Results for "Chicago"

Jimmy Haslip: Amperes Beyond The BASSics, Part 1

by Jim Worsley
February 5, 2020

The name Jimmy Haslip needs no introduction. So, he doesn't get one. Seriously, we had a lot of ground to cover and he had so many great stories and interesting asides to share that we are breaking the interview into two parts as it is. So, without further ado... All About Jazz: I ...

Adam Rudolph: Ragmala and Prototypical Music

by Franz A. Matzner
January 10, 2020

Adam Rudolph has been seeking to push the boundaries of musical creativity for decades, developing a unique concept of composition, ensemble interaction, and conducting. As many writers have commented, his music resists critical commentary due to its prototypical nature. Said another way, Rudolph's music doesn't sound like anything else, and its antecedents are so varied that ...

Chicago Transit Authority 50th anniversary Remix

By Chicago

Label: Rhino
Released: 2019
Track listing: Introduction; Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?; Beginnings; Questions 67 And 68; Listen; Poem 58; Free Form Guitar; South California Purples; I’m A Man; Prologue, August 29, 1968; Someday (August 29; 1968); Liberation.

Michael Weiss: Soul Journey

by Luke Seabright
December 17, 2019

Bebop is a complex craft, and like all crafts the only way to get any good at it is by learning from those who mastered it before you. Jamming through the night, getting on to that bandstand and firing away your best improvised lines, jousting with your partners (be they friends or strangers) like in the ...

Petra van Nuis

Born: August 1, 1975

Petra van Nuis (pronounced Pay-tra van Nouse) is a Chicago-based jazz vocalist who has been described in Downbeat Magazine as having "a light, gorgeous and fairly delicate voice...a gift for melody and plenty of rhythmic confidence." All About Jazz Magazine calls her music "hauntingly atmospheric and filled with creative substance...poetic, moving and subtly provocative." Famed jazz critic and author of "Singing Jazz" Bruce Crowther says "van Nuis is not as well known internationally as should be the case although she has a devoted following in Japan. An exceptionally gifted singer, she has a light yet subtly textured sound and is always delightfully melodic....lyrics are clearly very important to her and she delivers them with admirable sincerity."

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Chicago: Chicago Transit Authority 50th anniversary Remix

by Doug Collette
October 12, 2019

In what is perhaps a tacit admission of limited sales potential (and in turn the low profit margin on music in physical formats), on the 50th Anniversary Remix of Chicago's debut album (often known as CTA, there is no info in any form detailing the technical process of this sound enhancement. A single sentence on the ...

Frank Lamphere

Born: August 4

Feb 17 2025 Singer-entertainer-recording artist Frank Lamphere has just released his latest
album Frank Songs, My Way. As the title implies, this is a Frank Sinatra tribute album that
includes fifteen "Sinatra songs" but that are distinct from the celebrated Sinatra versions!

Frank Lamphere has been honing his swinging style during his 25+ year singing career, in the
specialized genre nowadays referred to as traditional pop and jazz. A style that he learned or
more likely "absorbed" from the giants of American pop music (post World War II - 1970): Frank
Sinatra, Dean Martin, Jack Jones, Buddy Greco, Tony Bennett and others.

Trumpeter Markus Rutz Album Release Concert at PianoForte Studios in Chicago set for October 11th

October 8, 2019

Blueprints – Figure One: Frameworks reveals the heart of an artist and his appreciation for the influences that surround him. Tickets for this exclusive 7:30pm event are available now and directly from Pianoforte Studios. Pianoforte Studios 1335 S. Michigan Avenue Chicago, IL 60605 ph. (312) 291-0000 Brice Winston is featured ...

ELLNORA: The Guitar Festival

by John Ephland
September 27, 2019

Krannert CenterELLNORA: The Guitar Festival Champaign/Urbana, IL September 5-7, 2019 It takes place every other year; every odd year. Going back to 2005, ELLNORA: The Guitar Festival, held in the University of Illinois' Champaign-Urbana' one-stop-shop Krannert Center, has been celebrating the works of an amazing array of plectrists from all walks ...