Jacque Hammond

Note: This venue is a proud partner of Portland Music Month. A portion of your ticket price will be donated to the Echo Fund to support local music creators. Find out more at www.musicoregon.org/echo-fund.2 unique sets + 1 new spontaneous creation!Sound Creation TrioThe collective rsums of drummer Matt Mayhall, bassist Andrew Jones, and guitarist Mike Gamble, the three Portland, Oregon artists that make up the new ensemble the Sound Creation Trio read like an expertly curated playlist of the past six decades of adventurous music: Charlie Haden, Aimee Mann, Shahzad Ismaily, Jeff Parker, Laura Veirs, Earth, Julia Holter.In and around their sideman work, these men have been responsible for some daring original music of their own that stretches from free jazz to post-rock to Americana to art pop and back again. Nothing is off limits to these hyper-talented instrumentalists whether in the studio or on stage.Thats what makes their new collaboration such an exciting prospect. The name is deceptively understated. Dont all musicians simply create sound? True, but few are willing to combine genres and sonic elements as freely and spiritedly as this trio. Their shared language is exploration and a desire to push their abilities as composers and players to their absolute limits. The members of the Sound Creation Trio may have decades of experience and knowledge at their disposal, but they are still students of their chosen craft. As they continue to expand and create fresh sound, they refuse to be defined by ill-fitting genre tags or easy branding. In an age of social media-driven nonsense and cheap YouTube covers, their combined efforts are increasingly rare and always electrifying. WRK! ft. YAWA, JACQUE HAMMOND & VAUGHN KIMMONSYawa is a songwriter and producer from Memphis, TN. Currently based in Portland, OR. Yawa creates vocal and instrumental loops composed of synth, drum machine, and kalimba creating atmospheric auditory textures and polyrythms. Previously, known as Amenta Abioto, Yawas work ranges from free jazz to hip-hop. Her genre bending sound moves alongside her avante garde forms of lyricism about freedom and transformation. WRK! includes the passionate and charismatic Jacque Hammond, a performer with a truly unique approach to her original blend of R&B and the inimitable Vaughn Kimmons (Brown Calculus) an artist who celebrates Blackness as the cosmic source of sacred inspiration, giving voice to the connective power of shared human nuance. Notes on Seating: The Jack London provides two options for ticket purchasers. Reserved Seating is purchased on a table-by-table basis in the central part of the venue and is only available for select shows. Seating in the General Admission section is limited, first come first served, and may be standing room only.