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Remembering the Downbeat: 1940s Progressive Philly Jazz Club
History

Remembering the Downbeat: 1940s Progressive Philly Jazz Club

A show at the Society Hill Playhouse and a series of weekly happy hours at the Gershwin Y bring Dizzy Gillespie back into the spotlight. Jack McCarthy profiles Dizzy’s years in Philadelphia and the Downbeat club that laid the foundations for his stardom

Blowin’ Horns, Blowin’ Breezes
Art & Design

Blowin’ Horns, Blowin’ Breezes

For as rich a musical history as Philadelphia has, its jazz scene has been shamefully overlooked, even in its own backyard. It’s through no fault of the Philadelphia Jazz Project’s, though, and to that end, they’re hosting a Jazz Walk in Fairmount Park this weekend to draw some attention to it, with free music and snacks to boot

Immigrants, Schoolkids, Buddhists and All That Jazz
Architecture

Immigrants, Schoolkids, Buddhists and All That Jazz

What’s the (extraordinary) story behind Philadelphia’s first Buddhist Temple, at 12th and Washington? The Shadow knows!

New Life For Former Theater, Jazz Club
Preservation

New Life For Former Theater, Jazz Club

North Philadelphia’s Tioga Theater, which once hosted jazz greats Dizzy Gillespie and Sarah Vaughan, will be reincarnated as a community-oriented banquet hall


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