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Tagged: Ernest Stuart

A Blog Supreme from NPR Music
10:47 am
Mon May 7, 2012

To Revive A Jazz City, A Philadelphia Musician Stages A Festival

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Ernest Stuart, founder of the Center City Jazz Festival, performs during a mid-afternoon set with his quartet.
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Vocalist Denise King performed at Chris' Jazz Cafe.
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Drummer Khary Shaheed performed with Denise King.
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Luke Carlos O'Reilly played the Hammond B-3 organ at Time.
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Vocalist Venissa Santi led a modern Afro-Cuban band at Milkboy.
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Drummer Joe Truglio brought his trio to Fergie's Pub, with Ken Pendergast on bass and John Stenger on electric piano.
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The scene outside Chris' Jazz Cafe on Sansom Street, after the last afternoon set and before Sean Jones' headlining performances.
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Saxophonist Wade Dean led a quintet in the very first set of the Center City Jazz Festival, featuring Anwar Marshall on drums.
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The trio Three Blind Mice, with saxophonist Victor North, organist Lucas Brown and drummer Wayne Smith, Jr., performs at Time.
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Pianist George Burton led a quintet, with Stacy Dillard on saxophones.
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Now based in New York, Jaleel Shaw returned to his hometown for a trio set.
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Originally published on Tue September 18, 2012 6:02 pm

From the first downbeat of the first Center City Jazz Festival in Philadelphia, you could hear history in the air — and maybe history being made.

The Wade Dean Enspiration, a gutsy young quintet, led off the festival with "Gingerbread Boy" by Jimmy Heath, one of Philly's many homegrown jazz legends. It was 1 p.m. last Saturday, and the dim carpeted room upstairs at Fergie's Pub was starting to fill up.

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