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Tribute - Mysterious Traveler All Stars Concert

TRIBUTE Monday, April 25th - 7pm Free Library of Philadelphia 1901 Vine Street, Phila., PA 19103-1189   FREE ADMISSION   Back in 2014, Leo Gadson of Producers Guild, Adam Feldman of the Free Library of Philadelphia and Homer Jackson of the Philadelphia Jazz Project met to discuss a new concert series. It was called the   Read More....

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Mysterious Traveler All Stars Go Pop!

Mysterious Traveler All Stars Go Pop! Monday, January 27th, 2020 at 7:00 pm Parkway Central Library | Montgomery Auditorium 1901 Vine Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103-1189 ADMISSION IS FREE.   Who says a jazz band can't play dance music? - George Clinton of Parliament/Funkadelic   At its core, Jazz music is a good time,   Read More....

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Mysterious Traveler All Stars - Spring 2019 Concert

Mysterious Traveler All Stars - Spring 2019 Concert Monday, May 6th, 2019 at 7:00 pm Parkway Central Library | Montgomery Auditorium 1901 Vine Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103-1189 ADMISSION IS FREE.   The Mysterious Travelers All Stars continue to astound us with their magnificent growth as a team of composers and master musicians.   Read More....

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Mysterious Traveler All Stars - Winter 2019 Concert

Mysterious Traveler All Stars - Winter 2019 Concert Monday, February 25th, 2019 at 7:00 pm Parkway Central Library | Montgomery Auditorium 1901 Vine Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103-1189 ADMISSION IS FREE.   The Mysterious Travelers are back!!! After their magnificent, One Book - Report performance in July 2018, the Mysterious Traveler   Read More....

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One Book - Report Concert

One Book - Report Concert Monday, July 9th 7:00 pm Shakespeare Park at the Parkway Central Library 1901 Vine St | Philadelphia, PA 19103 FREE EVENT, BUT YOU MUST RSVP TO RSVP CLICK HERE   The 2018 One Book One Philadelphia selection was Jacqueline Woodson’s award winning novel, Another Brooklyn. After an exciting season of   Read More....

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Satellites #7 - J. Michael Harrison & Homer Jackson

Satellites #7 May 30th, 2018 / 8pm - CORRECTION!!! Satellites Are Spinning: A Sizzling, Sonic Celebration of Sun Ra World Cafe Live 3025 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104   For Tickets: CLICK HERE   Continuing the exploration started by our Sun Ra Mixtape Series celebrating the influence of the Philadelphia, visionary   Read More....

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Satellites Series: A Sizzling, Sonic Celebration of Sun Ra

Satellites Are Spinning: A Sizzling, Sonic Celebration of Sun Ra   In the fall of 2014, Philadelphia Jazz Project developed a special mixtape project honoring the immeasurable imaginative genius of the late Philadelphia, visionary musician, philosopher, composer and band leader, Sun Ra [1914 to 1993]. This unique challenge provided an   Read More....

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The First Traveler Mixtape - Matthew Clayton

In September 2017, the Mysterious Traveler Concert Series will enter its 4th season at the Free Library of Philadelphia. The series features FREE monthly concerts from September through May. It has showcased a diverse array of Jazz performers, young and not so young, who are shaping the future sounds of Philadelphia, including such awesome   Read More....

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Announcing Sun Ra Mixtape # 7

We have arrived at the seventh of seven mixtapes in our Sun Ra Mixtape Series. In the fall of 2014, Philadelphia Jazz Project [PJP] developed a unique challenge for DJs, producers, electronic musicians, turntablists, singers, poets, and/or rappers, as well as solos by instrumentalists to honor the immeasurable imaginative genius of the late   Read More....

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Phila Songbook Concert Vol 2


 In February of 2014, PJP presented the very first Philadelphia Songbook Concert at Temple Performing Art Center [TPAC]. There were over 900 excited people in attendance. They saw an amazing concert with an all star band led by pianist Alfie Pollitt, featuring artists like Pablo Batista, Webb Thomas, Barbara Walker, Pete Chavez, Ella Gahnt,   Read More....

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Mysterious Traveler: Matthew Clayton

  The Free Library, the Producer's Guild and PJP are teaming up to present a daring, new performance series. Entitled,  Mysterious Travelers Concert Series, it will feature FREE monthly concerts running through April 2015. It will also showcase a diverse array of Jazz performers who are shaping the future sounds of Philadelphia. The   Read More....

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On my first record with him, I used no notes, just sound... I never played as powerfully as I did with Sunny Murray... he plays pulse, not beats.
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