Harrisburg Hosts Central Pennsylvania Fest

  I  

For the 28th year, the Central Pennsylvania Friends of Jazz will hold its festival. Located in Harrisburg, Pa., the fest will begin May 29 with a jazz walk and culminate June 1 with a brunch and jam session.

The Kevin Mahogany Quintet featuring Dave Liebman will play a tribute to Johnny Hartman and John Coltrane May 30 after a welcoming party. Terell Stafford’s quintet will also play that night.

Artists scheduled to give workshops or perform May 31 include Phil Haynes, Jazz Youth All Star Jazz Band directed by Ron Waters, the Jim Wood Trio, the Hendrick Meurkens Samba Jazz Quartet

More info: cpfj.org



  • Sheila_Jordan_by_Mark_Sheldon_copy.jpeg

    Jordan was a dyed-in-the-wool bebopper whose formative musical experiences were with Charlie Parker.

  • DownBeat_palmieri.jpg

    “I don’t guess I’m going to excite you; I know I’m going to excite you,” Palmieri said in an August 1994 DownBeat feature.

  • Buster_Williams_by_Jimmy_Katz_copy.jpg

    “What I got from Percy was the dignity of playing the bass,” Buster Williams said of Percy Heath.

  • Don_and_Maureen_Sickler_by_Richard_Halterman_copy_2.jpg

    Don and Maureen Sickler serve as the keepers of engineer Rudy Van Gelder’s flame at Van Gelder Studio, perhaps the most famous recording studio in jazz history.

  • 241e91ef-80d3-7409-17b8-d66ab05d21a1_EE.jpg

    ​The Free Slave, Cosmos Nucleus and Sunset To Dawn: three classic Muse albums being reissued this fall by Timer Traveler Recordings.