Taking place at Cleveland High School in Portland on Saturday, October 7th, 2023. it will feature four of the original staff organists: Jonas Nordwall, David Lee, Don Feely, and Donna Parker. The concert will celebrate 50 years of Organ Grinder magic while raising money through ticket sales for Cleveland' High School's Choral and Music Department!
Tony Fenelon Jonas Nordwall in Concert Wilcox Wurlitzer Home Gig Harbor, Washington Saturday May 3, 2003 2:00PM ... For 10 years he was senior staff organist for Portland's Organ Grinder Restaurant. He has performed for numerous national ATOS conventions and in 1987 was chosen ATOS Organist Of The Year. ... He has nineteen recordings to his ...
NW History About Contact Jonas Nordwall : Portland, OR #JN 104 NORDWALL, JONAS Jonas MISC NOTES: Subtitle: Jonas Nordwall Plays The Wurlitzer Pipe Organ In The Organ Grinder Restaurant Portland, Oregon 1. Way Down Yonder In New Orleans 2. Dream A Little Dream Of Me 3. Lawrence Of Arabai 4. More Than You Know 5. The Sheik Of Araby 3.
Jonas Nordwall: Two Of The Best [Organ Grinder CD] Wurlitzer, Organ Grinder Pizza, Portland, OR: Elite Syncopations: Jonas Nordwall: Private Session 1981, Organ Grinder Denver: ... 313 Wurlitzer, Oriental Theatre, Portland, OR; last recording made before demolition in Spring, 1970: I Don't Know Why (I Just Do!) Jonas Nordwall:
LOCATION: Portland, OR RECORDING PERSONNEL: Jonas Nordwall [Wurlitzer organ] RECORDING STUDIO: The Organ Grinder Pizza Parlor RECORDING ENGINEER: Dennis Hedberg. FORMAT: disc SIZE: 12" SPEED: 33 1/3 rpm DISC NOTES :*. Side two, Track #3 on compilation album At The Organ Grinder. "Willow Weep For Me".
A Portland native, Nordwall was one of few organists professionally playing theatre pipe organs beginning in the mid 1960s. During college he was the last organist at Portland's Paramount and Oriental Theatres. Later he became the Senior Staff Organist for the Organ Grinder Corporation, performing in both Portland and Denver on custom designed
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This recording and the Christmas Medley are my two favorites of the bunch.
Organ Grinder (2) The Organ Grinder pizza restaurant opened in Portland, Oregon in 1973. In 1979, a new location opened in Denver, Colorado that was twice the size of the Portland location. A series of albums, sold in the gift shop at each location, featured recordings of some of the organists that played the massive pipe organs that were part ...
Jonas Nordwall. 7221 SW 13th Drive. Portland, OR 97219. Phone: . EMail: jgnordwall [at] ATOS Artists' pages are provided as a courtesy to the artist and do not imply an endorsement by the American Theatre Organ Society.
View full size Beth Nakamura/The Oregonian Jonas Nordwall sits with his pride and joy, a pipe organ at First United Methodist Church in Southwest Portland. Nordwall has been playing the instrument ...
If anyone has recordings, especially digitized recordings from the Organ Grinder, I would like to find some. ... Does anyone know were you can perchase the recordings that Jonas Nordwall made at the portland organ grinder? Robert Allen ... If their was a better place to go out on a Friday evening with your family in Portland than the Oregon ...
A number of Jonas Nordwall recordings are available from: Jonas' performance on April 4, 2005 helped to raise over 8,000 for the Paramount's organ restoration fund.
Jonas Nordwall, organist and musical director at First United Methodist Church in Portland, has played internationally, appeared on television, and has made 30 recordings on a variety of labels.
It was a magnificent pipe organ played by some of the best organists in the country and while it remained at the organ grinder, it was played by the best organist in Portland, Jonas Nordwall, who is still the organist at first united methodist. The instrument is still being played in Mesa AZ at Organ Stop Pizza.
Jonas Nordwall is an internationally renowned virtuoso organist equally skilled in both traditional classical and modern/popular schools of musical performance. He has performed in North America, Japan, Europe, and China and has made eight concert tours to Australia. Nordwall is the only ...
