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Jazz Presents Under Philly Tree
by AAJ Staff
A sparkling collection of Christmas presents for various jazz tastes was provided for two weeks in the Philadelphia area from December 12th on. The collection includes such major national stars as Kenny Barron, Diane Shuur and Terrell Stafford along with such local giants as Tony Williams, Jimmy Bruno and Bootsie Barnes. KIMMEL CENTER (Perelman Theater) continued ...
Jazz Basket Full
by AAJ Staff
A big basket of jazz offerings all over town followed the Thanksgiving holiday starting Nov. 28. ZANZIBAR BLUE welcomed home Joey DeFrancesco, Philadelphia's jazz master of the Hammond B-3 organ, Nov. 28-29. He was working with the always able support of Byron Landham on drums and Paul Bollenback on guitar. DeFrancesco has consistently ...
Singers & Swingers Of A Sort
by AAJ Staff
Some superb sultry, swinging, singing stars were filling Philadelphia skies with mostly great jazz and pop vocals this night. Unfortunately, not all were as good as they can be. Read on... KIMMEL CENTER’s Mellon Jazz Fridays returned Nov. 14 with classic jazz-pop diva, Cassandra Wilson and the exciting young jazz pianist, Jason Moran, who had the ...
It Aint Nothin' But The Blues
by AAJ Staff
A timely, tune-filled, treatise on America’s musical treasure, the Tony nominated hit, “It Ain’t Nothin’ But The Blues" is at the Prince Music Theater November 5-23. The cast and band had the audience howling with delight, cheering them on and leaving the theater just feeling good about life. People keep forgetting that the blues provide emotional ...
The Red Room in Philadelphia
by AAJ Staff
A bright, new, cheerful jazz concert cabaret club, The Red Room, has taking its place in the Philadelphia jazz scene. It joins several sophisticated listening spots that have surprisingly good jazz offerings. THE RED ROOM at the Society Hill Playhouse began operations as a jazz club jazz concert performance spot this September. It is run by ...
Jazz Joys & Jabberwockies
by AAJ Staff
Classic jazz in classy settings is in the Philadelphia bumper music crop festival this Fall. George Shearing, John Pizzarelli, Terrence Blanchard and The Count Basie Orchestra were among stars shining here over the past two weeks. Some jazz jabberwockies were here as well. KIMMEL CENTER (Verizon Hall) Oct. 17 brought together two of the world’s finest ...
Tony Williams Star Sax Man Gets Mellon Award 2003
by AAJ Staff
Anthony H. “Tony" Williams, long-time Philadelphia alto sax star, band leader and educator has been named recipient of the 2003 Mellon Jazz Community Award. The award was presented at, appropriately, the Mt. Airy Cultural Center's 13th Annual Tony Williams Scholarship Jazz Festival at 7:15 P.M., Aug. 29 at the Cherry Hill, N.J. Hilton, 2349 Marlton Pike,Cherry ...
Wynton Marsalis, Bud Shank, et Swing Through Swing
by AAJ Staff
The September song in Philadelphia this year was a powerhouse package of jazz presentations going from Wynton Marsalis to Bud Shank to Sonny Fortune to Donald Byrd to a local jazz festival. KIMMEL CENTER, (Verizon Hall) launches its third season with its second year of “Best of Philly" Awards ( this time for its jazz presentations) ...
Lizz Wright at Zanzibar Blue
by AAJ Staff
The Philadelphia jazz servings at various locations over the next two weeks are as varied as a smorgasbord; something for every taste. ZANZIBAR BLUE, the premier jazz dining club in town brought in Lizz Wright, a young, highly touted, soul-influenced jazz vocalist tonight and tomorrow night (Aug. 15-16). The 23-year-old vocalist also has a new CD ...
Soul & Style in Singers In Philly
by AAJ Staff
Just one week after May 2, the 100th anniversary of the birth of one of America’s greatest pop singers, the late Bing Crosby, it is appropriate to take note of two of the finest female pop-jazz vocalists--Peggy Lee and Rosemary Clooney. A new tribute CD to Lee and Clooney, who both died just last year, is ...
