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Article: Extended Analysis

Tender Heart: Songs Of Tom Giacabetti And Melissa Gilstrap

Read "Tender Heart: Songs Of Tom Giacabetti And Melissa Gilstrap" reviewed by Victor L. Schermer

by Victor L. Schermer

The late Tom Giacabetti was a master guitarist based in Philadelphia and Atlantic City. Towards the end of his life, cut short at age 64 by a prolonged illness, he compiled several of his own compositions for some of which lyrics were set by Melissa Gilstrap, a Philly lawyer and lover of music, poetry, literature, and ...

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Article: Album Review

David Bennett Thomas: Deeper Journey

Read "Deeper Journey" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan

Pianist David Bennett Thomas takes inspiration from God's word. Not unlike Finish pianist/harpist Iro Haarla, on her beautiful duet set Kirkastus (TUM Records, 2015), with saxophonist Juhani Aaltonen, where Biblical Psalms informed the music, Thomas' Deeper Journey goes to the Bible for inspiration on half the tunes on this meticulously crafted, subtle--yet modern and adventurous--set of ...

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Article: Live Review

Jon Cleary at The Ardmore Music Hall

Read "Jon Cleary at The Ardmore Music Hall" reviewed by Mike Jacobs

by Mike Jacobs

Jon Cleary The Ardmore Music Hall September 2, 2016 Jon Cleary's albums are chock full of indisputable funk steeped in New Orleans tradition, fine musicianship and stylized songwriting but the real mojo is in seeing him and his Absolute Monster Gentlemen live. His album Mo Hippa Live captures this electricity ...

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News: Festival

Coltrane at 90: A week long celebration for John Coltrane in Philadelphia

Coltrane at 90: A week long celebration for John Coltrane in Philadelphia

Philadelphia Jazz Project in collaboration with Temple University Libraries, WRTI, PhillyCAM, Jazz Near You and other partners will celebrate John Coltrane's 90th Birthday with nine days of FREE events. These events will take place between September 17th to 25th, 2016. One of the most important artists of the 20th century was our neighbor. He walked among ...

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Article: Book Review

Whisper Not: The Autobiography Of Benny Golson

Read "Whisper Not: The Autobiography Of Benny Golson" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson

Whisper Not Benny Golson and Jim Merod 335 Pages ISBN: 9781439913338 Temple University Press 2016 Philadelphia has always been a cradle for outstanding jazz talent, though when it comes to durability surely none can match Benny Golson, who began playing seventy years ago. At 87, Golson--an NEA Jazz ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Decades: Ladies Of Jazz at The Ethical Society (Philadelphia) on October 1

Decades: Ladies Of Jazz at The Ethical Society (Philadelphia) on October 1

Join Julie Charnet Rhenda Fearrington and Shakera Jones for an evening of classic jazz, swing and more. Decades: Ladies of Jazz is a tribute to those great songs of the past that still resonate with so many today. Julie, Rhenda, and Shakera actively perform in the Philadelphia area and up and down the East Coast. Each ...

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News: TV / Film

Brownie Speaks Screening At The Monterey Jazz Festival on September 17

Brownie Speaks Screening At The Monterey Jazz Festival on September 17

Brownie Speaks: A Video Documentary about jazz legend Clifford Brown will be screened at the Monterey Jazz Festival on Saturday, September 17, 2016 at 5:30 PM. The event, which will include a Q&A with producer/director Don Glanden, will take place at the Jazz Theater. The film has received rave reviews and numerous accolades in the jazz ...

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Article: Out and About: The Super Fans

Meet Don Shire

Read "Meet Don Shire" reviewed by Tessa Souter and Andrea Wolper

by Tessa Souter and Andrea Wolper

Don Shire's club-hopping habit started in Pittsburgh, but his introduction to the capital of jazz was a 1971 Freddie Hubbard gig at New York jazz institution, the Village Vanguard. And he's still going strong 45 years later. One concert particularly stands out. “When it was over, the people just looked at each other. The feeling was, ...

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Article: Live Review

Tom Griesgraber and Bert Lams at Kennett Flash

Read "Tom Griesgraber and Bert Lams at Kennett Flash" reviewed by Geno Thackara

by Geno Thackara

Tom Griesgraber and Bert Lams Kennett Flash Kennett Square, PA August 27, 2016 A good piece of music can paint a picture, evoke feelings, tell a story or possibly, in the right hands, do all those things together. This is certainly what happens when Chapman Stickist Tom Griesgraber meets up with ...

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Article: Live Review

Benny Golson Quartet at Duc des Lombards

Read "Benny Golson Quartet at Duc des Lombards" reviewed by Patricia Myers

by Patricia Myers

Benny Golson Quartet Duc des Lombards Nous N'Irons Pas a New York (We're Not Going to New York) Festival Paris, France August 10, 2016 Tenor saxophonist Benny Golson showed no negative effects of his 87 years during the opening set of two nights at Duc des Lombards in Paris. His ...


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