Fri Jun 19
Juneteenth Concert with George Colligan Trio featuring Zyanna (livestream)
7:30PM / $15 | $1.50 Fees Get Access to the Livestream
George Colligan Trio featuring Zyanna
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George Colligan, piano
Zyanna Melada, vocals
Blake Meister, bass
Eric Kennedy drums
George Colliagan -- who grew up in Columbia, Maryland, and attended Peabody -- has traveled the world performing with everyone from Buster Williams to Jack DeJohnette. In this concert, he presents Zyanna Melada, a brilliant new vocalist in an evening of original jazz and R&B influenced songs.
Watch the George Colligan Featuring Zyanna - The Ice World:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEQr4YvCxao
George Colligan is not only one of the great jazz pianists of his generation, he has earned an international reputation as a multi-instrumentalist (drums, trumpet, organ, keyboards), composer, accompanist, teacher, bandleader, and a popular blogger (jazztruth.blogspot.com). Winner of the 2015 DownBeat magazine Critics Poll (Keyboard), he has had a long association with living jazz legend Jack DeJohnette; recent touring took Colligan around the U.S. with “An Evening with Jack DeJohnette and Savion Glover.” He also recently toured the U.S. and Canada as a leader with his trio featuring legends Buster Williams and Lenny White.
With over 130 albums to date as an accompanist, Colligan has worked with a long list of jazz greats, including John Scofield, Buster Williams, Cassandra Wilson, Don Byron, Ravi Coltrane, Chris Botti. His latest album, “Live at The Jazz Standard” (Whirlwind Recordings 2025) is his 40th as a bandleader. The album features Linda may Han Oh and Jack DeJohnette and was a critic’s pick in Downbeat magazine.
Colligan, a New York resident for 15 years, now resides in Portland, Oregon where he is a Full Professor at Portland State University. He recently won two Regional Arts and Culture Council grants, a South Arts Jazz Road grant, and a PSU Faculty Development grant. Colligan won the PSU College of The Arts Dean’s Council Award for Research, Scholarship and Creativity (2020), and the Researcher of the Year Award from the PSU College Of The Arts (2021).
7:30 pm ET/6:30 pm CT/5:30 pm MT/4:30 pm PT/11:30 pm GMT
In-person: $25 / $10 full-time students with valid ID
Advance ticket sales end 1 hr. prior to show. Purchase remaining tickets at door.
Attendees receive a link to the recording to view for one week after the concert.
Streaming Cost is $15
The link will be revealed 15 minutes before show
and will remain active through June 26
Donations welcome
7:30PM / $15 | $1.50 Fees Get Access to the Livestream