Noah Simpson’s second Outset Series installment with a new trio featuring Artistic Director/guitarist Mike Gamble, and drummer/composer Domo Branch.

Noah Simpson – Trumpet
https://solo.to/noahsimpson
https://daminomusic.bandcamp.com/music
https://www.instagram.com/simpsonaire/

In the short time Noah Simpson has lived in Portland, he has established himself as one of the top trumpet players in the area. Receiving his grandfather’s cornet at the age of 6, his musical journey began, with major accomplishments throughout his younger years performing in his high school big band, his combo, and The Young Sounds Of Arizona.
In his collegiate years, Noah began establishing himself around the Phoenix area as both a leader and sideman. He was a long standing member of the Paradise Valley Community College Monday night big band, numerous Scottsdale Community College combos, as well as groups of his own. While attending SCC he had the privilege of studying with great local musicians such as Eric Rasmussen, Will Goble, and Fred Forney. After receiving the George Benson Honorary Scholarship, he attended Portland State University under the Brad Merserau scholarship while studying with George Colligan and Darrell Grant. As a recent college graduate, Noah is a fixture of the Portland Jazz community sharing his passion for Black American music throughout the west coast.
Noah has performed with renowned musicians such as Bernard Purdie, Lewis Nash, Alex Acuna, Jaleel Shaw, Sean Jones, and Dennis Rowland. In addition he has also toured around the country with groups such as Ron Artis II, Climbing Poetree, and Taina Asili.

Mike Gamble- guitar
https://mikegamble.bandcamp.com/album/prelapsarians
https://www.instagram.com/instagambz/
https://linktr.ee/mikegamble
https://mikegamble.bandcamp.com/

Mike Gamble is an adventurous guitarist and multi-instrumentalist whose work with electronic modes of composition are integrated endlessly into his setup. Gamble has spent the last 20 years immersed in the creative jazz, experimental rock and improvised music scene primarily in NYC, with close ties to New Orleans, Burlington, Boston, San Francisco and now the Pacific Northwest. He has had the pleasure of recording over 50 albums and has been touring the states, Canada, and Europe with his critically-acclaimed guitar trio The Inbetweens, Mike Gamble Solo,, and alongside doom-metal originators Earth. His more recent collaborators include Bobby Previte, Todd Sickafoose, Nels Cline, Wayne Horvitz, Esperanza Spalding, Matt Chamberlain and Lori Goldston.
Since relocating to Portland, Mike Gamble has dived into the jazz and experimental, Pop, Indie Rock, and electronic/modular scene and gigs 4-7 times a week. He currently holds a position as a Contemporary Music Industry instructor at Oregon State University, and a guitar teacher at both Willamette University and Reed College and is the Artistic Director of Portland’s long standing experimental music organization, The Creative Music Guild.
Quotes
“He has a brain that seems to work faster than other human brains – maybe more like a hummingbird or a spider. Music comes flying out. You just sit and listen to what he thinks of next” Todd Sickafoose
“Mike Gamble is dangerous in the best way” Nels Cline
“Mr. Gamble knows his way around a drone, but he also puts a lot of shifting harmony and texture in his one-man sketches, some of which — like “I’m on Your Side,” with its abstracted trip-hop beat — come across as thoughtfully developed compositions” Nate Chinen NY TIMES

Domo Branch- Guitar
https://domobranch.bandcamp.com/
https://www.domobranch.com/
https://www.instagram.com/domobranch/

Dominick “Domo” Branch is a bi-coastal drummer, composer, and educator from Portland, Oregon. Along with leading his own band, Branchin’ Out, he is also the co-leader of the Brown Branch Jazz Orchestra with pianist/keyboardist Charlie Brown III and the co-owner of the Sound Poets Productions with his partner Matt Malanowski. Since finishing his degree at New York’s Manhattan School of Music, Branch has established himself as one of the up and coming faces in the international music scene, performing and touring with artists such as Sean Jones, Stefon Harris, Ron Artis II, Dianne Reeves, Mike Phillips, Terance Blanchard, Taylor Eigsti, Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. He has played at venues such as Carnegie Hall, Konzerthaus Berlin, the Monterey Jazz Festival, Marciac Jazz Festival, Caramoor Jazz Festival, Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center, and the Jazz Standard. Branch aims to use his musical journey as a vehicle of inspiration for young people, and has given motivational speeches at various universities, high schools and music festivals.