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Put Some Swing In Your Spring! Celebrate Jazz Day Philly Style!

April 13, 2012

April is Jazz Appreciation Month, and Philadelphia is ready to celebrate! Philadelphia has an extraordinary jazz heritage, beginning with Ethel Waters and extending to John Coltrane, Billie Holiday, Joe Venuti, Eddie Lang, Stan Getz, the Heath Brothers, Dizzy Gillespie, Sun Ra, McCoy Tyner, Grover Washington Jr. and other music luminaries, all of whom set the stage ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jazz Bridge Presents Lynn Riley At The Kennett Flash Wed. May 2nd!

April 11, 2012

Appearing on Wednesday, May 2nd at the Kennett Flash, 102 Sycamore Alley, Kennett Square, PA, for the last concert of this season will be saxophonist Lynn Riley and her band World Mix. Showtime: 7:30 p.m. One show. $10/$5 students. No advance sales. For info: Call 484-732-8295. This concert is produced by Jazz Bridge, a nonprofit that ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jazz Bridge Presents Denise Montana In Media, Pa On Wed. May 16th!

April 11, 2012

Appearing at Jazz in Media! at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 145 W. Rose Tree Road in Media, PA, on May 16th for the last concert of the season will be singer Denise Montana with vibraphonist Tony Miceli, bassist Steve Beskrone, and percussionist Jim Hamilton. One Show: 7:30-9 p.m. $10/$5 students. No advance sales. For info: 610-745-3011. ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jazz Bridge Presents Trumpeter John Swana In Cheltenham On Wednesday, May 2nd!

April 10, 2012

Appearing at the Cheltenham Center for the Arts, 439 Ashbourne Rd, Cheltenham, PA for this series' last concert of the season will be trumpeter John Swana and his band, featuring guitarist Steve Giordano, Lucas Brown on organ, and drummer Wayne Smith Jr. on May 2nd. One show: 7:30-9PM. $10/$5 for students. No advance sales. Free Buffet. ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jazz Bridge Presents Mimi Jones In Society Hill On Thursday, May 17th!

April 10, 2012

Appearing at Jazz at the Playhouse for the last concert of this season is bassist/vocalist Mimi Jones and her band featuring Shirazetti Tinnin on drums and pianist Rachel Eckroth at the Society Hill Playhouse, 507 S. 8th Street in Philadelphia on May 17th. One Show: 7:30-9 p.m. Admission: $10/$5 for students. No advance sales. For info: ...

News: Event

Bruce Springsteen Philadelphia Memories Roadshow on April 21

April 5, 2012

Backstreets and Lawrence Kirsch are pleased to present a celebration evening of longtime Philadelphia favorite, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Bruce Springsteen. Fans from Philadelphia and elsewhere are invited to attend the first-ever Philadelphia Springsteen Memories Roadshow. With the ongoing display of the Hall of Fame’s Springsteen exhibit at the National Constitution Center, we invite ...

News: Interview

Muhal Meets the Warriors Part 3/4

April 4, 2012

Leading up to the April 28th premiere at Montgomery County Community College of a new piece written by Muhal Richard Abrams for Bobby Zankel's Warriors of the Wonderful Sound, music writer Shaun Brady (JazzTimes, Philadelphia City Paper, Philadelphia Inquirer) will be contributing a series of blog posts about the project. This is the second installment of Brady's four-part ...

News: Performance / Tour

Pat Martino Quartet Featuring Eric Alexander @ Chris' Jazz Cafe On April 13 & 14, 2012

April 1, 2012

Pat Martino & His Organ Quartet featuring saxophonist, Eric Alexander, will perform at Chris' Jazz Cafe on April 13 and 14, 2012. Martino whose recent CD on HighNote, Undeniable, also features Alexanber. One of the most original of the jazz-based guitarists to emerge in the '60s, Philadelphia's own Pat Martino has been recognized as one of ...

News: Event

The Painted Bride Stirs-up Excitement With A Special Event To Acknowledge Jazz On Vine–the Longest Continuing Jazz Series In Philadelphia

March 28, 2012

BRIDE'S BLACK CAT BREW RECENT RECIPIENT TO AN ASCAP NATIONAL AWARD FOR ADVENTUROUS PROGRAMMING THE BRIDE STIRS-UP EXCITEMENT WITH A SPECIAL EVENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE JAZZ ON VINE —THE LONGEST CONTINUING JAZZ SERIES IN PHILADELPHIA AND ALSO ON TAP FOR THIS EVENING'S CELEBRATION, MTO PLAYS SLY STEVEN BERNSTEIN'S MILLENNIAL TERRITORY ORCHESTRA DEBUTS TRIBUTE TO THE MUSIC OF ...

Article: Live From Philadelphia

February 2012: Terell Stafford Quintet: The Music of Lee Morgan

by RJ Johnson
March 28, 2012

Terell Stafford QuintetPerelman Theater, The Kimmel CenterFebruary 25, 2012 Philadelphia native, trumpeter Terell Stafford led his quintet through two sets of original arrangements dedicated to legendary trumpeter Lee Morgan in the Perelman Theater, located inside Philadelphia's Kimmel Center. The performance was part of the Kimmel Center's 2011-2012 “Jazz Up ...