New Orleans Straight Ahead: In the studio and at the Weiden+Kennedy Birthday Jam
…brought his saxaphone to the Portland Oregon jazz scene after evacuating form Hurricane Katrina in 2005. He’s performed, toured, and recorded with top jazz artists, and traveled to Africa with his four piece ensemble New Orleans Straight Ahead as part of the Rhythm Road: American Music Abroad program sponsored by the U.S. State Department. Devin’s second band, The Devin Phillips Band, is a 5/6 piece jazz funk group with strong connections to the New Orleans party sound.
Catch Devin and his bands around the Portland area and across the country… and check out his debut CD with NOSA, Wade In The Water, available at CDBaby, iTunes, and payplay.fm.
Devin at the Portland Jazz Festival
Catch Devin Phillips in a Portland Jazz Festival showcase performance, Friday, February 13th at the ArtBar & Bistro inside the Portland Center for the Performing Arts on S.W. Broadway and Main.
The jazz kicks in at 9:00 pm. This event is free and open to the public. For more details about this year’s Portland Jazz Festival, visit www.pdxjazz.com.

