Welcome to the Portland Jazz Festival Jam Session Blog, the idea engine behind the jam sessions for this year’s Portland Jazz Festival.
We know all the things we don’t like about jam sessions: people standing around trying to decide what tune to play; endless choruses lacking inspiration; players practicing rather than making music in the moment.
So these sessions will be different. With your participation, these sessions will be a meeting ground for musical ideas and creativity.
It starts with this blog. Click on the session days below to join the discussion. Contribute your ideas and suggestions for material we should explore at the jam. Check out the “session questions” and post your comments. Listen to the music of visiting festival artists and find out more about the house session players. Then come to the sessions and play music.
-Darrell Grant