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We Shall Continue - Celebrating MLK 2021
Jan 14, 2021
Jazz speaks for life. The Blues tell the story of life's difficulties, and if you think for a moment, you will realize that they take the hardest realities of life and put them into music, only to come out with some new hope or sense of triumph. This is triumphant music. Read More....
Sounds of the Revolution - Revisiting Fife & Drum
Jul 27, 2019
Sounds of the Revolution - Revisiting Fife & Drum
Saturday, August 17 – Performances at 11am & 1pm
The Museum of the American Revolution
101 S 3rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106
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What was the soundtrack of 18th-century America? Fife and Drum was definitely a part of the musical story of the times. A Fife Read More....
Celebration of Trane's Interstellar Space
Feb 19, 2017
I was young and Trane was giving me a chance to play. And I was playing my heart out - it was a new experience for me because I didn't have the bass player to think about. I didn't have the pianist there. It was just me. I wasn't as confident. But, Trane knew that it was there. He knew it was there all the time. - Rashied Read More....
Re-Imagining Interstellar Space
Feb 19, 2017
In September of 2016, Philadelphia Jazz Project [PJP] and a group of collaborators presented nine days of free events celebrating the 90th birthday of the legendary Philadelphia Jazz artist, John Coltrane. Of the many events that took place, one was very special. We asked two artists, tenor saxophonist, Terry Lawson and drummer, Alan Nelson to Read More....
A Blast From Recent Past
Jun 1, 2015
In March 2013, PJP was invited to do an unusual thing. We were asked to be amongst a group of performers to take part in Philadelphia's TedX talks. These events have rarely, if ever involved musical performances. We thought long and hard of what and who to present. The following is documentation video from the Tedx YouTube Channel, of Read More....
