Also this issue: Mount Vernon Blues Label hassles and sonic shifts can’t stop GFS Productions from duly appointed drum and bass rounds. -A.D. Amorosi Review: Anner Bylsma -Peter Burwasser Bella Morte -Helen Thompson Ladytron -Paul Burress Four Tenors -Kyle Parker The Blood Brothers -A.D. Amorosi The Post -A.D. Amorosi Joe McPhee/William Parker/ Harold Smith -Kyle Parker

February 13-19, 2003

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Dave Burrell

Both a throwback and a prophet, Philadelphia-based pianist/composer Dave Burrell is a stride and ragtime addict, with roots that stretch back to Jelly Roll Morton. Yet his primary playing experience, since the mid-'60s, has been in the turbulent arena of free jazz. Fortunately Burrell sees no apparent contradiction in these different passions, and his music reflects an encyclopedic grasp of jazzes past, present and future. As a solo pianist especially, Burrell ranges far and wide -- so this recital, one of a number of musical interludes linked to the Art Museum's Degas exhibit, should be a survey unto itself.

Wed., Feb. 19, 5 p.m., free with museum admission, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 26th St. and the Parkway, 215-763-8100.

—Kyle Parker