Chamber Of Commerce – 2009 Portland Jazz Festival

One of my personal highlights of the 2009 PDX Jazz Festival was an ambitious collaborative project between Blue Cranes and Paxselin Quartet, not only sharing the same bill, but performing together as Chamber Of Commerce.

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(originally posted in 2009)

Blue Cranes /
Chamber Of Commerce
live at PCPA
in conjunction with the 2009 Portland Jazz Festival
Portland, OR
20 February 2009

I was fortunate enough to be able to document this amazing evening of music, and presented here are selected video tracks from the Blue Cranes, and Chamber Of Commerce.

Regrettably, I missed the window for a video of Paxselin Quartet (I thought they were going to play one more song!), but hopefully, there will be more opportunities for that in the future. The good news is that Chamber of Commerce will be performing another rare set at the 2009 PDX Pop Now! festival – a free, all-ages event, which takes place July 24-26 at Rotture. Do yourself a favor, and do not miss this!!

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Blue Cranes official band site

Paxselin Quartet A Guide to Desolation Wilderness [Apple Music] Hollow Earth CD [Amazon]

Portland Center for the Performing Arts official venue site

The microphones used to record these live tracks were a prototype set of CA-11 cardioid mics; made in Canada by Chris Church, of Church Audio.