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Ben Mauger’s Vintage Jazz Band
Sunday, October 16, 2016 - 2:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Community Arts Center
414 Plush Mill Road, Wallingford, PA 19086
Cornetist Ben Mauger, a longtime TSJS favorite as both leader and sideman, returns with his
central PA-based Vintage Jazz Band, which specializes in the sounds of the Roaring Twenties.
Come hear Ben play a repertoire of some of the sizzling original jazz tunes of that era, as well as
Dixieland classics. Half-price admission of $10, payable at the door, is available for first-time
attendees and members; general admission is $20; full-time students with IDs and children are
free. There are no advance sales or reservations. The Arts Center is less than a mile from the
Media-Swarthmore exit of I-476 (the "Blue Route") and has free parking. For information see
www.tristatejazz.org or call (856) 720-0232.
Band Personnel
Ben Mauger – cornet, fluegelhorn, Leader
Bob Peruzzi – trombone
Bob Rawlins – reeds
Bob Kreitz – piano
Bruce Campbell – bass
Larry Bortz – drums
On the Web
The band’s website is http://www.benmaugersvintagejazzband.com/.
The following videos feature the Vintage Jazz Band:
“(Back Home Again in) Indiana” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Z7OvciISFE
“Basin Street Blues” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7YfDM5OfyE
Background
Perennial Tri-State favorite Ben Mauger once again brings his Vintage Jazz Band for a raucous
afternoon of traditional jazz and Dixieland favorites. The Vintage Jazz Band will play old-time
hot jazz from the 1920s-‘30s as well as NYC-style swing revival jazz made famous in the ‘50s and
‘60s, plus a selection of Gatsby-era dance numbers that’ll have you wishing you could shimmy
like your sister Kate.
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Trombonist Bob Peruzzi’s favorite gig is playing traditional jazz with the likes of Ben Mauger and Bob
Kreitz, in both the Vintage Jazz Band and ten-piece Roaring 20’s Orchestra, at venues such as TSJS,
Bethlehem Musikfest, Cape May Traditional Jazz Society, Washington, DC’s Potomac River Jazz Club, the
Bookstore Speakeasy in Bethlehem, PA, and the former Hot Steamed Jazz Festival in Connecticut.
One of TSJS’ most familiar faces, reed master Bob Rawlins makes his third appearance at TSJS this
year, having led the Annual Jam Session in June and his own Atlantic City Jazz Band a month later.
Bob is a professor of music theory at Rowan University and is the author of several books on jazz
including the theory textbook Jazzology and The Real Dixieland Book, a collection of 250 classics he
compiled and edited while living in New Orleans. Bob’s most recent book is Tunes of the Twenties.
A professional pianist for over 45 years, Reading’s Bob Kreitz has a preference for Dixieland,
ragtime, and traditional jazz. In addition to the Vintage Jazz Band, Bob plays with Ben Mauger’s 10piece Roaring Twenties Jazz Orchestra and leads the Pretzel City Dixieland Jazz Band. He has
performed at many traditional jazz festivals and societies, including TSJS, PA Jazz Society, Potomac
River Jazz Club, the Hot Steamed Jazz Festival of CT, and FL’s SunCoast Jazz Club. Bob has
accomplished his long-standing goal of playing both “Broadway” and “Bourbon Street,” in addition
to many venues in between.
Lancaster, PA native, bassist Bruce Campbell, has played various instruments for numerous
Central PA bands since the late 1960's. Bruce is an independent contractor, or “hired gun” as he
describes it, performing Gypsy Swing Jazz and straight-ahead jazz as a sideman with pianists
and guitarists too numerous to mention, as well as bluegrass and Dixieland styles. He is also in
demand as a studio session player, adding his bassist role to numerous folk, blues and jazz
recordings. Bruce’s website is: www.fatfiddle.com.
Drummer Larry Bortz hails from Shillington, PA (just west of Reading). Larry has been working
behind that drum set for over 50 years. He is also a regular member of Reading’s famed Pretzel
City Dixieland Jazz Band, and has been performing with the Vintage Jazz Band since 2010.
The Venue
Community Arts Center, located in Wallingford near I-476 (the "Blue Route") between Media
and Swarthmore in Delaware County, is home to Tri-State Jazz Society's Pennsylvania concerts.
Traditional jazz bands and solo pianists are presented five or six times a year in the Arts
Center’s fully accessible Duke Gallery, a 3100-square-foot space that boasts excellent acoustics,
a grand piano, soaring ceilings, post and beam construction and beautiful light. Free parking is
available on the premises and complimentary refreshments are served during intermission.
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CONTACT: Robert Robbins at (610) 357-1222 or by email at [email protected].
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Press kit, schedule, newsletter and directions are available on website: www.tristatejazz.org/.