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Christian Howes: Blues for the Blues Violin
by Ian Patterson
It's not difficult to think of great blues artists--there's a roll call of honor as long as that of great jazz artists--and every sizeable town in the world has a blues band or two. So where is the violin? Great blues guitarists and vocalists have never been in short supply, but the great blues violinist, once ...
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 ...
Take Five With Erik Friedlander
by AAJ Staff
Meet Erik Friedlander: Cellist Erik Friedlander is a composer and an improviser, a first-call studio player and a jazzbo. A veteran of NYC's downtown scene, his 12 CDs as a leader recently include, Block Ice & Propane, his solo cello reinterpretation of American roots music; The Broken Arm Trio, a trio tribute to jazz ...
John Blake Jr.: Motherless Child
by Mark F. Turner
The precursor to the blues as a music form was first heard in the chants and songs of African American slaves. Their lyrics of hardship, perseverance, and faith were expressed through work songs, hymns, and spirituals, some of which are beautifully interpreted on John Blake Jr.'s Motherless Child. Growing up in South Philadelphia, Blake had this ...
We Remember Wilby Fletcher, Jr. "A Celebration of the Life & Music of Wilby Jr."
Join us to pay tribute to Wilmington musical legend, Wilbert “Wilby" Fletcher, Jr. The program, coordinated by the Fletcher family in partnership with CCAC, celebrates the life of this extraordinary drummer and features music, dance, photography and spoken word performances. Musicians who have collaborated with Fletcher will also perform, including Philly's own violinist John Blake, Jr., ...
Philadelphia Jazz Fair 2009 - July 12th Schedule
PHILADELPHIA JAZZ FAIR 2009 SUNDAY, JULY 12 Schedule 1:00 - Opening Remarks PJHP - Caplan Recital Hall 1:10 - The University of the Arts Student Jazz Quartet featuring Adam Siegel, AJ Luca, Ryan Kuhns, Anwar Marshall - Caplan Recital Hall 1:10 - Film Screening: Icons Among Us (106 minutes) - Connelly Auditorium* ...
Avery Sharpe: Legends & Mentors; Autumn Moonlight
by Terrell Kent Holmes
Avery SharpeLegends & MentorsJKNM2009 Avery SharpeAutumn MoonlightJKNM2009 Few bassists in jazz have Avery Sharpe's technique and imagination. A pair of recent releases, different in focus but with a shared overall ...
The Traveler
By John Blake
Label: ItsAboutMusic.com
Released: 2005
Track listing: Motherland; The Tap Dancer; The Traveler; Hymn For Hereos; Born Yesterday; The Clinging; Drum
Interlude; Shadower.
John Blake: The Traveler
by Mark Sabbatini
Violinist John Blake lists smooth jazz guru Grover Washington Jr. and John Coltrane alumnus McCoy Tyner as his first two major stints as a sideman. So he's well-suited to perform that sometimes awkward splice between popular and challenging. On The Traveler, the first self-produced and self-financed album of Blake's lengthy career, he opts for an acoustic ...
