Montavilla Jazz Presents: Neighbors featuring Caroline Davis

Sat, Aug 30

TICKETS $25 | ALL AGES Neighbors collaborates with saxophonist Caroline Davis for a night of genre-bending, spanning multiple idioms and styles. Lineup: Garrett Baxter, electric bass; Mike Gamble, electric guitar; Machado Mijiga, drums with Caroline Davis, alto saxophone. Garrett Baxter is an important fixture in the Oregon jazz community. Garrett has performed in bands led by Alan Jones, George Colligan, Domo Branch, Noah Simpson, Randy Porter, Christopher Brown, Kerry Politzer, and Michael Raynor. He has performed with the WDR Big Band in Cologne, Germany, and has had the privilege of touring internationally with Andy Middleton in 2023 and the Oregon Jazz Ensemble in 2018. He has also played with artists such as Gilad Hekselman, Allison Miller, Kevin Hays, Geoffrey Keezer, Camille Thurman, Benny Benack, Dick Oatts, Greg Ward, Jonathan Pinson, Sasha Berliner, Martina DaSilva, Yoav Eshed, Jaleel Shaw, Bruce Williams, Clay Jenkins, Mike Lee, and Javon Jackson. Mike Gamble is an adventurous guitarist and multi-instrumentalist whose work with electronic modes of composition is endlessly integrated into his setup. Gamble has spent the last 15 years immersed in the creative jazz, experimental rock, and improvised music scene, primarily in NYC and now in Portland, OR, where he currently lives. Multi-instrumentalist and Portland native Machado Mijiga wears many hats, both literally and metaphorically. Classically trained, jazz-weathered, and eclectically inclined, Mijiga left the proverbial creative "box" at a very early age, with access to many instruments and a diverse musical background brought about by an intercultural heritage. Mijiga is a musical polymath: composer, producer, bandleader, educator, gear fanatic, and audio engineer, to name a few. Authenticity and uniquity assume the locus of Mijiga's artistic identity. Self-expression is the prime directive, and the medium of choice changes like the weather. Caroline Davis’s expression encompasses a diverse range of styles. As a saxophonist and composer, she has released eight albums and has won Downbeat’s Critics’ Poll Rising Star. She has worked with Lee Konitz, Billy Kaye, John Zorn, Wendy Eisenberg, Angelica Sanchez, Nicole Mitchell, The Femme Jam, Rajna Swaminathan, Miles Okazaki, and Terry Riley. Caroline has been a resident fellow at MacDowell, The Jazz Gallery, The Rockefeller Estate, ICE Ensemble Evolution, UCross, and Civitella, and is a recipient of Jerome Hill, CMA, and NYFA fellowships. She is an advocate for gender equity (This Is A Movement, The New School) and justice for incarcerated people.