"Sometimes I play a note that's so high ... It's above the altissimo range. I hit it a couple of times with Max (Roach). Sometimes if I have a good reed I can do it. So these are the kinds of things I'll be reaching for." -Odean Pope
Upcoming tour dates
Odean Pope is currently recording his upcoming CD. If you are interested in bookings or press materials, please visit the Press Materials page.
- John Coltrane Birthday Tribute
- Odean Pope Saxophone Choir
- Saturday, September 20, 2008: 4-5pm
- Art Sanctuary: Church of the Advocate
1801 West Diamond Street
Philadelphia, PA
- Head Lines: The Media Jazz Festival
- Odean Pope Trio
- Saturday, October 18, 2008: 9:30 – 10:45PM
- Media, PA
- Musical Residency: Imhotep Charter High School
- Odean Pope
- February 3,5,6,11,12,13,18,19,20,23
- 21st and Godfrey Avenue
- Philadelphia, PA 19141
- Master Class
- The Relationship Between an Architect and a Musician
- Drexel University
- February 12th, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
- 34th and Market Street | Philadelphia, PA
- Odean Pope with Gloria Galante
- Conducting workshops at Chester High School
- 2/24,09, 3/3, 3/10, 4/1, 4/14, 5/5
- 232 West 9th Street
Chester, PA
- Cape May Jazz Festival
- Odean Pope Quartet
- Friday April 17, 2009: 8:30pm and 11pm
- Aleathea's Restaurant: Inn of Cape May
7 Ocean St | Cape May, NJ
- Odean Pope, Guest Soloist
- With the Clayton White Singers and Band
- Sunday, April, 19th, 2009, 3:00 PM
- Mount Carmel Church
58th & Race Street | Phila., PA | (215) 476-5320
- Odean Pope Trio in Performance
- Roundtable discussion follows on Lightning in a Bottle: Creating, Presenting and Preserving Jazz Discussants include: Odean Pope, Lee Smith, Craig McIver, Billy Banks, Loren Schoenberg, Myles Weinstein, Deena Adler (moderator)
- Sunday, April 26th, 2009, 1:00 PM | The Philoctetes Center (website )
- 247 East 82nd Street, NY 10028 | (646)422-0544
- Odean Pope at the Blue Note Jazz Club
- Odean Pope Saxophone Choir
- Special guest, James Carter
- March 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th, 2009
- Blue Note Jazz Club, NYC
- Odean Pope and Gloria Galante
- workshop with the School District of Philadelphia
- May 19, 2009
- Artist of The City Award
- Odean Pope
- Sunday, June 7, 3:00 PM
- The Painted Bride
230 Vine Street | Philadelphia, PA 19106
- Odean Pope with Sunny Murray (drums) and Lee Smith (bass)
- The Vision Jazz Festival
- June 11, 2009
- New York, NY
- Odean Pope Duo | Sunny Murray, drums
- Philadelphia Art Alliance
- Friday, June 12, 8:00 PM
- 251 S. 18th Street
Philadelphia, PA
- Odean Pope Trio recording date
- Odean Pope: Tenor Saxophone
Sunny Murray: Drums
Lee Smith: Up Right Double Bass - June 13, 2009
- Odean Pope Saxophone Choir
- Clifford Brown Jazz Festival
- Saturday, June, 20, 2009 | 2:00-3:15pm
- Wilmington, DE
- Odean Pope Trio
- West Oak Lane Jazz and Arts Festival
- June 21st, 2009, 2:15 - 3:00 PM | Stage 4
- 72nd & Ogontz Avenue
Philadelphia, PA
- University of the Arts
Sponsored summer enrichment workshops - Odean Pope
- Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays: 12:00-2:30, July, 2009
- Odean Pope & Saxophone Choir/Trio
- European Tour
- March 2010
- Details TBA
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- Odean Pope Saxophone Choir
- guest soloists, Joe Lovano & Ravi Coltrane
- Blue Note Jazz Club
- May 20th through May 23rd, 2010 (sets: 8:00 & 10:30)
131 W. 3rd St. NY, NY 10012