https://www.oregonjazzworkshop.com/home daily 1.0 2025-10-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60898b337565814953287a2b/1621991536337-PTTEOSOUXOMLYNRCLZB7/BearsJPG.jpeg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60898b337565814953287a2b/b63e2410-04f1-4438-aa5b-2ee721c978bf/Untitled-design9.png Home - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60898b337565814953287a2b/80ed36d0-a64f-4905-80d4-f1c16b712307/191923398_4683279815020558_45769428203886175_n.png Home - Make it stand out Zack P. Mittge at Hutchinson Cox Law https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60898b337565814953287a2b/bc85426f-1803-4873-9e1a-7a28e72b25bd/the+golden+mean+color.jpg Home JOE MANIS, Director Originally from Dexter, Oregon, SteepleChase recording artist Joe Manis was the recipient of a 2013 Oregon Arts Commission Individual Artist Fellowship. Recent Joe Manis Trio appearances include Fat Cat NYC, the Shedd Institute’s jazz series, Jimmy Mak's, Tula's, the Cathedral Park Jazz Festival, and the Montavilla Jazz Festival. Manis has performed on NPR's Jazz Night in America, hosted by Christian McBride. Manis has toured Europe as a duo and in a trio with David Friesen, where they recorded Structures, a live album. He also appears on Risky Notion (Four stars & Best Albums of 2015, DownBeat Magazine) on Origin Records with George Colligan's Theoretical Planets. Manis has played with Thomas Mapfumo and the Blacks Unlimited, including a performance at Carnegie Hall's Zankel Hall, and appears on their album Rise Up! on Real World Records. He has also performed with the George Colligan Quartet, the Chuck Israels Jazz Orchestra, the Ken Schaphorst Big Band, “Weird Al” Yankovic, Johnny Mathis, the Temptations, comedian Bob Newhart, Wayne Newton, the Oregon Symphony with Gladys Knight, the Portland Opera, the Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra, the Sunriver Music Festival Orchestra, the Eugene Symphony, and the Eugene Opera. Manis has presented jazz masterclasses across the country, including at University of Nevada, Reno, Whitman College, University of Texas at Arlington, University of Oregon, Ferris State University, Central Washington University, Willamette University, Portland State University, Southern Oregon University, Oregon State University, Western Oregon University, Pacific University, Lower Columbia College and Mesa, Glendale, Portland, Spokane Falls, Mt. Hood, Clackamas and Lane Community Colleges. He received a Master of Music in Jazz Studies-Performance with Academic Honor from the New England Conservatory and a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies from the University of Oregon. Additional studies were at the Eastman School of Music. He is a current faculty member at the University of Oregon and Lane Community College and a former music faculty member at Portland State University and Umpqua Community College. His article "Rhythmic Analysis: Jeff 'Tain' Watts - 'Housed From Edward'" was published in the March 2012 edition of JAZZed Magazine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60898b337565814953287a2b/1621008396056-5YIZS25OYOL1X8BL8AEP/Take_the_Coltrane%2BC-page-001%2B%25281%2529.jpg Home Take the Coltrane (C pdf) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60898b337565814953287a2b/1621008418668-55LD1406OEO2WUKAG6NW/Take_the_Coltrane%2BBb-page-001.jpg Home Take the Coltrane (Bb pdf) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60898b337565814953287a2b/c49f8ffd-e389-4ba8-8dfe-62ea66bfca8f/GColligan-edits+6.jpg Home GEORGE COLLIGAN George Colligan is a New York based pianist, organist,drummer, trumpeter, teacher, and bandleader, who is one of the most original and compelling jazz artists of his generation. An award-winning composer (Chamber Music America/Doris Duke Foundation grant recipient, RACC Grant Winner) and player (winner, Jazzconnect.com Jazz Competition, DownBeat Critics Poll Winner), Colligan is highly in demand as a sideman, having worked with players like Jack DeJohnette, John Scofield, Cassandra Wilson, Ravi Coltrane, and many others, both on the bandstand and in recording sessions (appearing on over 150 CDs). He has released 31 recordings full of his intelligent writing and impressive technique. His latest CD on the Ubuntu Label is called”Live in Arklow” and features Darren Beckett and Dave Redmond. Colligan’s musical style incorporates everything from showtunes to funk, from free improvisation to 20th century classical music. His performances include dazzling technique as well as mature restraint. Colligan was on the faculty of the Juilliard School for two years and is currently an Assistant Professor at Portland State University. He is currently a member of Jack DeJohnette’s New Quintet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60898b337565814953287a2b/1621008438150-RX4ODTD7I0ZKP9NR39PD/Take_the_Coltrane%2B%2528Eb%2529-page-001.jpg Home Take the Coltrane (Eb pdf) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60898b337565814953287a2b/1621008457242-9HN5NH493F9F8NNZNGUH/Take_the_Coltrane%2BBass%2BClef-page-001.jpg Home Take the Coltrane (Bass Clef pdf) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60898b337565814953287a2b/315bf4c7-fba6-41ad-94f9-9339e87be13a/Roger.jpg Home ROGER WOODS Originally