Thursday, June 20

PDX Jazz @ The Mission Theater: Andrew Oliver’s Composers’ Ensemble Performing Newly Composed Original Compositions and Selected Works of Dave Douglas

7:30 pm | Location: Mission Theater & Pub | $15 day of show
Artist Profiles: Andrew Oliver

Artist Personnel:

Andrew Oliver / piano
Tom Barber / trumpet
James M. Gregg / trumpet
Lee Elderton / saxophone
Gary Harris / saxophone
Mieke Bruggeman-Smith / saxophone
Gus Slayton / saxophone
Al Torres / trombone
Allan Stromquist / french horn
Dan Duval / guitar
Bill Athens / bass
Ken Ollis / drums

Andrew Oliver is a Portland-native and an accomplished pianist/composer/trumpeter. He is the founder and co-executive director of the Portland Jazz Composers’ Ensemble, a non-profit organization which commissions works by it’s members as well as other local jazz composers and performs as a 12-piece ensemble. The ensemble strives to act as a forum for the development and presentation of works for large ensembles by established and emerging jazz composers, and to engage and enrich community awareness and appreciation of contemporary music. The ensemble will be playing on Thursday, June 20th and will feature: trumpeters Tom Barber and James M. Gregg; saxophonists Lee Elderton, Gary Harris, Mieke Bruggeman-Smith, and Gus Slayton; trombonist Al Torres; french hornist Allan Stromquist; pianist Andrew Oliver; guitarist Dan Duval; bassist Bill Athens; and drummer Ken Ollis.