Dan Balmer Trio
Live Jazz @ the PAC
Sunday, August 23 @ 2:30pm
Join us for an evening with the Dan Balmer Trio in the David Ogden Stiers Theatre. A member of both the Oregon Music Hall of Fame and the Jazz Society of Oregon Hall of Fame, Balmer brings decades of artistry to an intimate trio setting, blending soulful improvisation with swinging, soul-jazz energy. Don’t miss this chance to catch a true Northwest jazz master live.
CONTENT ADVISORY: This event is appropriate for general audiences.
From coffee house gigs at fifteen to chart-topping success with the Tom Grant Band in the 90s. World tours with two-time Grammy Award winner Diane Schuur and contemporary jam-bands. Dan Balmer brings fire and heart every time he plays the guitar. His playing spans nearly one hundred CDs. His original works have appeared internationally in television, film, and radio.
An in-demand educator, Dan maintains a busy schedule of private lessons, group clinics, and master classes throughout the US and abroad. He adjudicates student jazz band competitions at events such as the Monterey Next Generation Festival and the Reno Jazz Festival. He is also a long-term teacher at the Centrum Jazz Workshop. Dan directs jazz combos at Lewis and Clark College while also serving on the faculty at virtually every other college in the greater Portland, Oregon, area.
Dan has performed or toured with Joey DeFrancesco, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Les McCann, Javon Jackson and Karrin Allyson, Benny Golson, Jeff Hamilton, and Gerald Clayton. Also John Clayton, Terell Stafford, Ingrid Jensen, Duduka da Fonseca, Kendrick Scott, Taylor Eigsti, Buddy De Franco, Bruce Forman and countless others.
Dan’s love of guitar and making music, combined with discipline, technique, and restless curiosity, provides an ever-deepening experience for himself and his listeners. In every performance he finds himself in the middle of the path, amidst a continuous and compelling process of discovery.
About the Newport Performing Arts Center
The PAC hosts live and screened entertainment, community gatherings, private events, and more. It is home to a group of nonprofit Resident Artist Teams (i.e. the PAC RATs) and managed by Oregon Coast Council for the Arts.
To help ensure an enjoyable experience for all, we kindly encourage guests to consider attending fragrance-free in support of those with allergies and sensitivities.
Dan Balmer Trio at Newport Performing Arts Center