Summer Concert: Jeff Oster, Justin King, and Michael Manring
A DIVA Fundraising Event - Sponsored by Carter and Carter Financial
Information: 541-344-3482

Date: Saturday, August 15 - Hot Night/Cool Jazz
Time: 7:00 PM - doors open at 6:30 PM
Location: The Shedd Recitel Hall - 868 High Street, Eugene

Cost: Tickets $18. DIVA Members $15.

• Order your tickets online:Ticket Alternative
• Order Tickects by phone: 1-877-725-8849 for an additional $1.00 surcharge in addition    to ticket fees.
• Order your Tickets in person at DIVA. Ask for Mary Unruh.
• Purchase tickets at the door: $22 Non-member and $19 for DIVA members.

Will Call: Tickets can be ordered for delivery by mail or at "Will Call". Will Call will be located at the DIVA Center just prior to the concert.

Event: The Carter and Carter Financial organization is please to sponsor this special evening of jazz featuring trumpet and flugelhorn player Jeff Oster, Grammy-nominated bassist and composer Michael Manring, and percussive acoustic guitarist Justin King.

This is a fundraising event for the Downtown Initiative For The Visual Arts Center (DIVA). All proceeds will support the Center's on-going programs and exhibits.

Jeff Oster is an American wind instrument player who has recorded flugelhorn or trumpet with artists such as William Ackerman, founder of Windham Hill Records.  His album, Released, won the 2005 Album of the Year and Best Contemporary Instrumental Album awards at the NAR Lifestyle Music Awards presented by NewAgeReporter.com, a music airplay tracking agency. Listen to Artist
Justin King is an American musician and artist from Eugene recognized as a pioneering guitarist for his percussive "tapping" playing style which consists of a variety of influences ranging from Flamenco to Celtic music. He has toured the country as a solo guitarist opening for James Taylor, BB King, Diana Krall, North Mississippi All-Stars, Al Green and others. Justin is also a noted documentary photographer and is studying painting in Portland. Listen to Artist
Michael Manring an American electric bassist from the San Francisco area who generally uses his bass in very different ways and more like a guitar. Mostly he plays a fretless bass, which gives him ample possibilities to change tone and pitch just like on acoustic bass
    In addition to a long tenure in the 1980s as house bassist for Windham Hill Records, Manring has recorded with Spastic Ink, Alex Skolnick, Larry Kassin, Tom Darter, Steve Morse, David Cullen, Alex de Grassi, Will Ackerman and many other noted musicians.  He headlined his own band, Montreux, throughout the 1980s. He has been a member of Yo Miles!, Henry Kaiser and Wadada Leo Smith's Miles Davis tribute band, since its inception. 1994. Manring was polled Bassist Of The Year by the readers of Bass Player magazine. Listen to Artist