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New tunes and a few surprises from pianist Benny Green
Pianist Benny Green took a few chances Thursday night at the Jazz Showcase, and the risks paid off handsomely – for both him and his listeners. The move was significant because Green typically plays with so much polish, precision and control...
Tags: Music Industry, Music, Joe Segal, Entertainment
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The exuberant spirit of pianist Eric Reed
In the world of jazz, there aren't many things you can count on, but one of them is that Eric Reed will swing. Hard. He reaffirmed that tenet from his first robustly stated notes Thursday night at the Jazz Showcase, the pianist digging deeply into the...
Tags: Dave Brubeck, Music, Entertainment, Thelonious Monk
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Art, rhythm rock UCF Jazz Fest
It never has been easy to define jazz, but the task won't be any simpler at this weekend's UCF Orlando Jazz Festival, which aims to introduce music fans to the scope of the genre's influences. At concerts Friday and Saturday, March 22-23, at the...
Tags: Festive Events, Arts and Culture, Queens (New York City), Orlando Magic, Carlos Santana
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Remembering Fred Anderson: Chicago salutes a fallen jazz giant
On stage, he was a volcano, torrents of sound pouring from the bell of his tenor saxophone. In person, he couldn't be gentler, a soft-spoken jazz giant who nurtured generations of musicians and, therefore, enhanced Chicago's stature as a nexus of...
Tags: Music Theater, Heart Attack, Theater, Old Town School of Folk Music, Lester Young
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Jazz bass legend Charlie Haden yearns to perform again
The revered jazz bassist Charlie Haden hopes he can give a brief speech when he picks up his Lifetime Achievement Award from the Recording Academy the day before the Grammys are broadcast on Feb. 10. But Haden sometimes has difficulty speaking, and...
Tags: Music Theater, Keith Jarrett, Polio, Arts and Culture, Pat Metheny
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Celebrating Wayne Shorter's 80th a couple months early
If jazz listeners ruled the world, saxophonist-composer Wayne Shorter's forthcoming 80th birthday – on Aug. 25 – would be deemed a national holiday. That doesn't seem likely at this point, so Chicago will celebrate the occasion a bit early...
Tags: Music Industry, Green Mill (club), Music, Entertainment, Howard Reich
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The gentle art of trumpeter Bobby Lewis
Each January, the Jazz Showcase turns its spotlight toward Chicago artists, enabling the club to bypass costlier touring attractions at a time of year when audiences typically are small. That's a boon not only to the city's musicians but to listeners,...
Tags: Music Industry, Music, Entertainment, Joe Segal, Jim Ryan
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Obama's next four years: Tune in to jazz
Any president's second term offers another shot at fulfilling dreams that got away the first time around. So while President Barack Obama is strategizing on immigration, unemployment, the deficit and, oh yes, the fiscal cliff, I'd like to add one more...
Tags: Wynton Marsalis, Music Theater, Bill Clinton, Media Industry, Frank Sinatra
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Richard Lewis: The soul of a jazzman
The performer bounds onto the stage, and even before the applause has died down he's standing in front of the microphone, riffing freely. As his solo takes flight, he picks up the tempo, his thoughts rushing out in a torrent. Quickly, he develops...
Tags: Wynton Marsalis, Carnegie Hall, Miles Davis, Comedy (genre), Music Industry
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Ira Sullivan's brilliant tribute to Charlie Parker's bebop
How fitting that "August is Charlie Parker Month" festivities at the Jazz Showcase would culminate with a two-week stint by one of the greatest bebop players in the world, multi-instrumentalist Ira Sullivan. Many top-flight artists cycle through the...
Tags: Millennium Park, Music Industry, New Music Mondays Millenium Park, Entertainment Events, Music
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Nonstop week of music surrounds Chicago Jazz Festival
Though the 34th annual Chicago Jazz Festival surely has its flaws, it generates tremendous energy and interest for America's greatest gift to the arts: jazz. The festival proper features major shows at 6:30 p.m. Thursday and Aug. 31 at Pritzker...
Tags: Music Theater, Arts and Culture, Green Mill (club), Duke Ellington, Theater
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When does Joe Segal get his Jazz Masters award?
Until three weeks ago, no jazz club owner ever had been selected to receive the country's pre-eminent jazz honor: the National Endowment for the Arts' Jazz Masters Fellowship, which carries with it $25,000 and considerable prestige. Anyone who follows...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Joe Segal, Savoy (music group), Folk (genre), Endangered Species
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