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B.Lancaster/ O.Pope/ E.Crockett/ J.R. Mitchell: Philadelphia Spirit in New York
by Derek Taylor
Philadelphia certainly seems to receive only grudging affirmation in relation to other urban centers in the larger cosmology of creative improvised music. It’s a crime considering the fact that a solid scene has been thriving there for years. New York and Chicago may have the corner market, but bands like this jointly fronted quartet are surely gaining ground through the purity and convictions conveyed through their collective sounds. Byard Lancaster is something of a cottage industry and figurehead himself. As ...
Continue ReadingLegendary Saxophonist Sonny Fortune Headlines Free, Family-friendly Lancaster Avenue Jazz & Arts Festival
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Trish Downey
Traditional, Fusion & Rhythm Jazz Musicians to Groove on July 18th When critics speak of Sonny Fortune, names like John Coltrane are mentioned. Described as “one of the most intriguing alto players in contemporary jazz,” (Stereophile Magazine) the extraordinary saxophonist and Philadelphia native performs around the world and always with a boundless spirit and potent, improvisational energy. Fortune headlines the 9th Annual Lancaster Avenue Jazz & Arts Festival on Saturday, July 18th in Saunders Park. Hosted by People’s Emergency Center ...
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Byard Lancaster, 70, Famed Phila. Jazz Musician
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Michael Ricci
Byard Lancaster, 70, the Philadelphia jazz musician who earned an international reputation as an avant-garde musical explorer in the 1960s and 1970s, died of cancer Thursday, Aug. 23, at KeystoneCare in Wyndmoor, according to his sister, Mary Ann Lancaster Tyler.
In the decades that followed his early fame, he became a local institution, playing saxophone and flute on the streets, in subway concourses, and at clubs around the city.
Mr. Lancaster played alto, soprano, and tenor saxophones, as well as ...
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Jazz This Week: Bhob Rainey, Rodney Lancaster and Doug Bert, Marcus Baylor and Free Day, and More
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
As one might expect given that a number of local venues are closed for the Christmas holidays, the calendar of live jazz and creative music in St. Louis is a bit sparse over the next week, but there still are a few performances worth noting wrapped around the holiday weekend. Let's go to the highlights... On Thursday night, the annual “Noel-A-Thon" concert takes place at BB's Jazz Blues and Soups. The seven-hour show features an eclectic mix of St. Louis ...
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Jazz This Week: Tim Cunningham, Rodney Lancaster's St. Louis Trombone Ensemble, "Dreamscapes" at the Pulitzer, and More
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
With various summer concert series wrapping up and the fall presenting season yet to begin, the middle of August usually is a relatively slow time with regard to touring jazz and creative music performers visiting St. Louis. However, that doesn't mean the scene is entirely devoid of activity, as there still are some noteworthy shows over the next few days featuring local and regional musicians. Let's see what's happening... On Friday, guitarist Eric Slaughter will bring his trio with Nick ...
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The Dave Wilson Quartet at ROSA ROSA in Lancaster, PA this Friday, October 15th
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Dave Wilson
Friday, Oct. 15th: The Dave Wilson Quartet, (with Dave Wilson on tenor and soprano saxophones; Matt Hochmiller on piano; Tony Marino on bass; Butch Reed on drums; 9:30-12:00 AM at the hot spot for live jazz in Lancaster, PA, ROSA ROSA, Located at 398 Harrisburg Pike, Lancaster, PA. 717-509-3970. The new album Spiral by the Dave Wilson Quartet (Featuring Phil Markowitz on piano, Tony Marino on bass, and Adam Nussbaum on drums), released this past summer on Summit Records, received ...
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Byard Lancaster - Personal Testimony (Porter)
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Master of a Small House
Originally circulated on Byard Lancaster's Concert Artists label in an extremely finite pressing, this 1979 solo manifesto is among the rarer Philly 'free jazz' artifacts. Filing it under that loose genre heading feels slightly suspect as jazz is only one of the stylistic kegs tapped in its creation. Lancaster folds in African, Asian and Native American elements as well as healthy of blues and soul. The Porter records reissue adds six tracks to the original vinyl nine, the new pieces ...
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Peter Cincotti Unveils New Song at Lancaster Performing Arts Center
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All About Jazz
Jazz phenomenon Peter Cincotti, in a Lancaster Performing Arts Center concert, performed a brand-new song, completed only hours before on a flight from London, England.
LANCASTER, CA - Jazz phenomenon Peter Cincotti surprised the Lancaster Performing Arts Center audience Thursday, March 3, introducing a new song, I’m Always Watching You, for the first time anywhere.
Cincotti performed the song, completed literally hours before on a flight from London, with Scott Kreitzer on saxophone, Mark McLean on drums and Barak Mori ...
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