Nicole McCabe - Introducing Nicole McCabe (2020)

A quartet leader, composer, and music educator, Nicole got her start as a saxophonist in Portland while studying at Portland State University’s Jazz Studies program. She began integrating herself into live performance and Portland’s kinetic jazz community well before she graduated. Since then, she has shared stages and festival bills with the likes of Nicole Glover, Carmen Lundy, Steve Wilson, Randy Porter, Chuck Israels, George Colligan, and Kandace Springs. Nicole began leading her own quartet in 2018, eventually leading one at the Portland Jazz Festival in 2018, 2019, and 2020.

Nicole is now pursuing a Master's in Jazz at USC's Thornton School of Music.