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Jazz trio brings the
beat to Manzanita
MANZANITA — Award-win-
ning New York City jazz
pianist and composer Ben
Rosenblum will play materi-
al from his upcoming second
album, “River City,” at the
Hoffman Center for the Arts
7 p.m. Tuesday, June 12. Ad-
mission is $10, cash only.
The concert also features
rising jazz star and Bay Area
native Kanoa Mendenhall
on bass and highly regarded
New York City drummer
Ben Zweig.
Rosenblum was a finalist
at the 2015 American
Jazz Pianist Competition
in Melbourne, Florida,
and the 2016 Jacksonville
Jazz Piano Competition in
Jacksonville, Florida. He
has performed in bands led
by Bobby Watson, Winard
Harper, T.S. Monk, Curtis
Lundy, Chris Washburne and
other jazz luminaries.
The Manzanita perfor-
mance is part of a two-week
West Coast tour celebrating
the new album.
Rosenblum’s passion for
jazz, swing and world music
finds expression in his fu-
sion of harmonic and rhyth-
mic elements from a wide
array of sources, and gives
rise to a sound and style at
once iconoclastic and deeply
rooted in such figures as Bill
Evans and Wynton Kelly.
Rosenblum’s playing is
always narrative — telling
a compelling story with his
music, reaching the hearts of
his audience and connecting
with them on an emotional,
intellectual and spiritual
level.
The Hoffman Center is
located at 594 Laneda Ave.
At KALA, Faun Fables doth enchant
ASTORIA — Dawn McCarthy
and Nils Frykdahl make their
third appearance at KALA.
The duo, known as Faun
Fables, return to perform
exquisite, visceral adventures
in song and theater 8 p.m.
Thursday, June 14. The cover
is $10 at the door.
Hailing from the San
Francisco Bay Area, Faun
Fables is on tour from West
Coast to East Coast, Canada
and Scandinavia. With seven
records on the Drag City
label, the latest “Born of The
Sun” (2016), Faun Fables has
a broad spread of devoted
international audiences.
You might call their music
“earth rock,” “witch-brewed,”
“nature-based,” “neo-psych-
folk.”
Surrounded by percussion,
McCarthy conjures the spirits
of another era, or another
place — the album “Mother
Twilight” (2004) contains
true underworld tradition
content. McCarthy is studied
in European theater traditions,
dance, action theater and
ethnomusicology. In addition
to her work with Faun Fables,
COURTESY KALA
Faun Fables (Dawn McCarthy, right, and Nils Frykdahl)
McCarthy has recorded an
album, as vocalist, with
Bonny Prince Billy (aka Will
Oldham) and also performs
solo as Dawn The Faun.
Guitarist Frykdahl is
known for his work in San
Francisco band Sleepy Time
Gorrilla, which fuses clas-
sical, industrial and art-rock
themes, in addition to the
experimental rock band
Idiot Flesh, which often used
household items as instru-
ments. Frykdahl is fluent
on flutes and occasionally
brooms, as well as guitar.
From original material to
compositions by European
20th century composers, and
a mix of traditional ballads,
McCarthy’s distinctive voice,
Frykdahl’s gothic guitar play-
ing, flutes, bells and whistles
— the mystical folk of Faun
Fables doth bewitch, enchant
and entertain.
KALA is located at 1017
Marine Drive in Astoria.
Doors open at 7:30 p.m.
There will be a full bar. Peo-
ple 16 and older may attend.
COURTESY HOFFMAN CENTER FOR THE ARTS
Jazz pianist Ben Rosenblum
Great Scott! Peninsula Arts Center
welcomes prolific singer-songwriter
LONG BEACH, WASH. —
Award-winning sing-
er-songwriter Cal Scott
returns to the Peninsula
Arts Center 7 p.m. Satur-
day, June 9.
Scott, of Portland, was
awarded First Place in
the Great American Song
Contest in the Singer/
Songwriter category for
the song “Paid Too Much
for the Diamond” from his
last album, “Carved Wood
Box.”
He is the musical
director of The Trail Band
and also records and tours
with Irish fiddler Kevin
Burke. Their CD “Across
the Black River” was hailed
as one of the top 12 world
music CDs of 2007 by the
New York Times.
Scott also composes
music for film and TV and
has scored more than 50
documentaries and specials
for PBS, including three
“Frontlines” and Oregon
Public Broadcasting’s “Or-
Tickets, or by emailing
events@peninsulaartscen-
ter.org or calling Bill
Svendsen at 360-901-0962.
Open mic
COURTESY PENINSULA ARTS CENTER
Cal Scott
egon Experience.” A master
of many styles, his spe-
cialty is scoring to picture:
creating the right music to
tell the story.
In addition to his dra-
matic orchestrations, he has
developed a feel for folk
music of many cultures,
helping a film establish a
sense of place and time.
Tickets are $15 and
available on Brown Paper
The Arts Center holds an
open mic the Friday night
before each concert. Sign-
ups start around 6:30 p.m.,
and the music begins at 7
p.m. Singers, instrumen-
talists, poets, spoken-word
artists, stand-up comedi-
ans and dramatists are all
welcome. Or just come to
listen and be amazed by
the breadth of talent in our
area.
Wine, beer and other
refreshments are available
for purchase.
Concerts benefit the
Long Beach Peninsula
Acoustic Music Founda-
tion, a nonprofit charitable
organization.
The Peninsula Arts
Center is located at 504 Pa-
cific Ave. N., Long Beach,
Wash.