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PNC Arts Alive presents Jazz Cultural Voices. The PNC Arts Alive initiative has demonstrated a belief in the Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz & Performing Arts and a commitment to providing us with the funding that makes this event possible.

Zankel’s alto saxophone playing has been called “a unique amalgam of the rhythm and intricacy of bebop, with the soul and drive of hard bop, and the spirituality, creativity, and intensity of the avant-garde.”
Bobby’s concert composition is a four-part suite that musically depicts and expresses the musical mentor-disciple relationship between four major Jewish American jazz masters and their mentor inspirations, Stan Getz and Lester Young, Steve Lacy and Thelonious Monk, Lee Konitz and Charles Parker, Bobby Zankel and Ornette Coleman. These artistic relationships embody the best spirit of jazz and America.

Bobby states, “We will clearly depict and identify the true source.” In addition to the concert, the artists will present a panel discussion.
Zankel’s tenure in Philadelphia has been marked by a series of acclaimed commissions and collaborations with choreographers, visual artists, writers, Network for New Music, and Relâche funded by a variety of grants and awards. In 1995, he was awarded the prestigious Pew Fellowship.

Zankel’s compositions are characterized by a stunning blend of rhythmic layers, a highly personal complex chromatic harmonic language, and a hauntingly beautiful melodic lyricism. The seven CDs he has recorded, as a leader, have received outstanding reviews and five have been on the CD of the Year lists. Those seven CDs have featured such magnificent musicians as Johnny Coles, Odean Pope, Uri Caine, Ralph Peterrson Jr., Marilyn Crispell, Tyrone Brown, John Blake, and Sumi Tonooka.