I’m happy to announce that I’ll be playing at "The Cave" on Friday, 5/16. The Cave is Portland’s newest jazz venue and promises to be a great place. I stopped by last night to hear Alan Jones play and thought the venue was perfect for jazz.
I’ll be playing the show with Clay Giberson on keys, Chris Mosley on guitar, and Randy Rollofson on drums. Music starts at 8 PM - minors welcome until 9:30. There’s a $5 cover charge.
It’s been a while since I’ve updated here - here’s what’s coming up soon:
- I’ll be playing trio with Russ Kleiner and Clay Giberson at Wilf’s this Friday (5/2). Music starts at 8 PM.
- On Saturday, I’ll be playing at Holocene with a new project of Ben Darwish’s - a live band trading songs and collaborating with DJ Ohmegga Watts.
May will be a busy month - keep checking the calendar for more updates.
Check out the blog page (blog.johnnastos.com) for a couple videos from a recent Tony Starlight’s gig with Shelly Rudolph.
Shelly and I will be putting on a concert on April 17th at the Hollywood Music Center. The show is at 7:30 PM and has a $5 cover which includes refreshments. We’ll be playing a variety of original music and jazz standards.
I’m excited to be on KMHD this Saturday (4/5) at about 10 PM for an interview on Tom D’Antoni’s show. KMHD is broadcast on 89.1 or on the web at KMHD.fm
Last minute notice - I’ll be subbing for Renato Caranto tonight (4/1) at Jimmy Mak’s. 8-11 PM.
I updated the calendar today with a few upcoming shows - performances with Drew Shoals, Matt Weiers, and Shelly Rudolph.
In the press realm:
David Valdez recently interviewed me and has posted the conversation on his blog.
Stereo Subversion reviewed Drew Shoals’ album “The Greatest Haven’t Been Born Yet,” which I play on.  They gave the album a 9.5/10 rating.  You can read the whole review at their website.
You can now use iTunes to subscribe to the JohnNastos.com podcast, and automatically download the new audio clips I post on my blog. Click here to visit the site in iTunes.
(Note: currently, the individual “episodes” aren’t showing up, but if you subscribe, it will allow you to download them all)
I’ve once again updated my website and added some new features. On the right, you can now find a widget with links to the recent articles I’ve written for JazzPDX.org. Below that, there’s a box where you can enter your e-mail address to sign up for my mailing list. In the lowest box on the right side, you can find links to use your favorite feed-reeder (such as Bloglines or Google Reader) to keep up-to-date on updates to this site.
On the left, you can navigate through the various pages of the site, as well as see brief information about my upcoming shows.
Finally, I’ve started a blog, which I hope to use to talk in more detail about shows, projects, website work, etc. Visitors can comment on all of the posts on that page.
Future website plans: more audio and pictures soon.
Thanks to everyone who made the February 21st Old Church concert a success. Expect audio clips and pictures to be coming soon.
Upcoming events to look out for include two shows with the Drew Shoals Collective - February 24th at the Someday Lounge and March 1st at Zaytoon.
Then the following week, I’ll be playing with my electric project, E4, at Jimmy Mak’s on March 3rd and at Wilf’s on March 7th with Ben Darwish and Dave Speranza. Hope to see you there.
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