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From Blakey to Brown, Como to Costa, Eckstine to Eldridge, Galbraith to Garner, Harris to Hines, Horne to Hyman, Jamal to Jefferson, Kelly to Klook; Mancini to Marmarosa, May to Mitchell, Negri to Nestico, Parlan to Ponder, Reed to Ruther, Strayhorn to Sullivan, Turk to Turrentine, Wade to Williams… the forthcoming publication Treasury of Pittsburgh Jazz Connections by Dr. Nelson Harrison and Dr. Ralph Proctor, Jr. will document the legacy of one of the world’s greatest jazz capitals.

 

Do you want to know who Dizzy Gillespie  idolized? Did you ever wonder who inspired Kenny Clarke and Art Blakey? Who was the pianist that mentored Monk, Bud Powell, Tad Dameron, Elmo Hope, Sarah Vaughan and Mel Torme? Who was Art Tatum’s idol and Nat Cole’s mentor? What musical quartet pioneered the concept adopted later by the Modern Jazz Quartet? Were you ever curious to know who taught saxophone to Stanley Turrentine or who taught piano to Ahmad Jamal? What community music school trained Robert McFerrin, Sr. for his history-making debut with the Metropolitan Opera? What virtually unknown pianist was a significant influence on young John Coltrane, Shirley Scott, McCoy Tyner, Bobby Timmons and Ray Bryant when he moved to Philadelphia from Pittsburgh in the 1940s?  Would you be surprised to know that Erroll Garner attended classes at the Julliard School of Music in New York and was at the top of his class in writing and arranging proficiency?

 

Some answers  can be gleaned from the postings on the Pittsburgh Jazz Network.

 

For almost 100 years the Pittsburgh region has been a metacenter of jazz originality that is second to no other in the history of jazz.  One of the best kept secrets in jazz folklore, the Pittsburgh Jazz Legacy has heretofore remained mythical.  We have dubbed it “the greatest story never told” since it has not been represented in writing before now in such a way as to be accessible to anyone seeking to know more about it.  When it was happening, little did we know how priceless the memories would become when the times were gone.

 

Today jazz is still king in Pittsburgh, with events, performances and activities happening all the time. The Pittsburgh Jazz Network is dedicated to celebrating and showcasing the places, artists and fans that carry on the legacy of Pittsburgh's jazz heritage.

 

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SECOND SATURDAYS at The Space Upstairs

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SECOND SATURDAYS at The Space Upstairs

Time: March 10, 2012 from 8pm to 11:45pm
Location: The Space Upstairs
Street: 214 N. Lexington Street
City/Town: Pittsburgh
Website or Map: http://www.pillowproject.org/…
Phone: 412-225-9269
Event Type: live, jazz-happening
Organized By: Pearlann Porter
Latest Activity: Mar 5, 2012

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Event Description

The Pillow Project is proud to welcome back jazz poet Moe Seager to SECOND SATURDAYS! Paris legend and East Liberty native, Moe Seager has been working with The Pillow Project both in Pittsburgh and abroad on collaborating his live poetry and the company's physical-jazz. For this very special SECOND SATURDAY jazz-happening, Moe will be joined by Hill Jordan on trombone, Roby Edwards on sax, and Craig Davis on keys, as well as spontaneous physical-compositions by The Pillow Project's resident dance artists.


Moe Seager is a writer and musician known for his provocative poetry and crowd pleasing jazz performances, and has published 3 books of poetry, several short stories and some 20 stage plays produced in the U.S. and France. A Golden Quill award winner for journalism (1988) and a human rights award recipient (1989) Seager's career led him to Paris in 1991 when the French Ministry of Culture published his epic length poem, "Rio Escondido". Moe is also a commentator for RT TV, Paris.

Also debuting at the March SECOND SATURDAY will be the premiere of two new jazzed works from Artistic Director, Pearlann Porter:

•"The Long Now" (creating a single moment stretched out as long as possible that is 'traced' in chalk to imprint the passage of time)

•"I need you to hold all of the worry for a little while" (an unspoken-word piece of transferring emotion through physical contact, literally 'wrapped up' in the words left unsaid)


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The SECOND SATURDAYS jazz-happenings are The Pillow Project's original creation for igniting a new movement of live, physical-jazz in Pittsburgh... sharing dance, light and music together in a truly unique jazz-lounge/performance-gallery atmosphere. Every second Saturday of the month features an evening open to the public of ongoing improvisational performances, live multimedia experimentations and honest, spontaneous, jazzed expressions of the moment.

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