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Philadelphia Orchestra: Mahler's "Symphony of a Thousand"
by Victor L. Schermer
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 ...
Dave Liebman Expansions at Chris’ Jazz Café
by Victor L. Schermer
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 ...
Co-Improvisation: Explaining the Magic
by Victor L. Schermer
When we listen to great jazz performances, we pay most attention to the soloists, some of whom become our musical heroes. In that respect, jazz is an affirmation of the individual, the uniqueness and liberation of either the “free and joyful spirit," of whom there was none greater than Louis Armstrong, or the arduous struggle of ...
Josh Lawrence Quintet at Chris’ Jazz Café
by Victor L. Schermer
Josh Lawrence Quintet Chris' Jazz Cafe Philadelphia, PA February 5, 2016 Josh Lawrence is a top-of-the-line, ascending trumpeter/composer/bandleader in Philadelphia and New York who in a few short years has three solo albums under his name, is a member of Orrin Evans' Captain Black Big Band and is co-founder of ...
Jaco Pastorius: Jaco
by Victor L. Schermer
Jaco Pastorius JACO Slang East/West 2015 If you think you know the legendary Jaco Pastorius, you may not, until you see this film produced by Metallica's Robert Trujillo and directed by Paul Marchand. Not only does it contain liberal samples of Pastorius' music throughout his career, it includes home ...
Bobby Zankel Quartet at the Philadelphia Art Alliance
by Victor L. Schermer
Bobby Zankel/ Dave Burrell/ William Parker/ Andrew Cyrille QuartetPhiladelphia Art Alliance Ars Nova Workshop Philadelphia, PA December 18, 2015 When you bring together four of the most passionate avant-garde jazz musicians, something interesting is bound to occur. In this concert, the musicians were not only top shelf but, in ...
Arpeggio Jazz Ensemble: Motown Meets Jazz at the Annenberg Center
by Victor L. Schermer
Arpeggio Jazz Ensemble Annenberg Center: Harold Prince Theater Motown Meets Jazz Philadelphia, PA December 11, 2015 Philadelphia-based Lifeline Music Coalition has for over a decade sponsored jazz events which are eclectic in taste and attract fans by making the music listenable and providing enjoyable atmospherics. Thus it has been ...
Chuck Anderson: My Life in Music
by Victor L. Schermer
My Life in Music Chuck Anderson 180 PagesISBN: #9781483440804 Lulu 2015 Chuck Anderson is not your ordinary jazz musician, and this book is not a typical biography of an entertainer or jazz artist. Anderson is a consummate master of the guitar in jazz, classical, and world music idioms, ...
Discovering Wardell Gray: An Interview with Biographer Richard Carter
by Victor L. Schermer
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 [This is one of two interviews and an article intended to bring readers' attention to the under-recognized tenor saxophonist, Wardell Gray, whose brief career spanned the transition from swing to bebop and whose life was cut short by sudden and tragic circumstances.] Richard Carter ...
Wardell Gray, "Forgotten Tenor:" An Interview with Filmmaker Abraham Ravett
by Victor L. Schermer
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 [This is one of two interviews and an article intended to bring readers' attention to the revered but neglected tenor saxophonist, Wardell Gray, whose brief career spanned the transition from swing to bebop and whose life was cut short by sudden and tragic circumstances.]
