PDX Jazz is excited to announce a FREE community event featuring Noah Bernstein Quartet.
Noah Bernstein is a saxophonist/composer active in the boundless expanses of the Portland, OR music scene. From the years 2011-2015 he toured extensively with Oakland-based art rockers tUnE-yArDs and the Portland R&B group Shy Girls. His duo GRAMMIES with drummer Dan Sutherland has been exploring the intersectionality of improvisation, electronic sample-based instrumental hip hop, avant-garde sound processing, and discreet minimalism since the two met in 2011. A fourth album of their music is set to release in Spring 2024. 2011 also saw the first gigs of a quartet called Lennie Bird: a partnership between Bernstein and saxophonist Sunjae Lee to dig into the Lennie Tristano school of music focusing on the repertoire of musicians Lee Konitz, Warne Marsh, and Tristano. This show marks the return of Lennie Bird with an all new line-up of long-time collaborators featuring Akila Fields (piano), Andrew Jones (bass), and Matt Mayhall (drums). Bernstein holds degrees from the Oberlin College and Conservatory in jazz saxophone performance and creative writing. He grew up in rural Vermont and carries with him its brooding forests and rolling hills wherever he goes.
This event is part of the 2024 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival presented by PDX Jazz