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Montavilla Jazz Festival ’21

Montavilla Jazz Festival ’21

by | May 14, 2021 | 0 comments

PORTLAND, OR—If local icons like Mel Brown, Tom Grant, Nancy King, David Friesen, Ron Steen, and Leroy Vinegar ushered in a resurgence of jazz in Portland that blossomed in the 1980’s, a new group of influential artists were handed the torch in the new millenium. One of the most influential of those artists in Portland over the past decade and a half, Farnell Newton, will headline the 8th Annual Montavilla Jazz Festival running August 20–22 live-streamed from Portland Metro Arts and screened for in-person viewing at select locations in Montavilla and around Portland. For the first time ever the Montavilla Jazz Festival is entirely FREE. This year’s festival is bolstered by the world-premiere and repeated screenings of a new music-meets-film project, Call + Response, presented in collaboration with Portland Art Museum, Open Signal and Mobile Projection Unit. Festival information can be found at https://montavillajazz.org/.

Let’s Celebrate Portland Jazz – Integer

Let’s Celebrate Portland Jazz – Integer

by | Aug 5, 2020 | 0 comments

Let’s Celebrate Portland Jazz! A Benefit for Montavilla Jazz. Featuring Integer, streamed live by Left Door Streaming from The 1905.
Integer is a Portland-based jazz trio led by composer and pianist Todd Marston, with bassist Andrew Jones and drummer Micah Hummel. Marston’s compositions are accessible, propelled by strong grooves, juxtaposing singable melodies against complex harmonic movements.
Montavilla Jazz honors cancelled festival with live-streamed benefit concerts.
In lieu of a 2020 festival, Montavilla Jazz is celebrating Portland jazz by hosting live-streamed concerts as a fundraiser for future programs and projects.