Premier performance by Odean Pope and his sextet of a new suite of music honoring the ideas and innovations of an “inspired circle” of jazz adventurers in North Philly neighborhoods in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s.
Sounds of the Circle is a composing, performance, mentoring and archival project that translates for today’s audiences the innovative musical ideas and strategies that inspired Philadelphia jazz icon Odean Pope when he was coming of musical age in North Philadelphia in the 1940s to early 1970s——ideas and strategies that inspire Odean to this day, and that provide enduring fuel for Philadelphia’s singular and evolving jazz legacy.
For more information, go to info@soundsofthecircle.com
Sounds of the Circle has been supported by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage.
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