5TH STREET CORNUCOPIA
Jesse Meade w/ Eric Rowen—
9:30-11:30pm; n/c
CUSH Poetry Open Mic—
7:30pm; n/c
DEXTER LAKE CLUB Acoustic
Night on Taco Tuesdays—6pm;
n/c
THE EMBERS DJ Victor—8pm;
current hits, standards, requests,
n/c
LEVEL UP Karaoke w/Kade—
9pm; n/c
LUCKEY'S Amusedays w/ Chaz
Logan Hyde—10pm; $1
MAX'S Classic Crooner
Productions—10pm; karaoke, n/c
O BAR Karaoke w/Jared—9pm;
n/c
OLD NICK'S Sweater & TBA—
10pm; $5
ROARING RAPIDS Smooth
Richards Quintet—7pm; n/c
SAM BOND'S GARAGE Bluegrass
Jam—9pm; n/c
WHITE HORSE SALOON Karaoke
w/Slick Nick—9pm; n/c
WEDNESDAY 7/11
AXE & FIDDLE David Rosales—
8pm; n/c
BREW & CUE Crystal Harmony
Karaoke—9pm; n/c
COWFISH Local DJ Review—
9pm; n/c
DRAKE BAR DJ Qamron
Crooks—10pm; n/c
EMBERS Coupe de Ville—8pm;
n/c
HI-FI LOUNGE Funk Jam—
11:30pm; n/c
HULT CTR An Evening w/ Phillip
Glass—7:30pm; $56.75
JAZZ STATION Jammin' w/ the
pros—7:30pm; n/c
JERSEY'S Karaoke w/Sassy
Patty—8pm; n/c
MAC'S Jazz & Variety w/ Paul
Biondi & Gus Russel—6pm; n/c
MAX'S TAVERN Lonesome
Randall—7pm; n/c
MOHAWK TAVERN Karaoke w/
Caught in the Act—9pm; n/c
MULLIGAN'S PUB Open Mic—
8:30pm; variety, n/c
OAKWAY CTR The Traceys—
5:30pm; n/c
THE POKER LOUNGE DJ'd Party
Nights—8pm; n/c
PUBLIC HOUSE Bluegrass
jam—7:30pm; n/c
ROARING RAPIDS Gerry
Rempel—7pm; n/c
WEST END TAVERN Karaoke—
9pm; n/c
WHIRLED PIES Robert Blair—7-
9pm; n/c
CORVALLIS
AND THE REGION
BOMBS AWAY CAFE - Corvallis
TH Jazz Jam—9pm; n/c
CENTRAL PARK - Corvallis
TU Corvallis Community Band—
8pm; n/c
CLOUD & KELLY'S PUBLIC
HOUSE - Corvallis
TH Free Range Open Mic—8pm; n/c
SU Celtic Jam Session—
3:30pm; n/c
IMAGINE COFFEE - Corvallis
SA Joe Jangles—7pm; n/c
MO Bryson Skaar—7pm; n/c
TU Celtic Jam—7pm; n/c
AFTER 25 YEARS AN EP
Eugene songwriter Paul Quillen tells me the first guitar he ever owned
was a “disaster-of-a-piece-of-plywood guitar with a Hohner neck screwed
on to it for $50 that I never paid.”
That debt has stuck with Quillen. “I’ve been planning to find his
address and send him a check. I’ve honestly felt guilty about it my whole
life.”
Now Quillen has released a self-titled EP — his first — of bracingly
intimate neo-classical and contemporary indie folk. He plays a nylon
string acoustic guitar, giving his music the dimly lit melancholy of early
Leonard Cohen.
“I wanted to learn more finger-style guitar and figured classical guitar
would be the best approach,” he recalls. “From then on, I’ve played a
classical style guitar and have been possessed by this neurotic love of
rolling arpeggios.”
Joining Quillen’s guitar and fragile, chocolate-y baritone are Julia
Frantz and Corwin Bolt, adding string accompaniment with violin and
upright bass. The EP was recorded locally at Gung Ho Studios.
“I was crazy fortunate to have two fantastic musicians who were
willing to play on the recording for doughnuts and coffee at practices,”
Quillen says. “They really helped make it feel like a worthwhile pursuit.”
There’s something self-effacing about Quillen’s music, as if he’s
sharing dark secrets with us via lyrics both personal and rooted in the
natural world.
“I don’t know that these are the best songs to have as my first public
offering,” he says with typical modesty. “I feel fortunate to have the
ability to communicate through music.”
Without a recording, Quillen couldn’t reveal himself properly.
“That is certainly a gift for artists to be able to open up to the world in
a way that transcends, or can exist without logically constrained, wholly
verbal interpersonal communication,” he says. “That is my ultimate goal
for writing and sharing music: a communication aid that picks up where
my ability to verbalize drops off.”
Paul Quillen’s self-titled EP is available at paulquillen.net and all major
online streaming services. — Will Kennedy
P HOTO BY AT HEN A DEL ENE
EVENTS FOR
JULY 2018
Unless noted all concerts are $12 General and $10 Members
TH 05 The OREGON JAZZ ENSEMBLE ● European Tour Kick-off [ All seating $10 ]
OJE performs immediately before heading to Europe for the 2018 international jazz festivals
FR 06 First Friday OPEN HOUSE FREE ● Concert [ 5:30PM to 6:30PM ] : Music by Andrew Jepson
SA 07 Portland Jazz Series ● REBECCA KILGORE TRIO [ $15 General / $11 Members ]
Jazz standards and not-so-standards performed by vocalist Rebecca Kilgore; pianist
Randy Porter, and bassist Tom Wakeling
WE 11 Jammin’ with the PROS [ $5 General / $3 Jammers ]
SA 14 SAMMY EPSTEIN : Straight ahead jazz plus jazz originals
TH 19 DAVID LARSEN QUARTET : Baritone saxophonist performs the music of Gerry Mulligan
FR 20 TOM BERGERON BRASIL BAND : An evening of festive, exciting, and sensuous Brazilian music
SA 21 HOLLY HOFMANN ● MIKE WOFFORD [ First Show (7P) $15 / $11 ● Second Show (9P) $12 / $9 ]
Songs from The Great American Songbook as well as some blues and bebop
WE 25 Jammin’ with the PROS [ $5 General / $3 Jammers ]
TH 26 SOUL JAZZ Featuring Adam Harris [ First Show (7P) $15 / $11 ● Second Show (9P) $12 / $9 ]
Dynamic yet nuanced approach creates diverse soundscapes and inspired improvisations
FR 27 IDIT SHNER TRIO
Fly duets and surprising transitions as seasoned improvisers go at it without drums
SA 28 SARAH BURKHART ● Vocalist returns to Eugene for another show [ $15 general / $11 members ]
Jammin’ with the PROS
Open Jazz Jam with some of the best musicians in Eugene! Come sit in with the band or just listen
Unless noted all concerts start at 7:30P Doors open at 7:00P
The Jazz Station is open to all ages
THANKS to our sponsors
Eugene’s Home For LIVE Jazz
124 West Broadway ● Downtown Eugene
Tckets available online at www.thejazzstation.org
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