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Jazz Stories With Julian Priester at Jimmy Mak's

Courtesy of David Haney | Posted on February 7, 2016

Where

Jimmy Mak's
221 N. W. 10th
Portland, OR
Map
503-295-6542

When

Wed, March 2, 2016
8:00 pm

At Door

$10

Musicians

About

JAZZ STORIES: David Haney talked to each of these artists involved and asked them to recount an important event or story. The stories were recorded and then transcribed for publication in Cadence Magazine. Now brought to live in narrative and music.

"Haney tells these tales with the dramatic flair of a Garrison Keillor.." Jerome Wilson, Cadence Magazine

The Sonny Rollins Bridge Story
John McLaughlin’s Baptism in Fire with Miles
Steve Swallow and Herbie Nichols in Jamaica
Gunter Hampel on Why Monk Danced
Bob Dorough on life in the Army

JULIAN PRIESTER – One of the greatest trombonists to come out of the post bop 60s, Julian Priester has played with many artists including Sun Ra, Max Roach, Duke Ellington, John Coltrane and Herbie Hancock. Julian was awarded with a lifetime achievement award from the Grammy foundation. Upon presentation of the award by Herbie Hancock he said that Julian only knows one note, the right one!...

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