from Baltimore, Maryland, Roger Woods is a graduate of Howard University. After college he continued to live in Washington, D.C. and perform as a leader and sideman with people such as trumpeter Webster Young, drummer Winard Harper and many more. He spent the summer of 1982 playing alto saxophone, clarinet & flute in the New York City-based Charli Persip Big Band. That band featured a host of veteran jazz musicians, including saxophonist Bill Saxton (who recommended Woods to Persip) and tuba player Ray Draper. Woods also toured the U.S. with organist Jimmy McGriff Quartet from 1983 to 1985. Currently, he is the founder and primary composer/arranger of the Eugene-based group The Octet, a Jazz ensemble comprised of the city’s best Jazz musicians and the Eugene-based Jessica Smith/Roger Woods Big Band. Woods is also a regular member of the Portland-based Chuck Israels Jazz Orchestra as its baritone saxophonist and bass clarinetist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60898b337565814953287a2b/d6a70856-c92d-4b0d-af5c-bc50e5681105/222700592_126603122998304_6182138892611886220_n.jpg Home CHARLIE DOGGETT Charlie Doggett began violin lessons at the age of eight and later switched to the drum set. As a teenager he played in Rock and Pop cover bands earning his first paid gig at the age of 15 and later received formal instruction, through scholarship, at the University of Oregon, School of Music and Dance. He has been a contributing member of the Portland music scene for over two decades performing regionally as well as throughout the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Europe and Asia. He is a longstanding member of “Upper Left Trio”, David Friesen's “Circle 3 Trio”, Tim Willcox's “Superjazzers” and others. Doggett has had the privilege of performing and or recording with artists including Dave Frishberg, John Gross, Pancho Sanchez, Obo Addy, Nancy King, Esperanza Spalding, Damian Erskine, Ethan Iverson, Joe Manis, George Colligan, Randy Porter, Titos Sompa, and many others. He maintains an active teaching schedule as adjunct faculty instructor at Lewis & Clark College, and Clackamas Community College. “Doggett, a drummer of imagination and curiosity, propels each tune with cunningness and unrelenting swing.” -John Barron/All About Jazz.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60898b337565814953287a2b/8774cadd-fea6-4d5f-b1dd-3fcb3ca04684/Tyler+Abbott+1_AmandaLSmith+photogaphy.jpeg Home TYLER ABBOTT Tyler Abbott maintains an active performance schedule as an orchestral bassist, chamber musician, jazz bassist, clinician, and soloist, performing throughout the region and nation with some of the finest musicians in both the classical and jazz music worlds. He has performed with, or is a member of, the Eugene Symphony, Oregon Symphony, Aspen Festival Orchestra, Oregon Bach Festival, Orchestra Next, Spokane Symphony Orchestra, McCall Summerfest Orchestra, and other professional orchestras throughout the region and country. As a jazz bassist, he has performed with Branford Marsalis, Steve Wilson, Danilo Perez, Ken Peplowski, Ben Monder, Randy Porter, Roswell Rudd, Seamus Blake, Dave Pietro, Ted Rosenthal, Nancy King, Mark and Alan Ferber, Dick Hyman, Howard Levy, John Stowell, and many others. As a chamber musician, Tyler performs with Chamber Music Northwest, MarshAnne Chamber Players, Beta Collide, and has performed with Oregon String Quartet, Third Angle, Chamber Music Amici, Trio Pacifica, and the Aspen Contemporary Ensemble. Tyler frequently presents master classes regionally, nationally and internationally and presented at the International Society of Bassists Conventions in 2011 and 2015. He can be heard on recordings on Origin, OA2, Ninjazz, and Bridge record labels. Tyler currently teaches double bass, jazz bass, and music theory at University of Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60898b337565814953287a2b/21fbac7e-1273-48a8-8e35-4aa68c27cb17/Ricker+BW+1905.jpg Home CHRIS SHUTTLEWORTH Chris Shuttleworth is a low brass artist, composer, bandleader, and educator in the Portland and Chicago Areas. Originally from Eugene, Oregon, Chris Shuttleworth moved to Chicago to pursue a Jazz Studies degree at the prestigious DePaul University School of Music, where he studied under a number of staples of the Chicago music scene, including Dennis Carroll, Mark Fisher, and Charles Vernon. He has shared the stage with many diverse acts ranging from jazz heavyweights such as Wycliffe Gordon, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Randy Brecker, Ken Peplowski, Greg Ward, and Dana Hall, to pop acts including Beats Antique, Hellogoodbye, The Temptations, and The Four Tops. He has also toured extensively as a leader and a sideman, having performed in the majority of the United States as well as internationally as far as Shanghai. A passionate educator, Chris has worked with students and ensembles at Lane Technical High School, South Eugene High School, Willamette High School, DePaul University, and the University of Oregon. He currently maintains a studio of private students. Chris continues to perform as a leader around the United States as well as maintaining a schedule as an in-demand sideman in Chicago and Portland. 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