Fred Adams, an inspiring composer and bandleader, will bring his Philadelphia based jazz sextet known as the Philadelphia Heritage Art Ensemble (PHAE) on Friday, May 12, 2017 to the Platinum Grille, 7719 Crittenden St. in the Chestnut Hill district of Philadelphia, PA with two sets at 7:00 pm and 8:30 pm. This performance will be a tribute to Hank Mobley and Lee Morgan and will expand the jazz programming to Friday nights at the Platinum Grille, which has had a long standing series of Thursday night jazz jam sessions. There is no music charge for this show. For additional information about this venue, please phone the Platinum Grille at 215-247-2312....
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Fred Adams, an inspiring composer and bandleader, will bring his Philadelphia based jazz sextet known as the Philadelphia Heritage Art Ensemble (PHAE) on Friday, May 12, 2017 to the Platinum Grille, 7719 Crittenden St. in the Chestnut Hill district of Philadelphia, PA with two sets at 7:00 pm and 8:30 pm. This performance will be a tribute to Hank Mobley and Lee Morgan and will expand the jazz programming to Friday nights at the Platinum Grille, which has had a long standing series of Thursday night jazz jam sessions. There is no music charge for this show. For additional information about this venue, please phone the Platinum Grille at 215-247-2312.
The PHAE lineup for May 12 will feature Fred Adams leading the band on trumpet, James Stewart on tenor sax, Brent White on trombone, Bernard Samuels on piano, Sonny Sunkett on bass, and Craig McIver on drums. The PHAE is keeping the Philadelphia jazz sound of the '50s and '60s alive representing the Philly East Coast bebop sound by doing arrangements by Lee Morgan, Hank Mobley, Jymie Merritt, McCoy Tyner, Philly Joe Jones, and Dizzy Gillespie along with original compositions by Fred Adams.
With the recently concluded three weeks of screenings of the Lee Morgan jazz documentary film titled "I Called Him Morgan" at the Ritz at the Bourse Theater in Philadelphia, interest in the sound of Lee Morgan is very high in Philly. This PHAE tribute concert to Lee Morgan's music (along with the sounds of Hank Mobley) is timely for the audiences who experienced the "I Called Him Morgan" movie.
On Friday, May 12, toward the conclusion of each set, Arleen Hilton, the show's producer, will invite Philly area professional jazz musicians to jam with the Philadelphia Heritage Art Ensemble doing charts of their own choosing. This is an extension of the Platinum Grille's regular Thursday night jazz programming where a house band jams with local Philly based jazz musicians.
Fred Adams discovered his creative and artistic form of composition when writing at the Philadelphia College of Art, where he studied trumpet and piano. It was the magic of the piano that brought about his compositional writing. Fred is well known for his 32 year stint within the Sun Ra Arkestra as trumpeter, which allowed him to travel across the planet with that band. Sun Ra himself indirectly and fundamentally laid out a plan to encourage Fred to become a leader of his own band. Fred Adams performs exclusively on Getzen trumpets.
The PHAE was founded by Fred Adams as a result of a proposal by Ron Dewey Wynn to present the compositions of the late Philadelphia jazz composers Hank Mobley and Lee Morgan along with Fred's original compositions at the Mill Creek Cultural Center in Philadelphia. It was there that he joined the house band with additional artists and the PHAE was born. This ensemble is the hallmark of the Philadelphia jazz sound and beyond.
Commissions from the Philadelphia Composers Forum allowed Fred Adams to write two ragtime compositions in 2005 and 2007 using ideas gained from listening to W. C. Handy. He created a new ragtime musical style of the 21st century that other jazz artists had not yet explored. With his knowledge of all forms and styles of music, he continues to perform and inspire others.
The PHAE is excited to announce that it has recently recorded a new CD which will be released soon, building upon their initial "Under The Bridge" CD release on Dreambox Media. The band has been performing for 15 years.
To see a 15 minute PHAE performance of the Fred Adams composition "Surge" from the July 16, 2015 Chicken Bone Beach Festival in Atlantic City, NJ, please visit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVpcRfkyM9k
To see press reviews of the Philadelphia Heritage Art Ensemble, please visit:
http://www.dreamboxmedia.com/phae.htm
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