Rebecca Sanborn : piano & voice, Ji Tanzer : drumset, percussion, throat singing
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Mellissa Collins : cello, Annalisa : violin, Andrea Niemic : Double bass, Scott Pemberton : things with strings, Dave Captein : Double bass, Tim Jensen : bass clarinet, Dick Titterington : flugel horn, Bill Stalnaker : french horn
Influences
jane siberry, joni mitchell, jeff buckley, brian blade fellowship
Sounds Like
A listener once commented, "It sounds like silk sheets coming at me".
Rebecca Sanborn was fortunate enough to grow up in a home with a piano. She began taking private lessons, and subsequently strayed from classical practice to improvise and compose at the age of 5. Being active in many arts, she chose to continue her studies at The College of Santa Fe in New Mexico. There she expanded her musical outlet to compose scores for a stylistically diverse range of student films, including Science Fiction, Horror, and even a documentary on early on-set Alzheimer’s. While studying dance in New Mexico, Rebecca also had the opportunity to study closely with Juanita Barry, long time personal demonstrator for the Martha Graham Dance Company.
After earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts in theatre, she returned to her hometown of Portland Oregon to pursue music and performance. In Portland, Rebecca met jazz drummer Ji Tanzer and the two formed a personal and musical alliance. They have since performed Rebecca’s music at both festivals and concerts throughout the Northwest.
Ballads & Namesakes
This record documents five years and 6 months of the creative process! In August of 2000 Rebecca and Ji recorded 3 songs at legendary jazz pianist Randy Porter’s Heavywood studios. In demo version, they released these 3 songs as an EP entitled "Gratitude". Shortly after completing "Gratitude" Rebecca began to have an artistic vision for her full-length album and once again called upon Randy to help arrange some of her songs. Around five years later—horrible jobs, lost loved ones, carefully selected musicians, gained loved ones, and nearly every ounce of money they had—and the vision was complete. What they had finally finished was "Ballads & Namesakes", a unique blend of jazz, classical, and folk in a grand scale production of horns, strings, voice, and rhythm section played by:
Rebecca Sanborn : piano & voice
Ji Tanzer : drumset
Dave Captein : upright bass
Bill Stalnaker : french horn
Dick Titterington : flugel horn
Tim Jensen : bass clarinet
Megan Moran : violin
Annie Harkey : cello
John Witalla : bass
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Rebecca Sanborn "Magnolia 2" ..
We're playing a great show with The Joe McMurrian Quartet (now Woodbrain) and Eggplant this Thursday. It's a super solid evening of rocking roots music dripping in blues and jazz.
Hope to see you there! ~~C
Thursday, April 9th : 10 pm : 21+ : $4
Kelly's Olympian 426 SW Washington St Portland, OR 97204
Hope to see you at the Portland GoGirls March Meet Up tomorrow.
This month, we are hosting the event as an Open Mic. You don't have to be a GoGirls member to get up and play. If you are a member... come out and network and bring your friends too!
A piano is provided at the cafe. Just bring your acoustic guitar and your wonderful self!
And if you don't play an instrument, but you love live music... come to support some talented musicians and enjoy a cup of coffee!
Wednesday March 18th at 7:00 - 9:00pm @ Twin Paradox 8609 SE 17th Ave
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