Vestal Storytelling Project Podcast

In this podcast, we meet Denzel Mendoza, Mary Sue Tobin, and Machado Mijiga, three local jazz musicians who wrote music inspired by three immigrant food cart owners who do business across Northeast 82nd Avenue from Vestal.

Vibe of Portland

https://youtu.be/eSlLzYSPMvE?si=tNrl1x-pQNbeYcx1

Behind the Scenes Video for Mark Orton’s Soundtrack to the Oscar-Nominated film, The Holdovers

Mary - Sue Tobin: Catching up, Quads, albums, concerts / Coffeeshop Conversations @ Artichoke Music #313

By TOM D'ANTONI // Saxophonist Mary-Sue Tobin was our first guest here 7 years ago. Let's find out what's new with her, the Quadraphonnes and lots more.

 On Thursday, December 4, 2014, seven years ago today, we launched this podcast, spending time with Mary-Sue Tobin on our first episode.

Today she is back on episode three hundred thirteen.

Why? Because we like her, she’s always fun to talk to, she is very smart and knows her shit.

She’s here to talk about the state of the Quadraphonnes that fabulous saxophone quartet she helped found, about an upcoming concert with Ezra Weis’ band and a couple of albums that might have slipped through the cracks from Re-Birthing the Cool, Be Bop and beyond.

But she could have had nothing in particular to talk about and still have been delightful.

Let’s catch up with Mary-Sue Tobin


A Jazz Life Series on OPB+KMHD

About Face Magazine, 2013 Cover Story: http://aboutfacemag.com/interviews/music/mary-sue-tobin/

Oregonlive, 2008 Feature: www.oregonlive.com/meet-the-quadraphonnes

New Music Box, 2011, Keeping Portland Creative: https://nmbx.newmusicusa.org/keeping-portland-creative/

A Blog Supreme from NPR, 2012, Six Creative Presenters Finding New Audiences for Jazz: https://www.npr.org/sections/ablogsupreme/2012/06/09/154628698/six-creative-presenters-finding-new-audiences-for-jazz

Album Review for Five-Pointed Star on The Best Jazz on Bandcamp: January 2021: https://daily.bandcamp.com/best-jazz/the-best-jazz-on-bandcamp-january-2021?fbclid=IwAR2zhu9Y75_9qdNMPyCoYBakcIDgW0KQvHQk1aJQX_v3wHOP-mx4l-KMQSM

Tom D’Antoni of Oregon Music News interviews the Quadraphonnes and Andrew Durkin about their 2021 album, Five-Pointed Star:
https://www.oregonmusicnews.com/durkin-tobin-coffeeshop-conversations276#.YBilNlVmHqo.link