Event

2022 Biamp PDX Jazz Festival
Mel Brown B-3 Organ Group feat. Christopher Brown - presented by PDX Jazz
Thu February 24, 2022
( Doors: 7:00 pm ) SHOW: 8:00 pm PST
Jack London Revue
529 SW 4th Ave., Portland, OR
Ages 21 and Up
$30.00

Important Safety Notice: In accordance with the Multnomah County mask mandate, all Jack London customers and staff, regardless of vaccination status, will be required to wear masks when not eating or drinking. As a further measure, no customers will be admitted without proof of vaccination against COVID-19 or proof of negative test taken within 48 hours of admission. Stay safe, Portland!

NOTES ON SEATING
MEMBERS OF PDX JAZZ WILL HAVE A SEAT RESERVED. REMAINING LIMITED SEATS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVE BASIS.
 

“If this band appeared in New York City, they’d be a sensation!” That was guitar great–and one-time Mel Brown bandmate–George Benson’s reaction after hearing the Mel Brown B-3 Organ Group open for him back in September, 2003 at Oregon’s prestigious Britt Festival.

In fact, this true all-star band–each member is widely viewed as tops in the Northwest on his instrument–has been a sensation for a long while now. With a collective resume that reads like a “Who’s Who” of jazz, blues, and soul (all four members are Oregon Music Hall of Fame inductees), this group has the talent and confidence to be completely spontaneous–from their blistering solos to their improvised arrangements and segues. No wonder they’ve thrilled audiences wherever they’ve played. Those venues have included Portland’s top jazz club, Jimmy Mak’s (every Thursday night for the entire 20-year run of that legendary jazz venue), the Jack London Revue (home to the band for the past 3 years), the Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival, The Britt Festival, The Mt. Hood Jazz Festival, the Rose City Festival, the Bite Of Oregon, The Port Townsend Jazz Festival, Jazz in the Valley, the Newport, OR Jazz Festival, Jazz at the Oxford, the Montavilla Jazz Festival, and many more.

NOTE: Mel and the band are featured in an hour-long, nationally syndicated NPR program, “Jazz Night In America,” released 10/21/21.  Mel is interviewed by the program host Christian McBride (a huge Motown fan, as it turns out), and excerpts from a smoking set from the 2019 Montavilla Jazz Festival (including three Louis Pain originals) are played.
Mel Brown B-3 Organ Group