Philadelphia Heritage Art Ensemble at Top Shelf Lounge

Fred Adams, an inspiring composer and bandleader, will bring his Philadelphia based jazz sextet known as the Philadelphia Heritage Art Ensemble (PHAE) on Saturday, May 21, 2016 to the Top Shelf Lounge, 5564 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA with three sets from 4:00 pm to 7:30 pm. This will be the first appearance of the PHAE at the Top Shelf in two years. For additional information about this show, please phone the Top Shelf at 215-748-4245.

The PHAE lineup for May 21 will feature Fred Adams leading the band with special guest artist Tommy Grice on tenor sax. The PHAE sextet will be Fred Adams on trumpet, Tommy Grice on tenor sax, Brent White on trombone, Fred Simmons 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 East Coast bebop sound using arrangements by Lee Morgan, Hank Mobley, Dizzy Gillespie, Philly Joe Jones, McCoy Tyner, and Jymie Merritt along with original compositions by Fred Adams....

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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 Saturday, May 21, 2016 to the Top Shelf Lounge, 5564 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA with three sets from 4:00 pm to 7:30 pm. This will be the first appearance of the PHAE at the Top Shelf in two years. For additional information about this show, please phone the Top Shelf at 215-748-4245.

The PHAE lineup for May 21 will feature Fred Adams leading the band with special guest artist Tommy Grice on tenor sax. The PHAE sextet will be Fred Adams on trumpet, Tommy Grice on tenor sax, Brent White on trombone, Fred Simmons 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 East Coast bebop sound using arrangements by Lee Morgan, Hank Mobley, Dizzy Gillespie, Philly Joe Jones, McCoy Tyner, and Jymie Merritt along with original compositions by Fred Adams.

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 most noted 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.

The PHAE was founded by Fred Adams as a proposal to present the compositions of the late Philadelphia jazz composers Hank Mobley and Lee Morgan along with his original compositions at the Mill Creek Cultural Center. 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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