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Ezra Weiss Big Band: We Limit Not the Truth of God at Montavilla Jazz Festival at Portland Metro Arts

Courtesy of Neil Mattson | Posted on July 4, 2019

Where

Ezra Weiss Big Band: We Limit Not the Truth of God at Montavilla Jazz Festival at Portland Metro Arts

When

Sat, August 17, 2019
8:15 pm

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Musicians

John Nastos
saxophone
John Savage
saxophone
Renato Caranto
saxophone, tenor
Joe Manis
saxophone
Tina Richerson
saxophone, baritone
Stan Bock
trombone
Jon Lakey
bass, acoustic

About

The Ezra Weiss Big Band celebrates the release of their new album on Origin Records with this original suite of intensely personal reflections on the troubled world we live in today. Composer/pianist Ezra Weiss has released six albums as a leader, most recently Before You Know It. Additionally, he wrote the music for the Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble’s From Maxville To Vanport, and the big band arrangements for Derek Hines’ The Long Journey Home. Weiss currently leads his own big band and sextet, performing at major jazz festivals and clubs throughout the U.S., including Dizzy’s in NYC, the Triple Door in Seattle, and the Catalina Bar and Grill in Los Angeles...

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