portland Metro ArtsTickets $5-20
LIVESTREAM
Noah Simpson’s energetic, attentive, and dynamic quartet strives to create forward thinking music rooted in Jazz. Read more.

6:00PM – Metropolitan Youth Symphony Combo

MJF Student Stage at Vino Veritas Wine Bar & Bottle Shop – FREE
Breakout student performers take center stage. Read more.

8:00PM – Kerry Politzer Quintet featuring Alex Norris

Portland Metro ArtsTicket $5-30
LIVESTREAM

2022 Festival Headliner
, pianist/composer Kerry Politzer premieres original music from her album, In a Heartbeat, coming out this fall on PJCE Records. Read more.

Kerry Politzer by Kathryn Elsesser

Festival 22

Presented by OnPoint Community Credit Union, Mr. Plywood, and The Skanner News

Friday 8/19

Alan Jones Academy of Music Combo
MJF Student Stage at Vino Veritas – 6:00PM
PJCE’s The Heroine’s Journey
Alberta Rose Theatre – 8:00PM
George Colligan and Jazz Millenium
The 1905 – 11:30PM

Saturday 8/20

Tunnel Six: Columbia River Suite
Portland Metro Arts – 2:00PM
Idit Shner and Mhondoro
Portland Metro Arts – 5:00PM
Portland State University Combo
MJF Student Stage at Vino Veritas – 6:00PM
Rich Halley with Matthew Shipp Trio
Portland Metro Arts – 8:00PM
Barra Brown Quintet
The 1905 – 11:30PM

Sunday 8/21

Augustana Jazz Worship
LIVESTREAM – 10:00AM
James Powers: Relativity Ensemble
Portland Metro Arts – 2:00PM
Noah Simpson Quartet
Portland Metro Arts – 5:00PM
Metropolitan Youth Symphony Combo
MJF Student Stage at Vino Veritas – 6:00PM
Kerry Politzer Quintet feat. Alex Norris
Portland Metro Arts – 8:00PM