Jazz Police - Three days of Free Music in Philly 6/23-25 at the West Oak Lane Jazz and Arts Festival

Three days of Free Music in Philly 6/23-25 at the West Oak Lane Jazz and Arts Festival

Written by Ronaldo Oregano

Sunday, 04 June 2006

Ileana Santamaria

The Third Annual West Oak Lane Jazz and Arts Festival takes place on June 23rd, 24th, 25th in Philadelphia. In addition to 3 days of non-stop music on 4 outdoor stages with 500 musicians, this year's festival will feature: War, Roy Ayers, Joey Defrancesco, Trudy Pitts, Slo Mo, Arpeggio Jazz Ensemble, Tia Fuller, Odean Pope, Sun Ra Arkestra, Jeff Bradshaw, Ileana Santamaria, and Mickey Roker.

The festival will take place outdoors between the 7100 and 7200 blocks of Ogontz Avenue and at several venues along Ogontz Avenue. Presented by The Ogontz Avenue Revitalization Corporation (OARC). Bring your own chair!

WORD 4 WORD SPOKEN WORD FEST
HAMMOND B-3 ORGAN SUMMIT
JAZZ JAM 'N JELLY VOCAL WORKSHOP
THREADS 'N JAZZ FASHION SHOW
OVER 70 OCTOBER GALLERY FINE ARTISTS
4 OUTDOOR STAGES

October Gallery will collaborate with the West Oak Lane Jazz and Arts Festival to showcase over seventy fine artists. October Gallery hosts the Philadelphia International Art Expo, the largest African American Art Expo in the country, which attracts over forty-five thousand people each year. Read on for complete schedule.

The West Oak Lane Jazz and Arts Festival is being produced once again by LifeLine Music Coalition, Inc., a non-profit organization whose mission is to promote and preserve jazz and the arts in Philadelphia. LifeLine Music Coalition, produced the first ever 3-day 2003 Philadelphia Jazz and Poetry Festival in September 2003 and the '04 and '05 West Oak Lane Jazz & Arts Festival.

Friday, June 23, 2006

CORNBREAD & COFFEE | 7175D Ogontz Avenue
8:30 a.m. - 11:30 am ROB HENDERSON WEST OAK LANE SENIOR CENTER | 7210-18 Ogontz Avenue
11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. ERIC MINTEL

OGONTZ GRILL | 7152 Ogontz Avenue
12 p.m. - 2 p.m . ALFIE POLITT ART NOIR GALLERY | 7175C Ogontz Avenue 7 p.m. - MIDNIGHT WORD 4 WORD SPOKEN WORD FEST Hosted by NISH PUGH: PANAMANIAN POET UVA, G'HAIL RHODES BENJAMIN, UNKNOWN POET & QUEEN

STAGE 2:

Joey Defrancesco © Howard A. Gitelson

PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS STAGE | Ogontz Grill
HAMMOMD B-3 ORGAN SUMMIT- Tribute to Jimmy Smith
7 p.m. - 7:45 p.m. LUMPY KING
8 p.m. - 8:45 p.m . RICH BUDESA
9 p.m. - 9:45 p.m. TRUDY PITTS
10 p.m. - 11 p.m JOEY DEFRANCESCO

Saturday, June 24, 2006

CORNBREAD & COFFEE | 7175D Ogontz Avenue
8:30 a..m - 11:30 am WEBB THOMAS
BAEO | 7160 Ogontz Avenue
1 p.m. - 3 p.m. JAZZ, JAM & JELLY Vocal Workshop with Sherry Butler

STAGE 1: OARC STAGE | Ogontz & Middleton
2:30 p.m.- 3:15 p.m. MONNETTE SUDLER
3:45 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. FRANK BEY
5 p.m. - 6:15 p.m ROY AYERS
6:45 p.m.- 7:30 p.m. BARBARA WALKER
7:45p.m. - 8:30 p.m PHILADELPHIA LEGENDS OF JAZZ ORCHESTRA
9:30 p.m - 9:45 p.m ALO BRASIL
10:15 p.m. - 11 p.m. SUN RA ARKESTRA

