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Hot Jazz and Cool Cocktails Combine for a Knockout Summer Lineup at Art After 5
A lively, diverse line-up of jazz and world music performers is taking center stage this spring in Art After 5 at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Each Friday evening, the Museum’s Great Stair Hall is transformed into a concert hall, complete with table service, cocktails, elegant caf-style appetizers, and desserts. Art After 5 features both emerging ...
Lebowski Fest Hits the East Coast
After a legendary 2-night run in Los Angeles, that included re-enactments by stars from the film, a video greeting from Jeff Bridges, a performance by 9-year-old guitar prodigy Yuto, and roughly 2,500 Los Angeles Achievers, Lebowski Fest is loading up the ‘Speed of Sound' tour bus and hitting the road. In addition to the previously announced ...
Jazz and Global Music Mix: Conga Kings with Tiempo Libre and John Patitucci, Rufus Reid and Danilo Prez at the Kimmel Center, May 8 and 9
The Kimmel Centers final weekend of jazz concerts for the 2008-09 season includes Miami-based, Cuban-born and internationally renowned artists bringing their own flair of global rhythms to jazz. Click on the name of the artist below for more information on each Kimmel Center performance: Jazz Fridays culminates with Conga Kings and Tiempo Libre performing polyrhythmic Latin ...
Diane Schuur with Peter Nero and the Philly Pops at Kimmel Center
by Victor L. Schermer
"88 Keys, a Big Band, and a Voice"Celebrating 30 years of Peter Nero with the Philly PopsThe Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Philadelphia, PA April 24, 2009 On this night, one of five performances of the same concert event, conductor-pianist Peter Nero welcomed Diane Schuur to the stage as ...
Ars Nova Workshop Presents: Peter Brotzmann/Nasheet Waits, Offonoff, Matana Roberts and the Sun Ra Arkestra!
Ars Nova Workshop presents: Wednesday, May 6, 8pm BROTZMANN / WAITS DUO Peter Brotzmann, reeds Nasheet Waits, drums Philadelphia Art Alliance, 251 S. 18th Street $12 General Admission The founding father of the European Free Jazz movement, German saxophonist Peter Brotzmann has made important contributions with Last Exit ...
The Heath Brothers Are Back Where It All Began
"THAT'S MY home, man." Asked what returning to Philadelphia means to him, Jimmy Heath is terse and direct. But it's clear from the finality with which he asserts those words that Heath sees the concept of home as universal and needing little elaboration. The implications of returning to the place that formed you are too numerous ...
Trumpet Summit: The Friends of Jazz Team with the International Trumpet Guild for 29th Annual Festival
The eyes and ears of brass players around the world will turn to Harrisburg, PA on May 26-31, 2009. First, the International Trumpet Guild (ITG) visits May 26-30 for its 34th International Conference. It is hosted this year by Messiah College and features an eclectic mix of Classical, Jazz, Fusion, Latin and World music. The conference ...
Acclaimed Trumpeter Terell Stafford and Friends Headline “Jazz Night” at Michener Art Museum on May 2
DOYLESTOWN, PA -- Terell Stafford has been hailed “one of the great players of our time” by piano legend McCoy Tyner. The critically-acclaimed trumpeter and friends perform for Jazz Night at the James A. Michener Art Museum in Doylestown, Pennsylvania on Saturday, May 2. Held in the Museum’s Ann and Herman Silverman Pavilion, Jazz Night features ...
African American Jazz Preservation Society of Pittsburgh - Jazz Appreciation Month 2009 Panel Discussion
African American Jazz Preservation Society of Pittsburgh Jazz Appreciation Month 2009 Panel Discussion: State of Jazz in the Community: Past, Present, Future Location: The Union Project; 801 North Negley Avenue; Pittsburgh, PA 15206 Date: Saturday, April 25, 2009 Time: 1:00pm-3:00pm FREE Admission Panelists include: Kevin Amos: New Media / Technology ...
Central PA Friends of Jazz Present Mike Vax Big Band on April 26th at 6PM
The Mike Vax Big Band, Featuring Alumni of the Stan Kenton Orchestra Presented by the Central Pennsylvania Friends of Jazz (CPFJ) on Sunday, April 26th. All concerts held at 6p.m. at The Hilton Harrisburg located at 1 North 2nd Street, Harrisburg PA 17101. Phone: 717-233-6000 The Mike Vax Big Band-Featuring Alumni of the Stan Kenton Orchestra ...


