Bassist/educator/entrepreneur/composer Gerald Veasley is one of the busiest, most in demand and versatile players anywhere, having performed with dozens of giants, including Grover Washington, Jr. and Joe Zawinul. Few are better equipped to pay tribute to one of the true jazz legends, b...assist/composer Charles Mingus. Veasley leads the five-piece “Electric Mingus Project,” which performs famed Mingus compositions via modern electronic instruments. But as Veasley says, “Though Mingus wrote or inspires our music and the music on our Electric Mingus Project CD, the feeling, power, and irrepressible soul that bursts from every song belongs to no one but the musicians of our group. Charles Mingus wouldn’t want it any other way. Our music and our recording should reflect not just how you play, but also how you are as a person.”
Jazz Bridge, an award-winning nonprofit dedicated to assisting Greater Philadelphia Metro area jazz and blues musicians and vocalists in times of crisis, sponsors these neighborhood concerts throughout the region to keep the sound of Philadelphia alive.
The Hawthorne Empowerment Coalition is a non-profit community organization with the mission of improving the quality of life for all residents—approximately 3,500-- of the Hawthorne Neighborhood of South Philadelphia. The summer concert series in Hawthorne Park is being presented in collaboration with--and via funding from--Friends of Hawthorne Park, Philadelphia Parks and Recreation, and the Fairmount Park Conservancy.
Hawthorne Park
12th and Catharine Sts.
Philadelphia, PA
Electric Mingus Project on cdbaby.com
Thursday, May 28, 2015 from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM (EDT)
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