The Most, The All Of It at The Old Church
Posted by Kim Gumbel on April 12, 2023
When
Fri, June 2, 2023
7:30 pm
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Musicians
Bryan Smith
saxophone, altoJames Powers
tromboneNoah Simpson
trumpetCyrus Nabipoor
trumpetMieke Bruggeman
saxophone, baritoneShao Way Wu
bass, acousticJonas Oglesbee
drumsRyan Meagher
guitarClay Giberson
keyboardsJohn C. Savage
fluteLars Campbell
tromboneDonnie Norton
saxophone, tenorAbout
Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble amplifies spoken word in an evening curated by Oregon Poet Laureate Anis Mojgani.
Four spoken word poets and six composers take flight in new pieces for PJCE's 12-piece jazz band. Performing together, the poets and musicians explore many facets of the human experience:
Can music resist the violence of society? Can we transcend the boundaries to togetherness? How do we reunite with our inner child? Where do we find solace for our sorrow?
Mojgani will perform with new works by Cyrus Nabipoor, Jessika Smith, and Noah Simpson. Other creative teams include Thick in the Throat Honey, the sound poetry performance duo of Arab American poet and essayist Claudia F...