On January 23rd, the Devin Phillips Quartet joins Alan Jones at one of Portland’s new hot jazz venues, The Cave, in the basement of the Green Onion restaurant at the corner of Broadway in the PSU neighborhood. Show starts at 8:00PM.

For more details on upcoming gigs, check out the gigs calendar.

December 26th: Celebrate Boxing Day at Jimmy Mak’s with Devin and sultry neo-soul chanteuse, Lilla D’Mone.

For more details on upcoming gigs, check out the gigs calendar.

Meanwhile, don’t miss these Fall shows:
 

Get funky with the Devin Phillips Band as they open for the Headhunters
Saturday September 20th at the Roseland Grill. 8pm — All ages show!
 

September 26th – 28th, Devin Phillips and New Orleans Straight Ahead are in Hawaii!
 

Check them out at:
 

UH Hilo Performing Arts Center
Friday, September 26th at 7:30pm
Tickets: $30 General, $25 Discount, $15 UH Students/Child
 

Manoa Jazz Festival (Andrews Ampitheatre)
September 27th at 6:00pm
Tickets: $15 – $25 in advance, $20 – $30 at the door.
www.etickethawaii.com
 

Kauai Community College Performing Arts Center
7:00pm
 

And next month, don’t miss The Devin Phillips Band, back at the Goodfoot Lounge, Saturday, October 25th at 9:00pm

NOSA Bassist Eric Gruber’s been blogging as well and has lots of photos to share.
 

 
(photos courtesy of Eric’s blog.)

David Kennedy, co-founder of Wieden+Kennedy, and an avid supporter of Devin’s music, acted as Guest Art Director. Ace photographer Martin Thiel was brought in for an extensive photo shoot at the historic Crystal Ballroom in downtown Portland. Include the cool writing and production staff of Brass Magazine and you’ll see the cover story is well worth a look! It’s all up on the Brass Magazine website.

 

Brass Magazine, with their motto “young today, rich tomorrow,” is based in Corvallis, Oregon. With both a young adult and an acclaimed student edition, it’s distributed in print primarily through credit unions to over 450,000 readers nationwide. Online readers only add to that number.

 

photo by Marcus Brown

 
Devin Phillips &
New Orleans Straight Ahead

Selected for the

Rhythm Road
American Music Abroad Tour

 
Jazz at Lincoln Center (JALC) and the U.S. State Department of Educational & Cultural Affairs have chosen Devin Phillips & New Orleans Straight Ahead to participate in the legendary Rhythm Road: American Music Abroad program. The prestigious award reflects the program’s mission "to share American music as a vehicle of communication with other countries."

 
One of six bands chosen nationwide following a demanding audition, the Portland, Oregon-based Devin Phillips & New Orleans Straight Ahead were juried by some of the best in jazz, including Wynton Marsalis, the Artistic Director of Jazz at JALC.

 
Katherine E. Brown, Executive Director of JALC, says, "These artists have been selected from a national pool of applicants and reflect the talent and diversity of musicians across the United States."

 
(More photos from NOSA’s New York trip below the fold!)

 
Devin Phillips & New Orleans Straight Ahead (NOSA) Audition for the Rhythm Road: American Music Abroad Tour

 

Andrew Oliver, Mark DiFlorio, Eric Gruber & Devin outside Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York.

 

Inside: The Audition Room.

 

Unloading/setting up for the audition in the Armstrong
Room.

 

Feeling confident following the demanding audition.

 

In the hotel room after a job well done.

 

Playing in the Village that night.

 

Maurice Brown joins Devin & NOSA.

2007 Portland Jazz Festival Poster:
Devin Phillips Is Jazz

 
It was a sold-out performance for saxophonist Devin Phillips and New Orleans Straight Ahead – Andrew Oliver, piano; Eric Gruber, bass; Mark DiFlorio, drums – at the Portland Jazz Festival! Check the Schedule for upcoming performances.