Our Soul Assembly compilation preorder is live! Both vinyl and digital can now be purchased via Bandcamp. Learn more about this remix project connecting Portland's contemporary beatmakers with Albina's historic musician community at this link.

Our album release at Bodecker Foundation features a panel discussion & DJ set by Jumbo, of the legendary Lifesavas collective. We invite you to come through to imbibe these uniquely molded sounds and intergenerational conversation. We'll have records available for purchase and you can learn more about our partners in the event: KMHD, Liquid Beat Records, and Tony Ozier!

Those uninitiated to the compositional and performative musicianship of Charlie Brown III need bend an ear. Tonight he performs the music of jazz icon Wayne Shorter with a quartet featuring Machado Mijiga, Garret Baxter, and David Hagen. And it's free!

It has been a delight working with Charlie in multiple capacities over the years. Whether it be closing the Cathedral Park Jazz Festival as bandleader with Time Sound, supporting the 16-piece big band he assembles with Domo Branch at Portland Center Stage each holiday season, or releasing the music of his group greaterkind on vinyl, this is yet another unique opportunity to witness the creative capacities of Charlie Brown III...in a rare quartet setting at Portland's home for Black Arts and Culture, the IFCC!

Roman Norfleet & Be Present Art Group are an international treasure, residing here in Portland. The collective's approach to cultivating spirited Black consciousness through multidisciplinary musical performances is unparalleled, with each performance different from the next.

For their 2nd annual Black Mystery Month event, the group features the poetry of Midnite Abioto and integrates dance performance via Akela Jaffi. This year's theme "Recalling The Mystics" refers to the acknowledgment and honoring of lesser known individuals in the Black Mystic tradition. Presented with BPAG and KMHD at the historic Old Church Concert Hall, we encourage you to grab tickets before they're gone...

In February, Black-serving organizations throughout Portland will be celebrating “Black, Black History Month” with a pop-up museum at The Horizon Enterprise Building in Old Town. We are thrilled to be a part, and will open these monthlong festivities with Soul Conversation this Saturday. We invite you to take part in this celebration!

Soul Conversation is a panel discussion with members of Albina’s historic musician community. The panel will feature Ken Berry, JW Friday, Paul Knauls, Greg McKelvey, Norman Sylvester, and Calvin Walker. The event features archival photography displayed in response to live storytelling.

Albina Music Trust & Mississippi Records

present

Ural Thomas 85th Birthday Party!

ft. Ural Thomas & The Pain

The Get Tight

Rattlesnake Mama

Hosts Johnny Franco & His Real Brother Dom

Video installation by Spoiler Room

Doors 7pm

Show 8pm

$35

Tonight we celebrate 20 years of Ron Steen's legendary jazz jam at Clyde's Prime Rib. Musicians, bring your instruments! Attendees, bring your appetite for fine food and drink! These Sunday jams have made Clyde's the undisputed home for Portland's jazz community each and every Sunday night since 2004. So tonight we raise a glass to Portland’s patron saint of the jam session, Ron Steen, whose 50+ year legacy of jazz jams throughout our city have supported the development of aspiring musicians and pros alike. Come early for dinner and be sure to check out Albina Music Trust's Wall To Wall Soul exhibit throughout the venue. This event is always free, but never cheap. Come as you are!

Join us for an opening reception for the Wall To Wall Soul exhibit featuring photography, vinyl records, and poster art from Albina Music Trust's community archive.

The show centers Albina's musical culture dating back to the 1940s and up to the current day. With an emphasis on the soul, jazz, and gospel music legacy of Portland's Black community, the exhibit aims to inform and transport visitors to a time when Paul Knauls' Cotton Club - a pillar in Albina’s Black community - was the “the only place on the West Coast with Wall To Wall Soul.” 

The opening reception will be a dual celebration of the Wall To Wall Soul exhibit and the Jason Hill exhibit My Favorite Things, as part of November First Thursday, which will be happening Thursday, November 7, 2024, from 6:00-8:00 PM in the PGE gallery at Portland Center Stage. The exhibit will be on view daily through January 12, 2025.

Join Portland City Archives in celebration of American Archives Month at "Building Bridges: A City Archives Open House" where you’ll learn about the City's vast collection of Portland history! This event will feature a presentation by Albina Music Trust.

Come celebrate the vinyl release of Greaterkind’s “Change Of Plans” LP on Albina Music Trust with support from Lo Steele & Omari Jazz (DJ Set). Rooted in Portland, Oregon, this quartet blends myriad musical styles into spirited live performances…and now a record! Greaterkind has shared stages with MonoNeon, Judith Hill, Ghost Note, Brian Jackson, and The Hamiltones.

As part of Friends Of IFCC's Summer Free For All event, director Noah Simpson will present new arrangements of compositions crafted by Albina's historic musician community. Performing live at Patton Park, this concert amplies Portland’s Black cultural heritage through the lens of contemporary musicians performing this music. This concert is part of the Friends Of IFCC's Summer Free For All event where activations throughout the park and inside the IFCC building will inform visitors about the remarkable work happening to restore this historically Black home for the arts and culture in Albina.

