Lucoff, PDX Jazz Festival Artistic Director tells us about ALL of the 2019 performers CC#178

Well, the holidays are over, so are the Best of 2018’s and we’re back at it at World Cup Coffee and Tea at NW 18th and Glisan for another whole year of OMN’s Coffeeshop Conversations. I’m Tom D’Antoni. The Portland Jazz Festival is right around the corner, beginning Wednesday, February 20 through Sunday March 3. Once again we’ve got the world’s foremost authority on the performers, Don Lucoff, festival Artistic Director, who curated all of the performers. He’s here to run down the whole schedule and tell us about who’s playing, why and fill us in on performers who might be new to us. We love to do this with artistic directors from the major festivals around here. Let’s unleash Don Lucoff and let him rip.