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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 ...

Michael Ricci: Still Building a Home for Jazz

by B.D. Lenz
August 19, 2026

This is a very special installment of Chats with Cats. Normally, I interview people from different corners of the jazz world. This time, I turned the microphone toward the person who made this conversation possible--the cat, if you will. As the founder and publisher of All About Jazz, Michael Ricci has spent decades building ...

Tony Miceli and Chuck Redd At Chris’ Jazz Cafe

by Victor L. Schermer
August 12, 2026

Chuck Redd and Tony MiceliSteve Weiss Mallet FestivalChris' Jazz Cafe August 1. 2026 For several years, vibraphonist Tony Miceli has arranged with vibraphone makers and music schools and venues in the area to hold a yearly Vibraphone Festival, with performances, workshops, and interviews designed to improve performance, networking, and exposure of ...

The Only Radio Station in the World With a Real Bar: Philly Jazz, The Click, and Other Postwar Ephemera

by Richard J Salvucci
June 10, 2026

If you don't know the name Frank Palumbo, you are not a Philadelphian. If you never went to Palumbo's or to the CR Club, you are not a Philadelphian of a certain age. And if you remember the Click, much less went there, you've reached a stage in life when you look in the mirror and ...

Four new releases from The Ben Markley Big Band, Brian Lynch, Tierney Sutton & Tamir Hendelman, and Ulysses Owens, Jr.

by George Graham
April 28, 2026

George Graham presents four new and varied jazz releases. Playlist Ben Markley “Tell the Truth" from Tuesday Morning Feeling (OA2l) 06:13 Ben Markley “NPS" from Tuesday Morning Feeling (OA2) 07:41 Brian Lynch “The Luck of the Draw" from Torch Bearers (Holistic Music Works) 6:02 Brian Lynch “7-24" from The Luck of the Draw (Holistic ...

Four new releases from Stacey Kent, Hendrik Meurkens, Dan West Big Band & Peter Ersikine

by George Graham
March 31, 2026

This week we spotlight four new jazz releases from Stacey Kent, Hendrik Meurkens, Dan West Big Band, Peter ErskinePlaylist Stacey Kent “Lucky to Be Ne" from A Time for Love (Naive) 03:33 Stacey Kent “As" from A Time for Love (Naive) 05:03 Hendrik Meurkens “Samba Tonto" from Samba Tonto (Cellar) 04:37 Hendrik Meurkens “Chelsea ...

2026 Berks Jazz Fest Stellar Concerts This Weekend

March 28, 2026

This March marks the momentous celebration of the 35th annual 2026 Boscov’s Berks Jazz Fest located in Reading, Pennsylvania. The fest is a few hours’ drive from New York City and is presented by the Berks Arts Council. The Berks Jazz Fest has a multitude of major concerts and local shows featuring smooth jazz, contemporary jazz, ...

Sam Wenc: The Experimental Language Of The Pedal Steel Guitar

by Lawrence Peryer
March 28, 2026

Today we're putting The Tonearm's needle on guitarist and composer Sam Wenc. Wenc is a Philadelphia-based artist who has spent nearly a decade building one of the more distinctive bodies of work in American experimental music, mostly under the name Post Moves. Now he's released his first album under his own name. ...

Chad Taylor Quartet at Solar Myth

by Carl Medsker
March 14, 2026

Chad Taylor Quartet Solar Myth Philadelphia, PA February 27, 2026 Don Cherry's and John Coltrane's trajectories intersected in the summer of 1960, an inflection point for both artists, yielding the historic The Avant-Garde (Atlantic, 1966). It was the only time they would record together. Cherry was the brass voice in Ornette ...

Beth McDonald

Beth grew up as part of a large family in Harford County, MD, just North of Baltimore. She began writing music and poetry as a small child and studied piano and violin through high school. Beth earned Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Psychology from the University of Baltimore, worked for several years in the nonprofit sector coordinating volunteer programs for the Mental Health Association and a local Hospice, and then left the work force to become a stay-at-home mother to two boys. She was (accidentally? divinely?) "discovered" and asked to front a jazz band. From there she went on to record many albums containing a combination of jazz standards and original material