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News: Performance / Tour

Klazz-Ma-Tazz and J-MUSIC Ensemble Live At DROM on April 24th

April 6, 2016

On Sunday, April 24th, 2016, two eclectic ensembles influenced by music from around the world will perform together at DROM (NYC), taking their audience on a musical journey from the far east to the middle east. The J-MUSIC Ensemble will open the night's program (at 8:00 pm) with their acclaimed jazz arrangements of J-Pop, including generational ...

Article: Live From Philadelphia

Hiromi: The Trio Project at the Annenberg Center Live

by Geno Thackara
April 4, 2016

Hiromi: The Trio Project Annenberg Center Live Philadelphia, PA April 1, 2016 She walks onstage without a word, makes sure to gesture towards the other players for their share of applause, and gives the cheering a minute to subside before getting down to business. The first song starts with a light ...

News: Event

First Fridays in Philadelphia: Great Migration Series April 1, 2016 through August 5, 2016

April 2, 2016

First Friday-Rent Parties April 1, 2016 through August 5, 2016 8:00 PM-11:00 PM Arch Street Meeting House 320 Arch Street Philadelphia, PA 19106 Celebrating the Great Migration! The Philadelphia Jazz Project and the Arch Street Meeting House present: First Friday Rent Parties! 5 fun-filled Fridays that celebrate the ...

Article: Live Review

The Pat Martino Quintet at Chris’ Jazz Café

by Victor L. Schermer
March 30, 2016

The Pat Martino Quintet Chris' Jazz Cafe Philadelphia, PA March 26, 2016 Legendary guitarist Pat Martino has traversed several musical landscapes in a career spanning more than five decades. He went from being a mind-blowing newcomer in the Harlem and soul blues jazz scene in the sixties to a major ...

Article: Live Review

Vocalist Sinne Eeg at Chris’ Jazz Cafe

by Victor L. Schermer
March 25, 2016

Sinne Eeg Trio Chris' Jazz Cafe Philadelphia, PA March 23, 2016 Sincerity, authenticity, and fidelity to tradition are qualities seriously lacking in what's left of jazz in America today. Computers, unbridled capitalistic exploitation, and a massive field of competing talent have led too many musicians to seek audiences through entertainment, ...

News: Performance / Tour

Concert And Album Signing - Minas Celebrates "Record Store Day" With The Reissue Of "Num Dia Azul", From 1983, On Vinyl And CDs

March 23, 2016

She was 23, an American in love with Bossa nova. He was 26, a Brazilian infatuated with American rock and classical music. They were romantically involved and musically bound, drawn to each other's different cultures. Their lives merged romance, music, and youthful dreams, expressed in their first album, Num Dia Azul (In a Blue Day), recorded ...

News: Performance / Tour

Pianist James Collins With Steve Wilson, Victor Lewis & More - April 10 In Philadelphia - One Night Only - Free!

March 22, 2016

Rising Star Pianist James Collins April 10, 3pm. FREE! Featuring: Steve Wilson Victor Lewis David Wong Noah Hocker First Presbyterian Church 35 West Chelten Ave. Philadelphia, PA 1914 (215) 843-8811 About James Collins James Collins is a young up-and-coming jazz ...

Article: Live Review

Philadelphia Orchestra: Mahler's "Symphony of a Thousand"

by Victor L. Schermer
March 20, 2016

Philadelphia Orchestra Mahler Symphony No. 8 ("Symphony of a Thousand") Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Verizon Hall Philadelphia, PA March 13, 2016 Gustav Mahler wasn't shy. The massive number of singers and musicians required for this Symphony (over four hundred for this performance) and its approximately hour and ...

News: Recording

Christopher Davis-Shannon releases video and free download of "Lulu's Back In Town"

March 17, 2016

Christopher Davis-Shannon: “LuLu’s Back in Town” Live Video. Philly Songwriter Continues Year-Long Jazz Covers Project. Singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Christopher Davis-Shannon has released a video and free download for his interpretation of the Fats Waller classic “LuLu’s Back in Town”. The song, popularized in 1935, continues the Philadelphia native’s year-long mission to bring some lighthearted awareness ...

Article: Live Review

Dave Liebman Expansions at Chris’ Jazz Café

by Victor L. Schermer
March 15, 2016

Dave Liebman Expansions Chris' Jazz Cafe Philadelphia, PA March 11, 2016 The pleasure of hearing Dave Liebman with his personally honed groups is that despite or because of personnel changes, they never stop transforming and expanding in scope and depth. In this incarnation of Liebman's now legendary groups, in addition to ...