Tar Beach at Morris Graves Museum Of Art

Were starting with a homecoming: not that long ago, Shao Way Wu was a pillar of NoHums jazz community, playing in countless bands and teaching both privately and at Humboldt State. Randy Porter knew Shao Way from even farther back, when they were both students at HSU. These days, Randy is often on the road with the likes of Charles McPherson and Diane Schuur, although Portland has been his home base for a good long while now. When Shao Way also relocated there a couple of years ago, he and Randy reconnectedand clicked. And when we heard the gorgeous album that they laid down earlier this year, we knew it was time to bring them home to Humboldt....

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Were starting with a homecoming: not that long ago, Shao Way Wu was a pillar of NoHums jazz community, playing in countless bands and teaching both privately and at Humboldt State. Randy Porter knew Shao Way from even farther back, when they were both students at HSU. These days, Randy is often on the road with the likes of Charles McPherson and Diane Schuur, although Portland has been his home base for a good long while now. When Shao Way also relocated there a couple of years ago, he and Randy reconnectedand clicked. And when we heard the gorgeous album that they laid down earlier this year, we knew it was time to bring them home to Humboldt.

Randy Porter, piano; Shao Way Wu, bass

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