Jazz Bridge assists Jazz and Blues musicians living in the Greater Philadelphia Metro area who face financial, health, housing and similar crises. Jazz Bridge also supports musicians by providing paid performance opportunities through our live neighborhood concerts and special event presentations. These concerts celebrate the Philadelphia Jazz & Blues tradition and build cultural awareness throughout the region.
Jazz Bridge Project was founded by jazz singers Suzanne Cloud and Wendy Simon in 2004 to address the lack of support for professional jazz and blues musicians in crisis living and working in the Greater Philadelphia Metro area. Jazz Bridge incorporated in Pennsylvania in May 2005 and was awarded tax-exempt status as a 501(c)(3) public charity by the IRS in 2007.
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Jazz Bridge assists Jazz and Blues musicians living in the Greater Philadelphia Metro area who face financial, health, housing and similar crises. Jazz Bridge also supports musicians by providing paid performance opportunities through our live neighborhood concerts and special event presentations. These concerts celebrate the Philadelphia Jazz & Blues tradition and build cultural awareness throughout the region.
Jazz Bridge Project was founded by jazz singers Suzanne Cloud and Wendy Simon in 2004 to address the lack of support for professional jazz and blues musicians in crisis living and working in the Greater Philadelphia Metro area. Jazz Bridge incorporated in Pennsylvania in May 2005 and was awarded tax-exempt status as a 501(c)(3) public charity by the IRS in 2007.
The founding Board recognized a special opportunity to develop a unique, regional model that could provide help to musicians during hard times, while also increasing public awareness of the tradition, history, and current state of original music in the Philly area by presenting neighborhood concerts hosted and curated by notable musicians from the region. This dual focus still drives Jazz Bridge today.
To date, Jazz Bridge has provided emergency assistance grants to more than 600 musicians and referrals to other resources to many others. Through its neighborhood and other concerts, Jazz Bridge has created more than 1,200 paid performance opportunities for jazz and blues artists of all ages. The Neighborhood Concerts season currently runs from October through May each year with 24 concerts held at three area venues: Cheltenham Center for the Arts in Cheltenham, PA; Fellowship Hall at Ridge Avenue United Methodist Church in Philadelphia (Roxborough), PA; and Collingswood Senior Community Center in Collingswood, NJ.
Through events, grants, partnership and generous donations from jazz fans, Jazz Bridge is able to provide some support to the musicians in our midst who sometimes lead lives of quiet desperation once the spotlight fades. Visit our Website and check out what we do.
For more about Jazz Bridge, explore our website: https://www.jazzbridge.org.
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Jazz Bridge: Harmonizing Art and Life.
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