Christopher Marsceill, better known as Rev. Chris, was only 5 or 6 years old when he began taking group piano lessons along with about 20 other kids. As the legend goes, according to his father, the piano teacher noticed Rev. Chris was the odd one out.
Marsceill said, “This is from my father — so who could say how true this is or not — but she took my father aside and said, ‘We’re on page 12. Your son finished the whole book. I think there’s something going on...
Christopher Marsceill may be based in northwest Philadelphia, but a casual listener could just as easily believe it was Nashville or New Orleans—not just because he goes by Rev Chris in polite company and otherwise, but because he and his amiable High Rollers band share a love for earthy horns and....
Julia K Sanders, a New Orleans native, always celebrates Mardi Gras with live Jazz and Creole food including, jambalaya and hushpuppies. Last night she wore a festive mask made out of feathers and Mardi Gras beads she inherited from her mother.
But she wasn’t in New Orleans this year, she was at....
After 10 years of performing live jazz at the Tavern on the Hill, Chris Marsceill, better known on stage as “Rev. Chris,” certainly has a lot on which to look back. Though his regular performances on the piano with his band have made him a fixture of the Tavern, getting to that point was not the easiest of journeys....
Last summer, as nearly everyone was lining up to buy the remastered reissues of the Beatles back catalogue, local piano fixture, Reverend Chris Marsceill was conceiving a one-time performance of Beatles classics at Tavern on the Hill that he would release as a live album...
Chris Marsceill on the keyboards has the kind of funky feel in his playing that the boppers were just beginning to experiment with and that James Booker brought to fruition. All in all, this is an excellent...
I didn’t move to Northwest Philadelphia for the jazz. I came for the Wissahickon Woods and the bohemian, multicultural vibe. When I first settled in the neighborhood in 1996, the local music scene was limited to...
A Philadelphia businessman recently opened a jazz venue in West Parkside to spark an interest for arts and live music in what he calls an “upcoming neighborhood.” Jamal Parker, 41, owns the jazz venue, Le Cochon Noir, which translates to...
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