What’s happened? Where are they? Since the doors began to open in 1996, U.S. listeners […]
Profile: Dave Storrs and Louie Records October, 1999
When I was learning to play music while growing up in Corvallis in the 60s, […]
Eddie Wied and Cleve Williams
Musicians played when friends and family laid Cleve Williams to rest June 1, 2007, at […]
Profile: Dave Frishberg – August 2, 2000
Dave Frishberg never intended to be a singer. In fact, the singer/songwriter/pianist a four-time Grammy […]
Profile: Glen Moore – October, 2006
He arrives at his studio off Grand Avenue on a bicycle, carrying only a small […]
Jazz de Opus Closes — September 2003
When callers phoned the Jazz de Opus in early August, they got a message saying […]
Jazz in times of peril
Jazz can teach us how to better cope and perhaps even triumph November 18, 2001 […]
Lynn Darroch’s “Afterword” to Jumptown The Golden Years of Portland Jazz (1942-1957) by Robert Dietsche (Oregon State University Press, 2006)
Of course the story goes on. After the dust from the bulldozers had settled along […]
Profile: Lawson Inada September 2006
You’ve probably seen Lawson Inada’s poems, though you may not be aware of it. […]
Profile: Ron Steen to Jazz Society of Oregon Hall of Fame December, 2001
Deep in the heart of Portland’s jazz scene sits Ron Steen, behind his trap set, […]