To celebrate its 20th Anniversary year, Cabin Fever Jazz will be featuring a special Celebration concert on Friday April 4th featuring male jazz vocalist of the year Kurt Elling as well as a new and exciting series of performances, that will appeal to jazz lovers of every age and inclination.
Kurt Elling is the preeminent young male jazz singer today, having earned seven GRAMMY nominations for six Blue Note albums, six consecutive years at the top of the Down Beat Critics and Jazz Times Readers' polls, three Jazz Journalists' Association Awards for Best Male Vocalist and the Prix Billie Holiday from the Academie du Jazz in Paris. He has written multidisciplinary works of art for The Steppenwolf Theater and for the City Of Chicago. Elling was the Chicago Tribune Man of the Year (Arts), and was artist-in-residence for the Monterey Jazz Festival's 2006 season.
Kurt Elling will be joined by Laurence Hobgood on piano, Rob Amster on bass, and Kobie Watkins on drums.
Cabin Fever Jazz will also feature its series of Sunday afternoon concerts including:
February 10, 2008 John Moulder, guitar, with keyboardist, producer, recording artist Vijay Tellis-Nayak, organ, Tito Carrillo on trumpet and seven-time Grammy Award Winner Paul Wertico on drums. John Moulder is a brilliant Chicago guitarist and Catholic Priest who grew up in Lake Forest & has degrees in psychology, jazz composition, and religious studies.
February 17, 2008 Red Rose Ragtime Jazz Band with Joan Reynolds, founder of the “Cabin Fever Jazz" series, and Tom Bartlett, trombone, Art Davis, Trumpet, Kim Cusack, clarinet & alto sax, Jack Meilhan, banjo & guitar, Steve Ley, tuba, and drummer Wayne Jones. Long-time Gorton favorites, the Red Rose Ragtime Band continue to delight audiences with the best of ragtime, early jazz, Dixieland, and more!
February 24, 2008 Vocalist Spider Saloff with quartet--Jeremy Kahn on piano, Jim Cox on bass, and Eric Schneider on saxophone. Five time MAC award winner and Chicago favorite Spider Saloff takes audiences on a whirlwind tour through the great American songbook of Irving Berlin in “Berlin in SWINGtime"
March 2, 2008 BMR4, featuring some of the hottest musicians in Chicago today, with a repertoire of jazz, blues, and smooth jazz, these rising stars include Jay Moynihan, tenor & alto sax, Chris Bernhardt, acoustic bass, Mike Rodbard, drums and Neil Alger, guitar.
March 9, 2008 John Burnett Swing Orchestra, 17-piece big band with vocalist specializing in 'forties-style big band swing--keeping alive Jump, Jive, and Wail with the sounds of Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, Count Basie and others.
March 16, 2008 Bobby Lewis Quintet with Jim Ryan, piano, Pat Mallinger, sax, Rob Amster, bass and Jeff Stitely, drums with special guest Alejo Poveda on percussion. Veteran trumpeter, musical director andcomposer Bobby Lewis has played with such luminaries as Peggy Lee, Tony Bennett and Received two music composition fellowship grants from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Cabin Fever Jazz is sponsored by WDCB 90.5FM, and the entire series will be available for download on their website.
Cabin Fever Jazz is also sponsored in part by: the Illinois Arts Council, Kraft Foods, Whole Foods Supermarkets, The Deer Path Inn, and Mr. John H. Krebiel.
FAST FACTS
GRAND FINALE CELEBRATION WITH KURT ELLING
FRIDAY, APRIL 4 at 8 P.M.
Reserved Seating
Tickets: $50 Premium Reserved Seats (Limited to 50)
$35 Regular Reserved Seats
$20 Meet and Greet Reception with Kurt Elling
(Reception includes champagne, wine, and hors d'oeuvres.)
SUNDAY AFTERNOON CONCERTS
4 P.M.
Open Seating
February 10, 2008 John Moulder, with Vijay Tellis-Nayak
February 17, 2008 Red Rose Ragtime Jazz Band
February 24, 2008 Vocalist Spider Saloff
March 2, 2008 BMR4
March 9, 2008 John Burnett Swing Orchestra
March 16, 2008 Bobby Lewis Quintet
Tickets: $20 in Advance, $25 at the Door; $10 Youth/Students
Gorton Community Center is located at 400 E. Illinois Rd., Lake Forest, IL 60045. For tickets and information contact Gorton Community Center at (847) 234-6060.
For more information contact All About Jazz.
