March 16, 2023

Soothing sounds

Nashville pianist Ed Bazel, founder of The River of Calm music channel, recently played for patients in the waiting room of the Henry-Joyce Cancer Clinic at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center.

(photo by Donn Jones)

Nashville pianist Ed Bazel, founder of The River of Calm music channel, plays for patients in the waiting room of the Henry-Joyce Cancer Clinic at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center. The piano had been silent until Bazel had it tuned and readied for him and other pianists to volunteer at the keyboard. He also led a fundraising drive that has provided patients with headphones that stream tranquil music while undergoing chemotherapy and other infusion treatments.