Silent Temple
Mystical Jazz-fusion band SILENT TEMPLE hails the great muses from Portland, Oregon. Directed by multi-instrumentalist and composer Amos Hart, Silent Temple evokes the ancient spirit of folk music through a plethora of styles, from classic rock to heavy metal to soul-jazz.
Before plague swept the land in early 2020, Silent Temple was successfully helping build a vibrant underground music scene, together with classic rocker Rossi and her band Ten Spiders, and psychedelic folk star Natty Isabell and her band Flying Caravan. These angelic songstresses joining Hart's progressive rock project, illustrious three part harmonies have taken Silent Temple’s sound to a whole new level.
Joined also by the fine arts of Owen Kelley on guitar, the tight, dynamic grooves of Harrison Games on drums, and the furious finesse of Mike Ewers on bass, in 2020 Silent Temple recorded and released their fourth studio album, Marvelers of Creation, a double album of architectural soul fantasies. Two years later, the same lineup having weathered the plague years together, the band now presents Silent Temple's 5th album, Faery Revolution, two years' journaling from the psychedelic faery realm to Earth and back.
The live experience of Silent Temple currently includes Amos Hart (Fleshvessel, Ten Spiders, Flying Caravan, Faerie Folk) on keyboards and vocals, Mike Ewers (Bodhi Mojo) on fretless bass, Rossi (Ten Spiders) on banjo, guitar and vocals, Harrison Games (Bodhi Mojo) on drums, and Azzy Isabell (Flying Caravan) on vocals.
Adriana Wagner +2
Trombonist and composer Adriana Wagner draws inspiration from a wide array of influences, combining traditional and modern jazz sounds with fragments of salsa, R&B, and indie. Her original compositions weave styles together under a decidedly jazz banner, submerging the listener in visionary storytelling. As a performer, Wagner uses lyrical elements to create melodies combined with a soft, rich tone that can resonate above or become immersed within the composition’s harmonic structures.
Based in Portland, Oregon, she graduated from the Jazz Program at Portland State University in 2022. She was selected for the Young Jazz Composers program, highlighted by an in-depth article from Oregon Arts Watch. Wagner was recently named one of the inaugural recipients of the Music Oregon Echo Fund grant to help create her debut album. She performs with The 1905 Orchestra, Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble, Pura Vida Orchestra, Brown Branch Big Band, The PDX Jazz American Refrain, and more.