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Remembering the Downbeat: 1940s Progressive Philly Jazz Club
History

Remembering the Downbeat: 1940s Progressive Philly Jazz Club

A show at the Society Hill Playhouse and a series of weekly happy hours at the Gershwin Y bring Dizzy Gillespie back into the spotlight. Jack McCarthy profiles Dizzy's years in Philadelphia and the Downbeat ...
New Life For Former Theater, Jazz Club
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New Life For Former Theater, Jazz Club

North Philadelphia's Tioga Theater, which once hosted jazz greats Dizzy Gillespie and Sarah Vaughan, will be reincarnated as a community-oriented banquet ...
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