Podcast appearances and mentions of George Colligan

Della Simone is a jazz, pop, and classically trained vocalist hailing from Portland, Oregon. She has traveled all over the world with the Portland State Chamber choir, of which she is currently co-president. She performs regularly at local venues including The Old Church (TOC) Concert Hall, Mendelssohn's, and Corkscrew Wine Bar. She is set to graduate from Portland State in June 2025 with her degree in Jazz Studies. She is a student of Sherry Alves (vocals) and George Colligan (piano)… and she also bakes! We get to hear all about her growth in music and about some special musical inspirations including John Prine. This interview was conducted by Lisa Lipton.

Saxophonist Kareem Kandi brought together an incredible group of musicians, including the renowned artists drummer Ali Jackson and George Colligan on piano.

DONALD BYRD “BYRD'S EYE VIEW” Cambridge, Mass., December 2, 1955Doug's blues, Hank's other tuneDonald Byrd, Joe Gordon (tp) Hank Mobley (ts) Horace Silver (p) Doug Watkins (b) Art Blakey (d) JOHN ABERCROMBIE “CLASS TRIP” New York, February, 2003Risky business, Descending graceJohn Abercrombie (g) Mark Feldman (vln) Marc Johnson (b) Joey Baron (d) KERRY POLITZER “RUMINATIONS” Portland, OR, December 16, 2023Hay ride, Saida, CudgelTim Wilcox (ts,sop) Kerry Politzer (p,comp) Garrett Baxter (b) George Colligan (d) Continue reading Puro Jazz 13 de agosto, 2024 at PuroJazz.

DONALD BYRD “BYRD'S EYE VIEW” Cambridge, Mass., December 2, 1955Doug's blues, Hank's other tuneDonald Byrd, Joe Gordon (tp) Hank Mobley (ts) Horace Silver (p) Doug Watkins (b) Art Blakey (d) JOHN ABERCROMBIE “CLASS TRIP” New York, February, 2003Risky business, Descending graceJohn Abercrombie (g) Mark Feldman (vln) Marc Johnson (b) Joey Baron (d) KERRY POLITZER “RUMINATIONS” Portland, OR, December 16, 2023Hay ride, Saida, CudgelTim Wilcox (ts,sop) Kerry Politzer (p,comp) Garrett Baxter (b) George Colligan (d) Continue reading Puro Jazz 13 de agosto, 2024 at PuroJazz.

