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Artist: Odean Pope
A fiery and often intense tenor saxophonist, Odean Pope was an important member of Max Roach's quartet beginning in 1979. Pope grew up in Philadelphia, took some important musical lessons from Ray Bryant, and had short associations with organist Jimmy McGriff and Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. He first began teaming up with Roach in the late... [+] Read More
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Artist: The Odean Pope Saxophone Choir
Artist: Richard Grossman
One of the least-known and most inventive of free jazz pianists was Richard Grossman. Though he came up in a somewhat conventional jazz lineage in Philadelphia, hanging out and playing with Jimmy Garrison, Henry Grimes, and Odean Pope. Hearing Ornette Coleman and the new Viennese school of composers changed all that. He moved to the West Coast... [+] Read More
Artist: Eddie Green
The keyboardist Eddie Green established a permanent connection with several aspects of the Philadelphia music scene, including both Philly soul and Philly jazz. Green had come up in the '50s studying with Richie Powell, brother of famed pianist Bud Powell (no slouch himself). He became a member of a widely admired, cutting-edge jazz fusion... [+] Read More
Artist: Sherman Ferguson
Best known for his stint with the pioneering fusion combo Catalyst, jazz drummer Sherman Ferguson was born October 31, 1944, in Philadelphia. Acclaimed for a flexible, graceful approach influenced most profoundly by Max Roach and Roy Haynes, Ferguson launched his professional career in the mid-'60s, first earning notice for his work with... [+] Read More
Artist: Alvaro Neder
Primarily a university professor of music theory and Brazilian literature, Alvaro Neder (alvaro@alvaroneder.cjb.net) was raised in a musical environment. He experienced everything from opera to jazz, from samba to tango, provided by the eclectic taste of his parents; and by the regular trips throughout the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, with all... [+] Read More
Artist: Catalyst
People living anywhere other than Southeastern Pennsylvania, Jersey, or New York in the '70s missed the Catalyst experience. Catalyst, a four-man jazz combo from Philadelphia, played a gourmet of avant-garde, contemporary bop, soul, and classical that preceded the big fusion explosion. The originals were Eddie Green (keyboards, vocals), Sherman... [+] Read More
Artist: Max Roach
In a profession star-crossed by early deaths -- especially the bebop division -- Max Roach is a shining survivor, one of the last living giants from the birth of bebop. He and Kenny Clarke instigated a revolution in jazz drumming that persists to this day; instead of the swing approach of spelling out the pulse with the bass drum, Roach shifted... [+] Read More
