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Mary Halvorson On Tour With The Tom Rainey Trio This Week

Drummer Tom Rainey’s working trio, featuring guitarist Mary Halvorson and saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock, hits the road today for a four-city tour of the Northeast U.S. The group released its debut, Pool School (Clean Feed Records), the veteran sideman’s long-awaited first recording…

ICP Orchestra With Special Guest Fay Victor In Philly Tomorrow Night

On Saturday night at 8:00 p.m., Brooklyn-based vocalist/composer Fay Victor will join longtime friends the ICP Orchestra for a performance at Christ Church Neighborhood House in Philadelphia presented by Ars Nova Workshop. This event is part of a three-night stand by…

Tonight: Mike Pride’s From Bacteria To Boys At Philadelphia Art Alliance

Tonight at 8:00 p.m., Ars Nova Workshop will present the official CD release celebration for Betweenwhile (AUM Fidelity), the label debut from drummer/composer Mike Pride and his working quartet, From Bacteria To Boys, at Philadelphia Art Alliance. Critics have called Betweenwhile…

Tonight: Mike Pride’s From Bacteria To Boys Opens Winter Jazzfest

Tonight, at 6:00 p.m., drummer/composer Mike Pride and his working quartet, From Bacteria To Boys, will open 2011 New York Winter JazzFest at Kenny’s Castaways in Greenwich Village. This is the first of three January performances by the group, which…

Saturn Sings Tops Philadelphia City Paper’s Jazz Albums Of 2010 List

The Mary Halvorson Quintet’s Saturn Sings (Firehouse 12 Records) earned the number one spot on Shaun Brady’s Top 10 Jazz Albums of 2010 list in this week’s Philadelphia City Paper. “Halvorson has been steadily reshaping the sound of jazz guitar in…

Darcy James Argue On WHYY’s On Canvas

It isn’t often that our clients get to perform on television, so when WHYY’s On Canvas decided to film Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society performing at the International House in Philadelphia back in June, we were pretty excited. Argue recalled…