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KIEFER + OMARI JAZZ | SOLD OUT!
BIAMP PORTLAND JAZZ FESTIVAL | 20TH ANNIVERSARY
Saturday, February 25 | 9:00 pm
BIAMP PORTLAND JAZZ FESTIVAL
KIEFER
+ OMARI JAZZ
Presented by PDX Jazz
Members Discount
of $5 per ticket available on Advance Purchase Tickets Only.
Discount not valid on the Day of Show.
GA & Reserved Members Seating / 21+
8:00 pm Doors / 9:00 pm Show
Featuring:
Kiefer Shackelford – Piano/Keys
Solo Smith – Bassist
Luke Sangerman – Drums
Kiefer is an LA scene Grammy winning pianist and producer. Aside from his solo releases on Stones Throw Records, he is also a frequent collaborator with Mndsgn’s live trio, among others. He began playing piano as a child and producing beats at around age twelve, moving from San Diego to LA to study under renowned jazz guitarist Kenny Burrell at UCLA’s Jazz Studies program. There, he started thinking about the connection between the jazz piano he studied and the beats he created outside of school. While his peers were performing over live instrumentation, Kiefer produced electronic beats free from sampled melodies or drum breaks and perfected his beats education at the famous LA club Low End Theory.
Kiefer has collaborated with artists like Kaytranada, Knxwledge, Blue Lab Beats, Theo Croker, Terrace Martin, and many more and his playful take on jazz, piano, and instrumental hip-hop make him a welcome and different addition to the LA beat scene.
In 2020, he won a GRAMMY for Best R&B Album for his production work on Anderson .Paak’s Ventura. As a teacher of music, he regularly shares his insights via Instagram Live and collaborates with the followers on his Twitch channel.
OMARI JAZZ
“Omari Jazz is a producer/composer based in Portland, Oregon. His 2020 record ‘Dream Child’ was described by Bandcamp as “one of the most immersive beat tapes in recent memory”. Omari’s short film with Leah R. Brown, “Dream Child” was featured in several sci-fi/horror film festivals, won Best Experimental honors from the Brooklyn Film Festival on 2022. His latest musical offerings include a hypnotic remix of Australian band Hiatus Kaiyote’s “All The Words We Don’t Say” from their “Mood Variant (The Remixes)” album released on Brainfeeder Records last year.
Over the years Omari’s shared the stage with artists like MNDSGN, Teebs, Samiyam, Ross From Friends, Telefon Tel Aviv, Sons of Kemet, Kassa Overall and many others.”