NYC flutist, composer, Sunnyside Records artist, producer, and clinician, Jamie Baum, has toured the US and over 35 countries performing at major festivals, clubs, and concert halls including the Monterey, Madrid, Oeiras, Bermuda, Edinburgh, North Sea, Winter Jazzfest and London Jazz Festivals, Tampere Jazz Happening, Guimaraes Jazz Festival, Jazztopad, Bimhuis, Unterfahrt, Jazz Gallery, Jazz Standard, 55 Bar, Dizzy's, Blue Note, etc.. She's performed with artists as renowned and diverse as Randy Brecker, Roy Hargrove, Donald Brown, Tom Harrell, Paul Motion, Mick Goodrick and Kenny Barron to Dave Douglas, Fred Hersch, Leni Stern, Louis Cole, Jane Bunnett, David Binney, Ralph Alessi, Ben Monder, Anthony Braxton, Karaikudi Mani, V. M. Bhatt, Navin Chettri and Wadada Leo Smith. Though focusing primarily on jazz, she's been involved in several projects performing classical, new music, Brazilian and Latin music. Receiving critical praise for seven CD's as a leader, with most making several “Best CDs of the Year” lists and four stars from DownBeat, her recently-released What Times Are These received five stars in DownBeat. Inch By Inch (GM Recordings), by the cooperative band Yard Byard: The Jaki Byard Project (w/Jerome Harris, George Schuller), also received four stars from DownBeat. Jamie has appeared on over 40 recordings as a sidewoman including those by Dave Binney, George Colligan, Ursel Schlicht, Frank Carlberg, Patrizia Scascitelli, Taylor Haskins, Monika Herzig, Louise Rogers, Sarah McKenzie, Steve Lampert, Brian Landrus, Laura Andel, Judi Silvano, Shigeko Suzuki, James Hall, etc. Ms. Baum's many awards and grants for composing and touring include the 2022 Cafe Royale Recording Grant, 2021 South Arts Jazz Road Touring Grant, 2020 International Society of Jazz Arrangers & Composers (ISJAC) Covid Relief Commission, Foundation for Contemporary Arts 2020, 2020 Chamber Music America Jazz Presenter Consortium, 2018 USArtists International Touring Grant, 2017 New Music USA Project Grant, and a 2014 Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship. Baum was selected as a 2014-15 Norman Stevens Fellow/MacDowell resident and has since been awarded residencies again at MacDowell (2021), at UCross (2015), and at VCCA (2020). She won the '99 International Jazz Composers Alliance Award, 2010 CAP Award (American Music Center), the 2003 New Works: Creation and Presentation Award and the 2007 Encore Award, both components of the Doris Duke/CMA Jazz Ensembles Project. Ms. Baum has been in the DownBeat Critics Polls annually since 1998, making #1 “Rising Star Flutist” in '12, #2 “Flutist” in '19, and #3 “Flutist” in '20. She was named a "Major New International Talent” in 2015 lists by both “Musica Jazz” and “Jazzit” (Italy), was #2 “Flutist of the Year” in the 2018 Eleventh Annual International Critics Poll and tied for 4th place with Hubert Laws in the 2018 JazzTimes Critics Poll. Jamie was included in Huffington Post's "Twenty-five Great Jazz Flute Performances”, nominated by the Jazz Journalists Association for “Flutist of the Year“ fourteen times, and The Jamie Baum Septet+ was nominated in 2014 "Best Midsize Ensemble" - in the same list with only two other bands -The Wayne Shorter Quartet and Steve Coleman's Five Elements! Media attention for her recent CD, Bridges, and previously released, In This Life, brought features on WBGO's RADAR and NPR's All Things Considered, reviews in The New York Times, DownBeat, JazzTimes, All About Jazz, etc.. and two hour-long feature/retrospectives on major German and Czech public radio shows. Bridges was voted #4 in the 2018 JazzTimes Readers Poll for “Best New Release,” and In This Life was in the "Best CDs of 2013” lists including Boston Globe, iTunes, and Francis Davis' NPR Music Jazz Critics Poll. Recently, Baum was included in the JazzTimes 10: Essential Jazz Flute Albums (2019), 3 Questions for Today's Jazz Musicians by Lilian Dericq, Cricket Publishers (Paris), the “Woodshed” in DownBeat, January 2019, and was the flutist on “The Essence of the Blues -- Flute: 10 Great Etudes for Playing and Improvising, Book & CD”, (Jim Snidero “play-along” series, 2019). Through a highly competitive auditioning process, Jamie was chosen to tour for the DOS/Kennedy Center Jazz Ambassador program from '99 -'03 in South America and South Asia. The US State Department also sponsored later shorter tours, in addition to several isolated US Embassy-sponsored programs while Baum was on her tours in Europe and South Asia. Baum's two main active projects featuring her compositions include The Jamie Baum Septet+, together since 1999, and her Short Stories band marking five years by performing at the 2020 Winter Jazzfest. In addition, she co-leads Yard Byard: The Jaki Byard Project and is involved in several other projects either as co-leader or side-woman, including The Richie Beirach/Jamie Baum Duo and NYC Jazz Flutes. Baum has been on the faculty of the Manhattan School of Music Jazz Arts department at since 2006, on the adjunct faculty roster at the New School University since 2004, and taught at Berklee College of Music (2011-2013). Summer jazz programs Baum has taught composition, improv, and flute technique, and coached ensembles at including the Stanford Jazz Workshop Institute, Litchfield Jazz Camp, Maryland Jazz Camp, etc. A clinician for Altus Flutes/KHS America since 1993, they have sponsored her innovative, pioneering workshop "A Fear Free Approach to Improvisation for the Classically-Trained Musician” TM, "A Fear Free Approach to Composition for the Improvising Musician” TM and “Flute Technique for Doublers” at colleges, conservatories, festivals, flute clubs and “music and art” schools worldwide.  

JAMIE BAUM – SOLACE Hampton, NJ, April 2 & 3, 2007Ives suite: Part 1 – Time traveler (2), Part 2 – Time traveler Ralph Alessi (tp-1,flhrn-1) Shane Endsley (tp) Vincent Chancey (fhr-2) Chris Komer (fhr) Jamie Baum (fl,alto-fl) Douglas Yates (as,b-cl) George Colligan (p,el-p) Johannes Weidenmueller (b) Jeff Hirshfield (d) Kyoko Kitamura (vcl) ETHAN WINOGRAND MADE IN BROOKLYN Oviedo, Spain & Brooklyn, NY, 2002 Projectionisum, Pepper and things, Skip to my bluesDonny McCaslin (ts,sop) Ross Bonadonna (g,b,bar,p) Eric Mingus (el-b) Ethan Winogrand (d,perc) GEORGE COLEMAN QUARTET I COULD WRITE A BOOK (THE MUSIC OF RICHARD RODGERS) New York, January 8 & 9, 1998My funny Valentine, Lover, I could write a book George Coleman (ts,sop) Harold Mabern (p) Jamil Nasser (b) Billy Higgins (d) Continue reading Puro Jazz 29 febrero 2024 at PuroJazz.

DON BYRON / ARUÁN ORTÍZ “RANDOM DANCES AND (A)TONALITIES” Zurich, Switzerland, December 7 & 8, 2017Tete's blues, Black and tan fantasy, Violin partita no. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002Don Byron (cl,sax) Aruan Ortiz (p) ALAN PASQUA “DEDICATIONS” New York, September 12 & 13, 1995Homage (1,3), San Michele (2), The emergence (2,3)Randy Brecker (tp-3) Gary Bartz (as-1) Michael Brecker (sop-2,ts-2) Alan Pasqua (p) Dave Holland (b) Paul Motian (d)Todd Marcus “Inheritance” – Hampton, NJ, 2011 Bye bye blackbird Todd Marcus (b-cl) George Colligan (p) Eric Wheeler (b) Warren Wolf (d) TODD MARCUS “INHERITANCE” Hampton, NJ, 2011 Herod, part 1 & 2Todd Marcus (b-cl) Don Byron (b-cl-1) Xavier Davis (p) Eric Wheeler (b) Warren Wolf (d) Continue reading Puro Jazz 07 febrero 2024 at PuroJazz.

