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Welcome to the Jazz Society of Oregon's Website (Last Update 5/3/2008)
We are proud to be part of a vibrant Jazz community in the Pacific Northwest. On this site, you will find original articles on local clubs, musicians, and events, as well as, reviews of Jazz recordings, a great calendar and information about Jazz Society activities. Dive in, enjoy the articles, give us some feedback. Become a member and you will receive the monthly JazzScene magazine containing features and articles not available on the website. Here is an excerpt from May's cover article. Rebirth
of a Trumpeter
David Monette Helps Ingrid Jensen Transform her Sound By Tom D’Antoni  Trumpeter Ingrid Jensen was on the phone from New York City, just back from playing in Germany and Switzerland … and astonished. “It changed my life,” she said. “He completely turned my world around. It's totally amazing!” The “it” is her new Monette mouthpiece. The “he” is Portland's David Monette, one of the world's great instrument-makers. He makes at least fourteen varieties of trumpet, flugelhorn and cornet. Wynton Marsalis plays one, so do Clarence Blanchard and Irvin Mayfield, so did Maynard Ferguson and Art Farmer and many of the greatest jazz and classical players in the world. Jensen isn't just starting out. A Vancouver, B.C. native, she is a Berklee College grad, teaches at The Peabody Institute, and was nominated for several Juno Awards (Canada's Grammy). At twenty-five she became the youngest professor at Austria's Bruckner Conservatory. She has two Jazz Journalist Awards nominations, is always in the top five Downbeat Critics polls, Talent Deserving Wider Recognition category, has recorded several albums, and she’s in multiple bands. In other words, she is a mature player who -- because of two days of consultation with David Monette -- is feeling reborn. “It's not that I'm looking for my voice, I know my voice; it's just been stifled,” she said. “He's opened up a lot of channels for things to flow. I was playing stuff on the tour I never would have imagined playing. It just came out from an inspired place, and I was playing the music way better than I could have played it before.” Monette was as surprised as Jensen. “It was shocking…the difference before and after,” he said. “It was as a dramatic a shift as I have ever heard anyone have switching to a Monette mouthpiece, and I've been doing this twenty-five years.” Here's how it happened. To read the rest, get your own copy of JazzScene magazine by becoming a Jazz Society member. Join now! For over 35 years, the Jazz Society of Oregon has had a mission to preserve "America's Original Art Form" by promoting jazz musicians, sponsoring jazz students and entertaining jazz audiences. As a non-profit organization, we sponsor shows and educational workshops. And we've helped hundreds of young musicians improve their skills by giving out tens of thousands of dollars in scholarships and grants. The Jazzscene magazine is Oregon's premier jazz magazine and keeps you in-the-know on who's playing with whom in the northwest, where you can find them, what they're up to, and more. Subscription is free with your paid membership in the Society. Ultimately, the JSO is a fellowship of jazz lovers: the musicians and their partners in the art form--their audiences. UNITED WE JAZZ ! |
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