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, ...
History There Was No End To The Music How do we remember and preserve the legacy of John Coltrane and what was, in the 1940s-1960s, one of the top jazz communities in the world? Rob Armstrong helps us launch the discussion with this ...
History Always A Philadelphian John Coltrane came of age, learned from the masters, and became a legend living in Philadelphia--now preservationists are working to save Trane’s Strawberry Mansion ...