DON BYRON / ARUÁN ORTÍZ “RANDOM DANCES AND (A)TONALITIES” Zurich, Switzerland, December 7 & 8, 2017Tete's blues, Black and tan fantasy, Violin partita no. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002Don Byron (cl,sax) Aruan Ortiz (p) ALAN PASQUA “DEDICATIONS” New York, September 12 & 13, 1995Homage (1,3), San Michele (2), The emergence (2,3)Randy Brecker (tp-3) Gary Bartz (as-1) Michael Brecker (sop-2,ts-2) Alan Pasqua (p) Dave Holland (b) Paul Motian (d)Todd Marcus “Inheritance” – Hampton, NJ, 2011 Bye bye blackbird Todd Marcus (b-cl) George Colligan (p) Eric Wheeler (b) Warren Wolf (d) TODD MARCUS “INHERITANCE” Hampton, NJ, 2011 Herod, part 1 & 2Todd Marcus (b-cl) Don Byron (b-cl-1) Xavier Davis (p) Eric Wheeler (b) Warren Wolf (d) Continue reading Puro Jazz 07 febrero 2024 at PuroJazz.

Also on this week's show, music from George Colligan, Greta Matassa, Mark Lewis and others.

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Coming up next week here in the Artichoke Café, MizEtta, Arietta Ward, and the following week Darka Dusty will be here to talk about Ukraine and a lot more. We're on a great run of Coffeeshop Conversations. Last time it was Jeremy Wilson and today it's pianist/composer Kerry Politzer who has a new album on Portland's PJCE label. It's called In a Heartbeat and features an all-star band which includes her husband George Colligan on drums. She'll talk about the rest of the band why the album is called In a Heartbeat, and you can hear the title track when we're done talking. Kerry also teaches music and we'll get into that too. This terrific run of Coffeeshop Conversations @ Artichoke rolls on.

Electric and Double Bassist Lorin Cohen is an active member of the NY jazz scene. Lorin has performed with: Adam Rogers, Adam Cruz, Andy Bey, Antonio Hart, Bob Sheppard, Bucky Pizzarelli, Clarence Penn, David Binney, George Colligan, Houston Person, Joe LaBarbara, Joe Locke, Johnny Griffin, Jon Faddis, Monty Alexander, Ralph Bowen, Regina Carter, Ryan Cohan, Stefon Harris, Steve Turre, Steve Wilson and SO many other heavyweights. Lorin speaks about his bass bootcamp, his approach to jazz education, jazz theory and his album as a solo artist titled “HOME”.

Electric and Double Bassist Lorin Cohen is an active member of the NY jazz scene. Lorin has performed with: Adam Rogers, Adam Cruz, Andy Bey, Antonio Hart, Bob Sheppard, Bucky Pizzarelli, Clarence Penn, David Binney, George Colligan, Houston Person, Joe LaBarbara, Joe Locke, Johnny Griffin, Jon Faddis, Monty Alexander, Ralph Bowen, Regina Carter, Ryan Cohan, Stefon Harris, Steve Turre, Steve Wilson and SO many other heavyweights. Lorin speaks about his bass bootcamp, his approach to jazz education, jazz theory and his album as a solo artist titled “HOME”.

Electric and Double Bassist Lorin Cohen is an active member of the NY jazz scene. Lorin has performed with: Adam Rogers, Adam Cruz, Andy Bey, Antonio Hart, Bob Sheppard, Bucky Pizzarelli, Clarence Penn, David Binney, George Colligan, Houston Person, Joe LaBarbara, Joe Locke, Johnny Griffin, Jon Faddis, Monty Alexander, Ralph Bowen, Regina Carter, Ryan Cohan, Stefon Harris, Steve Turre, Steve Wilson and SO many other heavyweights.Lorin speaks about his bass bootcamp, his approach to jazz education, jazz theory and his album as a solo artist titled “HOME”.

