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George Colligan Trio

George Colligan Trio

Wed, Jun 24

$25 TICKETS | ALL AGES



Christian Ramirez - bass

Noah Mortola - drums

George Colligan - piano


George Colligan is not only one of the great jazz pianists of his generation, but he has earned an international reputation as a multi-instrumentalist (drums, trumpet, organ, keyboards), composer, accompanist, teacher, and bandleader, as well as popular blogger (jazztruth.blogspot.com) and youtuber. Winner of the 2015 DownBeat magazine Critics Poll (Keyboard), he has had a long association with living jazz legend Jack DeJohnette; recent touring took Colligan around the U.S. with “An Evening with Jack DeJohnette and Savion Glover.”


With over 130 albums to date as an accompanist, Colligan has worked with a long list of jazz greats, including Buster Williams, Cassandra Wilson, Don Byron, Ravi Coltrane, Stefon Harris, among many others.

Bossa PDX plays Dom Salvador with Guest Laura Dreyer

Bossa PDX plays Dom Salvador with Guest Laura Dreyer

Thu, Jun 25

$25 TICKETS | ALL AGES


Led by pianist Kerry Politzer, Bossa PDX is a Portland-based band that pays tribute to the masters of Brazilian Jazz and Bossa Nova. Kerry welcomes special guest saxophonist, Laura Dreyer for this evening's tribute to the music of Dom Salvador!


Saxophonist, woodwind artist, and composer Laura Dreyer is a vibrant and distinctive voice in the New York jazz scene. Her original compositions blend lyrical melodies with jazz and Brazilian rhythms, creating a contemporary sound marked by strong groove, color, and emotional depth.Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, Dreyer has appeared at major festivals and venues including the Kennedy Center’s Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Festival, Blue Note Napa, the Bill Evans Jazz Festival, Montavilla Jazz Festival, and Syracuse Jazz Festival, among many others in the U.S. and abroad. A prolific recording artist, she has released five albums as a leader: Mysterious Encounter, Sax in the City, Free Flying Bird, Vida. Arte. Amor.—recorded in Rio de Janeiro—and her most recent release, Água e Sol. She is also featured on Dom Salvador’s Grammy-winning The Art of Samba Jazz and has performed with his ensemble in Brazil, including at SESC Pompeía and the Cerrado Jazz Festival in 2025.In high demand as a multi-instrumentalist, Dreyer has collaborated with an extraordinary range of artists, including Dom Salvador, Antonio Adolfo, Dr. Billy Taylor, Mel Lewis, the Diva Jazz Orchestra, Robert Palmer, Nnenna Freelon, Amaro Freitas, Marcos Silva, and many others. She was a founding member and longtime arranger for the Diva Jazz Orchestra and rejoined the ensemble in 2021. In 2024, she received a Chamber Music America Performance Plus Grant.



Kerry Politzer is a Portland-based jazz pianist, composer, and educator. She is on the music faculty of Portland State University and Clackamas Community College, and has also taught at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Swing University, the University of Portland, and the University of Manitoba.


Prior to her latest album Alternate Route (Whirlwind Recordings), Kerry released eight jazz CD’s as a leader, including Blue in Blue, which featured saxophonist Donny McCaslin and was termed a “first-rate jazz outing” by AllAboutJazz.com. She has also been a featured sideman on albums of George Colligan, Laura Dreyer, and the Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble (PJCE). Her commissions include works for the PJCE as well as a solo piano piece, “Microclimates,” for the pianist Andree-Ann Deschenes. This piece was featured on Modern Notebook with Tyler Kline.


In 2019, Kerry was awarded a Regional Arts and Culture Council Artistic Focus grant to explore the music of Brazilian composer Durval Ferreira. The project culminated in the August 2019 release of Diagonal: The Music of Durval Ferreira. Kerry continues to be inspired by Brazilian music.


The pianist has headlined the Montavilla Jazz Festival and performed at other festivals and venues including the 25th Annual Gene Harris Jazz Festival, the Black Dolphin, Jazz Forum, the Oregon Coast Jazz Party, Jazz in the Valley, Smalls, the Sound Room, and many others.

Kevin Deitz Quintet

Kevin Deitz Quintet

Fri, Jun 26

$25 TICKETS | ALL AGES


Kevin Deitz - bass

George Mitchell - piano

Jeff Homan - sax

Paul Mazzio - trumpet

Mike Snyder - drums


Kevin Deitz is a composer/arranger, and multi-instrumentalist currently teaching History of Rock and Roll, History of Jazz, Contemporary Music Ensemble (rock band), string bass, and electric bass at Clackamas Community College.


As a classical bassist, he has worked with many symphony orchestras including the Oregon Symphony, Portland Opera and Ballet Orchestras, and has played in the pit with national Broadway touring companies including Victor/Victoria, Grease, Big as well as many regional productions.


Jazz bass performances include concerts with Mose Allison, Terrence Blanchard, Dave Brubeck, Paquito D’Rivera, Kurt Elling, Herb Ellis, Dave Frishberg, Benny Golson, and Diane Shurr. Pop performances include concerts with Frankie Avalon, Andrea Bocelli, The Eagles, Sheena Easton, Fabian, Marvin Hamlisch, Il Divo, The Moody Blues World Orchestra, Kenny Rankin, The Shirelles, Toni Tenille, Mason Williams and Brian Wilson.

Kevin has appeared on 20 album/CD projects to date and on numerous recordings for commercial clients like Music Minus One, Oregon Catholic Press, Roland Musical Instruments, QFC Foods and Nike.


Kevin’s original music contains diverse influences from straight ahead jazz to Latin, to funk and fusion. His critically acclaimed CD of original jazz compositions, “Skylines,” was released on June 16th, 2009 on the Origin Arts label. Jazzweek Magazine ranked it in the top 50 jazz recordings in its first week of release, and it is currently receiving international radio airplay. Kevin is an artist/clinician for Conklin basses and Conklin Sidewinder strings.

Charlie Brown III Quartet

Charlie Brown III Quartet

Sat, Jun 27

TICKETS $30 | ALL AGES A Portland native, Charlie Brown III is a musical director, producer, and keyboardist whose work has gained international renown in recent years. Brown has gained wider exposure when producing for mainstream rap artist, Aminé, and has spent ample time as a fixture in the tight-knit live unit supporting Memphis-based bass guitar prodigy, MonoNeon. Pushing the boundaries of jazz and new music, Brown does so with a unique knack for both composition and improvisation both on stage, and in the studio. He currently splits time producing and performing with his group Greaterkind in Portland, as well as hitting the international touring circuit with a variety of acts. Brown is co-director of the Brown Branch Big Band, and also has music of his own he curates and records.