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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 ...
Jazz At the Philadelphia Museum of Art
by AAJ Staff
Jazz, America's indigenous American art form with international overtones, is getting full play at The Philadelphia Museum of Art. Local clubs, in less majestic settings, are serving up their more traditional variations. THE PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART is featuring Luciana Souza, one of Brazil's top singer-songwriters, with the June 4 welcome return of ...
Anne Dyer: The Painted Bride Art Center (Philadelphia)
by AAJ Staff
All too often, jazz artists suffer from the delusion that great popular music died with George Gershwin and turn their elitist little noses up at anything having to do with rock, funk and R&B. But when Ann Dyer, an avant-garde singer who is as soulful as she is daring, made her Philadelphia debut at The Painted ...
John Scofield Band at the Trocadero Philadelphia, PA
by Jared Schultz
Just before kicking into a drum infused tune called “Jungle Fiction" off his new album entitled Uberjam, John Scofield said to the crowd, “If you can't groove in Philly, you can't groove." And groove he did.John Scofield and his solid backing band laid down a heavy mix of grooves and jazz at the Trocadero on ...
Valentine's Day Jazz: All Heart in Philadelphia
by AAJ Staff
The Valentine’s Day Philadelphia jazz scene surely touched the hearts of local jazz fans. The warm music moods spreads out even over the next week. KIMMEL CENTER (Perelman Theater) provided a special vocal bouquet from the lovely to look at (delightful to hear) Jane Monheit on Valentine’s Day . Her newest CD, In The Sun, is ...
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 ...
Ambassador Satch in Philadelphia
by AAJ Staff
Ambassador Satch, a world premier musical portrait of Louis Armstrong, now playing at the Prince Music Theater through March 9, is, like its subject matter, a joy to behold. The show, and “show” is what it really is, features co-writer André De Shields as Louis, a first class five piece jazz band directed by Terry Waldo ...
Dodo Marmarosa: Troubled Pianist Made Brief But Lasting Impact On Jazz
Michael “Dodo" Marmarosa was a reclusive personality who flitted in and out of jazz history after making an initial but lasting impact as one of the progenitors of bebop in the mid to late 1940s. He was said to have been a prodigiously gifted child at the piano in his native Pittsburgh, where his school mates ...
Michael "Dodo" Marmarosa: Legendary jazz pianist
Michael “Dodo" Marmarosa, a piano wunderkind who was for about a decade one of the most sought-after pianists in the history of jazz, died Tuesday of an apparent heart attack. He was 76. For the past few years, Mr. Marmarosa was a resident at the VA Medical Center in Lincoln Lemington, where he occasionally played piano ...
Various: The Philadelphia Experiment Remixed
by AAJ Staff
The original Philadelphia Experiment was the result of a virtually impromptu three day long jam session involving the supremely talented Christian McBride (bass), Ahmir “?uestlove" Thompson (drums, also from the Roots), Uri Caine (keyboards) and Pat Martino (guitar). It turned out to be one of 2001's best-selling jazz records. The remix project is presided over by ...
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