Remembering jazz legend Charlie Ventura
By Bruce Klauber Stan Kenton was an incredibly popular bandleader whose career spanned five decades. But if he is remembered at all today, it’s likely because he was the founder of what we now know as collegiate jazz education. Before Kenton instituted his in-school...In praise of piers for fishing and amusement
By Bruce Klauber My first visit to Atlantic City, so I’m told, was in 1956. I was 4 years old. Our family stayed at the then grand Traymore Hotel, but there was a purpose to the visit other than a vacation. It seems I had an appetite issue, and the pediatrician’s...On the road to Atlantic City
When getting there was half the fun By Bruce Klauber Prior to 1964, if someone from Philadelphia and surrounding regions wanted to visit Atlantic City by car or bus, there were only two routes to follow: the White Horse Pike and the Black Horse Pike. While those roads...Still hitting all the right notes: Pleasantville Music Shoppe
By Bruce Klauber In December of 2021, Shore Local’s Cindy Fertsch wrote a profile of one of the few, remaining “mom & pop” music stores anywhere, Pleasantville Music Shoppe. Given the changes and developments in the retail market for musical instruments over the...
