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Craig Bidondo wears many musical hats,
plays any style, from classical to jazz & more
By Daniel J Curran
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The live music slowed but nev- er stopped. Craig Bidondo wears many musical hats. A Portland resident, Bidondo'ss musical ex- pertise is wide-ranging as a pia- nist/keyboardist, recording artist/ composer, producer and music instructor. He has shared the stage with Tony Starlight, Kate & The Crocodiles (hes a Croco- dile), and the Art Abrams Swing Big Band, a jazz and blues band, to name just of the few local mu- sicians he has shared a stage.
The local venues whose stage Bidondo has graced include: Tony Starlights Showroom, The Winning- stad Theatre, the Persimmon Coun- try Club, the Benson Hotel, the Jen- kins Estate, the Heathman Hotel, The Caswell- Martin Gallery, The Columbia Gorge Hotel, Timberline Lodge, The Shilo Inn, Dys Broad- way Diner and the list goes on. Craig Bidondo is a complete musician. He can play any style, from classical to jazz, rock to pop, with or without sheet music. His ear is incredible. He genuinely has fun on the stage and audiences love watching him, according to Rex Baker, noted Portland bass player.
On Saturday, Dec. 12, Kate and The Crocodiles performed a live stream performance at the
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Alberta Street Theater, of which Bidondo is the keyboardist in the band and has been since 2014. The tickets sold numbered around 60, but the actual listening au- dience is much higher since the number of tickets sold doesnt re- lect the audience's exact amount.
The Portland-based trio compris- es Kate Morrison, guest vocalist with Pink Martini, the Oregon East Symphony and Utah Symphony, on lead vocals and strings; Craig Bidondo keyboardist; and Gavin Bondy of Pink Martini on trumpet. The trio ofers up a tasteful blend of captivating indie-rock originals, covers mixed with early jazz, clas- sical and classic rock reinventions. Bidondo states, I think every true artist wants their audience to come away with some sort of a heart connection with their art. I definitely feel that too, although the sort of connection Im hoping to evoke is going to be diferent for diferent types of performances. On Tuesdays from 8:30 -10 p.m., Bidondo ofers up a free Livestream Facebook musical video event, DREAMSCAPES, in which he plays his striking 1913 Mason & Hamlin BB 7-foot grand piano. I created DREAMSCAPES after I found myself not sleeping well during the pandemic's first month. One night I decided to lis- ten to some recordings of a pianist who was inspirational to me when I was younger, Richard Souther. At the end of an hour of listening, I couldnt believe how much more relaxed I was, how much more at peace as well. I started won- dering if I could do a Livestream that would create the same sort of experience for my listeners-one ofering a deep kind of relaxation and peace, says Bidondo.
Dec, 15 saw episode #38 of DREAMSCAPES. However, it doesnt end with DREAMSCAPES for Bidondo. In his quest to contin- ue to provide an excellent blend of Livestream music, he has institut- ed The Bagel Hour on Saturdays from noon -1:30 p.m. Bidondo performed live weekly at Jazzy Bagels in Gresham during Sat- urday lunch from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. for 21 years. Due to Covid-19, he has taken his Jazzy Bagel song repertoire and created a Saturday afternoon Livestream event from his home. In the Facebook event comments section, the audience can request songs they wish him to play and he will do his best to accommodate. Donations for the DREAMSCAPES and The Bagel Hours video events are not re- quired but are gladly accepted.
Bidondo has also put together a series titled INSPIRE! for concerts that encourage a mutual creative endeavor in concert settings be- tween the musicians and audience members. He hopes to continue to INSPIRE! in future live events. Presently, he is working on a Livestream performance as well.
INSPIRE! was an experiment in what I called mutual inspira- tion. Audience members to bring what they create with (painting, sketching, writing, dancing, etc.) while I play with a bassist, Tim Gilson. Cynthia OBrien initial- ly joined us as our MC, who is skilled at finding ways for cre- ative people to interact with each other, says Bidondo.
Check out Bidondo's website at https://bidondomusic.com and his Facebook page at https://www. facebook.com/cbidondo and Ins- tagram page at https://www.insta- gram.com/bidondomusic.
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