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October 2, 2005 Electric Park Jazz Band Aberdeen, Washington Website Founded in 1983, Electric Park Jazz Band is named after the old Electrical Park that powered Aberdeen. It closed in the 50's and was replaced by the present day PUD. The band has performed at 18 out of 20 Rain or Shine Jazz Festivals, co-hosting with Hume Street Preservation Jazz Band.
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November 6, 2005 Cork’s Crew Walterville, Oregon Website Cork's Crew is a 7 piece Dixieland band put together by Cork Larsen. In November Cork (on banjo) will be joined by Californians Pete Main-clarinet and Earl Scheelar-cornet. The rest of the band is filled out with other distinguished "local" musicians some of whom might be: Bill Kick-trombone, Jim Foster-tuba, Ted Van-drums, Don Paulson-piano, Meg Graf-bass sax. The band sticks to trad jazz sounds and likes to find obscure pieces seldom played by other bands. They are popular to listeners and dancers alike, and play up-beat peppy tunes.
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December 4, 2005 Uptown Lowdown Jazz Band Bellevue, Washington Website Seattle's Uptown Lowdown Jazz Band specializes in good upbeat Dixieland jazz and ragtime, serving clients and jazz fans since 1971. The band in that span of time has performed in every way imaginable - from the grand opening of the Kingdome to the final beam raising of the Westin Hotel.
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January 1, 2006 Happy, Happy New Year
No TJSO session will be held in January, due the New Year’s holiday.
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February 5, 2006 Capital City Jazz Band Salem, Oregon Website Blake Maddox leads this talented group from Salem; a perennial favorite.
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March 5, 2006 Black Swan Classic Jazz Band Portland, Oregon Website Black Swan is a fun, artistic group that specializes in Dixieland, early jazz styles, ragtime and old-time gospel. The band loves the hot jazz music of the 1920s and features the sizzling talents of vocalist Marilyn Keller . The ensemble also sports top-notch trumpet, clarinet, trombone, tuba, piano, banjo and drum instrumentalists.
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April 2, 2006 Calamity Jazz Band Eugene, Oregon Website A truly “co-ed” group, Calamity Jazz boasts a harmonious blend of four men and four women; an almost unheard-of mixture within their genre of music. Their individual skills have landed them everything from roles in major motion pictures to engagements with notables such as Tony Bennett, Tex Beneke, Dionne Warwick, the Cab Calloway Orchestra, Big Tiny Little, Harry James and many, many others
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May 7, 2006 Jammer’s Jubilee All-Stars, Throughout Oregon
Come cheer on your favorite musicians as they mix and match for six high quality jam sets.
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June 4, 2006 Cork’s Crew Walterville, Oregon Website Ace banjo player (and, by the way, TJSO president) Cork Larsen heads an all-star line-up of musicians including trumpet player Jim Gammon and reed man Pete Main from California.
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