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2025 YJC+ PJCE Archives: Dig. Deep.

McMenamin's Mission Theater
1624 NW Glisan, Portland

A quintet of PJCE musicians performs music by the 2025 cohort of Young Jazz Composers for the first half of our Spring concert! Join us at McMenamin’s Mission Theater to …

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Happy-Hour Jazz | Tony Pacini Trio

Wilf's
800 NW 6th Avenue at Union Station Portland, Oregon 97209

Join PJCE at Wilf’s for Happy-Hour Jazz on Thursday nights
Engaging! Entertaining! Uplifting!

Each week features a PJCE Records artist for two early evening sets highlighting a mix of orginal music and …

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Happy-Hour Jazz | Christopher Brown Quartet

Wilf's
800 NW 6th Avenue at Union Station Portland, Oregon 97209

Join PJCE at Wilf’s for Happy-Hour Jazz on Thursday nights
Engaging! Entertaining! Uplifting!

 

Each week features a PJCE Records artist for two early evening sets highlighting a mix of orginal music and …

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Happy-Hour Jazz | Randy Porter/Tim Willcox Trio

Wilf's
800 NW 6th Avenue at Union Station Portland, Oregon 97209

Join PJCE at Wilf’s for Happy-Hour Jazz on Thursday nights
Engaging! Entertaining! Uplifting!

Each week features a PJCE Records artist for two early evening sets highlighting a mix of orginal music and …

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Open call for Portland area composers

Montavilla Jazz and Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble are excited to announce our partnership for the 2023 season and the 10th Annual Montavilla Jazz Festival. This project supports the expansion of …

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2022-23 Season Announcement

PJCE’s 2022-2023 season will be the first under Executive Director Meg Morrow and the organization’s soon-to-be-announced-first-ever Artistic Director, (announcement expected in late October). Former Executive Director and current Interim Artistic …

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PJCE Seeks Artistic Director!

Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble (PJCE) is excited to announce a search for our first-ever Artistic Director! This is an important evolution in the organization’s continued growth, and one of the …

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