In its 23rd consecutive year, the Portland Jazz Festival is in full swing, bringing 60 events to 30 venues in Oregon’s Rose City over a 10 day period. On Saturday, March 7th, the festival showcased two luminaries of the electric bass at Revolution Hall.
First up was Mohini Dey, a 29-year-old bass phenom from Mumbai, India, who has been playing professionally since she was 9 years old, and has collaborated with artists like Steve Vai, Zakir Hussain, Quincy Jones, and Stanley Clarke, just to scrape the surface. Next up was MonoNeon. The Grammy Award-winning bass virtuoso is known for being one of the last people to work with Prince, and he’s also played with the likes of Mavis Staples, George Clinton and Mac Miller.
Glide was on hand to capture some photos of the performances.
