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Jump City 8 at Chris' Jazz Cafe

Courtesy of Bob Wagner | Posted on April 15, 2012

Where

Chris' Jazz Cafe
1421 Sansom Street
Philadelphia, PA
Map
(215) 568-3131

When

Tue, April 24, 2012
7:00 pm

At Door

$12

Musicians

About

The Jump City 8 performs the highly arranged, ultra-cool, west coast style of jazz created during the 1950's by former sidemen from the big bands of Les Brown, Stan Kenton, and others. Following in that tradition, the Jump City 8 is made up of members of Philly's hottest big band, the Jump City Jazz Orchestra.

Featuring arrangements by Shorty Rogers, Marty Paich, Bill Holman and others, the music of Dave Pell Octet gave a laid-back, cool treatment to seldom-heard songs by major composers like Irving Berlin and Rogers and Hart and helped define the distinctive sound and style of west coast jazz....

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