STAGE 2: PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS STAGE | Ogontz Grill
12 p.m. - 12:30 p.m. WOL SENIOR CENTER LINE DANCERS
12:45 p.m. - 1:15 p.m . NEW BORN PRODUCTIONS
1:30 p.m. - 2 p.m. LAMONT "NAPALM" DIXON
2:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. TONY MICELI
3 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. LANDHAM BROTHERS
4 p.m. - 4:30 p.m KENNY GATES
5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m Stage Closed
6:30 p.m. - 7:15 p.m. ODEAN POPE
7:30 p.m. - 8:15 p.m. BOOTSIE BARNES
8:30 p.m. - 9:15 p.m. DENISE KING
9:30 p.m. - 10:15 p.m. MICKEY ROKER

STAGE 3: PHILADELPHIA COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY | 72nd & Ogontz
1:45 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. PHILADELPHIA CLEF CLUB YOUTH BAND
2:30 p.m. - 3 p.m. ELLIOT LEVIN
3:15 p.m. - 4 p.m. FREE EXPRESSIONS
4:15 p.m. - 5 p.m G. CALVIN WESTON & DION PACI MAD COW
5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Stage Closed
6:30 p.m. - 7:15 p.m. JEFF BRADSHAW
7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. THREADS 'N JAZZ - FASHION SHOW
9 p.m. - 9:45 p.m. SLO MO
10 p.m. - 10:45 p.m. CURT CHAMBERS

STAGE 4: MELLON JAZZ STAGE | Walnut & Ogontz
2:30 p.m. - 3 p.m. BERNARD SAMUELS
3:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. JOANNA GARDNER
4 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. M'OUDSWING
5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Stage Closed
6:30 p.m. - 7:15 p.m. UMAR RAHEEM & NY CONNECTION
7:30 p.m. - 8:15 p.m. COSA RICA
8:45 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. ALAN NELSON
10 p.m. - 11 p.m. PLAN B

Sunday, June 25, 2006

STAGE 1: OARC STAGE | Ogontz & Middleton
2:30 p.m.- 3 p.m. RC HOLMES
3:30 p.m. - 4 p.m. HENRY HALL NEW DIMENSION WORSHIPERS
4:30 p.m. - 5:15 p.m ILEANA SANTAMARIA
5:30 p.m. - 6:15 p.m. ARPEGGIO JAZZ ENSEMBLE
7 p.m. - 8:15 p.m. WAR

STAGE 2: PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS STAGE | Ogontz Grill
2 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. GEORGE BARRON
2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. LYNN RILEY
3:30 p.m. - 4 p.m. PEARL WILIAMS
4:15 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. BYARD LANCASTER & THE BLUES MESSENGERS
5 p.m. - 5:45 p.m. TIA FULLER
6 p.m. - 6:45 p.m. TONY WYATT

STAGE 3: PHILADELPHIA COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY | 72nd & Ogontz
2 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. NATURAL SELECTION
2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. MUSIC REPORT WITH TIM WARFIELD
3:30 p.m. - 4 p.m. ABSTRACT TRUTH
4:15 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. SHERRY BUTLER
5 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. NISH PUGH
5:45 p.m. - 6:15 p.m. WANDA G
6:30 p.m. - 7 p.m. WALTER BELL

STAGE 4: MELLON JAZZ STAGE | Walnut & Ogontz
2 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. SETH MEICHT
2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. TOM CARABASI
3:30 p.m. - 4 p.m. JEANNIE BROOKS
4:15 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. KHAN JAMAL
5 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. BLUE METHOD
5:45 p.m. - 6:30 p.m . VAL RAY

Add this page to your favorite Social Bookmarking websites