PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — A Philadelphia nonprofit that has been helping musicians for the past two decades has a new home in the Mount Airy neighborhood.
Jazz Bridge, which was originally founded in 2004, is a nonprofit specifically catered to help jazz players in greater Philadelphia.
“Our mission is to help musicians in their time of crisis or greater need,” said Kim Tucker, the organization’s executive director.
No one understands that mission better than Neil Podgerski, a pianist who before he needed help himself, had been performing with Jazz Bridge for years.
“I started at three, so music always just spoke to me,” he said about his start in music.
Music is Podgerski’s livelihood, so in 2022, when that ability was in question, he was at a loss for what to do.
“Last year, I found out that I had a heart condition that was genetic,” he said. “The idea of not working for three …