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Jazz Goes to the Movies: Spike Lee and Terence Blanchard at the Kimmel Center, Philadelphia
by Victor L. Schermer
The Kimmel Center for the Performing ArtsVerizon HallPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaApril 19, 2008This event, unusual for the Mellon Jazz Series at the Kimmel Center, brought together Terence Blanchard and his quintet, several crossover (jazz and pops) vocalists, and a fine pickup orchestra conducted by Michael Pedicin performing Blanchard's music from eight Spike Lee ...
Freddy Cole and Dave Brubeck Quartets at the Kimmel Center, Philadelphia
by Victor L. Schermer
Kimmel Center for the Performing ArtsVerizon HallPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaApril 16, 2008 It was a pleasure to attend and review this double bill at the Kimmel Center with two most honored and respected musicians and their quartets: Freddy Cole and Dave Brubeck. Both groups gave their all, producing some exceptional music.
Rufus Harley: Pipes of Peace
by Victor L. Schermer
Rufus Harley Pipes of Peace Produced and directed by George Manney A Brotherly Love All-Star Tour Production 2007 Rufus Harley (1936-2006) was a supreme individualist. He started out as a very competent reed player--on soprano, alto, and tenor sax, as well as the flute. He studied ...
Mingus Big Band and Cyrus Chestnut Trio at The Kimmel Center, Philadelphia
by Victor L. Schermer
Cyrus Chestnut Trio and Mingus Big BandThe Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Verizon Hall Philadelphia, Pennsylvania February 22, 2008 There is a saying to the effect that “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade." That is what the Kimmel Center did with two problems that ...
David Liebman /Jim Ridl: The Creative Process in Jazz
by Victor L. Schermer
The idea for this interview came to me when I became aware of two aspects of jazz as a creative, artistic process. First, unlike most other art forms, jazz creativity emerges directly in performance through improvisation. Every jazz performance is unique and comes together in real time while it is being played. Each moment is an ...
A Holiday Jazz Benefit Concert with Mary Ellen Desmond, Philadelphia
by Victor L. Schermer
The Church of St. Luke and the Epiphany330 South 13th StreetPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaDecember 16, 2007 Perhaps like this writer, there are those who are not especially fond of the holiday music that blares everywhere from late November through the New Year. Besides the intrusive, repetitious re-playing of a dozen or so ...
Sid Mark's Anniversary Concert with Frank Sinatra Jr. and All-Star Band at Harrah's, Atlantic City
by Victor L. Schermer
52nd Anniversary Celebration of Sid Mark's Sounds of Sinatra Show Harrah's Marina Hotel Atlantic City, NJ November 17, 2007 Sid Mark, a prominent Philadelphia disc jockey, has been hosting a show called Sounds of Sinatra for 52 years. During that time, like the music itself, Sid and his ...
Larry McKenna: Keeping the Legacy Alive
by Victor L. Schermer
Larry McKenna is a master tenor saxophonist. He has resided in Philadelphia all his life, and so is best known in that city, although he has been on the road a number of times, in particular with the Woody Herman band, and musical insiders everywhere know his work. His CDs as a leader include My Shining ...
The Antfarm Quartet: Dialgoues, pt. 2
by Victor L. Schermer
While this CD contains some fine straight-ahead jazz by a group of excellent musicians, the name of the group, The Antfarm Quartet, combined with cover photos of the group hanging out on a cloudy day at the beach and seen through the window of a diner, evokes a connotation of funk and grunge. Just as ants ...
Paquito D'Rivera, Count Basie and Nnenna Freelon at the Kimmel Center, Philadelphia
by Victor L. Schermer
Paquito D'Rivera Quintet; The Count Basie Orchestra; Nnenna Freelon The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Verizon Hall Philadelphia, Pennsylvania September 28, 2007 The first concert in the series of Mellon Jazz Fridays at the Kimmel Center kicked off in the midst of Phillies “fever, with our local baseball team ...
