The Jazz Festival is February 13-22
Numerous Education Opportunities Highlighting Portland and Northwest Artists Alaska Airlines & Horizon Air Portland Jazz Festival presented by The Oregonian A&E will present numerous educational workshops, jazz conversations, panel discussions and free concerts at the PDX Jazz Pavilion @
Pioneer Courthouse Square throughout the festival schedule, February 13-22. Whether you or your child are a budding singer, jazz guitarist or looking to launch the next vision or version of a recording label on par with Blue Note Records, the 2009 Festival Education Outreach Schedule has something for you.
Nearly all events are all ages, free, and open to the public, with the exception of two singing workshops.
The first weekend of the Festival offers families numerous daytime, free live performances at Pioneer Courthouse Square in the PDX Jazz Pavilion, a 6,000 sq. ft. heated tent. So bring the kids out rain or shine to see such incredible local talent as the Portland State University Jazz Band, Metropolitan Youth
Symphony Jazz Ensemble, Portland Youth Jazz Orchestra, and the Beaumont Middle School Jazz Ambassadors, plus plenty of other great quartets and quintets. Pack your snacks and lunches or grab something in Portland’s living room.
Each weekend offers free instrumental educational classes by renowned jazz educators. Head over the Portland Center for the Performing Arts Brunish Hall for instruction on the saxophone, trombone or to work on your rhythm. Classes are available to all ages and are open to the public. Following a theme of Somethin’ Else: Blue Note Records @ 70, celebrating the 70th anniversary of Blue Note Records, all Portland Jazz Festival ticketed concerts will feature current and past Blue Note artists. The package of Blue Note anniversary events will include performances, plus Jazz Conversations with Blue Note officials and artists, panel discussions with jazz writers and journalists, and archival Blue Note film screenings. Current BlueNote artists, trumpeter Terence Blanchard, sax man Joe Lovano, pianist Gonzalo
Rubalcaba, and vocalists Cassandra Wilson, Dianne Reeves, and Patricia Barber, will headline the 10-day event, which will also feature Blue Note heritage artists McCoy Tyner, Bobby Hutcherson, Lou Donaldson, and Pat Martino. The Jazz Conversations offer behind the scene insights into how music is performed,
created, and marketed. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to hear these legendary artists and producers share their insider secrets.
In all, there will be over 150 jazz events presented over 10 days by Portland Jazz Festival. For tickets to Portland Jazz Festival ticketed concerts, the full schedule of events or for more information visit www.pdxjazz.com!
