First Friday In Hulmeville Features Jazz Combo

HULMEVILLE, PA —More than 20 years after not performing together, two jazz musicians —a guitarist from Hulmeville and a drummer from Langhorne —will reunite for First Friday in Hulmeville.

The jazz combo will perform at Johnson Hall Coffee House, 3 Hulme St., Hulmeville Borough Friday, June 2. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. with the performance from 7-9 pm. Click here to purchase tickets.

The $15 cover charge includes desserts, snacks, coffee, cold drinks, and music and art.

Hulmeville's own Larry Tamanini is one of the premier jazz artists to emerge from Bucks County since bursting onto the scene in the late 1990s as a young protege of Pat Martino.

Tamanini plays guitar from the point of view of the many jazz legends and icons that he has performed with while bringing a new perspective and incisive style to the history of great jazz guitarists from Philadelphia, organizers said.

Langhorne native Gregg Mervine is a composer, arranger, performer, and founder of the West Philadelphia Orchestra.

He has performed in more than a dozen countries throughout Europe and South America, with styles as varied as ska and reggae, Brazilian music (folk music from the Northeast, Batucada, Bossa Nova, Brazilian jazz), Jazz music (roots jazz, big band, bebop, modern jazz, Avant jazz), Afro-Cuban, and Eastern European Music (Turkish davul and darbuka, Balkan, and Klezmer).

Mervine has embarked on solo projects and has collaborated and recorded with outstanding musicians from Philly, NYC, and NOLA.

Tamanini and Mervine will be joined by Philadelphia-area bass player Kyle Tither.

Another feature of First Friday in Hulmeville will be an art exhibit by Langhorne artist, Jean-Marc Dubus.

Originally from France, Jean-Marc has made his artistic mark in Bucks County through his beautiful murals in Bristol and Langhorne, but his talent isn’t confined to art on a massive scale.

First Friday in Hulmeville is sponsored by Langhorne Council for the Arts. For more information, visit www.LanghorneArts.org or email LanghorneArtsEvents@gmail.com.