At the Organ Grinder Pizza Portland Oregon Jonas Nordwall, Don Simmons "Paul Quarino/David Lee LP Paul Quarino (Performer), David Lee (Performer), Jonas Nordwall (Performer), Don Simmons (Performer) 1 more
organ in its historical and evolving roles, to encourage ... Tuesday, October 9, 2007 JONAS NORDWALL Organist All Saints Episcopal Church 634 W. Peachtree Street NW ♦ Atlanta Hosts: Raymond Elizabeth Chenault ... Portland, Oregon, a position he has held since 1971, and also is the organist for the
JONAS NORDWALL, a native of Portland, possesses unique talents ... identity of the music, is truly a master organist. He is organist for Portland First United Methodist Church, and the Oregon Symphony Orchestra. He has recorded over I 5 theatre organ albums. For I 0 years he was senior staff organist for Portland's Organ Grinder Restaurant. He ...
A Portland, Oregon native, Nordwall's first musical studies began at age 4 on the accordion. However, his studies expanded to piano and organ at age 10. In 1970 Nordwall graduated with a Bachelor of Music Degree from the University of Portland. His piano, organ and orchestration studies were with Arthur Hitchcock, a
Recorded by Dennis Hedberg at his late (and muchlamented) Organ Grinder Restaurant in Portland, Oregon, this is one of the bestsounding records EVER made of a theatre organ. At the time of recording, this muchexpanded hybrid Wurlitzer (which started life as the 13rank instrument of Portland's Oriental Theatre) had 41 ranks, including four ...
Jonas Nordwall: 50 Years at First Methodist Church, Portland, OR 'Bravo for an outstanding tribute to Jonas. What a wonderful range of music and instruments. It made me appreciate Jonas even more. We are fortunate that he's still performing! Thanks for your work in putting together this broadcast!' Cheers, Chris (Elliott), 14 November, 2021 Name Artist Album Year Comments You Do ...
The Organ Grinder Toccata Jonas portlandphil 76 subscribers Subscribe 16 Share views 11 years ago If you'd like to read more about Portland's Organ Grinder, including...
By Jeffrey Lindblom Published: Sep. 11, 2023 at 11:04 PM PDT PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) Fifty years ago a staple in Portland was introduced to the area when the Organ Grinder opened. Five...
Jonas Nordwall is a native of Portland, Oregon. He learned to play the accordion when he was only fouryearsold, and at the age of 16, Jonas performed for King Gustav Adolf during a tour of Sweden. At the age of ten, Jonas continued his musical education by taking piano and organ lessons from Portland teacher, Goldie Pos.
Best wishes to all of Stereophile's readers and to thank you all, here is a link to download my recording of Jonas Nordwall playing the Toccata from Widor's Organ Symphony :
She is a Consultant to the Allen Organ Company developing music education programs. Donna Parker is an internationally recognized Concert Organist. She plays live performances, maintaining an active concert schedule. She has made recordings with Jonas Nordwall and Tom Hazelton as Con Brio in addition to two solo albums.
His fascination with the theatre organ began at age four with a visit to the Portland Organ Grinder Restaurant. He began formal organ studies with Donna Parker at age eleven and has also been frequently coached by Jonas Nordwall. Since winning the American Theatre Organ Society Young Organist Competition in 2009, Nathan has provided theatre ...
The Organ Grinder restaurant, started in 1973, had capuchin monkeys, too. Expand The vacant Super King Buffet had a famous Portland architect and an organ built in 1927 for silent movies.
Jonas begins his 49 th year as the organist for Portland's First United Methodist Church. He is an internationally renowned virtuoso organist equally skilled in both traditional classical and modern/popular schools of musical performance.
339 Wurlitzer, Organ Grinder, Portland, OR; exOriental Theatre 313 If Jonas Nordwall Plays The Paramount [Gamba JN102] 420 Wurlitzer, Paramount Theatre, Portland, OR Pietro's Return Jonas Nordwall Shades of the SF Fox... in your own music room [J. Nelson CD] 2000 4 manual, George Wright Signature Allen. 30 min;
If you'd like to read more about Portland's Organ Grinder, including the story behind the restaurant's rise and fall, check out this link:
The Organ Grinder Restaurant was a Portland, Oregon pizzeria in operation from 1973 to 1996. At one point it housed the largest theater pipe organ of its type in the world. ... Recordings from the Organ Grinder. ... (1975) Jonas Gamba Records JN 104 (LP record): Jonas Nordwall, organist (1976) At the Organ Grinder Organ Grinder OG101 ...
00:28:00 Jonas Nordwall: 50 Years at First Methodist Church, Portland, OR "Bravo for an outstanding tribute to Jonas. What a wonderful range of music and ins.
Oriental Theatre 3/13 Wurlitzer, Style 235 "Special". Portland, Oregon. Grand Morrison Street. Organ installation timeframe: 1927 1969. Back to the Oregon Original Theatre Installations page. Oriental Theatre interior. Wurlitzer console is visible in orchestra pit. This "East Indian" playhouse was designed by architects Thomas and ...
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