The line-up for the 2012 Portland Jazz Festival has been announced, and Seattle jazz guitarist Bill Frisell leads the bill. Frisell will perform in four settings over two nights on the festival’s second weekend.
Other headliners at the festival include Branford Marsalis and pianist Joey Calderazzo, playing songs from their June 2011 album “Mirth and Melancholy,” singer Dee Dee Bridgewater (who will play a series of Billie Holiday songs), and drummer and NEA Jazz Master Roy Haynes. Sadly, there’s no Spirit of Jazz.
This year’s festival doesn’t use a theme, with managing director Don Lucoff admitting, “It is breaking a little from tradition.” Here’s the complete schedule:
Concert schedule:
Friday, February 17, 7:30pm, Winningstad Theater, Thara Memory
Saturday, February 18, 7:30pm, Winningstad Theater, Enrico Rava’s Tribe
Sunday, February 19, 7:00pm, Winningstad Theater, The Jazz Passengers
Tuesday, February 21, 7:30pm, Mission Theater, Mardi Gras @ The Mission
Wednesday, February 22, 7:30pm, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Garth Fagan Dance
Thursday, February 23, 7:00pm, Newmark Theatre, Dee Dee Bridgewater
Friday, February 24, 7:00pm, Newmark Theatre, Roy Haynes Quartet
Friday, February 24, 9:30pm, Crystal Ballroom, Bill Frisell
Saturday, February 25, 3:00pm, Crystal Ballroom, Vijay Iyer, Prasanna and Nitin Mitta
Saturday, February 25, 7:00pm, Newmark Theatre, Bill Frisell solo and the 858 Quartet
Saturday, February 25, 9:30pm, Crystal Ballroom, Charlie Hunter solo and the Portland Jam Band Marathon
Sunday, February 26, 3:00, Newmark Theater, Branford Marsalis/Joey Calderazzo Duo
The show is set to run from February 17th – 26th, 2012. Tickets go on sale to the general public October 10th, but PDX Jazz members will have access to presale tickets on October 9.
