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Event Details
Hey, daddy-o!
Join the library for a jazzy good time with a couple of cats with big musical chops, the Merrymakers Jazz Duo!
They will perform exciting jazz numbers and provide us with colorful commentary about the significance of this music in our country’s culture and music history.
Get ready to get down and tear it up. Your ears will be in heaven and your toes will get a workout from all their tappin’!
Special refreshments will be provided to put you “in the mood” — for merrymaking music!
Bio: Ron Bickel is an Adjunct Professor of Piano at Duquesne University and has had a long and varied career as a professional pianist. He has performed in country clubs and hotels throughout the Pittsburgh area. His resume extends from Heinz Hall and the Benedum Theater to private homes and family picnics. His repertoire is very large and includes standards from the Great American Songbook, showtunes, Classic rock, Motown, popular songs and some Classical pieces.
Mr. Bickel has performed with such diverse artists as Mel Torme, Rodney Dangerfield, Michel LeGrande, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Liberace, The Skyliners, Billy Eckstine, Glenn Miller Orchestra (Ray McKinley), Little Anthony and the Imperials, Mickey Rooney, Jimmy Dorsey Band, The Flamingos, The Modernairs and Bobby Vinton.
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