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Bill Cosby: If You Could Hear It, You'd Smile

by Victor L. Schermer
June 2, 2010

Bill Cosby is a gentle giant, and not just physically. He is a powerhouse of energy and achievement. He's best known as a standup comedian non pareil. Moreover, his TV shows, such as The Cosby Show, have topped the ratings for many years, and he uses them as a way to promote racial reconciliation and disseminate ...

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Article: From Far and Wide

Travelling the “Rhythm Road”: Jazz Ambassadorship in the Twenty-First Century

by Victor L. Schermer
May 30, 2010

When asked to define jazz, Count Basie, said, “Tap your feet!" Rhythm brings people together, and is part of what makes jazz America's musical bridge to the world. “Jazz ambassadorship," a concept which came on the scene over half a century ago, continues into the New Milennium. One current basis for its longevity is that every ...

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Bobby Zankel, Warriors of the Wonderful Sound, and Rudresh Mahanthappa at Montgomery County Community College

by Victor L. Schermer
May 20, 2010

Bobby Zankel and the Warriors of the Wonderful Sound with Special Guest Rudresh MahanthappaScience Center Theater, Montgomery County Community CollegeBlue Bell, PennsylvaniaMay 8, 2010 This concert offered a stimulating blast of music from the outer stratosphere of modern jazz, performed by cutting-edge musicians who are among a handful who can truly ...

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B3 Blowout Featuring Joey DeFrancesco and Three More at the Kimmel Center, Philadelphia

by Victor L. Schermer
May 11, 2010

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 ...

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Denise King and Venissa Santi Conclude Billie Holiday Tribute at the Kimmel Center, Philadelphia

by Victor L. Schermer
May 9, 2010

Kimmel Center's Jazz Up Close Series, 2009-2010 Season Back in Your Own Back Yard: Billie Holiday Tribute Denise King and Venissa Santi Philadelphia, Pennsylvania May 1, 2010 This, the final concert in an eclectic series organized by Curator Danilo Perez and linked by the goal of honoring ...

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Marian Anderson Award Gala Honors Bill Cosby with Jazz and More

by Victor L. Schermer
April 23, 2010

11th Annual Marian Anderson Award GalaBill Cosby, Honoree Kimmel Center for the Performing ArtsPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaApril 6, 2010 The Marian Anderson Award is given each year to a personage who has used his or her “talents for personal artistic expression coupled with a deep commitment to the betterment of society." ...

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Chuck Anderson: Guitar Reemergence

by Victor L. Schermer
April 20, 2010

Chuck Anderson's guitar artistry is a cut above the jazz standard. The quality of his execution is so fine that on first hearing, it is literally stunning. His recent CD, Freefall (Dreambox Media, 2010) consists of musical gems--all-original compositions, woven into a tapestry worthy of a master classical guitarist. Yet it is all straight-ahead mainstream jazz ...

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Chuck Anderson Trio at the New Hope Winery

by Victor L. Schermer
April 20, 2010

Chuck Anderson Trio New Hope WinerySat, April 10, 2010, 8 pm(First of two sets) Having been impressed with Chuck Anderson's new CD, Freefall, the current reviewer recently interviewed this master guitarist in process of renewing his playing career after a period in the wings due to a couple of untoward life ...

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Peter Nero and the Philly Pops Celebrate the Music of the “Greatest Generation”

by Victor L. Schermer
April 16, 2010

Philly Pops Orchestra Revisits “The Stage Door Canteen"Peter Nero, Artistic Director Lynn Roberts, featured vocalistThe Kimmel Center for the Performing ArtsPhiladelphia, PA March 27, 2010 Why a concert review of the popular music of World War II on a jazz-focused website? The very question suggests how misguided it ...

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Sam Stephenson: A "Loft-y" Vision of Jazz

by Victor L. Schermer
April 7, 2010

When, in 1997, writer, scholar, and archivist Sam Stephenson serendipitously came across audio tapes, photographs and other documents involving jazz musicians congregating in photographer W. Eugene Smith's Manhattan loft in the late 1950s and early 1960s, he was surprised as anyone. The wall of cartons had been unopened since before Smith's death in 1978. Stephenson and ...