PHILADELPHIA, PA – After an exciting month of concerts inspired by the music of 1947, Woodmere Art Museum continues bringing audiences to their feet with sounds that reflect the global journey of jazz. Taking concertgoers through the months of May and June, Friday Night Jazz pays homage to the Great American Songbook, gypsy jazz, Stevie Wonder and culminates with a stunning tribute to the work of Dexter Gordon on Friday, June 21.
Grammy Award-winning tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon was an American jazz icon and one of the most prominent sax men on the jazz scene in the fifties and sixties. He is considered to be one of the first musicians to translate the language of bebop to sax, and his influence is heard in the works of John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Stan Getz and many others. The Dexter Gordon legacy is being celebrated through Dex @ 90, an international series of concerts celebrating Gordon’s career and achievements during what would have been his 90th year, featuring screenings of his film Round Midnight and talks by his wife, Maxine Gordon.
“Dexter Gordon forged a blazing path of melody and harmonies that created his own signature style. We’re honored that the sound and setting of the Friday Night Jazz series at Woodmere Art Museum caught the attention of the Dexter Gordon Society and that they feel Woodmere is a fitting addition to Dex @ 90,” said Warren Oree, musician and producer of Lifeline Music Coalition, Inc, which produces Friday Night Jazz.
During performances, all of Woodmere’s current exhibits will be open to visitors, including Charles Searles: A Focus on the Figure (on view through June 15), The Promise of Peace: Violet Oakley’s United Nations Portraits (through June 30), Private Artist/ Public Life: Ethel V. Ashton (through June 30) and In Front of Strangers, I Sing: 72nd Annual Juried Exhibition, juried by artists Dona Nelson and Rubens Ghenov, opening May 25 and on view through September 1.
Woodmere Art Museum is located at 9201 Germantown Avenue. Friday Night Jazz continues through June 21 and takes place Friday evenings from 6:00-8:00 p.m. All concerts include light refreshments. Tickets are $20 general admission or $10 for museum members. Tickets can be purchased online at woodmereartmuseum.org until 11:59 p.m. on Thursday and are available at the door one hour prior to the start of the concert. For more information call 215-247-0476.
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