Performing original music influenced by film, jazz and folk music, the Clifford Cameron trio plays a wide ranging emotional narrative of virtuosic modern jazz and sensitive covers of 60’s pop music.
Clifford Cameron just finished a marathon year of releasing three albums in the span of twelve months with some of the most prolific and expressive musicians New England has to offer. These were mostly comprised of chamber music and improvised covers of music exclusively from the 60s and 70s. Now he is leaning into the dynamics of the jazz piano trio, the freedom and the interaction that this instrumentation allows, influenced by its storied past. Taking influence from the trios of Bill Evans, Oscar Peterson and Wynton Kelly to Keith Jarrett and Aaron Parks, this virtuosic trio is equally at home in an up-tempo modern jazz setting as it is in a delicate original treatment of a 60’s pop song. Come enjoy an evening of serene, personal and evocative original music as well as some contemporary spins on classics that you are sure to recognize. Throughout the evening, each piece will be woven together through spontaneously crafted musical invention by three improvisers at the height of their craft.
Clifford Cameron – Clifford Cameron is a Maine-based pianist, composer and producer with a particular fondness for improvised music.
He obtained his Bachelors in Composition and Jazz Performance from The New School and the Mannes School in NYC. His music consists of a merging of natural themes and settings with contemporary music. His extremely eclectic influences in composition range from Scottish traditional music to Debussy, Stevie Wonder, The Goat Rodeo Sessions, Palestrina, The Beatles and beyond.
Clifford has had the opportunity to study composition and improvisation with Aaron Parks, Gilad Hekselman, Kirk Nurock, Reggie Workman, Peter Bernstein, Jane Ira Bloom, Hal Galper, Robert Sadin, Sam Yahel, and Benita Meshulam.
His compositions have premiered at various venues throughout New York and abroad from Bruno Walter Hall at Lincoln Center to the International Jazz Festival in Bern, Switzerland and Croatia.
John Suntken – John Suntken is a drummer currently based in Portland, Maine. From 2014-2020 he lived and worked in New York City, becoming one of the most in demand young drummers in the metropolitan area. Sunken is a musical chameleon who enjoys playing with artists from many musical traditions from R&B, funk, and rock to singer-songwriter and jazz.
Suntken has performed with award winning artists, including Huntertones, Oshima Brothers, Broadway actor Chelsea Williams (In Transit, Momma Mia), Bob Lanzetti (of Snarky Puppy), Ben Stivers, Joe K. Walsh, Celia Woodsmith, Joseph Gallant, two time billboard #1 country artist and songwriter CJ Solar, Grammy winners Dan Wilson, Sean Jones, Felix Pastorius, and many others. His musical philosophy is simple: make people dance!
Jesse Heasly – Jesse Heasly is a bassist, composer and music teacher who grew up in Portland. Jesse is a graduate of New England Conservatory’s jazz studies program. While at NEC, Jesse had the pleasure of learning from musical greats like Don Palma, Cecil McBee, Joe Morris, John Lockwood, and John McNeil. After graduating Jesse spent many years living in Boston and New York City. Jesse spent his 20s touring the US and Europe in a variety of creative musical ensembles that ran the gamut from raucous free improvisation to gentle indie rock. Jesse has performed in a wide variety of venues, ranging from concert halls to punk basements to festival stages. After spending so many years on the move, Jesse recently returned to Maine. He now resides in Bath, where he spends his days teaching, writing ambient music, cooking, and enjoying the slow, beautiful pace of life that his time in the city could never provide.
RUN TIME: 90 min.
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This newly renovated space at 28 Neal St in Portland’s idyllic West End features a stage constructed out of the pews originally housed in the former church’s space at PCM. The performance space now seats approximately 150.
28 Neal Street
Portland, ME, 04102
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