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Lili Añel, one of Philadelphia's premier singer-songwriters, plays and sings with a lifetime's worth of emotion through the six songs on her 2017 EP Another Place, Another Time. Coming twenty years after her recorded debut, and her first release since 2013, Another Place plays on many of Añel's own heartstrings but also resonates with the listener's. ...
read more Massimiliano Milesi, Giacomo Papetti
Dimidiam
UR Records
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Basta l'iniziale Come Sunday" per capire dove il duo Massimiliano Milesi/Giacomo Papetti vada a parare. Il brano di Duke Ellington è a stento riconoscibile non grazie a stravolgimenti epocali o a chissà quali stramberie interpretative ma perché la ...
Meet Suzanne Cloud:
Jazz singer-songwriter, educator, writer, and executive director of Jazz Bridge, a nonprofit that helps professional jazz and blues musicians in crisis.
Instrument(s):
vocals, piano
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My influences were wide and varied from the Broadway singer Mary Martin to jazz icon Sarah Vaughan to songwriter ...
It all started with an interview request by podcaster Jacob Haller asking Suzanne Cloud if he could talk to her about the tune “Below the Beltway” for his show Tell Me About Your Song." It had been some time since she had heard it—she first recorded this song about money in politics in 1995—but after hearing ...
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The end comes eventually for us all with only the time and method to be determined. Dream Weaver is an album constructed around death, loss, healing and moving on. George Duke lost his wife, Corine, in 2011 as well as guitarist Jef Lee Johnson, and vocalist Teena Marie who passed away in 2010 as she was ...
read moreAny fan of the great American music that is jazz is surely aware that the art form's history depended on the convergence of geography, individual talents, and inspiration. Cities such as jny: New Orleans, jny: Kansas City, jny: Chicago, and New York are synonymous with particular styles of jazz. One often overlooked city is jny: Philadelphia, ...
read moreWhen the music's happening, life is happening.... Why must we only join hands after the storm?... How true are you? Nothing else even matters." --Jef Lee Johnson
Jef Lee Johnson, prolific, virtuosic, humble, was in some ways not made for this world. I'm over the world," he sang. He was certainly made for music though.
[ Editor's Note: This 2002 article was republished in memory of Jef Lee Johnson who died at age 54 on January 28, 2013. ]
Jef Lee Johnson is a true American original and a true American gift to the musical world. Guys like Jef are the embodiment of every reason to use the phrase, He's ...
Author/jazz historian Nat Hentoff describes the Jazz Bridge Calendar as a treasure and collector’s item. And indeed it is. Beautifully designed by bassist/graphic artist Kathy Ridl, the brand-new 2013 edition honors saxophonists Ken Ulansey, Bobby Zankel, John Coltrane and Tim Warfield; vocalists Joanna Pascale and Ella Gahnt; bassists Jimmy Garrison and Henry Grimes; drummer Billy James; ...
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Appearing at the Lutheran Church of the Holy Communion, 2110 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA on Sunday, May 20th for their monthly jazz vespers will be singer Suzanne Cloud and her trio, featuring pianist Jim Ridl, bassist Steve Beskrone, and drummer Jim Miller. 5:00 PM, admission is free. Reception follows. Parking next to church is $7.00. For ...
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