Hall of Fame 1998

by Terry O’Mahoney Performer, teacher, instrument manufacturer, author, mentor—Alan Abel was all of these things. Abel performed under some of the greatest conductors of our time including Eugene Ormandy, Riccardo Muti, and Wolfgang Sawallisch—all Music Directors of the Philadelphia Orchestra. He performed most of the major works of symphonic repertoire and participated in numerous world…

by Rick Mattingly There has been a long-standing misperception about Roy Haynes – one that the influential jazz drummer wants cleared up once and for all. “Everything you read about me says I was born in 1926, but that’s wrong. I was born in 1925, so I’m 73 now, not 72,” Haynes says, proudly. “When…