Highlight Performances:

---2010
King Sejong Cultural Center, Seoul
Kamome w/ Yosuke Onuma, Yokohama
Hermit Dolphin Jazz Club, Hamamatsu
Maxim's de Paris, Ginza Tokyo
Gulf Songs w/ Karen Lovely, OR City
Heartlands Tango Fest, Minneapolis
Brink Lounge, Madison, WI
ARTango Center, Chicago
w/ Jamie Cullum, Oregon Zoo
w/ Jamie Cullum, Chateau St. Michelle
El Corte Tango Week, Nijmegen
Tango Pavillonen, Copenhagen
Royal British Legion Club, Manchester
London Harps, London
Tango Geneve, Geneva Switzerland
Le Kibele, Paris
Sacre Milonga, Paris
W/ Hermine Deurloo Club Delphine
Ten Grands' Benaroya Hall, Seattle
w/ MCC Big band - Jimmy Mac's, OR
w/ Jamie Cullum - Crystal Ballroom, OR
Turttle Bay Music School, New York
Community Music Center, San Francisco
Vermillion Passion - Portland State Univ.
Kiss me w/ Chocolate -PDX Art Museum
Portland Valentango Festival - Oregon
PM Awards - Crystal Ballroom, Oregon
Sara w/ Yosuke Onuma, Chiba, Japan
"November Eleventh" w/ Yosuke Onuma
Sookmyung University, Seoul
Suginami Hall w/ Comment Tallez Vous

--- 2009
MinnaNoMachi Concert, Tokyo
Martin Choren Homenaje Tokyo
John Neptune Concert, Iioka
SPAH Convention, Sacramento
Tango Harmony, San Francisco
Lake Oswego Summer Series
PDX Chinese Garden Series
Shibuya Classics, Tokyo
Old Church Concert, Portland
Bibliateca Cafe, Buenos Aires
Notorious, Buenos Aires

---2008
International Tango Day, L.A.
Hiroshima Peace Concert
Oregon Bite Festival
Vancouver Wine & Jazz Fest
London Tango Extraveganza
Radio France Culture
Harmonicas Sur Cher, France
JP in Concert Gotemba, Japan
Concert w/ Jean Labre, Tokyo
All Japan Harmonica Forum
Suzuki - Hamamatsu, Japan
Amigo Tango Festival, Tokyo
In Concert with Kazue Sawai

---2007
Vancouver Wine & Jazz Fest
AM Northwest TV Apearance
Portland Tango Fest, OR
Mt. Hood Jazz Fest, OR USA
Tango Extraveganza, London
Tangofolies Fest, Switzerland
Harmonicas Sur Cher, France
Tango Magic, Seattle WA
San Diego Tango Fest, USA
Portland Valentango, OR
Music Today Festival, OR USA
NAMM Convention, CA USA

---2006
Guest w/Jamie Cullum, Tokyo
World Tango Festival, Tokyo
World Tango Champs, Paris
Portland Tango Fest, OR
Tango Magic, Seattle WA
Portland Valentango, OR

---2005
Heartlands Tango, MN USA
Mephisto Bal, Paris
Libertango Fest, Victoria CA
Journey to Memphis Comp
Tango Magic, Seattle WA
Portland Tango Fest, OR
Portland Valentango, OR

Award winning Harmonica virtuoso, Joe Powers is known throughout the world as a premier Tango artist, yet his musical interests also include Jazz-Fusion, Classical, Blues, Pop-Rock, Hip-Hop, Latin, New Age, World Traditions, and more.

He was the winner of the Belgian Crystal Harmonica Award in the Classical Division (2008) and received 4th place in Jazz Diatonic, at the World Harmonica Championship in Germany (2005). Since then he has continued to perform and teach throughout North and South America, Europe, Scandinavia, Japan and South Korea, appearing on TV and Radio, and collaborating with renowned artists and ensembles as diverse as the countries he visits.

While living in Buenos Aires he honed his Tango skills and over the years Joe has worked with top tango maestros such as: Emilio de la Peña, Raul Luzzi, Koji Kyotani, UK based "Tango Siempre", and Japan's top Tango ensemble Orquesta Aurora. He has also shared the bill with Tango stars such as Alberto Podesta, NarcoTango, ColorTango, and "Gotan Project" singer Veronika Silva.

On stage he has been featured with groups as varied as Pink Martini, British pop icon Jamie Cullum, French Blues legend J.J. Milteau, and Canadian Boogie Woogie pianist Michael Kaeshammer. In addition he has performed and recorded with Smooth Jazz pioneer Tom Grant, Sony Jazz guitarist Yosuke Onuma, and pianist/producer Michael Allen Harrison to name a few.

Whether he's playing accompanied by a japanese koto, a chamber orchestra, a Jazz Big Band, or backed by Ten Grand pianos at once, as he did for the "Ten Grands" concert at Seattle's Benaroya Hall (2010), Joe welcomes new musical adventures and thrives on expanding the horizons of his instrument.

His debut Solo Album, "Amor de Tango" was recorded in Buenos Aires in 2007 and features members of of the famed Leopoldo Federico Tango Orchestra, including Latin Grammy Nominee, Nicolas Ledesma on Piano.

His newest CD, "Melancolie" (Summer 2009) is a colaboration with Grammy Nominated, British Composer/Pianist, Michael Hoppé, featuring classically inspired, New-Age melodies.

Joe is currently at work on his next album which will feature his original compositions blending Tango-Milonga-Samba-Blues-Classical-Jazz & Pop music. Stay tuned for details.

For more information visit: http://www.joepowers.com
Joe Powers Youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/joepowersmusic
Listen to Joe's music here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/jfoepowers

Download a printable version of Joe's Bio here.

Joe Powers plays Suzuki Harmonicas.