[Chickee]

Sept 19th of 2020, Covid was raging, and I bought myself a ticket to Bromberg’s 75th streaming birthday show from the Arden Guild in Delaware, MD.

Small band, maybe five piece if I remember correctly, and a short show about an hour or so. His hands were beat up and swollen. But every once in a while you could hear a lick or two that made him that highly in demand standout session man so, so long ago.

He had aged a great deal since I last saw him play in Central Park, walking away from his career as an entertainer. I was heartbroken at the time, learning of his decision. Eventually he and his family settling in Maryland and beginning his second career selling and repairing violins and bows.

That business has now been sold, and I guess at 77 years old the Philadelphia Flyer is finally going to take a long and well deserved break in retirement.