Stark shadows. Empty streets. A lone figure clutching a horn. The conventions for depicting a hard-boiled jazz hero have been firmly established for decades, in fiction and in film. The implicit toll of the music, according to this code — a clutch of obsession, leading to one or another form of ruination — would register [...]
Jazzman Frank Morgan’s Smooth Sound, Rough Life Considered for Film Project
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Young Musician Kickstarts Old Philadelphia Jazz Tradition
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From the first downbeat of the first Center City Jazz Festival in Philadelphia, you could hear history in the air — and maybe history being made. The Wade Dean Enspiration, a gutsy young quintet, led off the festival with “Gingerbread Boy” by Jimmy Heath, one of Philly’s many homegrown jazz legends. It was 1 p.m. [...]
