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Saturday and Friday night at Tula’s I saw the George Colligan Trio, part of the Earshot Jazz festival.
Portland keyboardist George Colligan holds down Seattle’s favorite jazz hang on the Hammond B-3. Currently on the faculty at Portland State University, Colligan was born in New Jersey and raised in the Baltimore area. Colligan studied classical trumpet at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, eventually moving to New York and playing with Cassandra Wilson, Don Byron, Jack DeJohnette and Ravi Coltrane. In New York, Colligan joined the faculty at Juilliard. He left to teach at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, before landing on PSU’s faculty in 2011. There, he leads small ensembles and big bands with longtime professor Charles Gray. Best known as a pianist and composer, Colligan has more than 70 credits as a sideman. Colligan also writes a blog called Jazz Truth  (jazztruth.blogspot.com).

Here is a link to the Earshot Jazz Festival website  schedule for the rest of the Festival.

Here is a link to the Earshot Jazz Festival website  schedule for the rest of the Festival.