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PDX Jazz
Festival kicks
off 11th year
The 2014U .S. B ank PortlandJazz
Festival P resented by A laska A ir
lines w ill be held T hursday, Feb. 20
through Sunday, M arch 2 at venues
th roughout the city.
T he 11 th annual celebration w ill
include a rare appearance by the 83-
y ear-o ld piano icon and N E A Jazz
M aster A hm ad Jam al; the return o f
P o r tla n d 's h o m e to w n f a v o rite ,
E sp eran za Spalding as part o f a new
collective; The S pring Q uartet fea
turing Spalding's m usical director
L eo G enovese and enduring c o l
laborators, Jack D eJohnette and Joe
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L o v a n o ; c e le b r a te d j a z z s ta rs
W ynton M arsalis fronting the Jazz
at L incoln C en ter O rchestra; and
Pat M etheny's long overdue festi
val appearance w ith his recalibrated
U nity G roup.
"W e strive to produce a festival
that reflects the fabric o f a vibrant
ja z z com m unity w ho responds posi
tively to a highly ev o lv ed m usical
aesthetic from artists w ho range from
th eir young 20s to upper 80 s,” said
PD X Jazz Festival M anaging D irec
tor D on Lucoff. “A dditionally, there
is no city o f a sim ilar size in A m erica
that boasts such a w ealth o f tal
en ted artists as Portland, and each
y e ar w e feature these celebrated
artists in selected settings as h ead
liners and special guests."
E d u c a tio n an d o u tre a c h , as a l
w a y s, a m p lify th e fe s tiv a l's re c
o g n itio n o f B la c k H is to ry M o n th
th ro u g h a se rie s o f c o m m u n ity
w ide in itia tiv e s. T h e o u tre a ch p ro
g ra m m in g w ill in c lu d e the S tu d en t
S ta g e at P o rtla n d S ta te U n iv e r
sity o n M a rc h 1 a n d 2, "T he In
c re d ib le Jo u rn e y o f J a z z " m id d le
sch o o l p ro g ra m , J a z z C o n v e rs a
tio n s, R o u n d A b o u t M id n ig h t Jam
S e ssio n s h o ste d by R o n S teen ,
and an e x te n siv e free p e rfo rm an c e
s c h e d u le .
F o r up-to-date festival in fo rm a
tio n o n all o f th e e v e n ts, v isit
pdxjazz.com .
PD X Jazz, a n o n -profit cultural
arts organization w hose m ission is
to inspire, educate and develop fu
ture ja z z audiences fo r g enerations
to com e.