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Neneh Cherry & The Thing Collaborate And Release The Cherry Thing, Out June 19 On Smalltown Supersound
Neneh Cherry and jazz trio The Thing met for the first time at a recording session in London in the fall of 2010. It clicked right away as they all shared an open, free approach to the music. The high energy of The Thing's playing found a fitting counterpart in Neneh's intense style. After a performance ...
Chicago Jazz Musician Wins International Religion Award
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 ...
Delmark New Jazz and Blues Releases for Spring!
New Delmark Jazz Releases: March 2012 Jeff Parker Bright Light In Winter Delmark DE 2015 BRIGHT LIGHT IN WINTER is the long-awaited third album by Chicago guitarist Jeff Parker. With his associates Chris Lopes (bass) and Chad Taylor (drums), this trio continues their examination of our post-modern musical universe via tuneful compositions ...
Nicole Mitchell premieres New Orchestra Work, Harambee: The Road to Victory January 15th and 16th
The Chicago Sinfonietta, led by conductor/music director Mei-Ann Chen will perform its annual tribute to Martin Luther King Jr., which will feature a world premiere of creative flutist/composer Nicole Mitchell's Harambee: Road to Victory for choir, flute and orchestra on January 15th and 16th, 2012. With her third orchestra piece being performed in the last six ...
Chicago Sessions: It's all about jazz, man
Nick Eipers didn't go looking for jazz. Jazz found him. Working as a recording engineer and producer after graduating from Columbia College in 1994, the Brookfield resident manned the mixing boards for a variety of musicians, from classical ensembles to rock acts. The local jazz greats that he was recording and their struggles struck a chord, ...
Twenty Years of Exploration Leads Flippomusic to “Tao Tunes”
Composer, pianist Dave Flippo created his modern jazz ensemble 20 years ago after 11 years of university study. As pianist and principal composer for his eclectic ensemble, Flippo's background includes a Doctorate and Masters degree in composition from the University of Michigan and Eastman School of Music with additional studies in ethnic music and jazz. The ...
"A Season Called Christmas" CD Package Released for 2011 Holiday Season
Chicago, IL: RCM-millennia Records this week released a two-disc CD set titled, A Season Called Christmas. This project was several years in the making and offers more than just a stereo-typical jazz interpretation of classic holiday songs. Disc One is a 35-minute storybook narrative of an original poem of the same title that was authored by ...
New Bill Cornish Album "Stories Without Words"
Keyboardist Bill Cornish will be releasing his new solo album entitled Stories Without Words. The album is expected to be available early December, 2011. Like his previous solo albums, Stories shifts seamlessly between his trademark collection of influences including world fusion, jazz, new age, orchestral and funk. Musical guests this time out include trumpet master Eric ...
Chicago Jazz Composers Collective Celebrates Tenth Anniversary with Special Concert on November 20, 2011
The Chicago Jazz Composers Collective will sponsor a special concert to commemorate the group's 10th year of presenting concerts on November 20, 2011 from 2:00 to 4:00 PM at the Green Mill, 4802 N. Broadway in Chicago. To celebrate, members of the collective will perform new and favorite original compositions. Inspired by New York's Jazz Composers ...
Jeanne Carroll, "First Lady of Chicago Blues" Passed Away in Brussels
By Ron Templin Jazz singer Jeanne Carroll suffered a massive heart attack on Sunday, Austus 7, 2011, while she was performing on stage with her daughter Karen Carroll at the 11th Annual Blues Oan Daa Stoazze in Hamme, Belgium. At approx. 9,30 pm GMT+1, while into the fourth song “All Of Me," Jeanne collapsed. Fortunately, the ...
