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Article: Live Review

Joey Alexander Trio at Chris’ Jazz Café

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Joey Alexander Trio Chris' Jazz Café Philadelphia, PA March 8, 2024 All musical genres, and specifically jazz, have produced any number of musicians who blossomed in childhood and already in their teens were performing and competitive with the masters. The greatest historical example of course was Wolfgang Amadeus ...

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Ben Sutin

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Awarding winning jazz violinist, Benjamin Sutin has been residing in the greater NYC area for over twelve years where he has made a mark as an eclectic, diverse and sought after violinist in a host of musical genres including jazz, latin jazz, rock and klezmer/Jewish music, all of which have inspired his own original music. Sutin began his career in Philadelphia, where he studied with legendary jazz violinist, John Blake Jr. He has since performed in such prestigious venues as Carnegie Hall, NJPAC, Lincoln Center, Brooklyn Academy of Music, The Apollo Theater, Birdland Jazz Club, Sony Hall, Kings Theater, and The Kennedy Center. He has shared the stage and worked with the likes of Jeff “Tain” Watts, Ronnie Burrage, Benito Gonzalez, David Amram, Banda Magda, Vince Giordano, George Burton, Lewis Porter, Don Friedman, Justin Faulkner, Patrick Bartley Jr, Elio Villafranca, Larry Harlow, and Bobby Sanabria (whom with he's now been a part of two Grammy-nominated albums). In 2022 Benjamin performed in the violin chair of the Big Apple Circus and regularly plays in Congregation B’nai Jeshurun’s band led by guitarist, Matt Turk (disciple of Pete Seeger). As a band leader Sutin has performed to sold out crowds in venues such as the Clifford Brown Jazz Festival, The City Winery, Cornelia Street Cafe, and World Cafe Live. With four albums under his name, his 2020 release, Hard Bop Hanukkah, released on MEII Enterprises has garnered critical acclaim by Downbeat Magazine, Regina Carter and David Krakauer, to name just a few. Benjamin graduated from Manhattan School of Music in 2015 with a B.M. in Jazz Violin Performance where he studied privately with jazz violinist, Sara Caswell. He now is on faculty at Manhattan School of Music teaching jazz violin, theory, improvisation, and jazz combos in their Pre-College program. His own private students have garnered such achievements as being accepted into some of the nations most prestigious college level jazz programs (i.e. Manhattan School of Music, New England Conservatory, NYU), NYC’s top music and arts high schools and gaining award-winning recognition in notable nationwide competitions including the YoungArts Jazz Competition. In August 2022 Sutin won 3rd prize in the 5th edition of the Zbigniew Seifert International Jazz Violin Competition. Benjamin is currently pursuing a M.M. in Multi-Style Strings Performance at New Jersey City University, studying with the likes of Jeremy Kittle, Dave Eggar, Joe Deninzon, Martha Mooke, Regina Carter, John Benitez, Gary Dial and Jeff “Tain” Watts.  

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Olivia Hughart

Olivia Hughart is a jazz saxophonist, woodwind doubler, composer, advocate, and a recent graduate of New York University, with a major in Jazz Studies and a minor in Public Policy and Management. She is a gigging and recording musician with bands in New York City, Philadelphia, and beyond. Hughart is a member of the NYChillharmonic, the Grace Fox Big Band, and the Andrew Neu Big Band, has subbed for Triad Brass, New Heights Brass Band, DIVA Jazz Orchestra, and is frequently called for off-Broadway productions. Hughart has attracted the attention of the press from various publications including Philly Magazine, NPR Live Sessions, WRTI, NYU News, Cool Jazz Radio, Shoutout LA, Voyage LA, and various podcasts. Hughart is a Presser Scholar, 2023 JEN Mary Jo Papich Women in Jazz Scholarship winner, 2020 Bruce Montgomery Foundation Springboard Grant Winner, and 2020 Pennsylvania Project Stream Grant winner. 

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Article: Jazzmatazz

Remembering Saxophonist, teacher, and composer Carl Grubbs

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Saxophonist Carl Grubbs built a community around him everywhere he played, whether in 1970s jny: Philadelphia where people gathered outside of his house to listen to his band practice, or in jny: Baltimore where he mentored countless generations of musicians since the 1990s. Even as his health worsened over the past year, Grubbs continued ...

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Article: Live Review

Joe Block Christmas Extravaganza at Chris’ Jazz Café

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Joe Block Christmas Extravaganza Chris' Jazz Café Philadelphia, PA December 17, 2023 Pianist Joe Block is a remarkable pianist and band leader born and bred in Philadelphia and its suburbs. He is a graduate of both Juilliard and Columbia, was mentored by legendary pianists like Tom Lawton ...

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Mark Daniel Ettingoff

Early on music became an obsession for Mark soon after he heard Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit on his friend's parents' stereo system around age 10 (similar to many jazz boomers that talk about their formative experiences with The Beatles).  The mercurial guitar dripping in chorus and the pounding syncopated drums hit him instantly like an injection.  Transfixed, he scoured the local Wall-To-Wall sound for another dose of this cathartic magic.  He neglected to read the fine print on the album cover and ultimately purchased Weird Al's "Off The Deep End", which iconically contained a parody of the song and album cover.  Mark listened to the record in error for about a year suspiciously until he found Nevermind, the original 'holy grail' if you will.  This event marked his initiation into a lifetime of these sorts of dumb luck encounters.

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Article: Live Review

Mary Ellen Desmond: Comfort and Joy 2023

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Mary Ellen Desmond and Friends Church of St. Luke and the Epiphany Philadelphia, PA December 10, 2023 This was the twentieth consecutive year that Mary Ellen Desmond has led her “Comfort and Joy" holiday concert in the sanctuary of Philadelphia's Church of St. Luke and the Epiphany. The ...

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Article: Play This!

Michelle Lordi: Only Love Can Break Your Heart

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"Only Love Can Break Your Heart," a minor 1970 Neil Young hit, was ostensibly written for Graham Nash after the latter's split from Joni Mitchell (a claim Young later walked back), a breakup song then. It's a lilting waltz with a simple melody more sweet than sad. Cycling eight-bar verse and chorus sections without a bridge ...

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Article: Interview

Bobby Zankel: The Inside Story of 'A Change of Destiny'

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Saxophonist, bandleader, composer and arranger Bobby Zankel has been making jazz in many ways with diverse cohorts for over a half-century. He has found his own way to create music that is both advanced and very listenable at the same time. He is loved and revered by the many musicians who have performed with him and ...

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News: Recording

Jazz Vocalist Mharlyn Merritt Pays Tribute To Forgotten Jazz Diva With New Album

Jazz Vocalist Mharlyn Merritt  Pays Tribute To Forgotten Jazz Diva With New Album

Jazz vocalist Mharlyn Merritt is excited to announce the September 9, 2023 indie digital release of her new classic jazz/pop LP, in homage to pre-eminent vocalist Dakota Staton, entitled: I Owe It to Dakota, available on all major streaming platforms including Spotify, Amazon Music, iTunes and iHeart Radio. Dakota Staton made an indelible mark on the ...


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