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2024 JAS Academy Big Band Session lead by Christian McBride: June 10-24, 2024
2024 JAS Academy Big Band Session lead by Christian McBride: June 10-24, 2024
Save the date: June 20th-23rd, 2024. See the JAS June Experience Schedule here. Artists and tickets here.
Early Show - 6:45pm - 7:45pm | Late Show: 8:45pm - 10pm
Early Show 6:30pm - 7:45pm | Late Show 8:45pm - 10pm
Early Show 7:15pm - 8:30pm | Late Show: 10 pm-11:15 pm is SOLD OUT.
Jamison Ross is a GRAMMY-nominated Soul artist whose music emanates from the intersection of R&B, gospel, and blues supported by modern production – contemporary Soul. Jamison’s most recent project is his first Affective Music release and is influenced by some of history’s greatest Soul singers, including Marvin Gaye, Rance Allen, and Al Green. A native
Formerly held close as one of the Pacific Northwest’s best-kept musical secrets, Jarrod Lawson has exploded as an international sensation, garnering awards, performing at prestigious venues, and spawning fresh notability for Portland’s burgeoning soul/jazz music scene. Ever since Lawson released his eponymous debut album in 2014, the smokey-voiced singer-songwriter and virtuoso pianist has been sending
“Bria Skonberg looks like a Scandinavian angel, plays trumpet like a red hot devil and sings like a dream … Poised to be one of the most versatile and imposing musicians of her generation” – Wall Street Journal “It’s such a groove watching my skol sister follow in the path of Pops, Louis Armstrong, the
2024 JAS Academy Afro-Caribbean Big Band Session lead by Etienne Charles: July 29-August 12, 2024
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! Join the JAS Academy Afro-Caribbean Big Band students for a Jam Session at The Gant Rooftop on Wednesday, July 31st | 4-7 pm. The goal of the JAS Academy is to identify and assist the most talented artists in embracing jazz fundamentally while exploring myriad related & unrelated forms
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! Join the JAS Academy Afro-Caribbean Big Band students for a Jam Session at The Limelight Aspen on Friday, August 2nd | 5-8 pm. The goal of the JAS Academy is to identify and assist the most talented artists in embracing jazz fundamentally while exploring myriad related & unrelated forms