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The Known Unknown - Celebrating Bill Barron & Ted Curson - Mixtapes
Jul 26, 2020
In October 2015, at the American Philosophical Society, PJP presented a tribute concert for two talented Philadelphia artists; saxophonist Bill Barron and trumpeter, Ted Curson, who were in the thick of things during what was called, "The New Thing" in Jazz in the late 1950s and early 1960s. They also had the distinction of working with  Read More....
More Wonderful Sounds Of The Year
Dec 2, 2019
We ran this piece last year this time and just felt compelled to rewind it and spin it back out to you again. If you haven't checked this out, you owe it to yourself to jump in. While you are at it enjoy some of the 50 plus, FREE mixtapes that we have available for your enjoyment in our archives. Don't think that because it's free, it's subpar.  Read More....
DivaNation Philly - Vibing For Spring
Feb 19, 2019
DivaNation Philly Presents: Vibing For Spring With "Wolfman" Warren Wolf & His Wolfpack Saturday, March 9th, 2019 Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz & the Performing Arts 738 S. Broad Street Philadelphia, PA 19146 For Tickets: CLICK HERE DivaNation PHILLY prepares for their 2nd Annual Spring Concert, Vibing For Spring. Who is  Read More....
The Most Wonderful Sounds Of The Year
Nov 19, 2018
We ran this piece last year this time and just felt compelled to rewind it and spin it back out to you again. If you haven't checked this out, you owe it to yourself to jump in. While you are at it enjoy some of the 50 plus, FREE mixtapes that we have available for your enjoyment in our archives. Don't think that because it's free, it's subpar.  Read More....
DivaNation PHILLY Membership Event
May 14, 2018
DivaNation Philly Spring Membership Event POTLUCK & MIXER with the Women's Caucus for Art Sunday, May 20th, 5-8 pm CultureWorks Greater Philadelphia 1315 Walnut Street, Suite 320 Phila., PA 19107 Continuing to grow, develop and give voice to the diverse songs of Philadelphia female artists, DivaNation PHILLY prepares for a big  Read More....
All Women, All Jazz
Aug 27, 2017
All Women, All Jazz Friday, September 15th, 2017 at 8pm Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz & Performing Arts 738 S. Broad Street Philadelphia, PA 19146 Get Tickets Here DivaNation Philly, a jazz vocalist collective spawned by the Philadelphia Jazz Project and Philadelphia’s stellar, jazz guitar sensation, Monnette Sudler join up to  Read More....
The Positive Music
Mar 11, 2017
It is not unusual to see a tall, thin caramel-skinned man sitting in the front row of a concert in Philadelphia with his tripod and his video camera, intensely focused, capturing the performance. The man is Steven Berry and this is his work. Since the birth of PJP, five years ago, this gentlemen has documented hundreds of hours of performances  Read More....
Best Of Frosty Mixtape
Dec 9, 2016
Happy Holiday everyone!! For three years, from 2013 through 2015, PJP presented the Frosty Holiday Concert Series. Taking place at the historic, Irvine Auditorium on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania in West Philadelphia, over 2,500 people witnessed those awesome, family friendly events. Speaking of family friendly, families and  Read More....
Swing Jam With DivaNation
Dec 31, 2015
The ladies of DivaNation, in collaboration with The Studio at Take the Lead, present an intriguing event. Swing Jam: A live music event for a dancing crowd Friday, January 15, 2016 8pm - Midnite (Doors 7:30) Studio at Take the Lead 4701 Pine St., Philadelphia, PA 19143 Tickets: Click Here A BYOB Event PJP recently spoke with  Read More....
PJP Mixtape #2
Aug 5, 2015
Philadelphia is home to strong musical traditions like Jazz, Gospel, DooWop, R&B, Rock and Hiphop. Our greatest strength has been the unexpected and wonderful blending and swirling of these traditions into new and fascinating musical creations. That's what we did and that's what we still do. This mixtape series, available as a free download is an  Read More....
DivaNation Salon At 7165 Lounge
Jul 1, 2015
The DivaNation Salon Series Continues Saturday, July 11th 2015 at 4pm 7165 Lounge 7165 Germantown Avenue Philadelphia PA 19119 Tickets: $15, $10 Students & Seniors Buy Tickets Here This concert will feature DivaNation vocalists: ▪ Barbara Montgomery ▪ Carol Harris ▪ Saudah Al-Akbar The music director for the evening  Read More....
PJP’s Jazzy Christmas Celebration
Dec 6, 2014
From LOVE Park to Penn’s Landing, it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Philadelphia is blessed with many family holiday traditions, including everyone’s favorite, the Wanamaker Organ Christmas Light Show. Back in the day, families would go to the Gallery at Market East and sing holiday songs around the  Read More....
Frosty 2: Another Cool Holiday Jazz Celebration
Nov 14, 2014
Celebrate the Holidays with the Philadelphia Jazz Project! FROSTY 2: Another COOL HOLIDAY JAZZ CELEBRATION ....featuring some of Philadelphia's finest Jazz musicians. Co-produced and hosted by J. Michael Harrison of WRTI SATURDAY | December 13, 2014 | 4:00 p.m. [Doors open at 3:45pm] IRVINE AUDITORIUM 3401 Spruce Street,  Read More....
DivaNation is Coming
Jun 25, 2014
DivaNation is a diverse and developing community of Philadelphia's female singers who evoke the spirit of legendary Jazz singers like Ethel Waters, Sarah Vaughan and Billie Holiday, while simultaneously keeping an eye and ear open to the sounds of the future. For six months, in monthly sessions, these women have been meeting,  Read More....