A Jam-Packed Jazz Celebration in Center City

WRTI Your Classical and Jazz Source | By Susan Lewis

Published April 13, 2014 at 9:45 PM EDT

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This year's Center City Jazz Festival takes place at Chris' Jazz Cafe, Fergie's Pub, Milkboy Philadelphia, and TIME Restaurant.

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Trombonist Ernest Stuart is founder of the Center City Jazz Festival

The third annual Center City Jazz Festival is coming up on Saturday, April 19th There are 16 bands performing in a six-hour period, in four venues in downtown Philadelphia. WRTI’s Susan Lewis has more.

The festival warms up on Friday, April 11th at Art After 5 at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

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Listen to more of Center City Jazz Festival Director Ernest Stuart's conversation with WRTI's Susan Lewis about the philosophy of the Festival, and the variety of music that will be showcased.

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Susan Lewis

Susan writes and produces stories about music and the arts. She’s host and producer of WRTI’s TIME IN online interview series, and contributes weekly intermission interviews for The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert series. She’s also been a regular host of WRTI’s Live from the Performance Studio sessions.

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