At Swan Dive

Wednesday, June 24th
Machado Mijiga + Shao Way Wu + Rory Cowal
Open Jam to Follow
7pm Doors
Free-$15 NOTALOF

About Machado Mijiga:
Classically-trained, jazz-weathered, and eclectically inclined, multi-instrumentalist Machado Mijiga left the proverbial creative “box” at a very early age, with access to many instruments and a diverse musical background brought about by an intercultural heritage.
A Portland native, Mijiga is a musical polymath; composer, producer, bandleader, educator, gear fanatic, and audio engineer, to name a few. Mijiga studied classical and jazz saxophones at University of Puget Sound from 2012-13 and Washington State University from 2013-2017, with elective studies in Percussion at UPS in 2012, and ensemble experience at Whitman College from 2008-2012.
Mijiga has shared the stage and/or collaborated with the likes of Ghost Note, The Black Pumas, “Weird Al” Yancovic, Esperanza Spalding, Benny Golson, Terence Blanchard, Brian McKnight, Charlie Hunter, Mark Giuliana, Bill Watrous, Tamir Hendelman, John Clayton, Eddie Palmieri, Fareed Haque, Darrell Grant, George Colligan, Damian Erskine, Todd Sickafoose, Thomas Marriott, Joe Kye, Ora Cogan, PDX All Stars, and many more.
Festival highlights include (but not limited to): Pickathon, PDX Jazz Festival, Vanport Jazz Festival, RhythmFest Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival, San Jose Jazz Festival, PaseoFest, Montavilla Jazz Festival, Taco Tapes Festival, Ghost Carrot Festival
Mijiga has toured with GRAMMY winning band Portugal.The Man playing saxophone, drums, keyboards, and electronics, and has played world-famous festivals and venues, such as Red Rocks, Radio City Music Hall, Hollywood Bowl, Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, Wonderbus, Edgefield, Triple Door, Metro, The Atlantis, Whalebone, Sherblues, and Racket NYC, as well as done virtual performances for KEXP and Taco Bell.
Mijiga has served as Artist-in-Residence at (Portland’s) Roosevelt High School and Beaumont Middle School, along with being a guest lecturer and workshop collaborator for Portland State University.
As a composer, Mijiga recently won the Portland Jazz “Composers Cook-Off” in 2020 and became one of Third Coast Percussion’s “Creative Currents” Partners in 2021, transitioning to an administrative role for CCP in 2026.
Mijiga serves on the board for the Creative Music Guild and the Jazz Society of Oregon, and has served as a community panelist for the Regional Arts and Culture Council, and has worked as both a collaborator and consultant for Montavilla Jazz and Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble.
As a producer and audio engineer, Mijiga currently has 35 records, 22 EPs, and 18 singles released under his name, with all but two of these releases self-produced. 
Mijiga has also served as a freelance producer and engineer for artists such as Rob Araujo, Darrell Grant, and more.
Authenticity and uniquity assume the locus of Mijiga’s artistic identity — self-expression is the prime directive, and the medium of choice changes like the weather.

About Rory Cowal:
As a classical performer, Rory Cowal delights in playing newly composed works for piano. He has premiered music by Muhal Richard Abrams, Kris Davis, Deena T. Grossman, Larry Polansky, and Kennedy Verrett. As a jazz pianist, he has performed at the Vancouver International Jazz Festival, Angel City Jazz Festival, Jazz at LACMA, JazzPOP, Harlem in the Himalayas, and other festivals and clubs throughout the United States and Canada.

About Shao Way Wu:
Shao Way Wu is a Portland-based freelance jazz bassist and Portland resident who grew up in Hong Kong. 
He moved to the Bay Area in 1971 at the age of fifteen. For two decades Wu was a pillar of the Humboldt County, CA jazz community. 
His artistic spirit has been thriving in Portland, where he’s released a handful of albums and collaborated with a swath of northwest creatives. 
Current projects include The CMG Extradition Series, Two Bass Hit, John Savage Quartet, Cowboy Jazz, Alan Cook Collective, Tim DuRoche Trio, John Niekrasz Trio, and the Reed Wallsmith Quintet