Festival 22 Noah Simpson Quartet
Schedule
Sun Aug 21 2022 at 05:00 pm
Location
Portland Metro Arts | Portland, OR
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Noah Simpson’s energetic, attentive, and dynamic quartet strives to create forward thinking music rooted in Jazz.Pacific Northwest performer, composer, and forward-thinking improviser Noah Simpson’s approach to the trumpet is modern, energetic, dynamic, and attentive. Early in his career, he performed in The Young Sounds of Arizona, The Paradise Valley Community College Monday Night Big Band, and many Scottsdale Community College combos. Later he attended Portland State University, studying with his mentors George Colligan and Darrell Grant. Simpson has worked with George Benson, Lewis Nash, Bernard Purdie, Alex Acuna, Ralph Peterson III, Jaleel Shaw, Sean Jones, and Dennis Rowland. He has toured the US with Ron Artis II, Climbing Poetree, The Polyphonic Spree, and Dirty Revival and has performed at The Nash, The 1905, Montavilla Jazz Festival, PDX Jazz Festival, Jack London Review, and the Creative Music Guild Outset Series. His recent work includes a feature on Barra Brown’s new single release, NOAH, and arranger credit on the PDX Jazz educational presentation, The American Refrain: Jazz and Modern Music.
Lineup: Noah Simpson, trumpet; Wes Georgiev, piano; Garrett Baxter, bass; Ken Mastrogiovanni, drums.
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Where is it happening?
Portland Metro Arts, 9003 SE Stark St,Portland,OR,United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
