October 22nd, 2024 — 8pm
$15-30, sliding scale
No Fun Bar
1709 SE Hawthorne Blvd, Portland, OR 97214

Brandon Seabrook is a NYC-based guitarist and banjoist. His music fuses a wide range of traditions: punk rock, jazz, pop, and metal. As a guitarist his work feeds off tactile sensations; rapid tremolo picking, contorted clusters, and extreme physicality. He has released nine albums of original material and has performed throughout the U.S., Europe, and South America.

https://brandonseabrook.bandcamp.com

Andy Clausen is a Brooklyn-based trombonist, composer, arranger, and educator. Best known as a founding member of genre-bending brass quartet The Westerlies, Andy is also a frequent collaborator with a wide range of artists including Fleet Foxes, Aoife O’Donovan, Haley Heynderickx, Conrad Tao, Nico Muhly, and Dave Douglas, and a prolific composer for visual media, audio storytelling, and concert music. 2024 marks the debut of Andy’s solo project “Few Ill Words: Solo Trombone at The TANK,” recorded in the profound reverberation of an abandoned railroad water silo in rural Colorado. More info at: andyclausen.com.

“A melody from Andy Clausen is pure moonlight. It’s lovely and magical, full of warmth, and it can brighten up the room. But moonlight also is a source of mystery, with ominous overtones and an electric tension” – Bandcamp Daily

“folk-like and composerly, lovely and intellectually rigorous” – NPR

“Chamber music with bracing melodies and, crucially, an undeniable sense of fun” – L.A. Times

“an alluring, whimsical, and just-plain-cool mix of jazz, classical, and experimental music. Challenging music that doesn’t shy away from also being pretty.” – eMusic

“sleek, dynamic large-group jazz, a whirl of dark-hued harmony and billowing rhythm…The intelligent sheen of Mr. Clausen’s writing was as striking as the composure of his peers…It was impressive, and not just by the yardstick of their age.” – The New York Times