February 15, 2017
BLACK
HISTORY
MONTH
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Arts &
ENTERTAINMENT
PDX Jazz Fest Fills Calendar
The PDX Jazz Fest which
celebrates Black History Month
in partnership with Travel Port-
land and sponsored by Biamp
begins this week with nearly 30
concerts planned over the next
two weeks at venues through-
out the Portland metro region
with dozens of associated part-
ner events taking place as well.
The pairing of Jazz Master
and Grammy Award-winning
saxophonist Branford Marsalis
with Grammy-winning vocal-
ist Kurt Elling will kick off the
festival on Thursday, Feb. 16 at
the Newmark Theater, down-
town.
Other concert dates will
feature the Grammy-winning
Maria Schneider Orchestra;
the Heath Brothers featuring
Jazz Master Jimmy Heath;
Portland Jazz Master Ralph
Towner; Neo-Soul Godfa-
ther Roy Ayers; and Grammy
Award-winning guitarist John
Scofield.
The legacy of jazz icons
Dizzy Gillespie and Theloni-
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ous Monk in what would have
been the year of their 100th
birthday will be manifested in
the world premiere of Portland
Jazz Master Mel Brown’s Big
Band featuring Jon Faddis on
lead trumpet in a program enti-
tled “Groovin’ High: Celebrat-
ing Dizzy Gillespie @ 100.”
For more details on all the
PDX Jazz Festival events, visit
pdxjazz.com.
photo by
p alma K olanSKy
Jazz greats Branford
Marsalis and Kurt
Elling will kick off the
PDX Jazz Fest, a series
of headline concerts
at venues throughout
Portland which
celebrate Black History
Month.