Getting To Know The Headhunters

The Headhunters 50th Anniversary Saturday, June 22nd -5:30pm @ Wheeler Opera House BUY TICKETS HERE "To say drummer Mike Clark and percussionist Bill Summers have stories to tell is an understatement. They’ve been the nucleus of The Headhunters across 50 years, the mercurial, pioneering jazz-funk unit with a populist bent focused on memorable melodies and

2024-05-28T16:16:21-06:00May 28th, 2024|General, June, June Experience|

Getting To Know Bobby Rush

Bobby Rush - Rio Grande VIP Tent - Friday, June 21st BUY VIP TICKETS HERE "And the Grammy Goes To..." This year, Blues Hall of Famer and 16-time Blues Music Awards winner Bobby Rush won a GRAMMY Award for Best Traditional Blues Album at the 66th annual GRAMMY Awards. Rush’s album All My Love For

2024-05-14T11:47:27-06:00May 14th, 2024|ALL, General, June, June Experience|

Getting to Know Katie Thiroux

Katie Thiroux - Wheeler Lobby, Friday, June 21 & Saturday, June 22 Buy Tickets Here We can tell you what an extremely talented bassist, composer and educator Katie Thiroux is. But don't just take our word for it! “This first-rate bassist and beguiling singer delivered a rousing début.” -THE NEW YORKER “This bassist-vocalist-composer is flat

2024-04-15T10:16:44-06:00April 15th, 2024|ALL, General, June, June Experience, Uncategorized|

Shelly Berg Trio “Alegria” + Rene Marie and the JAS Academy Afro-Caribbean Big Band led by Etienne Charles: “Tribute to Harry Belafonte”

René Marie is a very rare artist. A modern vocal icon, her unique artistry has been recognized with multiple domestic and international awards including two GRAMMY Award nominations for Best Jazz Vocal Album. A lyricist/composer/arranger/playwright/actress/educator/speaker / and social justice activist, René is an Americana roots artist with jazz improvisational chops. Trinidad-born Etienne Charles is a

2024-06-07T09:42:58-06:00April 10th, 2024|

JAS Cafe Summer Series – Jamison Ross

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

2024-07-12T14:06:57-06:00April 10th, 2024|

JAS Cafe Summer Series – Jarrod Lawson

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

2024-07-13T08:50:24-06:00April 10th, 2024|

JAS Cafe Summer Series – Bria Skonberg Quartet w special guest Benny Benback III

“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

2024-07-13T08:54:22-06:00April 10th, 2024|

JAS Cafe Summer Series – Shemekia Copeland

Award-winning blues, soul, and Americana singer Shemekia Copeland possesses one of the most instantly recognizable and deeply soulful roots music voices of our time. She is beloved worldwide for the fearlessness, honesty, and humor of her revelatory music, as well as for delivering each song she performs with unmatched passion. Copeland — winner of the

2024-08-13T11:03:29-06:00April 10th, 2024|
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