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Sonny Rollins Returns to Mellon Jazz Fridays at the Kimmel Center

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Sonny Rollins Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Verizon Hall Philadelphia, PA December 1, 2006 Greatness in music is difficult to define, but one of its characteristics is the sustained development of a unique potential without sacrificing the essence of a specific musical syntax. If this be the case, then ...

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Pianadelphia: A Philadelphia Jazz Tribute

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Pianadelphia A Philadelphia Jazz Tribute Soulsearch Music 2006 This superb recording is the first in a projected series featuring Philadelphia jazz musicians. It consists of specially recorded, solo piano tracks by some of the finest jazz pianists currently residing or performing in the Philadelphia area. In the near ...

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Sonny Rollins: Hardy Perennial

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Legendary jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins is a “household word, an innovator, and a “hardy perennial" in the jazz world. He came up, performed, and recorded with the likes of Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, and John Coltrane. His musical evolution never stopped, and at 76, he continues to offer a hefty schedule of concerts worldwide.

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The David Liebman Group at the Deerhead Inn

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The David Liebman Group The Deerhead Inn Delaware Water Gap, PA October 20, 2006 David Liebman is a preeminent jazz saxophonist who has sustained a top-of-the-line reputation for four decades. He embodies a rare combination of discipline, knowledge, technique, and passion. Simply put, he is a true and dedicated ...

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Trudy Pitts and Nancy Wilson Open 2006-07 Mellon Jazz Fridays at the Kimmel Center

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Trudy Pitts and Nancy Wilson Mellon Jazz Fridays The Kimmel Center, Philadelphia September 15, 2006 The atrium lobby of the Kimmel Center was crowded and abuzz with excitement because it was the first “Mellon Jazz Friday of the season, and furthermore, it was the occasion of Trudy Pitts' daring ...

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Chris Walden: Big Band Magic With No Bounds

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Chris Walden is a highly gifted and creative composer and arranger who is equally at home writing and conducting music for film, TV, and jazz venues. Based in Los Angeles, he came to the U.S. from Germany in 1996, where, in his twenties, he had already established a fine reputation in multiple aspects of the music ...

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Trudy Pitts: Meeting the Next Keyboard Challenge

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On September 15, 2006, Trudy Pitts will have the distinction of being the first jazz musician to perform on the spectacular new organ in Verizon Hall, at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia, in a concert opposite the great singer Nancy Wilson. The largest concert organ in the United States, officially known as ...

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Tony Deangelis: Everybody's Song

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Tony Deangelis Everybody's Song Volumes 1 & 2 TAJ Records 2005 The key word for this CD is passion, and the driving force behind it is drummer Tony Deangelis. He proves himself to be a creative talent with a fierce dedication to self-expression. Together with Ralph Bowen on ...

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Joanna Pascale Quintet at Loews Hotel in Philadelphia

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Joanna Pascale Loews Hotel Philadelphia, PA August 2006 It isn't often one gets to hear a top of the line jazz vocalist at a hotel cocktail lounge and restaurant (the great Mabel Mercer comes to mind as one of those rarities), but we've lucked out. Joanna Pascale, one of the ...

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Roberta Gambarini: Easy To Love

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I first heard vocalist Roberta Gambarini perform a few years ago at the Jazz Standard in New York, soon after she arrived in America from Italy. It was clear even then that she had star potential and, as expected, she has now begun to take her place among the jazz greats, with nowhere to go but ...


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