The MusiQologY sextet features a distinctive blend of Jazz, R&B, Gospel and Neo Soul. Formed in 2003 by Dr. Guthrie Ramsey, a noted scholar, Penn professor, composer/arranger and keyboardist. MusiQologY has performed for sold out audiences at the University of Pennsylvania, the Kimmel Center, and in Philadelphia’s best known venues such as Zanzibar Blue and Gloria’s Seafood House. MusiQologY is becoming a major force in Philadelphia’s jazz scene.

Dr. Guy composes and arranges all of MusiQologY’s music, moving far beyond the traditional Jazz idiom and experimenting with R&B, Latin, Hip Hop and Fusion.

Musicologist and pianist Guthrie P. Ramsey, Jr. is currently associate professor of music history and chair of graduate studies in the music department at the University of Pennsylvania where he specializes in African-American and American Music, jazz, cultural studies, popular music, film studies, and historiography. Ramsey is the author of Race Music: Black Cultures from Bebop to Hip-Hop (University of California Press, 2003). Now available in paperback, Race Music was recently named outstanding book of the year by IASPM (International Association for the Study of Popular Music). He is currently completing In Walked Bud, a book-length study of jazz pianist Bud Powell.

MusiQologY boasts just the right combination of musicians to create an exciting stage performance. The rhythm section is star-studded, with Philly legend Lucky Thompson on drums, the tasty, seasoned bassist Cliff Kellum, and the supremely talented Joe Battaglia on guitar. The horn section is an extremely tight duo made up of trumpeter Joe Breidenstine and saxophonist Tony Peebles. This great mixture supports the bandleader and keyboardist Dr. Guthrie Ramsey, who sometimes floats above the rest of the band on acoustic piano, but just as often gets deep into the grove on electric keyboard.

Date: October 13, 2009
Time: Preshow talk with Dr. Guy Ramsey: 7pm - 8pm, Performance 8pm-10pm
Location: Chris' Jazz Café, 1421 Sansom St
Cost: $10 for general admission, $5 for students
RSVP: RSVP here for the reception, tickets to the performance can be purchased as the door.