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The Bridge: The Bridge
by Glenn Astarita
They've been creating a positive buzz throughout the mid-Atlantic region of the USA, and should pick up some steam with their inaugural release for this well-known record label. A multitasking unit, The Bridge is a quintet that fuses a wide sampling of styles into its impetus, where rock, funk, roots music and soul/pop bespeak an optimistic vibe that is irrefutably accessible and subsidized with solid musicianship. Featuring Chris Jacobs' spirited vocals atop silvery organ parts, weeping slide guitar lines, and ...
Continue ReadingEducator, Bridge-builder, And Standard-bearer For Afro-peruvian Jazz, Arturo Valdez Leverages Past Laurels Into A Forward-looking U.s. Campaign
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All About Jazz
Arturo Valdez’s ascent is not only measured in studio credits and club residencies; it is equally defined by education, scene-building, and culturally rooted collaborations that carry Afro-Peruvian rhythm into modern jazz. His upcoming U.S. work runs parallel to a sustained track record of masterclasses, civic concerts, and institution-level appointments in Peru and the United States—evidence of an artist who shapes the music from the bandstand and the classroom alike. Education is central to Valdez’s next phase. From 2025 to 2028 ...
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Jazz Bridge Project Named A 'Hometown Hero' By Channel 6 ABC (Philadelphia)
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All About Jazz
From the desk at Jazz Bridge: We’re excited to let you know that Jazz Bridge was the subject of a very nice piece that aired on July 12 on WPVI TV 6 ABC, recognizing us as a “Hometown Hero.” How great is that!! We at Jazz Bridge are so proud to have our good work and our musicians’ assistance programs publicized. We want to thank musician Neil Podgurski, who honored us by publicly sharing how Jazz Bridge helped him ...
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Jazz Bridge Project Names Kim E. Tucker As New Executive Director
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All About Jazz
Jazz Bridge Project, the non-profit organization devoted to assisting Philadelphia-area jazz and blues artists with their crisis needs, has named Kim E. Tucker as its new Executive Director. Ms. Tucker is the fourth person to hold this position in the organization’s 17 years of existence. “We believe Kim is the perfect choice to lead the organization,” said Rhenda Fearrington, a jazz vocalist who is President of the Jazz Bridge Board of Directors. “As the daughter of the late Sue Ford, ...
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Become a Jazz Bridge Calendar Sponsor!
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All About Jazz
Jazz Bridge helps Greater Philadelphia Metro area jazz and blues musicians in their time of need. As part of our annual fundraiser, we offer sponsorship opportunities for placement in our annual and popular jazz photo calendar. For $25, your name or company will be listed on the back of the calendar as a “Friend of Jazz Bridge.” For $100, your company logo will be prominently displayed on the back of the calendar. For $150, your company logo along with text ...
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Fats Navarro: Bebop's Trumpet Bridge
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Trumpeter Fats Navarro was the link between Dizzy Gillespie and Clifford Brown. Navarro was in awe of Gillespie in the 1940s, particularly his fingering on the trumpet's valves. For Navarro and many bebop trumpeters, they were enamored of Gillespie's short cuts on the valves to produce pure notes. While Navarro modeled his own bebop approach on Gillespie's, he played harder, stylistically, as if pushing the notes out. Gillespie was more about dancing up and down the scales with elegance and ...
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Jazz Bridge on the Waterfront with Duane Eubanks on June 3 at 1pm
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Suzanne Cloud
Jazz Bridge, Philadelphia’s award-winning nonprofit devoted to helping musicians in crisis, will have a joyous celebration of jazz that will directly benefit the essential work that Jazz Bridge has been doing for many years: assisting our area's jazz and blues musicians and vocalists in need and in times of crisis. This important event will be held on Sunday, June 3rd in the top floor ballroom and terrace of the Philadelphia Independence Seaport Museum, 211 S. Columbus Boulevard—from 1:00 to 5:00pm, ...
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The Sonny Rollins Bridge Project seeks to rename NYC’s Williamsburg Bridge to commemorate Rollins’ musical sabbatical there from 1959-1961
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Terri Hinte Publicity
In the summer of 1959, saxophonist Sonny Rollins disappeared from the jazz scene. He was 28 years old and at the height of his career. He would not record or perform publicly for almost three years, a virtual eternity for a jazz musician. Instead, Rollins took it to the bridge: he would practice, typically alone, up to 16 hours a day on the pedestrian walkway of New York’s Williamsburg Bridge, not far from his home on the Lower East Side. ...
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Jazz this week: The Bridge Trio, Mo Egeston album release party, and more
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
The end of August usually is an in-between time for live jazz and creative music in St. Louis, with most summer series having wound down and Labor Day and the fall presenting season yet to come. Even so, there still are some noteworthy events happening this weekend, so let's go to the highlights... Thursday, August 24 The Bridge Trio will perform at the The Dark Room in the penultimate date of a two-week Midwestern tour. Based in New Orleans, the ...
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Jazz Bridge to Present Concert Series Featuring Legendary Jazz Musicians Pat Martino, Monnette Sudler, Jimmy Heath and More in Celebration of "Philadelphia Real Book" Launch
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All About Jazz
Concerts held December 3, 2016; February 25, 2017; March 4, 2017; April 26, 2017 with concerts starting at 7:00 pm. Jazz Bridge will celebrate the publication of the first Philadelphia Real Book, comprised of original musical compositions of jazz and blues musicians in the Greater Philadelphia area, with an extraordinary concert series spotlighting some of Philly’s finest jazz artists. The Philadelphia Real Book concerts will take place at the University of the Arts’ Terra Hall on December 3, 2016; February ...
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2nd Annual Jazz Bridge Jazz Cruise Set For Saturday, June 11th from 1:30 to 4:30pm
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All About Jazz
Ahoy Mates! Get yer swagger on an' try out some o' yer pirate ramble. Better yet, please join Jazz Bridge as we set sail on the Elite Yacht for our 2nd Annual Jazz Bridge Jazz Cruise. Join us on Saturday, June 11 from 1:30 to 4:30 PM where you will enjoy “world class jazz” provided by the Bootsie Barnes Organ band, featuring trombonist John Swana, organist Dan Kuralnick and drummer Duck Scott. Michael Ricci of All About Jazz and Jazz ...
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