In celebration of Pioneer Courthouse Square’s 40th Anniversary, Time Sound returns to celebrate historic gospel music from Portland’s African-American community. Originally conceived in 1981 by Thara Memory’s Creative Jazz Orchestra, this iteration of Time Sound features a gospel mass choir as well as ensemble performances of jazz and blues compositions. Storytelling onstage will complement this music, detailing historic connections made between Portland Festival Symphony emeritus music director Lajos Balogh and leading musical directors in Albina.

Lee Fields is a legend. Noah Simpson is a legend. AMT staff will play records. Best happy hour money can buy! Purchase tickets here.

Join us for a one night musical revival service, as we call on and call in a reawakening of Universal Love at the IFCC!

To celebrate our 10th release, we're hosting two free events with Shades Of Brown. Surviving members from this iconic 1960s group will be at Music Millenium at 3pm for a record signing as well as an after-party at 8pm for Ron Steen's weekly jazz jam at Clyde's Prime Rib. We're flying the Shades frontman Gregg Smith back into town from Dallas, Texas. Some heavies will be in the house...not to be missed!

Albina Music Trust and Albina Vision Trust present an evening of historic regional arts activation to commemorate the release of a community archive documenting Albina's arts and culture legacy. With multiple kiosks throughout the venue, tonight’s event will provide guests the opportunity to explore this digital repository that includes photography, film, audio, and assorted ephemera made available to the public for educational use. In addition, select ephemera from AMT’s archive will be displayed in conjunction with archival music shared. Come learn about this important preservation initiative and the emergent practice of operating a community archive.

Albina Music Trust presents an evening of storytelling to commemorate the release of a community archive documenting Albina's arts and culture legacy. This digital repository includes photography, film, audio, and assorted ephemera made available to the public for educational use. Experience the digital archive on screen at multiple kiosks throughout the venue before and after the event. Come learn about this important preservation initiative and the emergent practice of operating a community archive. Panelists include: Kenneth W. Berry, Norman Sylvester, Paul Knauls, Calvin Walker, and Bobby Smith.

Funders include: Regional Arts & Culture Council, The Collins Foundation, Oregon Community Foundation - Fred W. Fields Fund, Marie Lamfrom Foundation, City Of Portland, Albina Vision Trust, Oregon Cultural Trust, Oregon Humanities, Vanport Mosaic, and Black United Fund Of Oregon.

December 18 & 19, 2023

Doors 7:00 pm / Show 7:30 pm

TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE

Celebrate this holiday season with a musical tribute to Count Basie, led by the Brown Branch Big Band featuring directors Domo Branch and Charlie Brown III. These shows will highlight the compositions of Count Basie and his orchestra with a modern twist. In its third season of holiday performances, the Brown Branch Big Band returns once more to rouse audiences with their swinging big band sounds steeped in the holiday spirit.

The Brown Branch Big Band features an all-star lineup of Portland musicians, including saxophonists Max Roark, Kevin Oliver, Mieke Bruggeman, Devin Phillips, Hailey Niswanger; trombonists Kyle Molitor, James Powers, Adriana Wagner, Denzel Mendoza; trumpeters Noah Simpson, Abner Deltle, Cameron Formanczyk, Justin Copeland; Bassist Finn Jones, Guitarist Jack Radsliff, Domo Branch on drums; and Charlie Brown III on the piano.

Reserve your FREE TICKET here!

Doors at 5pm / Conversation at 6pm

The streets of Albina reveal little trace of the thriving Black community that once occupied that part of Portland. Much of what we can discover today rests in the collective memory of the elders who lived it.

SOUL CONVERSATION is a gathering of Albina’s elder musicians, activating memory through storytelling. The event features Norman Sylvester, Ural Thomas, Paul Knauls, J.W. Friday, Mel Brown and Calvin Walker. Archival photography showcasing Abina’s historic music culture will be presented in conjunction with the conversation.

In addition, kiosks displaying Albina Music Trust’s digital archive will be live throughout the venue. Arrive early and learn more about this important preservation effort, experience the user interface, and share feedback in advance of the archive’s 2024 public release.

Albina Music Trust is pleased to announce a special collaboration between experimental video artists Spoiler Room and the band Greaterkind ft. Lo Steele. The event is FREE and open to the public. It all goes down at the Historic Alberta House - a community center devoted to showcasing Albina's arts & culture legacy, as well as its future. The venue features AMT’s Wall To Wall Soul exhibit - a collection of photography, newsprint, and poster art depicting the legacy of Black music in Portland.

Gallery Opening at 7:30pm

Show 8-10pm

At Historic Alberta House

5131 NE 23rd Ave.

For a taste, check out our last Spoiler Room collaboration w/ musicians Domo Branch & Noah Simpson!