Portland Jazz Festival

Portland Jazz Festival
The 2011 Jazz Festival Logo
Genre Jazz
Dates Late February, Annually
Location(s) Portland, Oregon
Years active 2003 - present
Website Portland Jazz Festival

The Portland Jazz Festival, now known as the Biamp PDX Jazz Festival, is an annual multi-venue series of jazz events that is held in Portland, Oregon during the month of February.[1][2] The events are usually held in downtown ballrooms, clubs, hotels and cafés.[1][3] The event is organized around a new theme each year.[4] The festival is produced by PDX Jazz, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization.[5] The festival has featured such artists as Dee Dee Bridgewater, Randy Weston, David Frishberg, Esperanza Spalding, Ravi Coltrane, Jim Hall, Nicholas Payton, Tom Grant, Wayne Shorter, Regina Carter, Morten Qvenild, Dianne Reeves, and McCoy Tyner.[1][3][4][6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Dirk Sutro (2006). Jazz for Dummies. p. 245. ISBN 0471768448.
  2. ↑ "About the Portland Jazz Festival". Retrieved 2014-05-14.
  3. 1 2 Forrest Dylan Bryant (2010-03-15). "Portland Jazz Festival - A great Northwestern fest nods to the Land of the Midnight Sun". Jazz Times. Retrieved 2014-05-17.
  4. 1 2 Rachel Dresbeck (2014). Insiders' Guide to Portland, Oregon, 8th Edition. p. 157. ISBN 0762791896.
  5. ↑ "PDX Jazz". Retrieved 2014-05-14.
  6. ↑ Hollyanna McCollom (2010). Moon Portland. p. 31. ISBN 1598801945.


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