When rolling chairs ruled the Atlantic City Boardwalk
By Bruce Klauber If a survey were ever taken about the least controversial thing in the history of Atlantic City, the rolling chair, a part of the Atlantic City landscape for more than 100 years, would have to be among the top 10. After all, how could a chair with...My Buddy: Remembering Buddy Greco
By Bruce Klauber If Louis Prima invented the concept of the Las Vegas lounge entertainer, then singer/pianist Buddy Greco defined it. But those who remember Greco as the penultimate “lounge lizard,” known for his up-tempo version of “The Lady is a Tramp,” will be...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...