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The Best Music Podcast #18 | Greg Skaff — Guitar | Recording with Ron Carter and Albert "Tootie" Heath www.gregskaff.com https://www.instagram.com/gregskaff/ https://www.facebook.com/greg.skaff Greg Skaff's first professional job was a five-year stay in the band of saxophone giant Stanley Turrentine. Greg has flourished on the New York City jazz scene since the 1980s. He has worked with past masters Ruth  Brown, Freddie Hubbard, David “Fathead” Newman, Ron Carter, and Gloria Lynne, as well as notables, Bobby Watson, Ben Allison, Bruce Barth, Pat Bianchi, George Colligan, Orrin Evans, Joe Farnsworth, David Hazeltine, Mike LeDonne, Victor Lewis, Ralph Peterson, Jr., Jim Rotondi, E. J. Strickland, and Matt Wilson.  At the helm of his acclaimed trio, Greg has commanded the attention of discriminating listeners in club and festival performances throughout the country. Greg's five feature albums have been well-received by jazz fans everywhere. His new record: Polaris which features bassist Ron Carter and drummer Tootie Heath is currently available everywhere you get your music. Listen to the Best Music Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and watch on YouTube: https://linktr.ee/thebestmusicpodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thebestmusicpodcast Blog: https://bestmusiccoach.blogspot.com Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/thebestmusicpod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebestmusicpodcast/ #Gregskaff #polaris #Roncarter 0:00 Intro 01:35 Warm-up questions 06:43 How Dan found Greg 09:50 Album: Polaris 15:13 Creating a feeling 19:14 Ron Carter and Tootie Heath 26:04 Mr. RC 28:35 Finding the sound 38:36 Lifestyle: Sleep 46:03 Lifestyle: Exercise 49:16 Lifestyle: Mindfulness & meditation 51:07 Lifestyle: How do people in your life support you? 58:43 Lifestyle: How do you define yourself? 1:07:00 Practice: Time of day 1:11:20 Practice: Days per week 1:12:55 Practice: Visualization 1:15:12 Practice: Maximum effective duration 1:20:18 Practice: Segmentation 1:28:55 Creativity: Steps to stay creative 1:37:50 Performance Anxiety #musicians #songwriter #songwriters #composers #musicmajor #musicmajors #musiceducator #musiceducators #musiceducation #podcast #thebestmusicpodcast #clips #musicpodcast #singer #guitarist #guitarplayer #trombonist #trumpet #violin #viola #cello #bass #brass #trombone #mandolin #banjo #drums #percussion #timpani #marimba #oboe #sax #saxophone #clarinet #basoon #alto #soprano #tenor #piano #keyboard #musicians #songwriter #songwriters #composers #musicmajor #musiceducator #musicpodcast #singersongwriter #musiceducation #singer #trumpet #violin #viola #cello #bass #trombone #musiclife #musicmaker #musicteacher #drums #percussion #saxophone #clarinet #guitar #piano #podcast #thebestmusicpodcast #musicislife #musicindustry #ja Logo, Intro Video, and Branding: Arron Leishman Audio and Video: Zach Ramey zacherylramey@gmail.com Dan's Thumbnail Photo: John Mollura Photography

George Colligan is Skyping with me today. We’re looking to be back in the Café at Artichoke Music in about a month, once I’m fully vaccinated. You may know George Colligan as a Jazz pianist and composer, a teacher and valued member of several internationally known ensembles. On his new album Long Term Goals with his band Theoretical Planets, he’s a leader and a drummer. Most of the ensemble is made up of former PSU students of his, but they play like they’ve been together forever. That’s all pretty unique in the world of music and it takes a lot of talent to pull it off. That’s what George Colligan does. He’s a true musical intellectual but has the ability to clearly relate musical concepts to dummies like me. He’s peripatetic but he took some time to be with us.

This week we launch a series of episodes that, from time to time, we'll look at the work of contemporary jazz players as composers, rather than performers, from Tim Berne to Geri Allen, Bill Frisell, Carla Bley, John Zorn, Brad Mehldau and many more. We are starting this series with Pat Metheny, the author of countless unforgettable themes. The playlist features Bob Curnow, Kurt Elling, Cristiano Stocchetti, Kevin Mahogany, Billy Drummond, George Colligan, Orion Saxophone Quartet, Jason Vieaux, Paul Motian, Mario Stanchev, John Law, Moncef Genoud, and The Ahn Trio. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/11409581/Mondo-Jazz (up to The Ahn Trio) Happy listening! Photo credit: Luciano Rossetti

The rather spectacular Lisa Lipton is in the Artichoke Café. She’s the Executive Director of Opera Theater Oregon and their principal clarinetist and so much more. She’s a very busy human. She has a live streamed event on her birthday, Tuesday August 25 at Polaris Hall which will feature Micah Hummel on drums, George Colligan on Piano, Mark Dubac on Clarinet, Camille Marie Sherman, Mezzo-Soprano, Daniel Mobbs, Bass-Baritone, Sequoia on Piano, and our friend Jim Brunberg on Guitar. All kinds of music featured. It’ll be quite an event. She absolutely loves the clarinet and related instruments. A lot. Let’s meet Lisa Lipton

"Estival de Jazz 2020 Vol.V: Pasajes - II Seminario Jazz y Flamenco "Jazz Viene del Sur". Segunda y última de las sesiones que esta semana dedicamos al concierto de clausura del "II Seminario de Jazz y Flamenco" del Teatro Central de Sevilla celebrado en Febrero de 2000 bajo el marco "Jazz viene del Sur". Con Perico Sambeat, Jeanne Lee, Gerardo Núñez, Paolo Fresu, Esperanza Fernández, Julián Argüelles, Carlos Martín, George Colligan, Manuel Soler, Fared Haque, Javier Colina y Marc Miralta. "Lotus Blossom" de B.Strayhorn a través de Gary Bartz, Larry Willis, Buster Williams y Al Foster es nuestro "Estándar de la semana" y "Ponto Final" del "Septeto do Hot Club" de Lisboa con Bruno Santos, Joao Moreira, Pedro Moreira, Claus Nymark, Rodrigo Gonçalves, Bernardo Moreira y Andre Sousa Machado, nuestro "Favorito". Ahora Jazz, Ed.1978 - Jueves 30 Julio.

