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News: Performance / Tour

James Carter At Chris' Jazz Cafe On November 8 & 9, 2013

James Carter At Chris' Jazz Cafe On November 8 & 9, 2013

Chris' Jazz Cafe presents saxophonist James Carter, on November 8 & 9, 2013. Showtime are 8:00 and 10:00 p.m., tickets are $30/$25. James Carter is a powerhouse musician and one of the most admired saxophonists of his generation, garnering plaudits for his role in helping to propel jazz full tilt into the future over the past ...

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News: Recording

Ready Or Not, Jazz Guitarist B.D. Lenz Is Coming

Ready Or Not, Jazz Guitarist B.D. Lenz Is Coming

“Deer Head Inn to Host CD Release" Hackettstown, NJ: - Award-winning, jazz guitarist and critically acclaimed composer B.D. Lenz will release “Ready or Not" — his eighth album and first straight-ahead jazz project — on Friday, November 1, 2013 from 7-11 pm. The cost is $7 per person and it takes place at the Deer Head ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jazz Dancer Pam Heatherington Performs Wed. Nov. 6th In Cheltenham PA!

Jazz Dancer Pam Heatherington Performs Wed. Nov. 6th In Cheltenham PA!

The Jazz Bridge first Wednesdays Neighborhood Concerts Series at the Cheltenham Center for the Arts, 439 Ashbourne Road in Cheltenham, PA, presents dancer Pamela Hetherington on Wednesday, November 6th. Show time is 7:30 p.m., tickets are $10/$5 for students, and are only available at the door. For info: 215-517-8337 or visit Jazz Bridge. Pamela Hetherington, accompanied ...

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Article: Album Review

Larry McKenna: From All Sides

Read "From All Sides" reviewed by Victor L. Schermer

by Victor L. Schermer

Larry McKenna's tenor saxophone playing is addictive. It's like driving a Maserati: you're probably going to want to take it on the road again and again, because it is so elegant and finely engineered. A product of the late swing band era (he did a turn with Woody Herman), McKenna has kept rigorously on a course ...

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Article: Profile

Monnette Sudler: Daring To Dream

Read "Monnette Sudler: Daring To Dream" reviewed by Suzanne Cloud

by Suzanne Cloud

She's not working. She's too sick. And it hurts to the bone that she can't play the way she used to because she has Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) lung disease and is waiting for a lung transplant. Nobody knows what causes this scarring and stiffening of the lung tissue, hence the idiopathic part of the name, ...

News: Performance / Tour

From the Streets of Paris to Philadelphia Madeleine Peyroux Performs Works From New Album The Blue Room at the Merriam Theater, Oct. 25

From the Streets of Paris to Philadelphia Madeleine Peyroux Performs Works From New Album The Blue Room at the Merriam Theater, Oct. 25

After a successful debut performance at the Kimmel Center ‘s Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts 2013 XPN Welcomes singer- songwriter event, Madeleine Peyroux returns to make her debut at the Merriam Theater performing new works from recent album release, The Blue Room, on Friday, October 25 at 8 p.m. The Blue Room remained No. 1 ...

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News: Event

Jazz Walk In Fairmount Park on Sunday, October 13th, Noon-4pm

Jazz Walk In Fairmount Park on Sunday, October 13th, Noon-4pm

Philadelphia Jazz Project presents JAZZ WALK Take a stroll with the PJP in beautiful Fairmount Park around the 
East Park Reservoir starting at 33rd & Diamond Streets or 33rd & Oxford Streets. JAZZ WALK is a FREE event, featuring Jazz Performances, free snacks & water. Wear comfortable shoes or sneakers for walking and if you need ...

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Article: Profile

Jimmy Ponder: His Recorded Output

Read "Jimmy Ponder: His Recorded Output" reviewed by Colter Harper

by Colter Harper

Jazz history has been intimately tied to its recorded output. Styles and genres are defined by landmark records, which stand responsible for representing the diffuse activities and artistic visions of a given musical community or individual. However, recordings are not simply glimpses of past musical realities but rather images of those realities filtered through various “lenses." ...

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News: Performance / Tour

A Legend In Concert: An Afternoon With Peggy King And The All-Star Jazz Trio

“A Legend in Concert: An Afternoon with Peggy King and The All-Star Jazz Trio,” pairs the famed jazz songstress with the area’s most swinging jazz group, live and in concert at the Philadelphia Ethical Society –1906 Rittenhouse Square—on Sunday afternoon, December 1st. Show time is 3 p.m., tickets are $25 and are available at the door ...

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News: Event

United Jazz Festival Livens Up Philadelphia Scene

United Jazz Festival Livens Up Philadelphia Scene

By Victor L. Schermer The First Annual Philadelphia United Jazz Festival and Celebration was held on Septermber 21-22, 2013 at the Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz. Under the capable leadership of Warren Oree and Graziella Damelio of Lifeline Music Coalition, a lineup of small groups, vocalists, larger ensembles, and yes, poets and a fashion extravaganza, showed ...


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