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    Mar 29, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  1. Dynamic Duos play it fast and loose at Jazz Showcase

    The very loose, somewhat rough, thoroughly enjoyable show that unfolded at the Jazz Showcase on Thursday night did not follow the club's usual format.
    The very loose, somewhat rough, thoroughly enjoyable show that unfolded at the Jazz Showcase on Thursday night did not follow the club's usual format. Instead of featuring a main attraction, the whimsically titled "Dynamic Duos" show featured two...

    Tags: Thelonious Monk, Tunisia, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Music Industry, Music

    2. Mar 21, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  2. Kerouac opus 'On the Road' hits just enough beats ★★★

    An eternal fountain of adolescence, Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" went through many permutations between its point of origin, 1948, and its point of notorious, divisive publication, 1957. The best description of it came from Kerouac himself, in a journal entry written after his first cross-country road trip in 1948. The book he had in mind, he said, was about "two guys hitchhiking to California in search of something they don't really find, and losing themselves on the road, and coming all the way back hopeful of something else." There's a simple beauty to that. The question is: How do you film an extended yearning?
    An eternal fountain of adolescence, Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" went through many permutations between its point of origin, 1948, and its point of notorious, divisive publication, 1957. The best description of it came from Kerouac himself, in a journal...

    Tags: Jean-Luc Godard, Gus van Sant, Film Festivals, Movies, Kristen Stewart

    3. Mar 21, 2013 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  3. 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 <strong>UCF Orlando Jazz Festival</strong>, which aims to introduce music fans to the scope of the genre's influences.
    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: Artists, Teachers, University of Central Florida, Education, Orlando

    4. Feb 19, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  4. A great jazz soiree takes root in Elmhurst

    As everyone knows, America's jazz hotspots are Chicago, New York, New Orleans and &hellip; Elmhurst?
    As everyone knows, America's jazz hotspots are Chicago, New York, New Orleans and … Elmhurst? Well, as of tomorrow evening, at least, the western suburb will indeed be pulsing with the music, as jazz stars and student ensembles from across the...

    Tags: Students, Lisle, Music Industry, Entertainment Events, Education

    5. Dec 11, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  5. 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.
    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: Jazz (genre), John Coltrane, Media Industry, Illinois Jacquet, George W. Bush

    6. Nov 27, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  6. 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.
    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: Jazz (genre), MB Financial Inc., Wynton Marsalis, Carnegie Hall, Music Industry

    7. Dec 1, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  7. Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Ninety Miles ignite Cuban jazz

    The music of Cuba stands at the very root of jazz, its rhythms and song forms intermingling with sounds that emerged in New Orleans as the 19th century slipped into the 20th.
    The music of Cuba stands at the very root of jazz, its rhythms and song forms intermingling with sounds that emerged in New Orleans as the 19th century slipped into the 20th. Today, when we think of Cuban jazz, we tend to look nostalgically back to...

    Tags: Jazz (genre), Cuba, Genres, Concerts, Music Industry

    8. Oct 26, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  8. Chicago Humanities Festival: Let freedom swing

    How fitting that a festival exploring a theme as vast as &quot;America" should be playing stages across Chicago next month.
    How fitting that a festival exploring a theme as vast as "America" should be playing stages across Chicago next month. For no art form reflects the fundamentals of the American experiment more urgently than jazz, and no city has contributed more to the...

    Tags: Artists, Jazz (genre), Moscow (Russia), Music Industry, Billie Holiday

    9. Sep 14, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  9. Pianist Mulgrew Miller digs a little deeper

    When pianist Mulgrew Miller led his trio at the Jazz Showcase a couple of years ago, he sounded effective but a bit too reserved to give full voice to his art. On Thursday night, Miller brought the same band to the same room but turned in a notably...

    Tags: Thelonious Monk, Plymouth, Music, Entertainment

    10. Sep 9, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  10. Attractive new scores from Geof Bradfield and Marquis Hill

    It was a great weekend for jazz composition, as two noteworthy Chicago musicians showed their skills with a pen, as well as a horn.
    It was a great weekend for jazz composition, as two noteworthy Chicago musicians showed their skills with a pen, as well as a horn. Saxophonist Geof Bradfield already had caught listeners' attention with "African Flowers," a 2010 recording of his...

    Tags: Melba Liston, Green Mill (club), Music Industry, Music, Entertainment

    11. Sep 2, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  11. Highs, lows and turbulent turns at the Chicago Jazz Festival

    The Chicago Jazz Festival really ought to be marketed as a roller-coaster ride, its thrilling musical highs counterbalanced by its sudden, plummeting lows.
    The Chicago Jazz Festival really ought to be marketed as a roller-coaster ride, its thrilling musical highs counterbalanced by its sudden, plummeting lows. The 34th annual event, which ends Sunday night in Grant Park, careened freely between the two...

    Tags: Theater, New Music Mondays Millenium Park, Muhal Richard Abrams, Prince (music artist), Chicago Jazz Fest

    12. Aug 23, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  12. 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.
    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: Jazz (genre), Lincoln Center, Spider (music group), Music Industry, Ella Fitzgerald

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