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Wynton Marsalis Live Facebook Broadcast August 6

Wynton Marsalis broadcasted his concert live on FACEBOOK from the Marciac Jazz Festival in the south of France. Full Story Hopefully, a couple of performances can be broadcast live from the 2010 Jazz Port Townsend. Continue

Added by Jack Olmsted on August 8, 2009 at 5:52am — No Comments

2009 Jazz Port Townsend Concert KPLU 88.5FM Podcasts

KPLU Jazz NW Podcasts List for 2009 Jazz Port Townsend Performances "22 Strings plus Skins" - Three guitarists, Bruce Forman, Dan Balmer, and Graham Dechter are joined by Chuck Deardorf on bass, and Greg Willison on drums for a survey of jazz guitar styles from Charlie Christian to Wes Montegomery. (… Continue

Added by Jack Olmsted on August 3, 2009 at 8:00am — No Comments

We need to fill some bass and drum spots - register TODAY.

This is the last week of the extended deadline - register now if you're a bassist or drummer. Continue

Added by Hali on May 3, 2009 at 4:18pm — No Comments

Faculty: Your Instrument Chooses You: An Interview with Chuck Deardorf (2007)

By Jordan Hartt August 13, 2007

Centrum: How did you begin playing jazz? Chuck Deardorf: I was about eleven when I started playing music. I started out a trombone player, and went through the school band program and that sort of thing, and in my senior year of high school I discovered jazz. I was also playing bass guitar at that time, mos… Continue

Added by Jack Olmsted on February 28, 2009 at 10:56pm — No Comments

Get Ready for Killer Package Prices for JPT09

We're not ready to make an announcement yet, but for those of you looking to attend the performances at Jazz Port Townsend in July, STAY TUNED. I think you all will really like what we're going to do with package prices this year. More to come... Continue

Added by Keven Elliff on January 27, 2009 at 1:21pm — No Comments

Trouble with your audition files?

Join the group Audition Tips listed in the left-hand column. We can answer any question you may have, and you'll find regularly posted tips and updates as we get closer to the audition deadline, April 13, 2009. Continue

Added by Hali on January 23, 2009 at 1:13pm — No Comments

Jazz Photos

I just uploaded a few of the stars from the Centrum Jazz Festival. I hope you enjoy them and others can be seen at qualityoflightphotos.com Continue

Added by Steve Mullensky on January 6, 2009 at 10:27am — No Comments

Jazz

I recently uploaded images from the 2008 Jazz and Blues Festivals to my website: qualityoflightphotos.com. Please take several moments to view them. Thanks, Steve Continue

Added by Steve Mullensky on December 26, 2008 at 2:10pm — No Comments

Let's have some SUPER BASS!

SuperBass - Blue Monk (John Clayton, Ray Brown and Christian McBride)

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Added by Keven Elliff on December 17, 2008 at 10:30am — No Comments

Kate Davis plays "Christmas Time is Here"

Workshop participants and concert attendees will surely remember Kate Davis--a great bassist/singer from the Portland area who was part of the 2008 JPT Workshop. Here's a video of Kate playing "Christmas Time is Here" on KATU TV's AM Northwest from November 26th. Not on her new CD "Introducing Kate Davis" available on www.KateDavisMusic.com or iTunes.

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Added by Centrum on December 17, 2008 at 8:29am — 1 Comment