Welcome to Philadelphia Jazz Project
And The Beat Goes On!!!
Apr 3, 2020
Welcome to Jazz Appreciation Month 2020. Unfortunately, here we all are roughing out an unprecedented health crisis, which is ironically reminiscent of the average apocalyptic horror film as seen on Netflix. On the most part, we’re all staying at home, trying to stay positive and busy. To those of us that are venturing out everyday working at hospitals, fire houses, police stations, military bases and government buildings to keep us safe and well, to those working to provide services like electricity, water and gas, to those who drive the trucks and other vehicles that deliver goods and mail, as well those who provide us with food at our supermarkets and restaurants at this time, we owe you all a great debt and A LOVING THANK YOU!!!
Although our ability to move about has been significantly paralyzed, folks are hard at work trying to make this Jazz Appreciation Month meaningful. Two of those groups are Jazz Philadelphia and All About Jazz. Jazz Philadelphia is coordinating a Virtual Jazz Appreciation Month or “VJAM Philly.” All About Jazz is presenting Live From Our Living Rooms: An Online Music Festival and Fundraiser. All proceeds from this event will provide emergency relief to New York City jazz musicians whose careers have been impacted by COVID-19.
To learn more about either or both visit:
Jazz Philadelphia / VJAM Philly
All About Jazz / Live From Our Living Rooms
30 DAYS OF JAZZ AT PHILLYCAM
In the meantime, join the Philadelphia Jazz Project & our collaborator, PhillyCAM for 30 DAYS OF JAZZ. An exciting TV series featuring recorded, live performances from our vast archives, presented each day in April at 8am. You can tune-in, here in Philadelphia and watch on Xfinity 66/966HD/967 | Verizon 29/30 | Roku | Apple TV, or at anytime, from anyplace at PhillyCAM TV.
Feel free to visit our website and enjoy additional performance videos from our Youtube Channel or download FREE music from our Mixtape Archives. Keep an eye out for additional messages from us via these eblasts, or via our social media platforms.
VISIT PHILADELPHIA JAZZ PROJECT WEBSITE
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PAT MARTINO CAMPAIGN
Legendary Philly Jazz guitarist, Pat Martino has not worked since late 2018 due to severe health issues and is struggling to keep financially afloat. He's exhausted his savings and reaches out to the Jazz community for help. To support this effort, from March 15th to March 30th, 2020, Philadelphia Jazz Project and Books & Stuff will donate 50% from the online sales of our recent book, Philadelphia Jazz Stories Illustrated: Volume One to the Pat Martino Fund.
GRAB SOME FREE MUSIC FROM OUR ARCHIVE!!
It's very important that we keep our minds occupied with affirming and engaging activities. We urge you to check out our mixtape archive. We have over 60 FREE mixtapes featuring some of Philly's finest musicians. These recordings feature performances by Odean Pope, Pablo Batista, Bobby Zankel, Alan Nelson, Suzzette Ortiz, Bethlehem, Keith DeStefano, Kevin Diehl, Luke Carlos O'Reilly, Parris Lové, Ernest Stuart, Ella Ganht and more.
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Philadelphia Jazz Project is a sponsored project of the Culture Trust | Greater Philadelphia, with funding provided by The Philadelphia Foundation.
