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Lynn Riley & The World Mix at Paris Bistro & Jazz Cafe

Courtesy of Wendy Wolf | Posted on October 26, 2017

Where

Paris Bistro & Jazz Cafe
8229 Germantown Ave.
Philadelphia, PA
Map
(215) 242-6200

When

Thu, December 28, 2017
7:00 pm

At Door

$5

Musicians

About

Lynn Riley enjoys a vibrant career as a jazz musician, composer, and educator, whose primary instruments are saxophone and flute. As the leader of The World-Mix, Lynn has been described more than once as “Superwoman” of the sax. Born in Washington, D.C., and raised outside of Philadelphia, Pa., she received a B. A. in Ethnomusicology from the University of Hawaii. Her time spent in Hawaii was influential in developing her sensibility to, and awareness of, different musical cultures. She continued her musical studies at the University of Missouri Kansas City, studied privately with Doris Sellers (principal flutist of the Kansas City Symphony), saxophone with Ahmed Alladeen, and immersed in its rich jazz tradition, apprenticed and performed with many of KC’s jazz legends...

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