Category Archives: Jim Pepper Native Arts Festival
Jim Pepper’s Powwow documentary in Portland May 22
Pepper’s Powwow Sandra Osawa’s award-winning documentary on the life and music of Jim Pepper (Kaw/Creek) 1941-1992 and video highlights of Jim PepperFest 2013 Thursday May 22 at Rosewood Initiative Community Center “A captivating look at the life of Native American … Continue reading
Jim PepperFest 2014: The Rosewood Initiative Series
The Jim Pepper Native Arts Festival will produce a series of monthly events at The Rosewood Initiative, 16126 SE Stark Street in Portland, beginning the evening of April 13, 2014, 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Admission will be free to … Continue reading
Jim PepperFest fires OCHC fiscal sponsor!
We have fired the Oregon Cultural Heritage Commission, for these reasons: RE: Notice of termination of 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsor February 5, 2014 To: David Milholland, President Oregon Cultural Heritage Commission (OCHC) POB 3588 Portland, OR 97208 CC by email RE: notice … Continue reading
John Betsch remembers Jim Pepper
“We met the summer of 1966 at a jam session in NYC with Chris Hills and a couple of others whose names escape me, and I was stunned by his sound and spirit. He was complaining about his chops and … Continue reading
Winona LaDuke Remembers Jim Pepper
Winona LaDuke and Sean Aaron Cruz had an impromptu conversation about Jim Pepper in the KBOO 90.7 FM studios in May, 2010: Winona remembers Jim Pepper as “one of the great indigenous musicians of all time.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-Soll5Su18
Remembering Jim Pepper, Oscar Pettiford, Floyd Red Crow Westerman…a note from David Amram
A Note from David Amram David Amram on the right From 1956-1959 when I was a member of the great bassist Oscar Pettiford’s big band, we would often go to his house after playing at Birdland and he would show … Continue reading
A bad year for Native American musicians
By Sean Aaron Cruz Portland, Oregon— 2012 was a hellaciously bad year for recognition of Native American musicians. First, the Grammys killed off its Best Native American Album category. Just killed it off. Boom. Gone. Two in the chest, one … Continue reading
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