Philadelphia’s Concert scene is heating up as the weather cools down. Here’s some of the concert appearances in the next 9 days with a lot of Echoes artists coming in. See Ryuichi Sakamoto listing below to win a free pair of tix and his new double CD Playing the Piano/Out of Noise. RECOMMENDED THIS WEEK…
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Portico Quartet at World Cafe Live!
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https://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-PorticoQuartet.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSImprovisations Hanging On A Hang Drum One would be forgiven for thinking that you’d come to a Sun Ra Arkestra concert by mistake at World Café Live last night. Arrayed at the front of the stage were a trio of flying saucer-shaped objects, sitting on stands, looking ready…
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Hanging with Portico Quartet
I just finished an interview with Portico Quartet, the London band that’s part of a new generation of jazz ensembles that includes Nik Bartsch’s Ronin, Tord Gustavsen, Brad Mehldau, The Bad Plus and the late E.S.T. Portico is a fully collective trio, but the instrument getting a lot of attention is the Hang drum, made…