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Chicago Jazz Musician Wins International Religion Award

Source: Karl E. H. Seigfried
March 21, 2012

The Norse Mythology Blog has won the international vote for Best Religion Weblog in the 2012 Weblog Awards. The blog features original articles and interviews by Chicago-based Norse mythologist Dr. Karl E. H. Seigfried. Seigfried is also a critically-acclaimed jazz musician in Chicago. His 2010 album PORTRAIT OF JACK JOHNSON received four-star reviews from DownBeat and Jazz'n'More (Switzerland), and it was named a “Top Ten Album of 2010" by the editors of Jazziz. His next recording (due in Spring 2012) ...

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Performance / Tour

Henry Grimes - Four Days in Chicago

Source: Karl E. H. Seigfried
September 7, 2011

Karl performed (bass) with Henry Grimes (bass and violin) for four concerts during the Chicago Jazz Festival. Here are details from Neil Tesser's Preview: One event constitutes a miniature festival in its own right, as the resurrected New York bassist Henry Grimes returns to Chicago for a slew of performances. It's no surprise to find Grimes in town during the Festival: he spent the last several Labor Day weekends appearing in multiple contexts at the much-missed Velvet Lounge, the historic ...

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