Live Performances → Portland 2011 Jazz Fest – Day One
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Up early for a 6:a.m. flight to Portland to cover the second weekend of this year’s Portland Jazz Fest for Downbeat.
After hopping on the shuttle at the Indy airport and realizing I left my cell phone on the table at home…. and after a long, cramped flight and a short layover in Denver, I arrived to an uncharacteristically cold Portland @ 10:30 a.m. The PDX festival organizer sent a car to pick me up at the airport which was great! The driver/volunteer was a fellow photographer so we had some great conversation on the drive into the city. I staying at a very nice hotel, built 100 plus years ago called Hotel deLuxe…..some the best service I’ve had at any hotel anywhere. If you ever make your way to Portland, give them a try.
Only one show to shoot today; that being clairinetist Don Byron who would be performing the music of musical pioneer Mickey Katz. Not being that familiar with the Klezmer style of music, it was very interesting to here. This year’s Festival theme was “Bridges and Boundaries; Jewish & African Americans Playing Jazz” and this performance fit the bill.
Stay tuned….photos to come!