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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...