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Highlights Through The Decades
1964 – 1969
Backed the Johnnie Ray floor show in Portland Supper Club for eight nights.
Miss Tan Portland Pageant, Portland, Oregon.
Backed Billy Danials Floor Show, Portland Coliseum Convention Center.
Portland State University Jazz Festival. Billed with the Dave Brubeck Quartet.
Tivoli Gardens, Portland, Oregon. Billed with the Portland Symphony.
1970’s
Oregon Jazz Festival, Linfield College, McMinnville, Oregon.
Billed with The Crusader & Tom Grant Quartet.
International Tall Peoples Convention, Inn at the Seventh Mountain, Bend, Oregon
The first Annual Neighbor Fair, Waterfront Park, Portland. Closing act, audience attendance 15,000.
Western Washington State, Bellingham, Washington.
NewYears Eve for the Benson on Broadway Hotel, Portland, Oregon.
Coaster Theater concert, Cannon Beach, Oregon. One repeat performance.
Paramount Theater, Portland, Oregon. Billed with Sunnyland Band.
Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho.
Grand Opening Party for the Multnomah Athletic Club New Building, Portland, Oregon.
1980’s
Released album entitled “Burnin”.
The opening act on the main stage for the Official Bud Clark Inaugural Ball, Coliseum, Portland.
The first BOO Ball, Portland Union Train Station, Portland, Oregon.
International Tall Peoples Convention, Resort at the Mountain, Wemme, Oregon.
4th of July Fun Fair, Woodburn, Oregon.
Rhythms on the Waterfront, Waterfront Park Portland, Oregon.
Jazz at Cathedral Park, Portland, Oregon. Closing act.
Coaster Theater Concert, Cannon Beach, Oregon.
Neighbor Fair, Waterfront Park, Portland, Oregon.
The Zoo and All That Jazz, Washington Park Zoo, Portland, Oregon. Two performances,
One for the dedication of the new stage.
1990’s
Beaverton Good Neighbor Days, Beaverton, Oregon.
Portland Rose Festival, Waterfront Park, Portland, Oregon.
Art Quake, Pioneer Square, Portland, Oregon. Closing act.
National Coffee Industry Convention, Portland, Oregon. Return performance 2nd year.
O’Connor’s Yamhill Market, Rooftop Concerts, Portland, Oregon. Eleven repeat performances.
New Year’s Eve Edgefield Gardens, Troutdale, Oregon.
New Year’s Eve lat Eden Hall, Gleneden Beach, Oregon.
The Portland Bite.
2000’s
Jax Yamhill Rooftop Gardens. Portland, Oregon. Seven repeat performances.
Timberline Inc. Hilton Hotel, Portland, Oregon.
Meyer Wedding, Timber Line Lodge. Mt. Hood, Oregon.
Jax Rooftop Gardens, Portland, Oregon. Six repeat performances.
Multnomah Holiday Ball &Toy Drive. Eight repeat performances
The Jaguar Club of Oregon, The Inn at the Seventh Mountain. Bend, Ore
O’Connor’s Anniversary Party. 4 repeat performances
photo by Carrie Rambo
photo by Jenny Fotland
The Natural Gas Co. is a twelve piece band created by Carl Smith over 30 years ago on the premise that the highest level of jazz musicianship could be implemented to provide great dance music as it did in the big band era and through all of the following decades.
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