Alaska Airlines & Horizon Air

Portland Jazz Festival presents

Somethin’ Else:

Blue Note Records @ 70

Celebrating the 70th Anniversary of Blue Note Records

February 13-22

Festival Packages & Single Tickets on Sale November 10

PDX Jazz Member Advance Sale Starts Today

McCoy Tyner + Joe Lovano Quartet

Cassandra Wilson; Gonzalo Rubalcaba

Terence Blanchard’s Requiem for Katrina

Dianne Reeves w/Oregon Symphony; John Scofield

Patricia Barber; Don Byron’s Ivey-Divey; Jason Moran

Bobby Hutcherson; Pat Martino; Lou Donaldson; Jacky Terrasson;

Lionel Loueke; Jane Bunnett & The Spirits of Havana; Aaron Parks; Judi Silvano

Alaska Airlines & Horizon Air Portland Jazz Festival presented by The Oregonian A&E will present Somethin’ Else: Blue Note Records @70, celebrating the 70th Anniversary of Blue Note Records, as the primary thread through the 2009 Portland Jazz Festival, February 13-22. All festival ticketed concerts feature current Blue Note headliners and Blue Note heritage artists who have passed through Blue Note at some point in their legendary careers. The thematic package of events will include performances, plus jazz conversations with Blue Note officials and artists, panel discussions with jazz writers, journalists & thinkers, and archival Blue Note film screenings. In addition, Portland Jazz Festival will also feature free showcase performances around town with regional jazz artists, midnight jam sessions, and approximately 50 jazz education & outreach events.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 20, 2008
Media Contact: Bill Royston

PDX Jazz Names New Managing Director

PDX Jazz welcomes Janeen A. Olsen as its new Managing Director. Ms. Olsen has worked in arts administration for most of her career, and recently served for eight years as the Director of Marketing and Communications for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. She is a native Portlander, and has worked diligently over the past fifteen years to support the cultural tourism efforts of Travel Portland and Travel Oregon. Ms. Olsen is also the former Chair of the Board for the Oregon Culinary Tourism Association, and has served with a number of national and regional arts organizations.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE/FOR EVENTS LISTINGS

October 14, 2008 Media Contact:
Brad Nelson, 503-228-5299, bnelson@pdxjazz.com

PDX Jazz presents PDX JAZZ @ RIVERPLACE Live Jazz every Friday & Saturday from 8-11 PM

Ongoing regional jazz showcase programmed by Portland Jazz Festival In the Three Degrees Lounge at the RiverPlace Hotel with No Cover & No Minimum!

Jazz on Portland’s waterfront continues with PDX Jazz @ RiverPlace presenting Portland jazz artists every Friday & Saturday nights (8:00-11:00 PM) at the RiverPlace Hotel’s Three Degrees Lounge. Featured artists for mid-October through December include:

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When:
Today, Wednesday, October 1, 2008
1:00 PM

Where:
Portland Center for the Performing Arts, Rotunda (1111 SW Broadway (at Main Street))

Who:
Please Note Availability of Key Personnel at Press Conference

• Commissioner Nick Fish
• Portland Jazz Festival Artistic Director, Bill Royston
• Alaska Airlines Official, Molly Brown

What:
Press conference announcing return of world-class, Portland Jazz Festival, to be held this coming February.

Why:
Alaska Airlines has agreed to a multi-year title sponsorship of the Portland Jazz Festival, providing the financial support necessary to revive the world-class festival, which had announced in early September that it was ceasing operations after five years. The corporate and organizational support ensures that the 6th Annual Alaska Airlines Portland Jazz Festival presented by The Oregonian A&E will take place, as scheduled, February 13-22, 2009. The festival will be dedicated to the 70 anniversary of Blue Note Records, as previously announced.

Contact:
Sarah Bailen Smith
ssmith@pdxjazz.com