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 Jazz Bridge is Celebrating the Life of Philly Joe Jones on his Birthday and you're invited!
The celebration begins at 8 p.m with the Sticks & Tones Percussion Ensemble, featuring Randy Sutin, Harold Smith, Doc Gibbs, Craig McIver and Jim Miller. Then at 9:30 p.m. the Mickey Roker Quartet with Bootsie Barnes, Lee Smith and Lucas Brown take the stage. There will be film clips of Philly Joe Jones and folks will be on hand to talk about this great drummer's impact on Philly and jazz.
Tickets are $20 and ALL proceeds go to benefit local jazz and blues musicians in crisis because the owners of the club, Maureen and Mark Deninno and Glen Gerber, have generously donated their entire club for the evening! Tickets can be purchased at Chris' Jazz Cafe and online or at our Online Store.
For info: call Jazz Bridge 215-517-8337 or Chris' Jazz Cafe (215) 568-3131.
Important! If you buy tickets from the Jazz Bridge online store, you must call Chris' to make a reservation for seating too.
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Our Guidestar Report is available for everyone to see and a glimpse of our 990-report (what we have to send to the IRS yearly) will tell you that we spent over $17,000 on client services last fiscal year. That money (your contributions) paid for doctor visits, instrument repair, burial costs, replacement beds for a blues singer who lost everything in a fire, dental work - anything you can think of we did it! If you care to write a testimonial to our organization, feel free to do that too at the Guidestar site.
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Yes, Wendy and I were at the West Oak Lane Fest (nice job Graziella and Warren!) this year and guess who walked up to say hello? Dr. La Rose, owner of the LaRose Jazz Restaurant in Germantown. Note - Wendy's got some bookmarks we were giving out to let people know about the Mickey Roker concert.
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There is still time! Please advocate for Arts Funding...PA folks, your state representatives just voted to CUT 70% arts funding out of the state budget. Please contact your local state senator before the end of the month and tell them you want the funding restored. They will be voting on it before the month is out, so CALL. Find your legislator by clicking here. And now here is why you need to call, please read my commentary in the Philadelphia Inquirer the Sunday before last...it says it all.
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Oh, and after percussionist and businessman Steve Weiss saw my piece in the Inquirer, he sent us a check for $3000! Steve owns Steve Weiss Music in Willow Grove, PA, so I'm asking all the drummers that read this newsletter to please support him for his generosity. Thanks Steve!!! |
