41. All That Philly Jazz Blog https://phillyjazz.us/ + Follow Blog A place-based public history project at the intersection of art, public policy and cultural heritage preservation. Drawing on archival materials and oral histories, we contextualize the social history of jazz. We dig in the...
His observations on his early years in Philly, on developing his own sound, collaborations with wife Toshiko Akiyoshi and others, ageing as a creative musician and his path to being a wine connoisseur and collector are fascinating. Lew has always been a unique thinker and improviser....
clubs in the Greenville/Spartanburg area. We were playing somewhere every weekend and I decided then, that I wanted to be an entertainer”. Phyllis moved to Atlanta at 19 years of age and became the house pianist for Hilton hotels. In addition she performed in bands and gained a BA in ...
Ryan has been a member and featured soloist in ensembles such as The Florida All State Jazz band, The Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, The Orlando Jazz Orchestra. Ryan has toured a majority of the United States playing at famous jazz clubs like Smalls in NYC, Chris’ Jazz Cafe in Philly, and...
He told me that too many jazz bars/clubs in Tokyo cater to only one kind of audience (older/richer) and that he’s trying to bring in a different kind of crowd. The Friday ‘New York Jazz Room’ nights featuring a regular group of formerly NYC-based Japanese musicians ...
The results are quite superb and justify Norman Granz’s faith in signing the pianist and vocalist. The setting is just about perfect with guitarist Herb Ellis, Ray Brown on bass, and at the drums Jo Jones (not to be confused with “Philly” Joe Jones). ...
Brown was all over the jazz-sphere in 1943, at nightclubs and theaters in Pittsburgh, Allentown, Boston, Montreal, Chicago, Detroit, and back to New York. Brown joined Don Redmon’s Orchestra from January through August of 1944, then appeared at the Onyx Club until November of that year....
Years ago, when I was playing in clubs in Boston, there was a great jazz drummer, Joe Hunt. He was like a white Elvin Jones. We used to hang out. Joe would hire me to sub for him. There was a gal named Lynn Stewart, who was Chick Corea’s cousin. I did a lot of gigs with...
The business model that guided jazz dinner clubs like the New Orleans Creole Restaurant in Pioneer Square and the iconic Tula’s Jazz Club in Belltown became obsolete. The price tag for the consumer became sky high, while the numbers needed to manage a successful business became impossible. An...
Kelly Carrol (Choreographer) began her dance training in Chicago and spent three years touring internationally with the Lenore Sutton acro-dance company. She came to New York and began a long career as a triple threat performing on Broadway, television, film, night clubs and international concert...