The 1905's Upcoming Shows

TICKETS $30 | ALL AGES

Christopher Brown - drums

John Nastos - sax

Greg Goebel - piano

Garrett Baxter - bass

Christopher Brown is an acclaimed musician, composer, bandleader, and educator who seeks to be a voice within the advocacy of Jazz and American culture. And through the expansive range of groups that he has assembled and/or performed with, which range from duos to large ensembles across a spectrum of genres, his musical and personal experiences have led him towards an interest in synthesizing the principles of Jazz with the broader concerns of life. So given that music influences culture, and culture influences businesses—which in turn shape the global market economy we all participate in—is why he likes to say “we’re all in the people business. No people, no business.”

TICKETS $25 | ALL AGES WELCOME

Noah Simpson - Trumpet

Urs - Bass

Dae Bryant - Drums

Matt Sazima - Piano / Synth

Davasaté Phelps - Piano

De Sean (Dae) Bryant is an artist from Harlem, New York who incorporates, jazz and philosophy to explore new possibilities of music from all musical and artistic styles. Dae earned degrees studying Psychology for Undergraduate, Jazz Studies for Masters, and currently in Basel, Switzerland as apart of a year long artist jazz residency called “FocusYear” performing with & working alongside some of the best musicians in the world such as Wolfgang Muthspiel, Johnathan Blake, Guillermo Klein, Allison Miller, Django Bates, Ingrid Laubrock, Robert Hurst, Jorge Rossy and more. And is now working on a 2nd masters majoring in Jazz and Art & Research, with a goal of obtaining a Ph.D in philosophy. Dae uses philosophy to create experiences that use jazz, gospel, space, and existential influence to push what we think we know as a collective. Previously living in Portland, Oregon as the Graduate TA for Portland State University Dae gained experience and knowledge playing along side artists such as George Colligan, Darrell Grant, Melissa Aldana, Jaleel Shaw, Steve Wilson. Which the allowed for the flourishing of Dae’s own curations of the well know Portland based group of “The Collective”, as well as Hang at the Book Pub, BAM at Dream House, and The Collective at the Rhizome. Dae prioritizes creating spaces for all to gain something out of the experience of music.

TICKETS $25 | ALL AGES WELCOME

George Colligan - piano

Dae Bryant - drums

Robert Rodriguez - bass

*Special guest to be announced

George Colligan has earned an international reputation as a multi-instrumentalist (drums, trumpet, organ, keyboards), composer, accompanist, teacher and bandleader, as well as a widely read jazz blogger. Winner of the 2015 DownBeat Critics Poll (Keyboard), he has maintained a long-standing musical association with jazz legend Jack DeJohnette, including extensive U.S. touring with An Evening with Jack DeJohnette and Savion Glover. More recently, Colligan toured the U.S. and Canada as a leader with his trio featuring Buster Williams and Lenny White.

With more than 130 recordings to his credit as a sideman, Colligan has collaborated with an extraordinary range of jazz artists, including John Scofield, Cassandra Wilson, Don Byron, Ravi Coltrane, Chris Botti and many others. His most recent release, King’s Dream (PJCE Records, 2022), is his 36th album as a bandleader and features faculty and alumni from Portland State University.

After fifteen years in New York City, Colligan now resides in Portland, Oregon, where he serves as Full Professor at Portland State University. His work has been recognized with multiple grants, including awards from the Regional Arts and Culture Council, South Arts Jazz Road and PSU Faculty Development. He has also received the PSU College of the Arts Dean’s Council Award for Research, Scholarship and Creativity (2020) and the Researcher of the Year Award from the PSU College of the Arts (2021).

Throughout his career, George Colligan has toured, recorded and performed as a sideman with an exceptional list of jazz luminaries, among them Lonnie Plaxico, Gary Bartz, Benny Golson, Miguel Zenón, Tom Harrell, Steve Coleman, Eddie Henderson, Jane Monheit, Michael Brecker, Nicholas Payton, Christian McBride, Mingus Big Band, Lee Konitz, Randy Brecker and Stefon Harris, among many others.

Critical response to Colligan’s work has been consistently strong. All About Jazz has described him as “an equally deserving torch-carrier of the piano trio tradition,” while Jazz Times has praised his technique and improvisational mastery, noting performances that have inspired standing ovations and affirming his place among the most accomplished creative artists of his generation.