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Jazz Plays 2nd Fiddle on the 4th of July
by AAJ Staff
Jazz, America’s truly indigenous art form, is playing something of a second fiddle in most the major celebrations here this July 4th. At Kimmel Center, however, the fiddle, by Mark O’ Connor, was worth the trip for anyone who cares about fiddle artistry. It was to be preceded by a free concert featuring some of the ...
Bruno Birthday Bash-July 29
by AAJ Staff
Philadelphia jazz over the past two weeks featured awards to its finest local stars, most exciting new stars and an appropriate birthday party for Jimmy Bruno on his 50th birthday. And that was just part of the jazz picture here. CHRIS’ JAZZ CAFE honored local jazz guitar giant Jimmy Bruno in a 50th birthday celebration tJuly ...
Bootsie Barnes Dominates Philly Jazz Scene
by AAJ Staff
Any jazz fans seeking some post-July 4th fireworks will get their fill this weekend with the always exciting tenor titan Bootsie Barnes at Ortlieb’s Jazz Haus, 847 N. 3rd St., Philadelphia (215.922-2035). Sets go from 8:45 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. tonight and tomorrow night for a $6 cover. Backing Bootsie in these sessions will be Duane ...
Jazz For Everyone on August One
by AAJ Staff
The Philadelphia jazz scene over the next two weeks will be sweet and hot with stylish singers and torrid jazz musicians setting a feverish pace. ORTLIEB’S JAZZ HAUS, that mainstay jazz club, shaped like a bowling alley and run like a neighborhood bar, will once again feature some of the finest jazz going in this town. ...
Gene Krupa and Larry McKenna Tributes
by AAJ Staff
A tribute to (and performance by) Philadelphia’s tenor sax titan Larry McKenna and discovery of a lost recording by jazz giant drummer Gene Krupa are part of the on-going local jazz scene over the next two weeks. ORTLIEB’S JAZZ HAUS, 847 N. 3rd St., (215.922.1035) featured tenor sax jazz master Larry McKenna May 23 with the ...
Perez Panama's Pride in Philadlephia
by AAJ Staff
The Philadelphia jazz scene goes from the majesty of the Kimmel Center with Danilo Perez to the friendly Chris' Cafe with the Jon Gordon Quartet to the sophisticated setting of Zanzibar Blue with Phoebe Snow and that 's just part of it. KIMMEL CENTER starts off Sept. 29 what it calls the “Dreaming of Dizzy” series ...
Crosby-Lee-Clooney Remembrance
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, was ...
Karrin Allyson & Peter Nero
by AAJ Staff
ZANZIBAR BLUE, Broad and Walnut Streets, Philadelphia on the nights of April 25-27 featured the smoky jazz vocalizing of Karrin Allyson. Admission with shows at 9 and 11 p.m.for $25. She covered ballads, blues and a bit of bop with the sure touch of a singer who doesn’t just sing the words, but gets into the ...
Jazz Joys in Philly
by AAJ Staff
The joy of jazz will be spreading over the entire Philadelphia area during the next couple of weeks. Just two of the shows providing this emotional lift are a touching, gangbusters benefit concert at Radnor High School and some Kansas City jazz vocal stylings at Zanzibar Blue by Karrin Allyson. RADNOR HIGH SCHOOL (Auditorium) 130 King ...
Swing to Bop and the Blues
by AAJ Staff
Spring will have a little swing (and some bop and blues) in the Philadelphia area jazz scene this April. Long term favorites such as alto sax man-leader Tony Williams and guitarist-singer Jimi Odell will be among the local featured players creating the seasonal music magic. SEDGWICK CULTURAL CENTER, 7137 Germantown Ave., Philadelphia (215.248.9229) provides a joyous ...
