{"id":2097320,"date":"2025-10-17T09:43:34","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T09:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2097320"},"modified":"2025-10-17T09:43:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T09:43:34","slug":"noon-recital-looks-back-at-light-jazz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/noon-recital-looks-back-at-light-jazz\/","title":{"rendered":"Noon recital looks back at light jazz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">D\u00e9j\u00e0 vu \u2013 Bob Bretz, guitar, and Rich Kingera, piano \u2013 will play easy-listening jazz in a recital at noon Oct. 21, at First Lutheran Church, 415 Vine St., Johnstown.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Their program includes music from \u201cThe Odd Couple\u201d and \u201cBreezin,\u2019\u201d one of the best-selling albums of all time. The recital will include all-time hits \u201cTake the A Train\u201d and \u201cThe Girl From Ipanema.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Bretz has been playing guitar and teaching in the Johnstown region for 50 years. Kingera is the keyboard player for A Candle in the Wind and Doc\u2019s Boys. They have been performing together for nine years.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Bob Bretz and Rich Kingera<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong>More: <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/music\/articles\/noon-recital-series-open-americana-091118620.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Noon Recital Series to open with Americana, featuring Alex Price;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">Noon Recital Series to open with Americana, featuring Alex Price<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"max-md:faux-bleed mb-4 bg-marshmallow pb-5 dark:bg-ramones md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex ad-container\" id=\"_R_lhp56mhek5clubsnm6fbH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[#_R_lhp56mhek5clubsnm6fbH1_ { display: none; }\n@media screen and (max-width: 767.95px) {\n        #_R_lhp56mhek5clubsnm6fbH1_ { display: flex; }\n        iframe { max-width: 100vw; }\n      }]]><\/style>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 hidden pb-5 md:block\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex ad-container\" id=\"_R_15hp56mhek5clubsnm6fbH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[#_R_15hp56mhek5clubsnm6fbH1_ { display: none; }\n@media screen and (min-width: 768px) {\n        #_R_15hp56mhek5clubsnm6fbH1_ { display: flex; }\n        iframe { max-width: 100vw; }\n      }]]><\/style>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Their performance is one of the Tuesday Noon Recitals, which is followed by lunch at 12:35 p.m. There is no charge because all costs have been prepaid by donations and a grant from the 1889 Foundation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">D\u00e9j\u00e0 vu will repeat its performance at 2 p.m. at Laurel View Village.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>This article originally appeared on The Daily American: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyamerican.com\/story\/lifestyle\/around-town\/2025\/10\/17\/noon-recital-looks-back-at-light-jazz\/86728197007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Noon recital looks back at light jazz;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Noon recital looks back at light jazz<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>D\u00e9j\u00e0 vu \u2013 Bob Bretz, guitar, and Rich Kingera, piano \u2013 will play easy-listening jazz in a recital at noon Oct. 21, at First Lutheran Church, 415 Vine St., Johnstown. Their program includes music from \u201cThe Odd Couple\u201d and \u201cBreezin,\u2019\u201d one of the best-selling albums of all time. 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