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The Restaurant South is Featuring Live Jazz Almost Every Night This Summer! See the Line-up!
The Restaurant South is Featuring Live Jazz Almost Every Night This Summer! See the Line-up!
Throughout the summer, restaurateur Robert Bynum will host Philadelphia’s best and most exciting line-up of contemporary jazz performances at SOUTH. A proud curator of the city’s long history of live music, Bynum has single-handedly evolved the jazz scene since the debut of his newest venue on North Broad Street late last year, and oversees the ever-expanding line-up of performances, held six nights a week:
Tuesday, 6/21: SOUTH’s Jazz Jam Session with Leon Jordan Sr. & Trio
Wednesday, 6/22: What’s Happening Wednesdays with Jason Moran & the Bandwagon
Blue Note Records’ jazz pianist Jason Moran, along with bassist Tarus Mateen and drummer Nasheet Waits, has been called “the future of jazz” – find out why, live
7 p.m. and 9 p.m.; $25 (click show times for tickets)
Thursday, 6/23: Gerald Veasley’s Unscripted Jazz Series with The Baylor Project feat. Jean Baylor and Marcus Baylor
Dynamic husband-and-wife duo Marcus and Jean Baylor pay homage to their wide-ranging influences, generating an eclectic sound that is spiritual, buoyant, soulful and melodic
Friday, 6/24 – Saturday, 6/25: Lynn Riley & The World Mix
Musician, composer and educator Lynn Riley gets back to her roots – she was raised outside of Philadelphia – as the leader of her own jazz group, The World Mix
8 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. and 11 p.m.; $7 (tickets available at the door)
Sunday, 6/26: Joseph Block Quartet
The 2016 winner of the J. Douglas White Essentially Ellington student composition contest at Manhattan’s Lincoln Center, Block is a dynamic and exciting up-and-coming musician
7 p.m. and 9 p.m.; $5 (tickets available at the door)
Tuesday, 6/28: SOUTH’s Jazz Jam Session with Leon Jordan Sr. & Trio
Wednesday, 6/29: What’s Happening Wednesdays with Nicolas Payton
A virtuoso who began his professional career at just 10 years old, Payton is the founder of the Television Studio Orchestra and BMF Records
7 p.m. and 9 p.m.; $25 (click show times for tickets)
Thursday, 6/30: Gerald Veasley’s Unscripted Jazz Series with Nnenna Freelon
Six-time GRAMMY nominee Nnenna Freelon is a captivating live performer, and her theatrical production “The Clothesline Muse” has made national headlines
7 p.m. and 9 p.m.; $40 (click show times for tickets)
Friday, 7/1 and Sunday, 7/3: Webb T.’s Fleet feat. Tanqueray Hayward
Musical troupe Webb T.’s Fleet will be joined by Philadelphia vocalist Tanqueray Hayward for these bold, confident performances marked by rhythmic ease and skill
8 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. and 11 p.m.; $7 on Friday and $5 on Sunday (tickets available at the door)
Saturday, 7/2: Tim Warfield feat. George Burton, Romare Mendez & Wayne Smith Jr.
Veteran stage performer Tim Warfield has also appeared on the Today Show, You Bet Your Life, and Ted Turner’s 19pet Awards, and brings his jazz sax to SOUTH with special guests
8 p.m. and 10 p.m.; $15 (click show times for tickets)
Tuesday, 7/5: SOUTH’s Jazz Jam Session with Leon Jordan Sr. & Trio
Wednesday, 7/6: What’s Happening Wednesdays with Robin Eubanks
Known as the premier jazz trombonist of his generation, Robin Eubanks is a progressive giant whose impact on contemporary jazz would be difficult to overstate
7 p.m. and 9 p.m.; $20 (click show times for tickets)
Thursday, 7/7: Gerald Veasley’s Unscripted Jazz Series with Lindsey Webster
Lindsey Webster has drawn comparisons to Sade, Mariah Carey and Anita Baker with her soulful R&B sound on her successful albums “Lindsey Webster” and “You Change”
7 p.m. and 9 p.m.; $25 (click show times for tickets)
Friday, 7/8 – Saturday 7/9: The Arpeggio Jazz Ensemble Tribute to Miles Davis & Chet Baker
This adventurous jazz outfit has been playing around Philadelphia since 1979, and brings a variety of acoustic and electric jazz styles to the stage in these tribute sets
8 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. and 11 p.m.; $7 (tickets available at the door)
Sunday, 7/10: Tiffany Jones
Jazz-soul vocalist Tiffany Jones is a graduate of Temple University and the University of the Arts, and is proud to perform with soul and sincerity on North Broad Street
7 p.m. and 8:45 p.m.; 10 (tickets available at the door)
Tuesday, 7/12: SOUTH’s Jazz Jam Session with Leon Jordan Sr. & Trio
Wednesday, 7/13: What’s Happening Wednesdays with Orrin Evans feat. Joanna Pascale and Stacy Dillard
Raw, raucous Orrin Evans established his reputation with Captain Black Big Band; here, he brings vocalist Joanna Pascale to the stage for a deeply personal show
7 p.m. and 9 p.m.; $15 (click show times for tickets)
Thursday, 7/14: Gerald Veasley’s Unscripted Jazz Series with Jeff Kashiwa
Introduced to woodwinds in junior high, Jeff Kashiwa has become one of the most compelling young saxophonists in contemporary jazz
7 p.m. and 9 p.m.; $30 (click show times to purchase)
Sunday, 7/17: Loston Harris
Loston Harris’s percussive, fluid, suave piano playing made him an iconic house performer at Manhattan’s Bemelmans Bar in The Carlyle
7 p.m. and 8:45 p.m.; $15 (click show times to purchase)
Tuesday, 7/19: SOUTH’s Jazz Jam Session with Leon Jordan Sr. & Trio
Wednesday, 7/20: What’s Happening Wednesdays with Captain Black Big Band
Raw, raucous Orrin Evans established his reputation with Captain Black Big Band; here, he brings the whole group to the stage for two dynamic sets
7 p.m. and 9 p.m.; $20 (click show times for tickets)
Wednesday, 7/27: What’s Happening Wednesdays with Abraham Burton
Belizean Abraham Burton grew up in Greenwich Village, a hotbed of jazz greatness, and is a fiercely dynamic yet refined saxophonist
7 p.m. and 9 p.m.; $15 (click show times for tickets)
Thursday, 7/28: Gerald Veasley’s Unscripted Jazz Series with Nick Colionne
Nick Colionne’s jazz style is at once urban and contemporary, and brings in R&B and funk for an unmistakable sound and vibe
7 p.m. and 9 p.m.; $30 (click show times for tickets)
Wednesday, 8/10: What’s Happening Wednesdays with Camille Gainer Jones
Native New Yorker Camille Gainer Jones is a female drummer whose lively, engaging performances have earned her stage time with Roberta Flack, Joan Jett and Alicia Keys
7 p.m. and 9 p.m.; $15 (click show times for tickets)
Wednesday, 8/17: What’s Happening Wednesdays with Alexis Morrast
Singer-Songwriter Alexis Morrast is a youthful phenom from New Jersey whose powerful voice transcends her age and fills the room (no matter how large)
7 p.m. and 9 p.m.; $10 (click show times for tickets)
Wednesday, 8/24: What’s Happening Wednesdays with Jeff “Tain” Watts
A classically trained drummer, Jeff Watts has performed on the Tonight Show and earned three GRAMMY awards with Wynton Marsalis Quartet
