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    Jul 23, 2008 |Blog| Chicago Tribune

  1. 'Barack Obama has a serious iPod'

    The Swamp
    by Mark Silva "Barack Obama has a serious iPod,'' says Will Dana, managing editor of Rolling Stone magazine. John Coltrane. Stevie Wonder Bruce Springsteen, and more. These are among the personal details that Jann Wenner, editor of the music magazine,.......

    Tags: Bruce Springsteen, Joe Scarborough, John Kerry, Barack Obama, Stevie Wonder

    2. Apr 2, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  2. Remembering the 'Little Giant,' jazz saxophonist Johnny Griffin

    Ask anyone who loves jazz to the name the top tenor saxophonist of all time, and he or she probably will answer in a flash.
    Ask anyone who loves jazz to the name the top tenor saxophonist of all time, and he or she probably will answer in a flash. To many, it's Sonny Rollins, at 82 still a giant. Or Gene Ammons, the long-gone, soulful player from the South Side of Chicago....

    Tags: Thelonious Monk, Entertainment, Howard Reich, Music Industry, Music

    3. Mar 28, 2013 |Column| Hartford Courant

  3. Concord Music Acquisition Boosts Star Power For New Haven Firm

    For Brett D. Hellerman, CEO of Wood Creek Capital Management LLC in New Haven, buying one of the most prominent independent record companies is a coup for several reasons, not least a partnership with a revered Hollywood legend.
    The Hartford Courant
    For Brett D. Hellerman, CEO of Wood Creek Capital Management LLC in New Haven, buying one of the most prominent independent record companies is a coup for several reasons, not least a partnership with a revered Hollywood legend. Wood Creek's purchase...

    Tags: Entertainment, Investments, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Ella Fitzgerald, James Taylor

    4. Mar 21, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  4. 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.
    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: Entertainment, Christian McBride, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Green Mill (club), Melba Liston

    5. Jan 10, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  5. Frank Catalano going strong

    When it comes to playing through pain, Chicago tenor saxophonist Frank Catalano has more experience than most of his colleagues.
    When it comes to playing through pain, Chicago tenor saxophonist Frank Catalano has more experience than most of his colleagues. Eighteen years ago, he severed the middle finger of his right hand while fixing his car, enduring surgery to reattach it and...

    Tags: Smashing Pumpkins (music group), Entertainment, Hyde Park, Green Mill (club), Pumpkin

    6. Dec 11, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  6. 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: Entertainment, Vocal Music (genre), George W. Bush, White House, Pearl Bailey

    7. Dec 7, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  7. Larry Coryell storms the heavens at Jazz Showcase

    Guitarist Larry Coryell has performed with drummer Paul Wertico and bassist Larry Gray so often that when they reunited Thursday night at the Jazz Showcase, they sounded as if they were resuming a conversation in midstream.
    Guitarist Larry Coryell has performed with drummer Paul Wertico and bassist Larry Gray so often that when they reunited Thursday night at the Jazz Showcase, they sounded as if they were resuming a conversation in midstream. Coryell visits Chicago...

    Tags: Entertainment, Music Industry, Music

    8. Dec 6, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  8. Jeb Bishop's 50th birthday celebration could feel like a mini-fest

    Trombonist Jeb Bishop has been a key player on Chicago's avant-garde jazz scene for the past two decades, working prolifically with such similarly indispensable figures as reedists Ken Vandermark and Dave Rempis, guitarist Jeff Parker and bassist Kent Kessler.
    Trombonist Jeb Bishop has been a key player on Chicago's avant-garde jazz scene for the past two decades, working prolifically with such similarly indispensable figures as reedists Ken Vandermark and Dave Rempis, guitarist Jeff Parker and bassist Kent...

    Tags: Entertainment, Hyde Park, Green Mill (club), Jimi Hendrix, Festive Events

    9. Nov 1, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  9. Jazz Scene: Jack DeJohnette in hometown to mark hitting 70

    Drummer Jack DeJohnette is having a very good year.
    Drummer Jack DeJohnette is having a very good year. In January, he received a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Award, widely considered the country's highest jazz honor. Subsequent accolades from the Copenhagen Jazz Festival in February and...

    Tags: Thelonious Monk, Entertainment, Culture, Keith Jarrett, John Abercrombie

    10. Sep 28, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  10. Ravi Coltrane leaves his band in the dust at Jazz Showcase

    Saxophonist Ravi Coltrane has developed into such a distinctive voice that expectations ran high for his return to the Jazz Showcase. All the more because of his important work on his recent Blue Note Records debut, "Spirit Fiction," which showed Coltrane pushing into unconventional, nearly experimental fare.
    Saxophonist Ravi Coltrane has developed into such a distinctive voice that expectations ran high for his return to the Jazz Showcase. All the more because of his important work on his recent Blue Note Records debut, "Spirit Fiction," which showed Coltrane...

    Tags: Thelonious Monk, Entertainment, Ravi Coltrane, Music

    11. Sep 10, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  11. Wild Belle a brother-sister combo on the rise

    Wild Belle – built on the brother-sister duo of Elliot and Natalie Bergman --  has had quite a year so far. The band released a breezily enchanting single, “Keep You”; shopped a self-financed, self-produced album that attracted...

    Tags: Barrington, Entertainment, Music

    12. Aug 13, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  12. Von Freeman, Chicago jazz legend, dead at 88

    Revered around the world but never a major star, worshipped by critics and connoisseurs but perpetually strapped for cash, the towering Chicago tenor saxophonist Von Freeman practically went out of his way to avoid commercial success. When trumpeter Miles Davis phoned Freeman, in the 1950s, looking for a replacement for John Coltrane, Freeman never returned the call.
    Revered around the world but never a major star, worshipped by critics and connoisseurs but perpetually strapped for cash, the towering Chicago tenor saxophonist Von Freeman practically went out of his way to avoid commercial success. When trumpeter Miles...

    Tags: Heart Failure, Entertainment, Ahmad Jamal, Billy Eckstine, Sports

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