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Victor L. SchermerVictor L. Schermer

Philadelphia, PA 19146
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Philadelphia 60 Wilmington 25 Trenton 35

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I'm a former trombonist who now works as a psychologist scholar, and free-lance journalist and author. During my high school and college years in the '50's and '60's, I was a musician and jazz fan in New York City, studied trombone with Alan Raph and went to many jazz events at clubs and jazz festivals. I then decided to become a psychologist and attended the University of Pennsylvania. This explains my migration to Philadelphia, where I have practiced psychology in recent years. In the '90's my “jazz fever” returned, and, through my friend, jazz pianist Tom Lawton, I met many of the jazz musicians in the Philadelphia area. I especially recall conversations with the great bassist, the late Al Stouffer, which stirred my interest in the lives and fortunes of the musicians themselves. Meanwhile, I listened intensely to jazz on CD, mostly the icons, like Trane and Miles. When I started looking on the web, I reviewed one of the great J.J. Johnson's recent CD's on his own website, run by trombonist Matt Calvert. J.J. appreciated it very much, and was pleased to be interviewed by me.

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