Called “…one of the best male vocalists in the jazz world today,” by WCLK in Atlanta, Jeff Baker has quickly become one of the most significant talents in the next generation of jazz vocalists. His diverse musical recordings, exciting live performances, and infectious energy and personality have gained him accolades from critics and listeners alike. Baker has headlined numerous festivals and clubs, and has shared the billing and played with some of jazz music’s top artists including: Ray Brown, Gene Harris, Brian Blade, John Patitucci, Steve Wilson, Bobby Hutcherson, Carla Cook, Marquis Hill, the Yellow Jackets, Mose Allison, Kenny Werner, Joey DeFrancesco, Joe LaBarbera, Bruce Barth, Darrell Grant, Karrin Allyson, Nancy King, Henry Butler, Dave Frishberg, Gene Harris, Orrin Evans, Clark Sommers, George Colligan, Randy Porter and many more! Jeff has performed throughout the U.S., and has enjoyed performance engagements in central Europe and South Africa. His four critically acclaimed CD releases on the Origin/OA2 Records imprint have charted on the ‘Jazzweek’ International Radio Top 50, have been played on over 200 stations internationally, were Top 5 on NPR’s nationally syndicated “Jazz Works” radio program, and were #1 on stations in Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Portland, Buffalo, St. Louis, Cape Town, SA and New Zealand. A graduate of Willamette University, Baker has also been sought after as a jazz educator, adjudicating numerous festivals, and working in clinics with some of the nations very best high school and college jazz programs. As one of the ‘founding fathers’ of the ArtsWest School for Performing and Visual Arts, Baker helped create one of the top High-School Jazz programs in the country. His students have won over 100 Top Awards at festivals and competitions throughout the U.S., including being named finalists to the Monterey Jazz Festival ‘Next Generation Competition’ in 2010, 11’, and 12’ and winning 10 Downbeat Magazine Student Music Awards, including the 2010, 2012 and 2013 High School Vocal Solo Winners, and the 2012 Winner for Large Vocal Jazz Ensemble. Additionally, Baker’s groups have been invited to perform at the Montreux Jazz Festival, the Portland Jazz Festival, Carnegie Hall, and the National Cathedral. Jeff is an ACDA (American Choral Directors Association) Certified Clinician/Adjudicator, a past member of the International Association of Jazz Education (IAJE), and a current member of the Jazz Education Network (JEN), the National Association for Music Education (NAFME), and the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS or the GRAMMY Foundation). Jeff Baker resides in Portland, OR, is the Former Director of Jazz + Contemporary Voice at Portland State University, and the Co-Founder of The Reality Book, Next Records, and the Jazz Forward Competition. http://jeffbakerjazz.com/phrases/

About 25 years into his career, Kareem Kandi is one of the key figures in the Northwest jazz community. For his third visit to the KNKX studios, Kandi's interchangeable World Orchestra band featured one of Portland's finest musicians, George Colligan, for this delightful meeting of extended I-5 neighbors.

Born, raised and currently living in DFW TX, Jacob Smith is a local top call Acoustic and Electric Bass player. From 2007-2011 he attended the University of North Texas and played in the prestigious One O'Clock Lab Band. From 2011-2013 he was a member of the late Bob Belden's fusion group, Animation. He recorded the album "Transparent Heart" with them, and toured America, London and Spain. He also has performed with artists including Jimi Tunnell, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Jimmy Cobb, Dennis Durick, Darcy James Argue, George Colligan, Stockton Helbing, Ed Soph, Ingrid Jensen, and more. Music has been his main drive and passion since the age of 9 and continues to motivate him daily in support of his family. He has studied with John Adams, Lynn Seaton, Dominique Di Piazza and Matthew Garrison. Jacob Smith plays Fodera Basses, Epifani Amps, Analysis Plus Cables and 1964 Audio in-ear monitors. His music is available on Bandcamp and all streaming services. Thanks for listening and keep thriving! Show notes: www.SpenserLiszt.com/blog/TMP24 Free list of potential tax deductions: www.SpenserLiszt.com/p/TaxDeductions Join the Thriving Musicians closed Facebook group: www.Facebook.com/groups/ThrivingMusician Email questions, comments or nominate a Thriving Musician to spenser@spenserliszt.com Follow Spenser online: Facebook: www.Facebook.com/SpenserLiszt Twitter: www.Twitter.com/SpenserLiszt Instagram: www.Instagram.com/SpenserLiszt

Back at Catfish Lou’s…that’s 2460 NW. 24th in Portland…and another Oregon Music News Coffeshop Conversation @ Catfish Lou’s. Today it’s a gentleman who has made huge breakthroughs in music since he got his masters from Portland State. He’s touring the world and singing with Pink Martini. He’s Jimmie Herrod and he’s got one of the most beautiful voices on earth. He seems to be everywhere, a concert of original music with a few Jazz Standards included with George Colligan here, appearances on Jimmy Kimmel with ODESZA…it’s a very exciting time in Jimmie’s life. We’re happy he stopped by to tell us about it. He’s always writing, although it’s hard to know when he finds the time. Meet Jimmie Herrod.

