Born 27 May 1948, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ... He is considered by some, rightly so, as the premier jazz pianist of our day, closer to the supple touch and refined harmony of Bill Evans than the ...

From Orrin Evans' big 50th birthday celebration to a Roscoe Mitchell-Tyshawn Sorey twofer at Solar Myth, it'll be a very ...

Michael Brecker was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and exposed to jazz at an early age by his father, an amateur jazz pianist. Among the generation of jazz musicians that saw rock music not as the ...

They are nominated for best large jazz ensemble album ... from Trenton when he was a boy, and the piano became his friend. "If I didn't move to Philadelphia, I'm not sure that that love would ...

WHYY’s Local Music Project spotlights Philadelphia-area musicians by ... core members guitarist Orlando Haddad and pianist Patricia King, internationally acclaimed Minas performs Brazilian jazz. They ...

In whats been called the Super Bowl of Jazz, five of Americas most promising jazz pianists compete in the 2019 American Pianists Awards Gala Finals. Hosted by NEA Jazz Master Dee Dee Bridgewater ...