The session begins at 8PM every Tuesday with an hour of jazz from a rotating house band led by Portland based band leader and trumpet player, Pablo Rivarola. The last two hours of the session will be a curated jazz jam featuring some of Portland’s best young jazz musicians. Join us every Tuesday night at your favorite mid-century lounge for some of Portland’s best jazz. No cover charge and happy hour prices all night long!

Two Shows: 6 PM (DOORS 5 PM) | 8:15 PM (DOORS 7:30 PM)

Artist: Christopher Brown

Christopher Brown is an acclaimed musician, composer, bandleader, and educator who seeks to be a voice within the advocacy of Jazz music and American culture. And through the expansive range of groups that he has assembled and/or performed with—which span from duos to Jazz big bands to military marching bands and orchestras—his musical and personal experiences have led him towards an interest in synthesizing the principles of Jazz with the day-to-day practicalities of life. However, given that businesses shape the global market economy that everyone lives and participates in, is why he has found it useful to integrate business philosophies with that of music to help develop himself and his band. Which as he likes to say, “we’re all in the same business…the people-trusting-people business. No people, no business.”

Christopher Brown is an acclaimed musician, composer, bandleader, and educator who seeks to be a voice within the advocacy of Jazz music and American culture. And through the expansive range of groups that he has assembled and/or performed with—which span from duos to Jazz big bands to military marching bands and orchestras—his musical and personal experiences have led him towards an interest in synthesizing the principles of Jazz with the day-to-day practicalities of life. However, given that businesses shape the global market economy that everyone lives and participates in, is why he has found it useful to integrate business philosophies with that of music to help develop himself and his band. Which as he likes to say, “we’re all in the same business…the people-trusting-people business. No people, no business.”
 
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April in Paris! Part Deux

Chansons d’Amour + Songs of Foolish Love


Join Soul Siren Shelly Rudolph, her Trio Fantastique and Accordion Diva Jet Black Pearl for “A Sassy as Springtime Musical Spree Through Paree!” where classic French songs are infused with sultry swank, jazz favorites are reimagined a Francais and love is celebrated in all of its delicious guises, with the sweet abandon and joie de vivre that this blossoming season brings.


The beguiling Jet Black Pearl transports you to the cafes of France with her wry wit and musical wonder while Ms Rudolph shares her “powerfully romantic” original songs, sure to set fire to your inner gypsy and set free your foolish heart.


As Poet Pablo Neruda says:


“I want to do with you what spring does with the cherry trees.”


Come see just what he means…


SHELLY RUDOLPH: La Sirene

“Imagine a smoky, sonic concoction with equal parts sugar and whiskey, and you've got something close to Shelly Rudolph's voice. Whatever the material, Ms Rudolph has enough bluesy grit and diva class to carry the day." - All About Jazz


“A soulful vocalist that prefers not to be contained” (Midwest Records) Shelly Rudolph has long been a favored voice around her hometown of Portland, Oregon, and musical travels have taken her to New York, Los Angeles, the West Indies, Japan, Korea, Indonesia and beyond. She has been dubbed a “robust and captivating vocalist” by Jazz Times and the LA Weekly praised her ability to use her “honey-glazed throat to send chills up and down your spine.”


Well-established as an organically-gifted and sultry fine purveyor of jazz, soul, pop, blues, Rudolph shines as a writer on her latest album the ambitious, enchanting and atmospheric The Way We Love (Origin, 2020), featuring GRAMMY winning, ECM Records’ “maverick” cellist David Darling.


JET BLACK PEARL: Vocals, Accordion, Everything & Anything


“A formidable force of music that truly has to be seen to be believed!”


- Edinburgh Fringe Festival


The untamed and inimitable Jet Black Pearl from the port of Amsterdam spent many years in the south of France before settling in Portland in 2014. She has performed on more than a thousand stages all over the world; from big tops to living rooms, tunnels, gardens sheds and boîtes; from festivals to barges, to les cafes et ancient ruins too. Jet is a creator of alternative worlds filled with surreal humor and wry observations. Intelligently zany, her songs are a mad hatter's European party with a funky attitude..


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Two Shows: 6 PM (DOORS 5 PM) | 8:15 PM (DOORS 7:30 PM)

Artist: Farnell Newton

Farnell Newton was born in Miami, Florida, and moved to Philadelphia in 1992, where he attended the Philadelphia High School for Creative and Performing Arts. While in Philadelphia, Newton also studied with his uncles, saxophonist/arranger Conny Murray and Sunny Murray, one of the early avant garde’s most inventive and influential drummers.

Newton graduated from the Denver School of the Arts after moving to Denver in 1994 and then moved to Ohio to study at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. At Oberlin, Newton studied music performance with an emphasis in jazz and was mentored by Wendell Logan and trumpeter Kenny Davis. Newton performed with Aretha Franklin, James Moody, Muhal Richard Abrams, and Hugh Ragin while at Oberlin.

After graduating from Oberlin, Newton moved to Portland, Oregon, where he performed regularly with drummer Mel Brown, percussionist Bobby Torres, Akbar Depriest, and many others. He earned a Master’s degree in Jazz Studies and Performance from Portland State University in 2008.

After completing his graduate work, Newton toured extensively with three time Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter Jill Scott and with the Legendary Rhinestone Rockstar Bassist “Bootsy” Collins.

When he is not spending time with his family, leading his funk band (The Othership Connection), or hosting his own jazz radio show at KMHD 89.1fm, he is touring & recording. Over the years Farnell has performed with Jarrod Lawson, Stevie Wonder, Skerik, Lettuce, Slightly Stoopid, Karl Denson, Galactic, Nigel Hall, Mike Phillips, and the Portland Cello Project. Newton also created a jazz social media group called Jam of the Week in 2013 which now features over 70,000 members worldwide.
 
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Julia Logue is a Portland-based, soulful singer-songwriter and musician crafting songs with jazz-inspired vocals and introspective lyrics. Logue plays and writes on guitar alongside a myriad of talented musicians drawing on elements of alternative, neo-soul, R&B, and jazz music to create enticing and layered instrumentals to back her powerful vocals. Julia has performed at some of the most prestigious venues in Portland and opened for Ruby Waters, Quickly, Quickly, and Nico Play on the Pacific Northwest portion of their tours. Logue released her debut album, 'Welcome To Your Sunrise', on December 29th, 2023 and she's looking forward to more releases in 2024.


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. He released his debut album "Here Comes a New Challenger" in July of 2020 bringing in over 20k streams and counting which earned him a spot on PDX's jazz station KMHD's Best Single of the Year.

July 2022, BrandonLee released a much anticipated summer 2-pack EP "Thank You for Waiting" which featured LA-based Saxophonist Braxton Cook and was placed on Spotify Editorial Playlists such as: Smooth Jazz Beats, Smooth Beats & Fresh Finds: Jazz reaching over 1 million streams and counting. In March 2023, BrandonLee Cierley got the opportunity to open up for Braxton Cook at the Jack London Revue for Braxton's "Black Nostalgia Tour".



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