10PM Lab with Adam Carlson - Tribute to John Coltrane's iconic 'A Love Supreme.'

Fri, Mar 28

TICKETS $20 - 21+ PLEASE ADAM CARLSON - Bend, OR native Adam Carlson graduated from the University of Oregon in 2014 with a B.A. in Jazz Studies (Cum Laude), and has performed over a thousand times around the Northwest. Adam also spent a year in New York City where he honed his playing style to include jazz, soul, latin, funk, rock, and pop. He has played drums on numerous albums, and has performed with many different New York and Oregon musicians, including University of Oregon faculty members. After relocating to Portland in 2018, Carlson has collaborated with countless Portland musicians, and has even accompanied internationally known artists such as Chuchito Valdés, and Tommy Tutone. Currently, he works most frequently with Ben Rice and the PDX Hustle, Tony Starlight, Patrick Lamb, Luke Broadbent, McKayla Marie, Galen Clark, Dan Balmer, Under The Lake, and Justin Copeland. JOE MANIS - Originally from Dexter, Oregon, SteepleChase recording artist Joe Manis is noted for the strength of his "intense, updated take on the glorious Rollins-'Trane tradition." (Willamette Week) Manis was the recipient of a 2013 Oregon Arts Commission Individual Artist Fellowship, and has also toured Europe as a duo and in a trio with David Friesen. He's played with countless well-known musicians including Thomas Mapfumo and the Blacks Unlimited, George Colligan, Chuck Israels, the Ken Schaphorst Big Band, “Weird Al” Yankovic, just to name a few. His sound and approach to the saxophone is an excellent tribute to Coltrane! 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). 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.” He has also recently toured the U.S. and Canada as a leader with his trio featuring legends Buster Williams and Lenny White. With over 130 albums to date as an accompanist, Colligan has worked with a long list of jazz greats, including John Scofield, Buster Williams, Cassandra Wilson, Don Byron, Ravi Coltrane, Chris Botti, and many others. His latest album, “King’s Dream” (PJCE Records 2022) is his 36th as a bandleader, and features PSU faculty and alumni. Colligan, a New York resident for 15 years, now resides in Portland, Oregon where he is a Full Professor at Portland State University. He has recently won two Region Arts and Culture Council grants, A South Arts Jazz Road grant, and a PSU Faculty Development grant. Colligan recently won the PSU College of The Arts Dean’s Council Award for Research, Scholarship and Creativity(2020), and also won the Researcher of the Year Award from the PSU College Of The Arts(2021). ERIC GRUBER - West coast based Eric Gruber, is a highly sought after bassist in many genres. Gruber was classically trained from a young age but later turned to the dark side of Jazz where he has flourished. With his earlier roots in Bluegrass, solid time and rhythm came easy, and have allowed many paths throughout his career. Currently, Eric is highly sought after among Portland jazz professionals, and often performs with various notable Northwest musicians including Darrell Grant, George Colligan, Devin Phillips, and Dmitri Matheny, and americana group Skybound Blue