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Article: Book Review

More Than A Jazz Legend: Dexter Gordon and His Search For Personal Integrity

by Victor L. Schermer
November 1, 2018

Sophisticated Giant: The Life and Legacy of Dexter Gordon Maxine Gordon 261 Pages ISBN: #9780520280649 University of California Press 2018 Dexter Gordon became a jazz legend in his own time. He played a key role in the bebop and hard bop movements, created an instantly recognizable style that ...

Article: Live Review

Bobby Zankel's Warriors Play Muhal Richard Abrams at October Revolution

by Victor L. Schermer
October 16, 2018

Bobby Zankel's Warriors Of The Wonderful Sound Marty Ehrlich, Conductor The Music Of Muhal Richard Abrams: Soundpath October Revolution Festival Christ Church Neighborhood House (Great Hall) Philadelphia, PA October 7, 2018 The late great pianist Muhal Richard Abrams was for many ...

Article: Album Review

Tessa Souter: Picture in Black and White

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by Victor L. Schermer
October 15, 2018

New York-based vocalist Tessa Souter is becoming treasured among jazz fans and musicians alike. Equally effective in clubs, in concert and on her several fine recordings, she combines the sonority, vocal range and discipline of a classical contralto with subtle and sultry jazz inflections. Everything she sings is well thought out and in good taste. She ...

Article: Live Review

Dave Burrell Full-Blown Trio at October Revolution Festival

by Victor L. Schermer
October 14, 2018

Dave Burrell Full-Blown Trio October Revolution Festival Christ Church Neighborhood House (Great Hall) Philadelphia, PA October 6, 2018 It isn't often one attends a jazz piano trio concert where the group plays a single totally improvised composition for about an hour. It would seem as daunting ...

Article: Live Review

The Music Of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda at Fringearts

by Victor L. Schermer
October 13, 2018

The Sai Anantam Ashram Singers with Rudresh Mahanthappa The Music Of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda October Revolution Festival Fringearts Philadelphia, PA October 7, 2018 Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda (1937 -2007) was the second wife of John Coltrane. Raising a family with him, she was also a ...

Article: Interview

Alan Broadbent: Intimate Reflections on a Passion for Jazz

by Victor L. Schermer
October 12, 2018

Pianist, composer, and arranger Alan Broadbent doesn't just “dig" jazz. He has a deep and enduring passion for it. Growing up in mid- 20th-century New Zealand, he quickly went beyond piano lessons to reading musical scores and learning jazz standards. Then, when the Dave Brubeck Quartet came to his relatively isolated hometown of Auckland, his love ...

Article: Live Review

Andrea Clearfield Salon: 32 Year Anniversary Celebration

by Victor L. Schermer
October 12, 2018

Jimmy Bruno and other Jazz Artists Andrea Clearfield Salon 32 Year Anniversary Celebration Philadelphia, PA September 30, 2018 For thirty-two years, Andrea Clearfield's Salon has been a unique monthly musical event held at her Center City Philadelphia home with a large two-story high living room and ...

Article: Live Review

Pat Metheny at Merriam Theater

by Victor L. Schermer
October 10, 2018

Pat Metheny 2018 World Tour Kimmel Center Presents Merriam Theater Philadelphia, PA October 5, 2018 I have covered the jazz “waterfront" for All About Jazz over the past two decades and although I have taken in a lot of territory, I often find ...

Article: Live Review

Alan Broadbent Trio at the Deer Head Inn

by Victor L. Schermer
August 15, 2018

Alan Broadbent Trio Deer Head Inn Delaware Water Gap, PA August 11, 2018 Believe you me, it wasn't by choice that I hadn't been to the Dear Head Inn in a few years to take in some great jazz in its secluded setting on a wooded hill ...

Article: Live Review

Odean Pope Quartet at Chris’ Jazz Café

by Victor L. Schermer
August 7, 2018

Odean Pope Quartet Chris' Jazz Café Philadephia, PA August 4, 2018 Saxophonist Odean Pope is a living legend who has been blowing strong for sixty years, early on including John Coltrane among his Philadelphia cohorts and serving Max Roach as a charter member of the latter's groups. ...