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SOUND CHECK
SEPTEMBER 1�8, 2021
WHAT’S PLAYING AROUND
THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
An evening of jazz
Rob Scheps and the TBA
Band play at Churchill School
Rob Scheps/Contributed photo
Rob Scheps and the TBA Band play live Sept. 11 at Churchill School in
Baker City.
By Lisa Britton
Go! Magazine
B
AKER CITY — Rob Scheps
says his upcoming concert
at Churchill School is a special
one.
It’s not often, you see, that
a band gets to perform their
music for an audience on the
very same stage they recorded
an album.
“It’s in the same room and the
same space,” Scheps said.
Rob Scheps and the TBA
Band recorded an album over
Labor Day weekend in 2020.
That album was offi cially re-
leased in February 2021, and
now he’s returning to that same
stage to play live.
The show is Saturday, Sept.
11, at Churchill School, 3451
Broadway St. (enter through the
16th Street parking lot). Doors
open at 6 p.m., and the show
starts at 6:45 p.m. Tickets are $8
in advance or $10 at the door.
For more details and tickets, visit
www.churchillbaker.com.
The album — “Live at the
Churchill School” — features
a cover photo of Churchill’s
steeple against a sunset sky,
captured by Brian Vegter (who
owns Churchill with his wife, Cor-
rine). Scheps was joined on the
record by Matt Cooper on piano,
Laurent Nickel on acoustic
and electric bass, and Michael
Rodenkirch on drums. Luke
McKern was a guest musician on
guitar.
Not all those musicians were
available for the Sept. 11 show.
Scheps will be joined on stage
by Cooper, who just retired after
a 30-year teaching career at
Eastern Oregon University, along
with Portland musicians Ross
Garlow on acoustic bass and
George Colligan on drums.
Scheps plays saxophone and
fl ute. In 35 years of playing, he’s
produced numerous albums, but
he said none are quite like this
one.
“This is the fi rst time I’ve put
out a CD where all the composi-
tions are my own,” he said.
He’s written 23 original
compositions in the past two
years, and eight of those are on
“Live at the Churchill School.” He
describes the album as “home-
grown, Oregon jazz” — it was
recorded in Oregon, and all the
musicians live in Oregon.
Scheps said his live shows
were nearly nonexistent during
the pandemic.
“I turned my eye to more
composing and more recording,”
he said.
The album will be available for
purchasing at the Sept. 11 show
and can also be found online at
robscheps.bandcamp.com.
SHOW POSTPONED
Rob Scheps was scheduled
to play at Side A Brewing in La
Grande on Sept. 12. That show
has been postponed.
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