http://www.johnnastos.com Website of Portland, Oregon saxophonist and composer John Nastos Thu, 31 Jul 2008 04:28:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en New gigs on the calendar for August and September. http://www.johnnastos.com/calendar-updated/ Next Saturday (July 26th), I'll get my first opportunity to play with Thara Memory's Superband. The show is at Jimmy Mak's which means the usual 8 PM start time. Minors are welcome for the first set. http://www.johnnastos.com/superband/ test - to be removed shortly http://www.johnnastos.com/test/ http://www.johnnastos.com/july-18th/ A few gigs to check out during July: July 3rd at the Waterfront Blues Festival opening for Isaac Hayes July 12th at Jimmy Mak's with Louis Pain's James Brown tribute band July 18th - E4 returns to Jimmy Mak's in a double bill with David Friesen http://www.johnnastos.com/july-gigs/ On Thursday, June 5th, you can catch two different shows for free that I'll be a part of.  The first takes place at the Someday Lounge, where I'll be playing the happy-hour set with Drew Shoals starting at 5 o'clock.  Then, at 9 o'clock, you can find me playing trio ... http://www.johnnastos.com/upcomingprogressetc/ 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 ... http://www.johnnastos.com/the-cave-on-516/ 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 ... http://www.johnnastos.com/recent-news/ -6.5 - Someday Lounge with Drew Shoals -6.5 - Vindahlo with Mike Pardew and Dave Captein http://www.johnnastos.com/upcoming-shows-5/ 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 ... http://www.johnnastos.com/new-videos/