Event

Randy Porter Trio

Jazz pianist Randy Porter has a refined understanding of improvisation and the spontaneous communication between musicians. He has performed with many jazz greats, including Freddy Hubbard, Art Farmer, and Benny Golson. He has also performed with the Charles McPherson Quartet throughout the US and in France, Italy, Greece, and China.

Musical highlights include performing at Kimballs with Art Farmer and Clifford Jordan, Lincoln Center and Kennedy Center with Diane Schuur, Seattles Jazz Alley with New York Voices, Yoshis in San Francisco with Karrin Allyson and Rebecca Kilgore, The House of Blues in Chicago and BB Kings Blues Club in NYC with Gino Vannelli, the Monterey Jazz Festival with Madeline Eastman, the Chicago and Detroit Jazz Festivals with Charles McPherson.

Porter has been a performer and educator at the Port Townsend Jazz Festival for many years where he has coached many young jazz musicians. He has also worked several years at the Stanford Jazz Workshop and Jazz Camp West with singer Madeline Eastman. Porter teaches master classes and adjudicates student combos and bands at highschool and college jazz festivals. Currently, Porter teaches jazz piano at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon.

Randy Porter, Piano
Scott Thompson, Electric Bass
Deszon Claiborne, drums