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Edgar Bateman

Drummer Edgar Bateman Jr. has been around music his entire life. An aunt played piano, her husband played trumpet in jazz bands, and, ironically, his sister introduced him to the drums. She was in the drum corps, and, he says, "She brought some drumsticks home after the first practice they had, and she was showing me the beats they were playing on an oatmeal box. So that's actually how I got started." From that inauspicious start, Bateman began to play regularly and his mother eventually relented. He joined the drum corps too. Getting his start in a structured setting gave him a foundation to build on

Julian Pressley: From The Duke To Ornette In His Own Way

By VICTOR L. SCHERMER

Julian Pressley isn't exactly a household name, but it's a name every jazz aficionado should know. When he plays his alto saxophone, ears perk up because he's playing what they came to hear: music that embodies the legacy. Passionate, quick-witted, and full of new ideas, Pressley stands out in the crowd, a genuine original. Yet you ...

Bobby Zankel: Peaceful Jazz Warrior

By VICTOR L. SCHERMER

For many decades, Philadelphia has been home to a cadre of multi-generational jazz musicians who go on year-after-year composing, arranging and performing some of the best, highest level music to be heard anywhere. This tradition is exemplified in no better way than by alto saxophonist, composer and bandleader Bobby Zankel. Zankel apprenticed with legendary ...

Khan Jamal: Impressions of Coltrane

By EDGAR BATEMAN

Label: SteepleChase Records
Released: 2009