Darrell Grant at The 1905

Jazz composer, pianist, and Oregon Governor's Arts Awardee Darrell Grant continues his Soul Restoration Project with the Portland debut of a new trio, DG3, with Machado Mijiga on drums and Sam Arnold on bass at The 1905 on Juneteenth (June 19th) with sets at 7 pm and 9 pm. The program will also celebrate the upcoming release of Grant’s recording The New Black: Darrell Grant Live at Birdland with its first single “The New Black” available digitally Friday, June 17th, 2022. As part of his mission to build community through access and inclusion, the 7 pm performance’s admission will be pay-what-you-will. The cover charge for the 9 pm performance is $20. Ticket purchases from the evening will benefit the Black United Fund of Oregon....

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Jazz composer, pianist, and Oregon Governor's Arts Awardee Darrell Grant continues his Soul Restoration Project with the Portland debut of a new trio, DG3, with Machado Mijiga on drums and Sam Arnold on bass at The 1905 on Juneteenth (June 19th) with sets at 7 pm and 9 pm. The program will also celebrate the upcoming release of Grant’s recording The New Black: Darrell Grant Live at Birdland with its first single “The New Black” available digitally Friday, June 17th, 2022. As part of his mission to build community through access and inclusion, the 7 pm performance’s admission will be pay-what-you-will. The cover charge for the 9 pm performance is $20. Ticket purchases from the evening will benefit the Black United Fund of Oregon.

With the DG3, Grant draws on the formative influences of piano giants Ahmad Jamal, Ramsey Lewis, Joe Sample, and Herbie Hancock, and blends in contemporary sounds of a new generation of voices like Cory Henry and Robert Glasper. Grant’s 30-year catalog of original compositions and arrangements are fuel for the inventive explorations of drummer/producer Machado Mijiga and the electric bass virtuosity of Sam Arnold. The DG3 traverses from jazz, African, and soul grooves, to Grant’s harmonic reimaginings of pop classics.

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