George Colligan Quartet

About

TICKETS $25 | ALL AGES WELCOME George Colligan - piano Dae Bryant - drums Robert Rodriguez - bass Special guest to be announced George Colligan has earned an international reputation as a multi-instrumentalist (drums, trumpet, organ, keyboards), composer, accompanist, teacher and bandleader, as well as a widely read jazz blogger. Winner of the 2015 DownBeat Critics Poll (Keyboard), he has maintained a long-standing musical association with jazz legend Jack DeJohnette, including extensive U.S. touring with An Evening with Jack DeJohnette and Savion Glover. More recently, Colligan toured the U.S. and Canada as a leader with his trio featuring Buster Williams and Lenny White. With more than 130 recordings to his credit as a sideman, Colligan has collaborated with an extraordinary range of jazz artists, including John Scofield, Cassandra Wilson, Don Byron, Ravi Coltrane, Chris Botti and many others. His most recent release, King’s Dream (PJCE Records, 2022), is his 36th album as a bandleader and features faculty and alumni from Portland State University. After fifteen years in New York City, Colligan now resides in Portland, Oregon, where he serves as Full Professor at Portland State U