Portland’s Latin Jazz Champion Nick Gefroh
Montavilla Jazz's 2025 Nick Fish Jazz Community Awardee Nick Gefroh has been a prevailing presence in our beloved community since high school, playing drums with the Journal Junior Traveling Troupe. Feasting on the music of Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Lester...
Montavilla Jazz Festival is where Portland’s sound gets heard first.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Photos are available here. Original. Unfiltered. Unapologetically local. Montavilla Jazz Festival is where Portland’s sound gets heard first. Montavilla Jazz’s three-day village-style festival is back with its boldest and most musically diverse...
Portland’s most adventurous jazz festival enters its second decade with more than 30 concerts and events across 12 venues.
Photos are available. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Portland’s most adventurous jazz festival enters its second decade with a three-day village-style celebration of local, world-class artistry with more than 30 concerts and events across 12 venues. PORTLAND, Ore.—With more...
For the love of jazz: Commissioner Nick Fish’s lasting legacy – By Marcia K. Hocker
The late Commissioner Nick Fish said, “I have always believed that government can be society’s greatest force for good and that together we can do amazing things. As a member of the Council, I have insisted that the whole can be greater than the sum of its parts, and...
Ron Steen: In service to the community – By Lynn Darroch
In 1983, the jazz drummer and bandleader Ron Steen defined his entire career in one sentence: “The only goal I have,” he said, “is to play some honest, true music.” And he has, whether on the road with jazz legends such as Joe Henderson and Woody Shaw, or in Portland...
Portland’s most adventurous jazz festival turns 10 with a three-day event spanning five venues and 11 concerts showcasing the city’s world-class musicians.
Photos are available. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Portland’s most adventurous jazz festival turns 10 with a three-day event spanning five venues and 11 concerts showcasing the city’s world-class musicians. PORTLAND, Ore.—At the leading edge of Portland’s jazz scene,...
Two jazz organizations explore the cultural, civic, and ecological history of Mt Tabor Park in Views of an Urban Volcano
; 713-854-6162 Two jazz organizations explore the cultural, civic, and ecological history of Mt Tabor Park in Views of an Urban Volcano (Portland, OR) — Montavilla Jazz and Portland Jazz Composers...
Call for Composers: PJCE Concert @ Mt. Tabor Park for the 10th Annual Montavilla Jazz Festival
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Call for Composers: PJCE Concert @ Mt. Tabor Park for the 10th Annual Montavilla Jazz Festival Montavilla Jazz and Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble launch a search for three composers to create place-inspired works for the 10th Festival PJCE...
Kerry Politzer to Headline Ninth Annual Montavilla Jazz Festival August 19–21
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kerry Politzer to Headline Ninth Annual Montavilla Jazz Festival August 19–21 Montavilla Jazz Festival returns as a three-day event spanning four venues and 12 new jazz concerts by local artists. PORTLAND, OR—After creating spaces for jazz...
Montavilla Jazz premiers collaborative film and live concerts for 8th annual festival on August 20–22
Press assets available here: LINK FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Montavilla Jazz premiers collaborative film and live concerts by local artists at the organization’s 8th annual festival on August 20–22 Montavilla Jazz Festival returns as a 3-day hybrid event featuring...