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More summer jazz in West Philly: Live jazz performances kick off at Malcolm X Park

June 7, 2017

Recently we told you about the return of Live Jazz Fridays, a great summer tradition in Cedar Park. In this post, we’re happy to report that the annual West Philadelphia Jazz Heritage Series held at Malcolm X Park (52nd an Pine) has also resumed.

The series, hosted by Friends of Malcolm X Memorial Park (Facebook page) and Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell, is held every other Thursday (weather permitting) through Sept. 14, beginning at 7 p.m. Here’s the line up for the rest of the summer:

June 8Drummer Webb Thomas (see video below)
June 22The KDQ & Vocalist Susann Burgess
July 6The Barbara Walker Story
July 20The Budesa Bros
Aug. 3Vocalist Shirley Lites
Aug. 17Drummer Carlos Railey Group
Aug. 31Angel Baby
Sept. 14Pianist Alfie Politt 

All shows are free and open to the public.

Here’s a video of virtuoso drummer and multi-percussionist Webb Thomas and his band performing at Hawthorne Park in South Philly:

 

1 Comments For This Post

  1. Larry Stevens Says:

    Glad to hear this. Hopefully they will be better than the ones the last two weeks at Cedar Park. Don’t get me wrong. It’s a nice evening out but the groups have been so-so, sometimes worth listening to, sometimes not well miked.

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