AGE RESTRICTION: All Ages
Doors: 7:00PM
Show: 8:00PM
Papa’s Boat Tour
Dana + Alden
Jazz duo Dana & Alden have always had a wanderlust, something they credit to their maternal
grandfather. Affectionately known as Papa, he was the kind of person others naturally gravitate
towards. It was a photograph from one of his trips to Asia that inspired the Eugene, OR duo’s
new album Papa’s Boat. In the image Papa is looking out across the horizon and stood next to
his boat Sŵn y Môr (Welsh for “Sound of the Sea.”)
“I think so much of what Alden and I are doing comes from just watching him live his own unique
life,” says Dana. Alden agrees. “His emboldened, passionate personality gave us permission to
be our own selves, to be unconventional and draw outside of the box.”
Recorded with Malcolm Catto in London in March 2025, Papa’s Boat combines all their
childhood love and global experience to create an ecstatic sound built on Dana’s saxophone
and Alden’s drums. Recorded with the duo’s backing band, Ebba Dankel (vocals and keys),
Andrew Mitchell (bass), Eli Torgersen (vocals and guitar) and Salim Charvet (sax and synths),
Papa’s Boat is rooted in jazz but pulling influence from indie, pop, rap, bossa nova, and beyond.
A hypnotic combination of sax and buzzing synths on “Lighthouse” sets the tone for an album
that uses water as both a reflective surface and a body to get lost in. Elsewhere there are
collaborations with Mei Semones, Melanie Charles, and legendary Brazilian songwriter Marcos
Valle, a hero figure to the band who appears on “El Gaucho” and “Friendship Is A Boat.”
Throughout its runtime Papa’s Boat sails purposefully between memories of the past and visions
of a brighter future. It doesn’t just commemorate their Papa as a beloved character, but shares
him with the world.