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Presenting Jazz Since 1978!
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PA Jazz Society Presents:
Annual Jazz Fest - PJS 30th Anniversary
Featuring: Rio Clemente Trio
David Ostwald's Gully Low Jazz Band
Robbie Scott and his Dixie Dealers
Sunday, July 12, 2009
11:45 am to 6:30 pm
Doors open at 10:30
$20 in advance, $25 at the door, $5 students
To order tickets send payment to: PA Jazz Society, P.O Box 995, Easton, PA 18044
Tickets available at the door
Plainfield Township Fire Hall
Wind Gap, PA
Info call – 610-740-9698 / 610-258-2082
Band info:
Rio Clemente Trio
- Anyone who has listened to Rio Clemente play piano, comes away in awe. This master pianist mixes a strong classical background with a rich knowledge of jazz history, then adds an amazing sense of creativity and interpretation. The result is music that is different from others, and nearly always produces a standing ovation and cries for "more." When reviewers stumble for words to describe his work, it’s because words fail to convey the rich depth of character, nimble facility of play and ease with which his music is crafted and performed. The man brings something very special and decidedlyunequalled to the piano. He has recorded with bassist Milt Hinton, performed Dave Brubeck’s mass (To Hope! A Celebration) and prepared a feature CD on Richard Rodgers that led Linda Rodgers to say, "Rio plays my father’s music better than anyone I ever heard – with unremitting style and sensitivity, and always with a technique that is elegant." Dave Brubeck has written, "Rio Clemente is EXCELLENT!," and comedian Freddy Roman has said, "I want to open for you!" A native of Morristown, NJ, Rio is a member of its Hall of Fame.
David Ostwald’s Gully Low Jazz Band
– Personnel: David Ostwald (leader, tuba), Ed Polcer (cornet), Dan Block (reeds), Mark Shane (piano), and Marion Felder (drums).Inspired by the noble jazz pioneers Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke, Duke Ellington, Jelly Roll Morton and their colleagues, David Ostwald’s Gully Low Jazz Band breathes life and passion into America’s own great art form. Since 1980, this acoustically electrifying group has appeared nationally and internationally in varied settings - currently in the tenth year of an open-ended weekly Wednesday evening engagement at New York City’s Birdland, at Lincoln Center’s Midsummer’s Night Swing, at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, at Jazz in July at the 92
nd Street Y, at Lionel Hampton’s New Orleans-style funeral procession, and at four appearances since 2001 at Scotland’s Nairn International Jazz Festival. The band’s guest musicians have included Wynton Marsalis, Dick Hyman, Jon Hendricks, Clark Terry, Jon Faddis, and blues great Big Joe Turner, whose recording with the band, one of five it has made, was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1986.In addition, the Gully Low Jazz Band strongly believes that children’s lives are
enriched by exposure to jazz music, and in this regard has presented numerous programs
for schoolchildren at the Louis Armstrong House in Corona, New York, and at Lincoln
Center’s "Meet the Artist" and "Real to Reel" series.
Robbie Scott and The Dixie Dealers
– Personnel - Dan Levinson (clarinet), Randy Reinhart (cornet), Herb Gardner (trombone) Mike Weatherly (string bass) and Robbie Scott (drums).Robbie Scott, drums and percussion was born in Brooklyn in 1952. Robbie studied seriously with Sonny Igoe and Joe Morrelo and then went on to Brooklyn college for a degree in music performance. Robbie played with Bobby Short at the hotel Carlyle in NYC for 15 years. He played with Woody Allen’s Dixieland Trad Jazz Band at Michael’s Pub for 10 years. Robbie has played for 3 US Presidents, King Hussain Of Jordan, NYC mayors, several governors of NJ and many more. The band can be heard at clubs and at the very prestigious Rainbow Room in NYC on a regular basis. The Dixie Dealers love to mix it up with many hot swing and dixieland favorites. Robbie loves to play and drive a band much in the tradition of Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich.
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2009 CONCERTS
Feb. 8 - Barbone St. - Annual Mardi Gras Party (American Legion Wind Gap)
March 8 - Wolverine Jazz Band (Easton ML)
April 19 - THE BORDERLINE JAZZ BAND, featuring Bria Skonberg & Jim Fryer (Easton ML)
May 17 - Roy Rubenstein's Chicago Hot Six (Easton ML)
June 7 - Nicki Parrott (Easton ML)
July 12 - Annual Jazz Fest - Rio Clemente, Gully Low Jazz Band, Robbie Scott, (Plainfield Township) Note : 30th Anniversary special concert
Sept. 13 - Pete Pepke Generation (American Legion Wind Gap)
Oct. 11 - Jazz Lobsters Big Band (Easton ML)
Nov. 8 - Doug Smith (Easton ML)
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Our Mission
The Pennsylvania Jazz Society is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation, promotion and presentation of traditional and mainstream jazz music. The Pennsylvania Jazz Society is a founding member of the American Federation Of Jazz Societies
Membership Information
Membership dues is $20 for calendar year. Membership includes you and your significant other, and all of your children under 18. If you are a single person, your admission will allow you to purchase one extra admission to each of the PJS events at the PJS membership price. Membership includes our monthly newsletter, discount concert admissions, and free admission to our November concert.
Click here for a printable membership form.
Contact Information
- Telephone
- 610-258-2082 (Lois Volk) or 610-740-9698 (Michele Curatola)
- Postal address
- P.O. Box 995 Easton, PA 18044
- Electronic mail
- General Information: info@pajazzsociety.org
Webmaster: music@pajazzsociety.org