Shirley Scott

The soulful organist Shirley Scott, who would have turned 89 on March 14, combined a pianistic touch with an edge of Philly grit — a balance spotlighted in several new releases spanning her career.

'Cookin’ with Jaws and the Queen: The Legendary Prestige Cookbook Albums' compiles Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis' 1958 sessions with Hammond B-3 organist and Philadelphia jazz legend Shirley Scott.

There are certainly unique and flavorful totems of what it means to be Philadelphian: soft pretzels, cheese-steaks and everything Tastykake. You can get…

Jazz has featured women contributors from its inception. Yet beyond vocalists, female composers and instrumentalists are disturbingly underrepresented…

Don't be mistaken: Philadelphia is complimented far and wide. The City of Brotherly Love is our well-known handle, and our fine-eating places are the talk…