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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 ...
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 ...
Philadelphia Music Project Announces 2009 Grant Awards
Support from the Philadelphia Music Project brings 118 Events to the Philadelphia region Nineteen local music organizations receive almost $1.2 million in funding Philadelphia, PA -- The Philadelphia Music Project (PMP), a program of The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, has awarded $1,179,675 to 19 local music organizations in support of 118 concerts and residency ...
Dave Douglas 3 at Bucks County Community College
Modern jazz trumpet master Dave Douglas performs at Bucks County Community College Wednesday April 22, 7:00pm with his new trio featuring Donny McCaslin on saxophone and Marcus Rojas on tuba. Recognized as one of the most important and original American musicians of the last decade, two-time Grammy nominated Dave Douglas is an acclaimed trumpeter, composer and ...
Chris Potter Underground at Chris' Jazz Cafe on April 23, 2009
Multi-reedman/composer Chris Potter is often cited by critics, musicians, and a steadily increasing number of fans as the finest saxophonist of his generation. Potter has performed with a diverse and heady array of artists, including James Moody, Jim Hall, Marian McPartland, Dave Douglas, Larry Carlton, Steely Dan, and Dave Holland. CHRIS POTTER UNDERGROUND Chris ...
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