Support Burning Ambulance on Patreon Bassist Linda May Han Oh grew up in Australia, and moved to the US a little over ten years ago. In that time, she’s risen to a position of real prominence on the current jazz scene. She’s very much in demand as a bandmember, playing on albums by Dave Douglas, Art Hirahara, E.J. Strickland, and George Colligan; she’s a member of Pat Metheny's new quartet; she's recorded four albums as a leader, with a fifth one on the way later this year; she teaches at the Manhattan School of Music and other places; and she’s a member of the collective We Have Voice, which is working to achieve greater gender parity in jazz. In this interview, we talk about a lot of different projects, including some she barely remembered playing on. We talk about the various things she’s doing now, how she sees jazz changing at the moment, and where she sees it going in the future. It’s a very interesting conversation, and one I hope you’ll enjoy. Music heard in this episode: Linda Oh Trio, "Morning Sunset" (Entry) Linda Oh, "Footfall" (Sun Pictures) Linda Oh, "Thicker Than Water" (Initial Here) Dave Douglas Quintet, "Little Feet" (Time Travel) Linda May Han Oh, "Mantis" (Walk Against Wind)

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. Winner of the 2015 DownBeat magazine Critics Poll (Keyboard), he has had a long association with living jazz legend Jack DeJohnette. With over 130 albums to date as an accompanist, Colligan has worked with a long list of jazz greats, including Buster Williams, Lenny White, Cassandra Wilson, Don Byron, Ravi Coltrane, and many others. His latest album, “Nation Divided“ (Whirlwind Records) is his 30th as a bandleader. Colligan, a New York resident for 15 years, now resides in Portland, Oregon where he is an Associate Professor at Portland State University.

The 31st release on PJCE Records is “Escape Route,” by Other Barry, a bionic power trio led by George Colligan on keyboards, with Micah Hummel on drums and Enzo Irace on guitar. Transcript: [Doug] PJCE Records artists Other Barry, a trio led by George Colligan, play at 2:50 pm, Saturday August 18th at the 2018 Montavilla Jazz Festival in Northeast Portland. Tickets available at montavillajazzfest.com, and you buy or stream the album at pjce.bandcamp.com. Here’s the episode. Welcome to Beyond Category, I’m Douglas Detrick. The 31st release on PJCE Records is “Escape Route,” by Other Barry, a bionic power trio led by George Colligan on keyboards, with Micah Hummel on drums and Enzo Irace on guitar. The music is adrenaline-drenched, electronica-infused, jazz music that doesn’t mind being a bit complicated, even nerdy in its complexity. Picture Superman in beast mode, alternating between a dapper Clark Kent sipping a latte while he scrolls through his Instagram feed, and maybe that gives you an idea. [Music: Thing 3] The energy of the album starts at ten, and goes to eleven more than a few times, but not without entering some ethereal, fragile spaces. [Music: Pad] [George Colligan] I’m George Colligan and I played keyboards on the record. [Micah Hummel] I’m Micah Hummel and I played drums. [Doug] George Colligan, the veteran of this trio by at least a few decades, picked two of his students who share an interest in this aesthetic approach, and who were ready for a challenge. There’s a long tradition of a more experienced bandleader hiring young players. The iconic drummer Art Blakey came to mind for George. [George] Art Blakey always wanted quality musicians, but at a certain point he went for young musicians, just like Betty Carter would go for young musicians. There’s different reasons for that...you can pay them less. But also to have the mentor/mentee relationship. [Doug] That kind of relationship was important to Micah Hummel. [Micah] George is basically why I moved here. Musically he’s just very inspiring, and open minded, willing to let me contribute to the conversation on the band stand. [Doug] There are different reasons for an established older musician to work with younger players. It could include real opportunities for the youngsters to give input, or it could just be about having someone to obey commands. Allowing for an equal exchange of ideas was critical to the formation of this band and this album. [Music Thing 5] [George] I want it to be open to interpretation. I don’t like to overthink it or overexplain it. And this ties into the teaching part of it. I would say that I’m teaching by giving an opportunity to these young musicians to find the interpretation by themselves, you know what I mean, rather than by saying this is exactly what you should do. [George] Here’s the thing generally about this project, is that there is a set component, but I always like to find that balance between written and spontaneity. Even though some of it is more quote unquote groove based, there’s still that spirit of interaction. [Micah] One of my favorite drummers is Lewis Cole from Knower, and obviously Mark Guiliana and Nate Wood. What I love about them is that they can emulate machines in such a natural way. And I love that, but it can also be very restricting. I feel like this project and this group allows me to do the best of both worlds. Almost exactly like George was saying about pre-planning and spontaneity. I can have an idea of what I want to do, but there’s a lot of flexibility and I don’t have to be tied down. [Doug] The last tune on the album, Revenge, is a rhythmic tour de force. Micah thought it showed the precision they achieved as a group. He thought... [Micah] ...it would fall apart if everybody wasn’t on the same page and if there wasn’t that precise element about it. [Doug] The last tune on the album, Revenge, is a rhythmic tour de force. Micah thought it showed the precision they achieved as a group. He thought... [Micah] ...it would fall apart if everybody wasn’t on the same page and if there wasn’t that precise element about it. [Doug] Finding musicians who can perform well in that environment can be a challenge no matter how experienced they are. George Colligan had more to say about Micah Hummel and Enzo Irace. Both young players have great technique, but there’s more to it than that. [George] It’s about how to play with some maturity, how to develop a sense of taste, how to not play sometimes, when to leave stuff out. And I think Enzo has a lot of that instinctually. When I watch him play I get the same feeling as I do from older guys, they have a thoughtfulness about what they play, it’s not just a million notes. [Music: Intro to Thing 5] [George] I think Micah really brought this balance that we were talking about before. A project like this won’t work if it’s all about precision, and it also won’t work it it’s totally organic, so there has to be that balance. Micah has his own grooves. I’m hearing other drummers in town imitate them, so that’s a good sign for Micah, that he’s already become a local icon for certain types of grooves. There was a young guy at PSU and I was like ‘that’s some Micah Hummel stuff you’re playing.’ [Doug] The mentorship between George and Micah has been fruitful, but it almost didn’t happen. [George] When somebody really good auditions, you remember that. He had a really great audition and we were like ‘we need to get this guy here.’ It was a finance issue and he didn’t end up coming. Then a few years went by and ran into this trumpet player named Noah Simpson, at the Reno Jazz Festival, and Noah was like “I’m from Arizona,” and I said “there was this drummer who auditioned for us a few years ago. What was his name?” and Noah said “Micah Hummel?” and I said “yeah, what happened to him?” And he said “he’s just chillin’, he didn’t end up going to college.” And I was like “get him on the phone.” [Doug] The record comes out July 20th, 2018. Buy or stream the music at pjce.bandcamp.com. And you can hear this superhuman band play live at the Montavilla Jazz Festival, 2:50 pm, Saturday August 18th. Tickets are available at Montavillajazzfest.com where you can by a full-festival GA pass. You can buy a reserved seat for each set, which comes with festival pass. This festival is a gem of the Portland arts scene, and it’s the best opportunity for a Portland jazz fan to hear what Portland artists do when they have complete artistic freedom. It’s a special experience, and I want you all to be there. The Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble performs at 5:30. We’ll be playing Watershed Suite, a new multi-movement piece by the acclaimed composer James Miley. Finally, if you love what we do at PJCE and you want to get even closer, become a PJCE Sustainer. You’ll get a discount code for reserved seats at Montavilla Jazz Festival for our set, free tickets and discounts for other PJCE concerts, and exclusive invitations to hang with PJCE artists and more. Become a Sustainer at pjce.org.

