Brian Bromberg: Covering all the basses
See him Oct. 11 at 25th Annual Jazz at the Point Fall Festival By Bruce Klauber Bassist Brian Bromberg is a musical monster. While there’s no doubt he is a jazz musician who has taken the bass to places the instrument has never been before, Bromberg is fluent in...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...
