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Jampacked weekend will run gamut from avant-garde to boogie-woogie
We're about to begin a remarkably lively jazz weekend, even by Chicago standards. Among the highlights: The Engines: This enterprising ensemble has been offering a stylistically free-ranging music for nearly a decade, but this weekend's engagement...
Tags: Chicago Jazz Fest, Hyde Park, Germany, Concerts, Michigan Avenue
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Geography lesson: Vandermark's Midwest School and Monterey's 55th
The brawny, brainy music that Ken Vandermark presented over the weekend at the Green Mill Jazz Club appealed to many sensibilities. For starters, the very sight of nine instrumentalists crowded onto the tiny stage of the Mill — each a force in his...
Tags: Christian McBride, Geography, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Arts and Culture, Music
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Ken Vandermark celebrates the sounds of the Midwest
Last June, Chicago reedist-bandleader Ken Vandermark convened a high-powered band for a specific and daunting purpose. Colleague Dave Rempis had asked Vandermark to think of something special he wanted to do to celebrate innovative programming by...
Tags: Invention and Innovation, Christian McBride, Michigan Avenue, Melba Liston, Dee Dee Bridgewater
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Victor Garcia: A chameleon on trumpet
During the past year, Chicago listeners have heard trumpeter Victor Garcia in more musical contexts than any single player could be expected to master. He hit hard in drummer Dana Hall's band at the Green Mill last month; debuted his own feisty, full-...
Tags: Chicago Jazz Fest, Entertainment, Entertainment Events, Columbia College Chicago, University of Chicago
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New Constellation in city's entertainment galaxy
In less than a month, a new performing arts center will open its doors in Chicago. Or perhaps it's best to call it a new/old venue, its novel concept taking root in a familiar building. Come April 1, the noted Chicago jazz drummer and impresario...
Tags: Politics, Festive Events, Wrigleyville, Chicago Jazz Fest, Concerts
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Trumpeter Brad Goode makes an impressive homecoming
Though trumpeter Brad Goode left Chicago in 1997 for Cincinnati and then Boulder, where he now teaches at the University of Colorado, his identity remains tied to this city. He titled his newest album "Chicago Red" (Origin Records) and over the...
Tags: Music, Entertainment
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A Chicago jazz festival that fights hunger
Imagine a jazz festival in which all the musicians and venues donate their services, and all the proceeds go to feed the hungry. In Chicago, that's not a dream but a reality, thanks to the efforts of Father John Moulder, a Catholic priest who also...
Tags: Festive Events, Michigan Avenue, Roman Catholicism, Entertainment, Religion and Belief
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Accompanist extraordinaire puts on a show all her own
Twenty-five years ago, a talented young musician ventured here from Fort Wayne, Ind., to try her luck in the big city. Today, Beckie Menzie stands at the center of Chicago cabaret, her work as accompanist indispensable to uncounted singers, her...
Tags: Religious Festivals, Carnegie Hall, Old Town School of Folk Music, Music, Entertainment
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Dana Hall's spring blows gusts of fresh air into the Green Mill
Chicago drummer Dana Hall calls his jazz quartet "spring," but Friday night at the Green Mill it turned out to be more than a single ensemble. The core lineup sometimes expanded to a quintet or sextet, sometimes returned to its core identity, defying...
Tags: Music, Entertainment
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Dana Hall re-emerges with a new band and a fresh approach
Last year was a volatile one for the inimitable Chicago drummer-bandleader-composer Dana Hall. With the considerable help of ace arts administrator Kate Dumbleton, Hall had rejuvenated the Chicago Jazz Ensemble, which William Russo had created at...
Tags: Tony Williams, Education, Hyde Park, Elmhurst College, Artists
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Remembering Ken Chaney with a major tribute
The death of esteemed Chicago pianist Ken Chaney in December, at age 73, caught his fans by surprise and left a hole in the city's musical life. As bandleader, he presided over such distinctive ensembles as the funk-tinged Ken Chaney Xperience, which...
Tags: Ray Charles, Frank Zappa, Concerts, Entertainment, Colleges and Universities
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Chi-Town Jazz Fest lineup out
Trumpeter Bobby Lewis, singer Tammy McCann, saxophonist Eric Schneider and guitarist John Moulder will headline the Fourth Annual Chi-Town Jazz Festival, running March 12-22. As always, the event will support hunger relief in Chicago, with musicians and...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Festive Events, Brad Williams, Plymouth, Christianity
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