En HDO 421 suenan cuatro nuevas grabaciones publicadas por el sello Fresh Sound New Talent. Aaron Irwin Trio: Wobegon; Bob Gingery: Kittyhawk; Magnus Thuelund: Angel From The South; y Ryan Meagher: Lost Days. Tal y como suele ser habitual junto a músicos menos conocidos, en estas grabaciones aparecen nombres ilustres del jazz actual, como es el caso de Jon Irabagon, Bill McHenry, George Colligan, Nasheet Waits o Mark Ferber, participantes en estos discos. Tomajazz: © Pachi Tapiz, 2018 HDO es un podcast de jazz e improvisación (libre en mayor o menor grado) que está editado, presentado y producido por Pachi Tapiz. Para quejas, sugerencias, protestas, peticiones, presentaciones y/u opiniones envíanos un correo a hdo@tomajazz.com.

E.J. and I spoke about his love for music and how this love has to evolve as you grow and change. He also touched on the challenges he faced throughout his career and how those things were integral for him to bring his dreams to life. E.J. is an amazing musician who understands that giving is the key to a success. We also touched on the violence that has plagued the Afro-American from the hands of the "Authorities". Overall this interview gives you a birds-eye view into the mind of E.J. and the heart of the community as a whole. Connect with E.J. here www.ejstricklandmusic.com Bio: Enoch Jamal “E.J.” Strickland is the world-class, world-travelled drummer, composer, educator, and artist you've heard on over 60 albums in the last 10-plus years. The Miami native grew up in a creative household, where his dad was a percussionist in the Ft. Lauderdale Orchestra; his twin brother Marcus played the saxophone; and where E.J. beat on pots, pans, and tables until he finally got his hands on the drums. He was only in middle school, yet E.J. knew then that jazz was his calling. Where does one go as a young jazz musician, serious about the work? New York City, of course. Like so many talented artists before him, E.J. chose the New School to further his jazz education, a course of study that would introduce him to greater technical ability, but really, to the meat of any jazz program: teachers and peers. Reggie Workman. Buster Williams. Billy Harper—just to name a few of the living legend, caring instructors who guided E.J. during his tenure. And the peers? Friends who would spend almost every moment together, growing as young musicians and future leaders of the sound: Mike Moreno, Robert Glasper, Brandon Owens, and Marcus Baylor. Together, they formed a group that would shape their voices, and establish their careers. E.J. quickly graduated into New York's gigging jazz scene, playing early on with Russell Malone and Ravi Coltrane. Both artists proved to be big brother types for E.J., gently guiding him as he established his voice. “Russell really stressed the point that as a drummer, you're supposed to make the music feel good,” he says. “I always try to remember what he instilled in me.” Ravi Coltrane lent a similar kind of open-ended guidance, telling E.J. to simply “find something” in the music. Just what that would be was up to him. Since then, Strickland has built a successful career as a composer, bandleader, educator, and sideman. He's toured, performed, and recorded with some of the greatest names in contemporary music: Cassandra Wilson, Terence Blanchard, Lizz Wright, Wynton Marsalis, George Colligan, David Gilmore, Vincent Herring, and Nnenna Freelon, to name a few. As an instructor, he's taught alongside some of the world's best jazz educators: Dave Douglas and Vijay Iyer at the prestigious Banff International Workshop in Jazz & Creative Music, Steve Kirby at the University of Manitoba, and Earl MacDonald at the University of Connecticut. As a leader, he's released two albums: 2009's In This Day featuring Marcus Strickland, Jaleel Shaw, Luis Perdomo, and Hans Glawischnig in a blend of musical settings. His most recent release, The Undying Spirit “positively glows…its success comes largely from the leader's ability to inspire the best in his fellow musicians,” says Brian Zimmerman, Downbeat Magazine. Nick Bewsey in Icon Magazine calls E.J. “an artist with a clear and sensible vision: that a drummer-led jazz record should give listeners an opportunity to get their groove on.” Variety—of influence and interest—might be the keyword for E.J. in his creative approach. He studied both classical and Latin percussion, working early on with the great Cuban drummer Ignacio Berroa. “Growing up, we listened to all kinds of music in the house,” he says. “Miles, Stevie; just good music.” He's applied his wide-ranging tastes to the artists he plays with today: funk and fusion with pianist Manuel Valera's Groove Square; Latin jazz... Support this podcast

