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Nat Adderley: A Player's Player
by Joan Gannij
This interview was originally conducted in 1997. I met Nat Adderley in San Diego, California in 1986 when I was working as a disc jockey at a jazz radio station and doing the PR for La Jolla Playhouse. We did an interview about a new production of a musical being revived at the progressive ...
Legendary Jazz Influencers Reign in the 2014-15 Season with Jazz at the Kimmel Ticketed and Free Events
ALL STAR SITTIN’ IN JAM SESSION Kicks off the Jazz Season with Ticketed Performance Featuring Trombone Legend JEFF BRADSHAW, Jazz Vocalist LAURIN TALESE, Spoken Word Star URSULA RUCKER, Singer Songwriter SOMI, Hip-Hop Producer Kokayi, and Electro-Pop Chanteuse KATE FAUST Season Long Celebration of Jazz Features Kurt Elling, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis with ...
Drew Nugent And The Midnight Society Performs At Paris Bistro & Jazz Café
For Drew Nugent and the Midnight Society, playing a gig isn’t just about music. It’s about taking a step back in time. Led by pianist, trumpeter and vocalist Drew Nugent, his ensemble recreates the music of a bygone era—playing what has been coined HOT Jazz—which was popularized from 1897 to 1935. “In essence, it’s jazz in ...
Southern Cross Kitchen Hits A High Note In Conshohocken With Sunday Brunch In New Music Lounge
Talk about sizzling Sundays! Southern Cross Kitchen (SCK), located in Conshohocken, is striking a chord with customers with its fabulous Sunday Brunch series featuring live jazz music and a special menu each week from 10:00 AM to 3 PM. As part of SCK’s new live entertainment bar “The Barrel Room”, which is located on the second ...
Take Five With Rhenda Fearrington
by AAJ Staff
Meet Rhenda Fearrington: Rhenda Fearrington is considered New York Soul in the Heart of Philly Jazz, which produces a warm and soulful presentation when singing from the Great American Songbook. When she's performing her original music, her authentic delivery is so engaging that even the largest venue becomes as intimate as her living room and ...
John Blake, Jr., RIP
From Philadelphia comes news of the death of John Blake, Jr., a violinist who combined his classical training, love for the African-American musical tradition and sense of adventure to become prominent on the forward edge of jazz in the 1970s. Blake was 67. He made his mark recording with tenor saxophonist Archie Shepp and soon won ...
Diane Monroe and Tony Miceli: Alone Together
by Victor L. Schermer
Duets allow two musicians to work together intimately without the complications of a rhythm section. Such recordings are often done on the spot at the suggestion of one of the musicians or an agent. Historically, two iconic collaborations of this type were a studio gig with Jerry Mulligan and Thelonious Monk (Mulligan Meets Monk, Riverside, 1957 ...
Victory Brewing Company Releases Swing Session Saison
Swing. It’s a lively jazz rhythm, a vigorous sway or even a serendipitous change of view. It’s also the welcome jolt of joy you’ll experience upon your first sip of this session saison. Swing into refreshment this season! DOWNINGTOWN, PA – Victory Brewing Company (Victory) is pleased to announce that its popular spring seasonal, Swing Session ...
Diane Monroe Quartet at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
by Victor L. Schermer
Diane Monroe Quartet Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts “Spiritual Strivings" Exhibition and Concert Philadelphia, PA August 2, 2014 In the tradition of the Paris salons, art and music go together, and some of the best jazz in the Philadelphia area today can be heard at art museums, taking up ...
Kosi: Pictures of Us
by Victor L. Schermer
This is an album whose authenticity and directness of expression is matched only by its underlying artistic complexity and conceptual nuances. Kosi Gyebi Sorensen (Akosua Gyebi) is a New York-based singer and composer whose vocal persona on this album is that of a young woman of humble origins struggling with the trials of intimacy and love, ...
