George Colligan / Theoretical Planets
Portland, OR
Grant amount: $10,479
Performances
The Jazz Station. Eugene, OR. 10/23/2021
Ted Brown Music Recital Hall. Tacoma, WA. 10/24/2021
Sherwood High School. Sherwood, OR. 10/25/2021
The 1905. Portland, OR. 10/26/2021
California State University Northridge. Los Angeles, CA. 10/29/2021
Lower Columbia College. Longview, WA. 11/2/2021
About the Artist
George Colligan is not only one of the great jazz pianists of his generation, but he has earned an international reputation as a multi-instrumentalist (drums, trumpet, organ, keyboards), composer, accompanist, teacher, and bandleader, as well as popular blogger (jazztruth.blogspot.com). Winner of the 2015 DownBeat magazine Critics Poll (Keyboard), he has had a long association with living jazz legend Jack DeJohnette. He has also toured as a leader with his trio featuring legends Buster Williams and Lenny White. With over 130 albums to date as an accompanist, Colligan has worked with a long list of jazz greats, including John Scofield, Buster Williams, Cassandra Wilson, Don Byron, Ravi Coltrane, and many others. His latest album, Theoretical Planets: Long Term Goals (PJCE Records 2021) is his 34th as a bandleader, and features Portland State University faculty and alumni. Colligan, a New York resident for 15 years, now resides in Portland, Oregon where he is an Associate Professor at Portland State University. He has received two Regional Arts and Culture Council Grants (2019, 2021) as well as the PSU College of The Arts Dean’s Council Award for Research, Scholarship and Creativity (2020), and also won the Researcher of the Year Award from the PSU College Of The Arts (2021).
Theoretical Planets features Colligan (drums, composition) alongside: Joe Manis, tenor saxophone; Nicole McCabe, alto saxophone; and Jon Lakey, bass.
This fall tour will be the most extensive tour experienced by this group.