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Phound Sounds Podcast
Jun 1, 2021
PHOUND SOUNDS PODCAST Published Monthly on the 15th day of the month Hosted by trumpeter Paul Giess LEARN MORE HERE: This current period has shifted so many aspects of our lives. The ways we work. They ways we travel or don't travel. They ways we communicate. The internet, which has been continually transforming our lives, since  Read More....
Key Of She - Virtual Week - 2020
Nov 19, 2020
Key Of She Jazz announces the next Key of She Virtual Week. This five-day conference will feature women-centered, presentations, workshops, master classes, lectures and more featuring such special guests as saxophonists Alexa Tarantino and Claire Daly, drummers Allison Miller and Sherrie Maricle, guitarist Monnette Sudler, historian Hannah  Read More....
Given: Women Composers Respond to Duchamp
Mar 13, 2020
CANCELLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE!! Given: Women Composers Respond to Duchamp Philadelphia Museum of Art 2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway Phila., PA 19130 Given is a musical performance conceived and produced by the Philadelphia Jazz Project, written and presented by a team of brilliant Philadelphia-area women artists as a musical  Read More....
More Sounds Of Liberation
May 25, 2019
Sun Ra Arkestra / Sounds of Liberation Thursday, June 13, 2019 At 8:00pm Union Transfer 1026 Spring Garden Street Philadelphia, PA 19123 For More Info & Tickets: CLICK HERE Sounds Of Liberation was a band – and a social movement – formed in of the Germantown & Mt Airy neighborhoods of Philadelphia in 1970. The  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....
Monnette Sudler Guitar Summit - Nine Lives
Apr 27, 2018
Monnette Sudler’s 9th Annual Philadelphia Guitar Summit May 12th, 2018 at 2:00 - 4:00PM / Doors Open at 1:00PM World Café Live 3025 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 To Purchase Tickets: Click Here Some people believe that The Nine Lives Myth is related to cats' ability to always land on their feet.  Read More....
Celebrating Sunny Murray
Feb 12, 2018
The Sunny Murray Memorial Saturday, February 24th, 2018 at 6:00pm The Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz & Performing Arts 738 S. Broad Street Philadelphia, PA 19146 FREE Admission, but you must RSVP TO RSVP CLICK HERE "I'm at the point in my life now with this message to happiness, expressing to people the magic of being  Read More....
Mysterious Traveler - Dwight James
Aug 30, 2017
Mysterious Traveler 4 Concert Series September 18, 2017 - 7PM | Dwight James Parkway Central Library | Montgomery Auditorium 1901 Vine Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103-1189 All events in this series are FREE. But you must RSVP. RSVP HERE Mysterious Travelers 4: Further Investigations - a collaboration between The Free Library  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....
Germantown Music Festival
May 2, 2017
Germantown Music Festival Sunday, May 7th 2017 12:00pm to 9:00pm For More Info Visit The Germantown Music Festival Website Germantown Music Festival is day long series of events at three differnet locations in Germantown and featuring some of Germantown's finest performers. Produced by Germantown Arts, ands presented at Rittenhouse  Read More....
Center City Jazz Festival 2017
Apr 11, 2017
2017 Center City Jazz Festival Saturday, April 29 from 1:00pm – 7:00pm 5 Venues!!! 20 Performers!! One Action-Packed Day!! For More info on Performers, Schedule & Tickets: CLICK HERE Philadelphia native Ernest Stuart is the Founder/Artistic Director of the Center City Jazz Festival. Stuart is a graduate of Temple University  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....
Monnette Sudler & The Guitar Summit
Feb 3, 2017
Monnette Sudler's Philadelphia Guitar Summit March 4th, 2017 at 8:00PM Montgomery County Community College's Science Center Theater 340 DeKalb Pike, Blue Bell, PA 19422 To Purchase Tickets: Click Here, or call 215-641-6518 Grammy nominated composer/jazz guitarist/vocalist/bandleader Monnette Sudler is known as the  Read More....
Actress/Singer: Joilet Harris Talks RetroLove
Jun 14, 2016
RetroLove June 29th & 30th, 2016 at 7:00PM Drake Theater | 1512 Spruce Street | Phila., PA 19102 Joilet Harris is a Philadelphia treasure. Her searing portrait of Lena Younger in the Arden Theater’s production of A Raisin in the Sun and her Barrymore award-winning turn as Caroline Thibodeaux in Caroline, or  Read More....
Byard Lancaster - Celebration of Life
May 25, 2016
Thursday, July 28th 2016 at 7:30pm Celebration of Life - Byard Lancaster Settlement Music School/Germantown Branch 6128 Germantown Avenue, Phila., PA 19144 Tickets: $10 in advance - More at the door For tickets go to EVENTBRITE, search "Byard Lancaster" and follow prompts to order tickets. For some reason, we are having  Read More....
Composer/Musical Director: Monnette Sudler Talks RetroLove
May 22, 2016
RetroLove June 29th & 30th, 2016 at 7:00PM Drake Theater | 1512 Spruce Street | Phila., PA 19102 Grammy nominated composer/jazz guitarist/vocalist/bandleader Monnette Sudler is known as the “First Lady of Jazz Guitar.” Ms Sudler began in the tradition of avant-garde Jazz, playing with artists like, Sunny Murray, David Murray,  Read More....
What Is RetroLove?
Apr 4, 2016
Retro Love June 29th & 30th, 2016 at 7:00PM Drake Theater | 1512 Spruce Street | Phila., PA 19102 Beth Feldman Brandt is a poet whose writing has investigated such diverse themes as old maps, herbal remedies and, now, dating before the Internet. She is the author of “Sage” and “Solace”, both collaborations  Read More....
Coming Up In 2016
Feb 24, 2016
Coming up in 2016, PJP has some great events in store for you. Most important, is that 2016 marks the 100th anniversary of the start of the Great Migration: The historic period when millions of Black Americans left the South and moved to the Northeast, Midwest and West. This activity changed, the country culturally, politically and socially.  Read More....
More Home Cooking
Apr 11, 2015
Philadelphia Jazz Project director, Homer Jackson was recently interviewed by Matthew Leister of Jump Philly Magazine. They discussed the Homecooking; Celebrating The Philadelphia Jazz Organ Tradition concert which occurred on Wednesday, March 4, 2015 at World Cafe Live and will be broadcast on National Public Radio's [NPR’s] Jazz Night In  Read More....