If you like Straight Ahead Jazz ensemble music, don't miss PDXV, five of Portland's finest jazz musicians.  Then add a sixth. 

Rebecca Kilgore is known as one of the Northwest's foremost interpreters of jazz standards.  Her recent CD (with Dave Frischberg) "Why Fight the Feeling" has received rave reviews, but she has more than 30 CD's to her credit.

She regularly performs worldwide at jazz festivals, jazz parties, and on jazz cruises. She is a frequent guest on National Public Radio's 'Fresh Air' with Terry Gross, has appeared on ‘A Prairie Home Companion’, and with Michael Feinstein at Carnegie Hall.

Other venues from New York to Shanghai include some of the top jazz venues in the world - Birdland, The Plush Room at the York Hotel, The Jazz Bakery (CA), Steamers Jazz Club, Shanghai Jazz;  The Firefly Club; The Blue Wisp; The Concorde Club (UK); Spazio’s and many others.

She is also honored to have been inducted in to the Portland (Oregon) Jazz Society’s Hall Of Fame, and to have been invited to perform at New York’s Mabel Mercer Cabaret Convention for two consecutive years at Town Hall and Lincoln Center.

PDXV - The Band

PDXV came together originally to be a part of a series of concerts at Portland State University in the fall of 2005. Although we played only one rehearsal and one 50 minute set, we all realized there was something special about the sound of this group. It really is, as they say, "more than the sum of its parts". The material we have been playing is representational of jazz standards written by jazz musicians (as opposed to the writing of the Tin Pan Alley composers). Seems like there's been somewhat of a shift in recent history more toward the great vocal standards, which are indeed well worth playing, but not exactly the reason most of us took up playing jazz on our respective [non vocal] instruments. What about those sides of Joe Henderson, Kenny Dorham, LeeMorgan, and the myriad of other great small jazz ensemble recordings of the mid to late 20th century that many of us jazz instrumentalists listened to until the stylus wore through the vinyl? That's the material that brought us together, so we are rooted in it as we move forward and expand our repertoire with more modern material as well as original music.

The band name came simply from needing to name a file on my computer. Since PDX is the Portland airport initials and the Roman numeral V means five, it just seemed like the way to go. By the way, it is pronounced PDXVee (as in V8)... just so you know.

Greg Goebel - piano

Born in Oregon, Greg began piano lessons at the age of four. Though improvising and composing music from an early age, it wasn't until high school that he became seriously interested in jazz and improvisation. 

http://pdxv.com/band/greg.htm

Dick Titterington - trumpet

JazzTimes says: "The scope of Titterington's playing is impressive."

"A great tone and ample technique also make for a good listening experience when it comes to this trumpeter." - Cadence magazine

http://pdxv.com/band/dick.htm

Rob Davis - sax

Rob is a graduate of the University of Washington with degrees in music performance and education. Over the years he has crafted many influences into a uniquely identifiable sound and style. While living in Seattle he performed and recorded with the likes of Jay Thomas, the Jim Knapp Orchestra, the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra and Matthew Jorgensen +451. 

http://pdxv.com/band/rob.htm

Dave Captein - bass

Dave Captein is an accomplished performer on both string bass and bass guitar, having worked as a professional musician for over 30 years in the Pacific Northwest. A Portland native, he studied with Alice Leyden (Portland Opera Orchestra), Herman Jobelmann (Principal, Oregon Symphony), Ring Warner, James Harnett (Principal, Seattle Symphony) and Chuck Deardorf (Seattle Jazz Bassist). A music graduate of Western Washington University and the University of Washington, where he was awarded a composition scholarship, Dave has performed in a broad range of situations, from symphonic performances to studio and club work, as well as many jazz concerts and festivals around the country and in Europe.

http://pdxv.com/band/dave.htm

Todd Strait - drums

Recently relocated to Portland, OR, Kansas City's Todd Strait is not only one of the most in-demand jazz drummers in the midwest, but in recent years he has emerged as a jazz musician of national and international stature. After moving to New York City in 1980, he joined pianist Marian McPartland's trio in 1982 until 1989, and from '85 to '86 he appeared with guitarist Tal Farlow. Three of Todd's most significant Kansas City associations are with with singers Karrin Allyson and Kevin Mahogany, both notable jazz stars from the Kansas City music scene, and the young rising piano star, Eldar. 

http://pdxv.com/band/todd.htm