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B.J. Jansen and T.C. The 3rd to Release New Album on ARC
B.J. Jansen and T.C. the 3rd have collaborated on a new album featuring the Uptown Jazz Collective on Artists Recording Collective. The new release, She Do What She Do (ARC-2260), features original compositions, standards as well as spoken word performances. Jansen and T.C. have dedicated She Do What She Do to the memories of Trudy Pitts ...
Organist Trudy Pitts Carney Dies
Philadelphia-based organist Trudy Pitts Carney died on Sunday, Dec. 19, of pancreatic cancer. She was 78. During the 1950s and '60s, Pitts blended her church background and classical training to a classic blues-based organ sound, often alongside her husband, percussionist William Theodore Carney. She also delved into the burgeoning free-jazz movement and performed with John Coltrane ...
Jazz Organist Trudy Pitts
By Victor L. Schermer Trudy Pitts Carney, 78, a Philadelphia-born jazz organist, pianist, and vocalist who played with many jazz greats over a career that spanned more than four decades, died of pancreatic cancer Sunday, Dec. 19, at Chestnut Hill Hospital. Simply put, Trudy Pitts was one of the greatest jazz organists of all time. She ...
Jazz Bridge Presents Guitarist Steve Giordano on December 1 at Cheltenham Art Center (PA)
Appearing at the Cheltenham Art Center, 439 Ashbourne Rd, Cheltenham, PA on December 1st will be guitarist Steve Giordano. One show: 7:30-9PM. Tickets: $10/$5 for students. No advance sales. Free Refreshments! For info: 215-517-8337 Appearing with him will be vocalist Carla Jenkins, bassist Steve Meashey, and John Mosemann on drums This Neighborhood Concert Series ...
T.C. the 3rd: A Diamond in the Rough
by Leonard Epstein
T.C. the 3rdSt. Nick's PubHarlem, NYSeptember 5, 2010 Known among jazz insiders for well over five years, T.C. the 3rd has been leading his weekly Harlem Jazz Vocalist Workshop at St. Nick's Pub each Sunday. St. Nick's, located at 149th and St. Nicholas Ave, is one of the last “juke ...
Jazz Bridge Benefit Jam Session for Daphne Fifield
On Sunday, August 1st, drummer Rob Henderson will devote his weekly jam session to raise funds for Daphne Fifield, the wife of bassist and jazz filmmaker Jason Fifield. She has breast cancer and the money raised will go to help with medical expenses. The Daphne Fund will be established as a permanent fund for local women ...
B3 Blowout Featuring Joey DeFrancesco and Three More at the Kimmel Center, Philadelphia
by Victor L. Schermer
Organists (in order of appearance): Trudy Pitts, Joey DeFrancesco; John Medeski; Dr. Lonnie Smith Jazz FridaysKimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Verizon HallApril 30, 2010 This was a blowout of a concert, culminating with four of the world's greatest contemporary jazz organists battling it out on four Hammond B3s (with legendary ...
Philadelphia Charitable Concert Tribute to Billie Holiday: October 4, 2009
Fine and Mellow: Lady Day Remembered in Song. A Philadelphia Tribute to Billie Holiday An Upcoming Musical and Charitable Event: Sunday evening, October 4, 2009, 7:00pm; at Church of St. Luke and the Epiphany; 13th and Pine Steet, Center City, Philadelphia. (An open reception with the musicians fill follow the concert.) This exciting jazz event will ...
Jymie Merritt: Dedication Personified
by Victor L. Schermer
Jymie Merritt came up in Philadelphia during the evolution of bebop and hard bop, when the town was a hotbed of musical activity. Players like John Coltrane, Benny Golson, and Philly Joe Jones were getting started there, and musicians like Charlie Parker, J.J. Johnson, Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis would come to the city to perform ...
Philadelphia Jazz Fair 2009 - July 12th Schedule
PHILADELPHIA JAZZ FAIR 2009 SUNDAY, JULY 12 Schedule 1:00 - Opening Remarks PJHP - Caplan Recital Hall 1:10 - The University of the Arts Student Jazz Quartet featuring Adam Siegel, AJ Luca, Ryan Kuhns, Anwar Marshall - Caplan Recital Hall 1:10 - Film Screening: Icons Among Us (106 minutes) - Connelly Auditorium* ...
