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Kerry Politzer & Ben Graves at Vino Veritas Wine Bar And Bottle Shop
Courtesy of Trevor Gorham | Posted on March 11, 2022
Where
Vino Veritas Wine Bar And Bottle Shop
7835 Se Stark St
Portland, OR
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When
Sun, March 27, 2022
8:00 pm
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Musicians
Kerry Politzer
pianoAbout
Kerry Politzer is a Portland-based jazz pianist, composer, and educator. She is on the music faculty of Portland State University and the University of Portland. Kerry received a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Piano from the New England Conservatory of Music, where she studied improvisation and composition with the late jazz guru Charlie Banacos. She continues to be inspired by his teachings and is now working on a Master of Music in Jazz Composition from Rowan University.
Ben Graves was born and raised in Tennessee, close to the musical cities of Nashville and Memphis, where he discovered his love of blues, rock, and jazz. Influenced by Wes Montgomery, Grant Green and John Coltrane at an early age; Ben has developed a style blended with not only jazz elements, but Latin, classical and world music as well....