I think we can all agree that 2017 was an unusual year. It was intense, confusing, emotional. A little less than a year ago, as I decided to resume another “season” of episodes, I was determined to focus on community and on positivity through art and creative expression. At least, that’s what I told myself, and it’s also what I told you. In the introduction to the first episode of 2017, an interview with jazz club owner and musician Spike Wilner, I said  “I want to look at the role of community in supporting individual voices and in contextualizing those voices.” As the year quickly comes to an end, I decided to look back at a year’s worth of episodes to see if I delivered on that promise, and to figure out what were the big questions and the major themes that emerged. With the benefit of even just a little bit of hindsight, I can see that indeed the theme of community informed the whole journey. Featuring Spike Wilner, Michael Dorf, Adam Schatz, Dave Jemilo, Ben Wendel, George Colligan, Irv Williams, Mark Davis, Jeff Hamann, Andrew Crocker, Peter Giron, Billy Peterson, Benji Rogers, Ralph Simon, Ryan Gruss, David Garibaldi, Jack Stratton.  www.third-story.com

August 9, 2016 Welcome back to World Cup Coffee and Tea at NW 18th and Glisan for another OMN Coffeeshop Conversation. Today composer/pianist/drummer George Colligan is here. He’s headlining the Third Annual Montavilla Jazz Festival the weekend of August 20 and 21…that’s a Saturday and Sunday. OMN is a media sponsor once again. George blew into town…well he moved here, but it felt like that…a few years ago and suddenly you couldn’t go to anyplace featuring Jazz and not see him. He tours internationally with Jack DeJohnette among others. He teaches and maintains an extremely busy schedule here and everywhere. He has two vastly different programs at the Montavilla Jazz Festival, ending the show both nights.

Pianist, drummer, trumpeter, educator, blogger, George Colligan stopped by recently when he was visiting Brooklyn. After living in New York for 15 years, he relocated to Portland, Oregon for a teaching position in 2011. He touched on his long career as a sideman, his ideas about “creativity versus tradition”, jazz education, how standup comedy and jazz are similar, how playing changes and changing diapers are different, how 911 changed the scene in New York, kids these days, playing with Jack DeJohnette, why chops aren’t all that matter, and what flying business class does to improve performance. www.third-story.com

George Colligan has composed a suite of new music for the PJCE. It's called "Fathers and Sons" and it's about family—George's answer to the question "how does one person go into another person?" Hear the new piece at the Montavilla Jazz Festival, Aug 20th in Portland, OR.

George Colligan is one of the great pianist of our time and has played with many well know musicians. Today he teaches the concepts that he lives by that have allowed him to record over 120 albums as a sideman alone.

New releases from George Colligan, Corey Christiansen, Dave Slonaker and more

Pianist George Colligan's most recent album is Living For The City (Steeplechase, 2011). In this interview, conducted before an April show at Jazz Standard in NYC, Colligan talks about selling out vs. being relevant; trying his hand at writing songs with lyrics; Nicholas Payton's outspoken blogging; dealing with online controversy; and managing a life of teaching, performing and fatherhood. Learn more at georgecolligan.com and follow his blog at jazztruth.blogspot.com.

Pianist George Colligan's most recent album is Living For The City (Steeplechase, 2011). In this interview, conducted before an April show at Jazz Standard in NYC, Colligan talks about selling out vs. being relevant; trying his hand at writing songs with lyrics; Nicholas Payton's outspoken blogging; dealing with online controversy; and managing a life of teaching, performing and fatherhood. Learn more at georgecolligan.com and follow his blog at jazztruth.blogspot.com.

Pianist George Colligan’s most recent album is Living For The City (Steeplechase, 2011). In this...