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Jazz Bridge

Musician Assistance Fundraiser At Cellar Dog in Philadelpia

September 2, 2026

Jazz Bridge Launches $2,500 Matching Campaign for Musician Assistance Fund Jazz Bridge is raising $2,500 for its Musician Assistance Fund, with donations matched dollar-for-dollar through September 15. The campaign will help Jazz Bridge provide 10 emergency grants of $500 each to local jazz and blues musicians facing unexpected financial hardship. Grants can assist with expenses including ...

Jazz Bridge Project Named A 'Hometown Hero' By Channel 6 ABC (Philadelphia)

August 6, 2023

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 ...

Jazz Bridge Project Names Kim E. Tucker As New Executive Director

January 12, 2022

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,” ...

Jazz Bridge on the Waterfront with Duane Eubanks on June 3 at 1pm

May 29, 2018

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 ...

Philadelphia Jazz: A Brief History

by Jack McCarthy
May 24, 2017

This article was first published at the Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia website. Jazz began to emerge as a distinct musical style around the turn of the twentieth century, a merging of two vernacular African American musical styles—ragtime and blues—with elements of popular music. New Orleans, the “cradle of jazz," was the most important city ...

Jazz Bridge Opens "Kwame Hall Fund" For Saxophonist With Brain Tumor

April 16, 2015

Starting today, Jazz Bridge opens the tax-deductible “Kwame Hall Fund" for Kwame Hall, an alto saxophonist and composer born and raised in Philadelphia who was recently diagnosed with a brain tumor. Tomorrow is a big day for Hall. He'll undergo a 12-hour surgical intervention at the Hospital of University of Pennsylvania for a condition only diagnosed ...

Take Five With Suzanne Cloud

by AAJ Staff
November 30, 2014

Meet Suzanne Cloud: Jazz singer-songwriter, educator, writer, and executive director of Jazz Bridge, a nonprofit that helps professional jazz and blues musicians in crisis. Instrument(s): vocals, piano Teachers and/or influences? My influences were wide and varied from the Broadway singer Mary Martin to jazz icon Sarah Vaughan to songwriter ...

Reissue Of "With A Little Help From My Friends" Before The Election

October 28, 2014

It all started with an interview request by podcaster Jacob Haller asking Suzanne Cloud if he could talk to her about the tune “Below the Beltway” for his show “Tell Me About Your Song." It had been some time since she had heard it—she first recorded this song about money in politics in 1995—but after hearing ...

Jazz Appreciation Month 2014 in Philadelphia: A Recap

by Jason Fifield
May 4, 2014

This April was a month of truly spectacular music on all fronts in Philadelphia. I know I missed a whole lot (see Philadelphia Jazz Project and Ars Nova Workshop) but here's my take. I kicked off the month with my trio Mischa Machez at our monthly First Friday Happy Hour at the Dog and ...