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Alexander Claffy is a jazz bassist, composer and arranger based in New York. He has played with artists including Jimmy Cobb, Louis Hayes, Harold Mabern, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Christian Scott and Joey Alexander. In addition to an album of standards, he has released a series of genre-defying compositions with his band simply known as Claffy.

Warren Oree started the Arpeggio Jazz Ensemble in 1979 and has been touring the world and performing with the group at jazz festivals in Europe, the Caribbean and South America ever since. His command and demand of his upright acoustic bass mesmerizes audiences, unaccustomed to hearing the wide, colorful array of sounds that he can extract - from frenetically bowing and knocking on the base, to delicately lifting it through the air in an ecstatic dance of digital delay.

Ilya Lushtak - Jazz Cultural Voices

Vertical Current - Jazz Cultural Voices PNC Arts Alive Jazz Cultural Voices Series is excited to raise the roof with Philly-based Vertical Current.Founded in 2019 by trumpeter Christopher Michael Stevens, Vertical Current blends soul, jazz, and gospel with undeniable energy

Qin Qian-Erhu - Chinese New Year celebration - Jazz Cultural Voices

Victor North - Jazz Cultural Voices The PNC Arts Alive Jazz Cultural Voices Series is proud to present renowned tenor saxophonist Victor North to the Philadelphia Clef Club. North has been a staple on the Philadelphia Jazz Scene for 30

PNC Arts Alive Jazz Cultural Voices Series and The Philadelphia Clef Club are proud to present an elegant afternoon of jazz with a very special Music Legends Matinee, a tribute to three of the most enduring voices in American music:

PNC Arts Alive Jazz Cultural Voices Series is extremely proud to present a unique performance featuring celebrated didgeridoo player Harold E. Smith with accompaniment by Philadelphia's own Arpeggio Jazz Ensemble.  Mt. Airy’s own Harold E. Smith has carved out a

Special EFX All Stars featuring Chieli Minucci - Jazz Cultural Voices PNC Arts Alive Jazz Cultural Voices Series is proud to present the Grammy-nominated jazz-fusion group the Special EFX All-Stars to the Philadelphia Clef Club stage for an electrifying and genre-blending jazz

Steve Green: 2026 Return of the Griot's Groove - Jazz Cultural Voices PNC Arts Alive Jazz Cultural Voices Series is proud to present celebrated bassist Steve Green to the Philadelphia Clef Club stage for his immersive Return of Griot’s Groove

Josh Lawrence – Still We Dream

Music Legends Matinee featuring the music of Miles Davis, Elvis Pressley, Whitney Houston - Jazz Cultural Voices

PNC Arts Alive Jazz Cultural Voices Series and The Philadelphia Clef Club are proud to present an elegant afternoon of jazz with a very special Music Legends Matinee, a tribute to three of the most enduring voices in American music:

  PNC Arts Alive Jazz Cultural Voices Series is proud to present an evening with master percussionist Pablo Batista and his Latin Jazz Ensemble at the Philadelphia Clef Club.  Pablo has performed, recorded and toured internationally for 30 years with

PNC Arts Alive Jazz Cultural Voices Series is proud to present distinguished bassist and composer Richard Hill Jr. to the Clef Club stage. Richard has been a vital force in the Philadelphia music scene since his youth. A 2014 Clef

PNC Arts Alive Jazz Cultural Voices Series and The Philadelphia Clef Club are proud to present an elegant afternoon of jazz with a very special Music Legends Matinee, a tribute to three of the most enduring voices in American music: