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Rollins, Fortune and Schuur: A Sure Thing
by AAJ Staff
Jazz icons: tenor sax stars Sonny Rollins and Sonny Fortune along with songstress-pianist Diane Schuur were brightening up the Philadelphia scene over the past two weeks.KIMMEL CENTER, Verizon Hall, brought back legendary tenor sax man, Sonny Rollins, Oct. 22 continuing its year-long sax celebration. The instrument has few better representatives. Inspired by such diverse ...
Philly Jazz Clubs & Homegrown Stars
by AAJ Staff
Philadelphia jazz clubs are loaded with talent, much of it homegrown. Two key people selecting these stars told us why. They are: Al McMahon, talent manager, Chris' Jazz Cafe and Pete Souders, owner, Ortlieb's Jazz Haus. Chris' is featuring Philly tenor sax stars Bootsie Barnes and Larry McKenna along with trumpet man John Swana and guitarist ...
September Swings and Sings in Philly
by AAJ Staff
Kimmel Center and Zanzibar Blue are leading the way in the Philadelphia jazz scene over the next two weeks (Sept 10-17) with various jazz spots holding their own. KIMMEL CENTER blasts off the Mellon Jazz Friday series in Kimmel's 4th season with jazz legend-composer-saxophonist Ornette Coleman. This set with two drummers and a bassist, launches a ...
Bootsie Barnes Fires Up the Firehouse
by AAJ Staff
Philadelphia jazz was jumping all over the spectrum over the last two weeks of August. The star sax of Bootsie Barnes just kept rolling along. FRIDAY NIGHT JAZZ AT THE FIREHOUSE, the outdoor jazz concerts hosted by singer, Denise King, featured Bootsie Barnes, Philadelphia's tenor sax titan. He notes working with jazz icons Sonny Stitt, Dexter ...
Early August Philly Jazz
by AAJ Staff
The Philadelphia jazz scene over the July-August period had something for almost every taste.THE PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART July 30 was serving up major mainstream jazz with long-time, local favorite, The Tony Williams Quartet. Williams plays alto sax and has been leading jazz groups here for half a century playing jazz standards from blues ...
Jazz Joys With McKenna et al
by AAJ Staff
Top-tenor sax titan Larry McKenna was all over town for two weeks of jazz joy. On August 14, he was at Chris' Jazz Cafe, the next Friday night at Ortlieb's Jazz Haus and that Friday evening at Jazz at the Firehouse. McKenna worked with top stars Woody Herman, Clark Terry, Buddy DeFranco, Tony Bennett, and Frank ...
Memories of Illinois
by AAJ Staff
Just one day after my tribute/obit to the death of Eddie Green and Arthur Harper, Illinois Jacquet, perhaps the most exciting tenor sax of the glory years, died at 81 from a heart attack.I was pretty much determined not to write another obit inasmuch as I had already done another in my prior column. ...
Remembering Arthur Harper and Eddie Green
by AAJ Staff
Jazz fans everywhere, particularly in Philadelphia, must have wished death would take a holiday following the loss in the past few weeks of two of this town's finest jazzmen. Within just a week of the death from cancer on June 28 of Arthur Harper, one of the world's finest bass players, came news of the death ...
Jazz Joints & Castles
by AAJ Staff
Jazz was busting out all over through Philadelphia’s jazz joints and several of its more regal sites during the last of June. CHRIS' JAZZ CAFE had one of the finest tenor sax men in the country, Philadelphia's own, Larry McKenna with stand-out stars, Pete Smyser, guitar; Sid Simmons, piano. Larry and company once again demonstrated how ...
Philadelphia's Treasure Chest: Jazz
by AAJ Staff
When is the world going to wake up to one of the undiscovered treasure chests of jazz--Philadelphia? A few jazz histories take note of some of its early pioneers, usually focusing on the magnificent tenor sax work of John Coltrane and ignoring the early trailblazing work of two native born South Philly guys, Eddie Lang and ...
