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PDX Jazz @ The Mission Theater in Portland, Ore., will
present the Ramsey Embick Trio featuring Devin Phillips performing “In a Silent
Way: The Music of Joe Zawinul,” on Thursday, September 29 at 8 p.m. All seats
are $15.
The Portland-based trio features Embick on acoustic
and electric piano, Damian Erskine on bass and Mark Griffith on drums. Erskine
is the nephew of Peter Erskine, the longtime drummer and band mate of Joe
Zawinul’s in Weather Report. Griffith is a current member of the Jaco Pastorius
Tribute Big Band. In addition, Portland saxophonist Devin Phillips is set to
play alongside Embick’s trio.
The set list will feature the compositions of Zawinul
during his time with Cannonball Adderley, Miles Davis and Weather Report. Among
the compositions to be featured will be “In a Silent Way,” “A Remark You Made,”
“Harlequin,” “Palladium,” “Country Preacher,” “Midnight Mood,” “Scotch &
Soda,” “Jive Samba,” “Boogie-Woogie Waltz,” “Birdland” and “Mercy, Mercy.”
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