The Delbert Anderson Quartet, led by Diné (Navajo) jazz trumpeter and composer Delbert Anderson, will be performing live at The Gathering 2026 – all throughout the night!
A leader and innovator in today’s contemporary jazz scene, Anderson is also a Diné culture bearer whose work brings forward Diné “spinning songs,” once shared in social circles, and reimagines them through the languages of jazz and funk.
Alongside visionary multicultural jazz fusion drummer Khalill Brown, pianist Robert Muller, and bassist Evan Suiter, Anderson creates space for Diné melodies to move across styles and expressions. Their compositions are guided by the Diné principles of Hózhó, harmony, beauty, and balance, and K’é, kinship. In doing so, the quartet connects across genre and culture while remaining grounded in a sound shaped by generations of tradition.
The Gathering 2026 brings A Movement to Power to life by convening community, partners, and leaders in a celebration of Indigenous excellence that advances Native businesses, and long-term economic opportunity. Join us on October 1 at the Castaway Portland for an evening of music, culture, and community.