Drummer & Pianist Kevin Ripley Headlines Mysterious Traveler 2: Great Migrations at Free Library Of Philadelphia

Drummer, pianist, and composer Kevin Ripley hails from Philadelphia and can be heard performing daily at venues across our city and its countryside. He leads a trio at Deanna’s in the upriver artists’ village of Lambertville, New Jersey. Ripley performs frequently with ill Delta, Hot Bijouxx, Triage, and in numerous jazz combos with such local scenesters as Madison Rast, Brian Howell, Timothy Brey, Chris Simonini, Dan Hanrahan, Najwa Parkins, and many others. A rising young talent, Ripley is known for a distinctively intense melodic approach to the drum set that draws inspiration from a vast array of musical idioms....

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Drummer, pianist, and composer Kevin Ripley hails from Philadelphia and can be heard performing daily at venues across our city and its countryside. He leads a trio at Deanna’s in the upriver artists’ village of Lambertville, New Jersey. Ripley performs frequently with ill Delta, Hot Bijouxx, Triage, and in numerous jazz combos with such local scenesters as Madison Rast, Brian Howell, Timothy Brey, Chris Simonini, Dan Hanrahan, Najwa Parkins, and many others. A rising young talent, Ripley is known for a distinctively intense melodic approach to the drum set that draws inspiration from a vast array of musical idioms.

This is a FREE event!
Visit freelibrary.org or call 215-686-5316 to find out more about the Music Department's monthly Mysterious Traveler 2: Great Migrations, hosted in collaboration with the Philadelphia Jazz Project and the Producers' Guild, which runs through May 2016.

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