Peter Janson / Doug Smith Concert

Name: Peter Janson / Doug Smith Concert
Start: 2024-05-25T19:00:00-07:00
Location: 2007 SE Powell Blvd, Portland, OR, United States, Oregon 97202

Schedule

Sat May 25 2024 at 07:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

2007 SE Powell Blvd, Portland, OR, United States, Oregon 97202 | Portland, OR

Doors - 6:30pm
Show - 7:00pm
$20
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AN EVENING OF ECLECTIC AND FASCINATING GUITAR MUSIC with PETER JANSON & DOUG SMITH

Peter Janson is a guitarist from Boston, Massachusetts. Since 1999, he has been making a name for himself as an independent solo guitarist. For Janson, playing solo jazz guitar is his passion. He is inspired by solo guitar works of jazz legends such as Pat Metheny, Kurt Rosenwinkel, and Wolfgang Muthspiel, as well as Joe Pass, Earl Klugh, and Jim Hall.
Peter grew up in Massachusetts, listening to his father, an accomplished amateur guitarist, play solo guitar every day. Given his first guitar at the age of seven, Peter started doing pop gigs at age 15. Over the past 25 years, he has performed extensively throughout North America, including at Carnegie Hall and the Montreal Jazz Festival. His music has been featured in video games, commercials, and news documentaries, and has charted on Billboard's top 10 as a session guitarist. He has a growing fan base from 137 countries, and his latest album, "Getting To Here," is in rotation on over 75 radio stations globally, as well as on streaming platforms. Peter signed worldwide sub-publishing deals with STOMP Music Korea and with UK-based SUPREME SONGS Limited in October 2022.
“As a musician, I have continued to grow through the exploration of numerous genres. After many years, jazz form, language, and sensibility have returned to become the place where I can make music. I didn’t want too formal a structure to work on, but rather an improvisational base. As a solo guitar player, I can explore styles and improvise, which brings me joy and helps me understand life in a unique way. I merge traditional elements, acoustic nylon-string sounds, and form, with sound-enhancing tools and chance. I see no important difference between genres, just as I see no difference between making music and the everyday aspects of life. Performing music, reading a novel or poetry while sipping a cup of coffee, teaching a student, they are all related.”
"Peter Janson's music has the substance of great jazz presented in an original and accessible style. Truly great!” ~ Steve Hunt, keyboardist (Allan Holdsworth, Stanley Clarke, Billy Cobham)
https://peterjanson.com
https://www.facebook.com/PeterJansonGuitarist/
https://www.instagram.com/peterjanson_guitarist/

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Grammy Award winner Doug Smith is an internationally renowned acoustic guitarist who weaves together folk, classical, jazz, and contemporary forms into a unique, flowing, original fingerpicking style recalling the playing of Chet Atkins, Leo Kottke, Michael Hedges, and Alex de Grassi.
Doug’s music has been heard on radio and TV stations throughout the country, including The Discovery Channel, NPR, TCM, CNN, ESPN, and E!, as well as Martha Stewart and Good Morning America. He has appeared on local and nationally syndicated radio and TV shows, including Oregon ArtBeat, West Coast Live, Echoes, and River City Folk. Doug also played guitar on the soundtracks for several movies, including Twister, Moll Flanders, and August Rush.
Doug currently resides in Vancouver, WA (near Portland, OR) where he teaches guitar, writes, and performs. The incredible music keeps on coming from this amazing artist ~ Enjoy!
"As beautiful as any instrumental pieces you will ever hear" --Acoustic Guitar Magazine
https://www.dougsmithguitar.com/bio/

--This show is by CDZ Collegium Musica 501(c)(3)--