Savion Glover Although the bulk of my time these days is spent in Portland either teaching or spending time with my family, I'm g...

Chris Rock in "Top Five" I recently wrote about my disappointment in regards to a movie I went to see with my wife; part of ...

Larry Coryell One of the downsides of playing a lot of gigs with my students has been, you guessed it, that I'm no longer the youn...

Ryan Meagher, one of the organizers of the Montavilla Jazz Festival I wanted to just say a quick word about a new jazz festival in Por...

This past Saturday night, my wife and I went out to hear some music. We didn't have definite plans, but after having a nice dinner, b...

I just got back to Portland from my trip to New York. It was sweet but definitely short. My Wednesday night engagement at The Jazz Standa...

Persian Jazz Collective I just arrived back in Portland after an extended weekend run up to Seattle. I combined an invitation to perfor...

This year was my second time as an adjudicator at the Reno Jazz Festival. Running for over 50 years, this festival is one of the biggest ...

The PDX Jazz Festival is well underway. I've been performing a lot in the past week; our area recital at PSU on Tuesday with the Pers...

Pianist Orrin Evans I heard a fantastic concert last night at Jimmy Mak's in Portland; Pianist Orrin Evans brought the house down ...

Seattle, just like I pictured it....Space Needles.....and everything.... I just got back from a long weekend in Seattle. No, I don...

The Great George Cables It's Jazz Festival Time here in Portland, Oregon. This is a very exciting week. There is a lot going on, ...

No hookers, no crack dealers. Unfortuntely, it's 4:30, so all of these  cabs are "OFF DUTY"... New York City has chang...

Ted Nash I made it down to Ivories on Monday night to hear the great Ted Nash and his quartet at Ivories in Northwest Portland. Nash and ...

Hal Galper I made the second set of Hal Galper's trio at Ivories on Sunday(I was on baby duty before that. Liam wanted to "go t...

Acupuncture for the piano I was walking down the hall to teach a class at PSU when my colleague Darrell Grant ran up to me. "Come ch...

Portland is certainly not the jazz capital of the world. However, it has a thriving scene, and for a city of it's size and location, it...