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Ornette Coleman Ouartet In Philadelphia
by AAJ Staff
The appearance of the Ornette Coleman Quartet at Verizon Hall in Philly's state-of-the-art Kimmel Center was his first performance in the City Of Brotherly Love since 1988. It was both a significant event and an artistic achievement of towering magnitude. The Coleman band, playing before a crowded and enthusiastic but not-quite-full house, let loose with a ...
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 ...
Grover Washington, Jr.: Soul Box
by C. Andrew Hovan
Jazz history is filled with the kind of stories that find yeoman musicians cutting their teeth under the tutelage of their elders. During the heydays of the '50s and '60s, the bandstand would also serve as a sort of “baptism under fire" for those eager to challenge the status quo and make their own stand for ...
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 ...
The Musical World Of J.J. Johnson
by Victor L. Schermer
The Musical World Of J.J. Johnson Joshua Berrett and Louis G. Bourgois III Scarecrow Press, Inc. ISBN 0810836483 1999 J.J. Johnson is known to the listening public as a jazz trombonist who has repeatedly won the Downbeat and many other polls, who has played the instrument ...
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 ...
Simple Talk
by AAJ Staff
It's a simple fact of life. Every day we witness people chatting, conversation at work, simple nods on the street. (Except for hermits, cave-dwellers, and other perverse isolationists.) Those of us who celebrate jazz also get to enjoy an altogether different kind of talk on a daily basis: the whispered calls of an alto saxophone, an ...
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