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Bits and Pieces of Jazz History Galleries

The day The Philadelphia Spectrum opened - The 2nd Annual Quaker City Jazz Festival 1967 Program Guide : The original program guide from The 2nd Annual Quaker City Jazz Festival, held September 30, and October 1, 1967 - The opening day of The Philadelphia Spectrum - So little is being mentioned about this event in the shadow of the impending destruction of this building. 17500 people packed the opening day of the Spectrum. The show was delayed almost an hour because of the traffic. Not since has there been an coming together of this many noted musicians of any musical genre in the city of Philadelphia.

The day The Philadelphia Spectrum opened - The 2nd Annual Quaker City Jazz Festival 1967 Program Guide

The original program guide from The 2nd Annual Quaker City Jazz Festiv ...

Updated: Aug 12, 2009 8:07am PST

Mellon Jazz Festival Chads Ford PA 1986 : Images from the 1986 Mellon Jazz Festival in Brandywine PA at The Delaware River Water Gap, and from Penns Landing 'The Great Plaza. These images are from 25 year old scanned prints that were originally taken with marginal equipment consumer grade film, and lack of photographic skill, but, mark yet another lost piece of Jazz history. I found a review of this festival at this link http://articles.philly.com/1986-06-23/entertainment/26044677_1_settlement-music-school-brandywine-river-museum-jazz-society

Mellon Jazz Festival Chads Ford PA 1986

Images from the 1986 Mellon Jazz Festival in Brandywine PA at The Dela ...

Updated: Oct 18, 2011 11:53am PST

Kool Jazz Festival Philadelphia 1983 :

Kool Jazz Festival Philadelphia 1983

Updated: Feb 21, 2013 6:57am PST