Jazz Society

The 2024 band members include Norman Boogie Cat Sylvester, dynamic female vocalist Lenanne Sylvester-Miller, his Bass man (from the beginning) Rob Shoemaker, drummer Donald Taylor, keyboard player Jeff Otto The Norman Sylvester Band has played over 4000 gigs in their 40 years! They were at the first Waterfront Blues Festival in 1987, when a promoter gave them the opportunity to open for B.B. King at the Arlene Schnitzer Hall. Since then they have shared the stage with the likes of James Cotton, Tower of Power, Buddy Guy, Five Blind Boys of Alabama, Peter Frampton and many more. Dance instructor Halley Farwood from the Portland Blues & Jazz Dance Society