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Student Ensemble and Martial Solal: Philadelphia, April 9, 2011
by Victor L. Schermer
Berklee Global Jazz Institute/ Boyer College of Music and Dance, Temple University Martial Solal Perelman Theater,Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts,Philadelphia, PAApril 9, 2011 This was the final concert of the 2010-2011 season of the popular Jazz Up Close series, celebrating the legendary Thelonious Monk, organized by pianist/curator Danilo ...
Anthony Branker & Word Play: Princeton, NJ, April 3, 2011
by Victor L. Schermer
Anthony Branker & Word PlayPaul Robeson Center for the ArtsSolley AuditoriumPrinceton, NJApril 3, 2011 Trumpeter Anthony Branker's Princeton, New Jersey concert--sponsored by The Princeton Council for the Arts, funded by Wachovia-Wells Fargo Bank, Bloomberg and other sources--was a musical gem set on the laconic, early spring day of ...
Acclaimed Author Robin D.G. Kelley Lectures on "The 'Un-Years': Thelonious Monk in the 1950s" at the Kimmel Center
On April 9, 2011, at the initiation of All About Jazz writer Vic Schermer, Robin Kelley, author of Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original visited Philadelphia and delivered a lecture on Monk. Kelley's 60 minute talk focused on a turbulent period in Monk's life—the 1950s—when his music was misunderstood, and he also ...
Robin D.G. Kelley, Author of Acclaimed Thelonious Monk Biography, to Present Free Public Lecture at The Kimmel Center, Philadelphia April 9th
Robin Kelley's Thelonious Monk:The Life And Times of an American Original, was published in 2009 by Free Press and quickly has become a classic, gaining critical acclaim and numerous awards, and provoking constant discussion and raves among jazz musicians and fans alike. Renowned pianist and educator Geri Allen remarked: “Thelonious Monk: The Life And Times of ...
City of Philadelphia Announces Jazz Appreciation Month April 2011
As part of a yearly national event sponsored by the Smithosonian Institute, Philadelphia will make April, 2011 Jazz Appreciation Month in the City of Brotherly Love. Standing on the northwest corner of the Dilworth Plaza, the city's Chief Cultural Officer, Gary P. Steuer, announced the event to the press. Plying their trade in still wintry cold ...
Chuck Anderson Trio: Live at Chaplin’s Music Cafe
by Victor L. Schermer
Chuck Anderson TrioLive at Chaplin's Music CafeSelf Produced2011 This self-produced DVD is a gem, with over an hour of straight ahead, guitar trio jazz featuring Chuck Anderson, a virtuoso player who is sheer pleasure to hear. The disc aims to recreate a live performance by showcasing Anderson's ...
Odean Pope Benefit at the Philadelphia Clef Club March 21, 2011
It has often been noted that the community of jazz musicians is as close and caring as an extended family. Indeed, in Philadelphia, modern jazz received a major thrust in the 1950s-60s when pioneers like John Coltrane, the Heath Brothers, McCoy Tyner, Benny Golson, James Moody, and a small army of others would get together in ...
Fred Hersch Trio + 2: New York City, March 5, 2011
by Victor L. Schermer
Fred Hersch Trio + 2Jazz Standard,New York CIty, NYMarch 5, 2011 Fred Hersch is one of today's most prominent jazz pianists, extending the limits of the jazz idiom with rare finesse and a sense of meaning and implication in every note he plays. This was one of five consecutive evenings ...
Deborah Brown: For The Love Of Ivie: A Tribute to Ivie Anderson
by Victor L. Schermer
Ivie Anderson was Duke Ellington's mainstay singer from 1931 to 1942, melding the depth of Billie Holiday with the sophisticated attitude of Lena Horne. Deborah Brown is one of the finest modern jazz vocalists ever to grace live venues and recording studios. In common with Anderson, she is a musician's vocalist, having played with the likes ...
Roberta Piket: Sides, Colors
by Victor L. Schermer
Roberta Piket Sides, ColorsThirteenth Note Records2011 Roberta Piket is a pianist with rich musical abilities who is making a name for herself as one of the best of her generation of keyboard players. Her 2011 release, Sides, Colors is a well-conceived recording, using her trio supplemented by strings and ...
