Modern, funky jazz will fill the McTavish Room in Astoria
Michelle Medler Quartet is rooted in swing tradition, laced with harmony
ASTORIA — Jazz comes to
the Liberty Theater’s McTa-
vish Room — again. In the
second of Ben Hunt’s year-
long jazz series, the Michelle
Medler Quartet will appear at
7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 1.
Hunt hosts the weekly
jazz show “Jazz Enthusiast”
on KMUN, which airs at 6
p.m. Thursdays. His year-
long jazz series will bring
some of the best Portland
and Seattle jazz performers
to Clatsop County for local
audiences to enjoy.
The Medler Quartet plays
funky, modern jazz sounds,
deeply rooted in swing tra-
dition, laced with interesting
harmony. The show will be
a mixture of jazz, Latin and
funk standards and Michelle
Medler’s original tunes. Medler
fronts the band on saxophones,
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Based in the St. Johns
community of Portland,
Medler and her husband,
Ben, are also co-directors
of the Portland Youth Jazz
Orchestra, where they teach
students who age from 11 to
26 the fundamentals of jazz
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The couple founded the jazz
orchestra in 2001 after di-
recting an award-winning
band program at Wilson High
School.
Joining Michelle Medler
in the band will be Brian
Ward on keyboards, Ben
Medler on bass and Edwin
Coleman III on drums.
The quartet can be heard
on their 2006 Shoo-wah Re-
cords album, “Balance.”
Tickets cost $10, $15 or
$20 and may be purchased
at the Liberty Theater box
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p.m. Tuesday to Saturday
and two hours before the
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Tickets are also available
through TicketsWest. The
Submitted photo
McTavish Room is inside the The Michelle Medler Quartet will perform
Liberty Theater, located at at 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 1 in the Liberty
Theater’s McTavish Room.
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