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Vocalist Mary Ellen Desmond Brings Comfort And Joy To Philadelphia And The World
Mary Ellen Desmond, revered Philadelphia vocalist, has brought her “Comfort and Joy” holiday benefit concert to the Church of St. Luke and the Ephiphany for several years now. This year, she has also released a newly minted CD by the same name with the same stellar backup group: Larry McKenna, tenor saxophone; Tom Lawton, piano; Lee ...
Icons Of Philadelphia Jazz And Rising Stars Of Classical Music Featured In Spring Music Series At Woodmere Art Museum
PHILADELPHIA, PA: Woodmere Art Museum continues to attract exceptional musical talents in historic Chestnut Hill with their popular, on-going Friday Night Jazz and Classic Sundays series. Each weekend in April, May and June, guests will have the opportunity to enjoy rotating exhibitions while listening to the music of Philadelphia jazz legends and discovering the work of ...
Mary Ellen Desmond and Her Quartet at Chris' Jazz Cafe, Philadelphia
by Victor L. Schermer
Mary Ellen Desmond and QuartetChris' Jazz CafePhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaAugust 22, 2009 A late August thunderstorm and drenching rain didn't keep the faithful from coming out to hear Philly favorite vocalist Mary Ellen Desmond and her group perform at Chris' Jazz Cafe in Center City, for which they were rewarded with a lively ...
Philadelphia Charitable Concert Tribute to Billie Holiday: October 4, 2009
Fine and Mellow: Lady Day Remembered in Song. A Philadelphia Tribute to Billie Holiday An Upcoming Musical and Charitable Event: Sunday evening, October 4, 2009, 7:00pm; at Church of St. Luke and the Epiphany; 13th and Pine Steet, Center City, Philadelphia. (An open reception with the musicians fill follow the concert.) This exciting jazz event will ...
Desmond at the Curtis Arboretum: A Great Taste of Philly Jazz on a Summer Evening
by Victor L. Schermer
Mary Ellen Desmond Curtis Arboretum Philadelphia, PA July 12, 2009 If you want a picture-perfect setting with a “soiree" feeling for a jazz group, the Curtis Arboretum is it. Located in the Philadelphia suburb of Wyncote, PA, it was created by Mary Louise Curtis Bok, in honor of her father ...
All-Star Jazz Jam for Jazz Bridge at the Philadelphia Clef Club
Support The Jazz Bridge at this All-Star Benefit! All-Star Jazz Jam April 26, 2009 3:00-7:00pm $25 Philadelphia Clef Club 738 Broad Street Philadelphia, PA Performances: Klingon Klezmer Band with Dave Posmontier, Stan Slotter, Jack Kessler, Tom Cohen, Jim Babb Warren Oree and the Arpeggio Jazz Ensemble ...
A Holiday Jazz Benefit Concert with Mary Ellen Desmond, Philadelphia
by Victor L. Schermer
The Church of St. Luke and the Epiphany330 South 13th StreetPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaDecember 16, 2007 Perhaps like this writer, there are those who are not especially fond of the holiday music that blares everywhere from late November through the New Year. Besides the intrusive, repetitious re-playing of a dozen or so ...
Mary Ellen Desmond and Meg Clifton: The Dynamic Philadelphia Songstress Duo
by Victor L. Schermer
In the jazz arena, as is all too often true in opera as well, vocalists, despite their sometimes fine voices and charisma, often lack true musicianship. This shortcoming is so pervasive, that we no longer expect such musical fine-tuning from them. Billie Holiday and the opera diva Beverly Sills were two great exceptions to the rule. ...
Desmond and Clifton Swing at the Chadds Ford Winery
by Victor L. Schermer
As readers of my other All About Jazz contributions may surmise, I take jazz perhaps all too seriously, regarding it as an art form masquerading as entertainment. (Certainly, this dour quality of mine is no way to win friends and influence people, but there it is ;-). A few years ago, I heard Mary Ellen Desmond ...
