No description of the Philly jazz scene exists that does not include something along the lines of "And Elliott Levin has been known to sit in, buggin' out with his sax and flute..." Eugene Chadbourne - Allmusic
Burning Ambulance remembers Cecil Taylor's ensemble, including Elliott, in Berlin, 1996.
Oliver Lake: Celebrating a Lifetime of Achievement
5 p.m. JD Parran Spirit Stage 2: performs the music of Oliver Lake JD Parran – tenor sax / Gwendolyn Laster – violin / Kelvyn Bell – guitar Bill Lowe – bass trombone / Hilliard Greene – bass / Gene Lake – drums Patricia Nicholson – choreography / Jason Jordan, Miriam Parker – dance / Amir Bey – head dress
6 p.m. Oliver Lake’s JUSTICE with Sonic Liberation Front Oliver Lake: composer, arranger, conduction, spoken word Elliot Levin: tenor sax / Veronica Jurkiewicz: violin / Matt Engle: acoustic bass Kevin Diehl: drumkit, synth drums / Jameka Gordon: flute Voices: Chaela Harris – alto / Ravi Seenerine – tenor / Shanon Chua – soprano
7:30 p.m. Oliver Lake – poetry / Andrew Cyrille – drums
8:00 p.m. World Saxophone Quartet David Murray – tenor, bass clarinet / James Carter – baritone / Greg Osby – tenor sax / Bruce Williams – alto, soprano sax
$45-65 ($15 Livestream)