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 ...
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, ...
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! ...
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 ...
