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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 ...
A Tribute to Anita O
by Victor L. Schermer
Meg Clifton Mitchell and Mary Ellen Desmond Chris' Jazz Café, A Tribute to Anita O'Day Philadelphia, Pennsylvania June 2, 2007 Meg Clifton Mitchell (hereafter referred to as “Clifton," the maiden name familiar her fans) and Mary Ellen Desmond are Philadelphia-based jazz vocalists of the highest caliber. They periodically join ...
Fred Hersch Trio: Night and the Music
by Victor L. Schermer
Pianist Fred Hersch is proving himself to be not only a solid mainstream jazz pianist but also an imaginative and creative musical force. His Leaves of Grass (Palmetto, 2005), with vocalist Kurt Elling broke new ground by setting the poetry of Walt Whitman to written and improvised musical composition incorporating jazz and traditional “heartland American motifs. ...
In the Belly of the Beast: The Story of a Recording Session
by Victor L. Schermer
It is no coincidence that jazz emerged around the same time that Edison invented the phonograph. Both jazz and recording by electrical impulses were among the early signs of “modernity. Furthermore, jazz is an improvisational form of music that is composed as it is performed, and, unlike classical music with its well-tempered scale and relatively uniform ...
Bill Mays Trio at the Kitano Hotel: Movie Themes
by Victor L. Schermer
Bill Mays Trio Kitano Hotel New York City April 13-14, 2007 This was my first visit to the jazz club at the Kitano Hotel on Park Avenue in New York. I was spending the day in Manhattan with a lady friend, and when I learned that pianist Bill Mays ...
Experiencing Jazz
by Victor L. Schermer
Experiencing JazzRichard J. LawnMcGraw-HillISBN: 00724517932007Newly published, Experiencing Jazz, by Richard J. Lawn, is a multimedia textbook with an accompanying CD-ROM, an online learning center for students and instructors, and an optional CD containing complete music tracks. The book covers all aspects of jazz from its inception ...
Eddie Palmieri and Pancho Sanchez: A Night of Latin Jazz at the Kimmel Center
by Victor L. Schermer
Eddie Palmieri and Pancho Sanchez Bands Mellon Jazz Fridays, Verizon Hall The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaFriday, March 2, 2007 “Latin jazz is a very popular genre today. But exactly what is it? Like other current music idioms, it can be hard to pin down, ...
Mulgrew Miller Trio Performs for the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society
by Victor L. Schermer
Mulgree Miller Trio Philadelphia Chamber Music Concert Series Elaine C. Levitt Auditorium, Gershman Hall February 16, 2007 Philadelphia is fortunate to have an outstanding ongoing series of concerts sponsored by the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society. The series is held at various venues throughout the downtown area and offers some ...
Dianne Reeves and Jason Moran at the Kimmel Center, Philadelphia
by Victor L. Schermer
Dianne Reeves and Jason Moran Mellon Jazz Fridays, Verizon Hall The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia, PA February 2, 2007 This intriguing double bill featuring established jazz diva Dianne Reeves and rising star pianist Jason Moran turned out to be an exciting evening of music which also ...
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