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Fred's Fest Line Up
Following is the complete lineup for Fred Anderson's 80th Birthday Tribute Festival. Most events at the Velvet Lounge, 67 E. Cermak Rd. 7 p.m. Sunday: Fred Anderson and the Great Black Music Ensemble $15. 8:30 p.m. Wednesday: Richard Davis and Willie Pickens; Edwin Daugherty, ...
Fred Anderson to Receive Birthday Tribute from Jazz Icons
He doesn't look 80, and he sure doesn't sound it. Listen to Chicago jazz master Fred Anderson play his horn—his tone as big as all outdoors, his ideas tumbling one atop another—and it's clear that, musically at least, he maintains the vigor of youth (as well as the lung power). Yet Sunday night, when Anderson takes ...
Saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa and Pianist Vijay Iyer Launch Jazz in a New Direction
Years from now, listeners surely will marvel at one of the great partnerships in jazz: saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa and pianist Vijay Iyer. Each has gone a long way toward infusing the music with elements of South Indian culture. Together, they have pointed jazz in a new direction—or at least developed Eastern elements that long have been ...
Morse Theatre Operators, Owners Strike Deal to Remain Open
The music may keep playing at the Morse Theatre. An agreement in principle has been struck between the firm that has operated the refurbished Morse since October and the owners of the building. The two parties fell into a dispute last month over operation of the facility, which opened in October to critical acclaim, after a ...
Sparrow Solo Piano CD Release at Katerina's
Katerinas, Saturday, April 4, 2009 6:30 9:00 PM $5 Cover / 773-348-7592 1920 W. Irving Park Road, Chicago, IL 60613 www.katerinas.com Southport Records presents a NEW series of events at Katerinas on the first Saturday of every month, beginning on April 4th with a CD Release Party from label founder/pianist/composer ...
Chicago a Boundary-Breaking Jazz Festival
Music in America tends to be marketed narrowly, by genre, with clubs and festivals targeting specific musical tastes. But at least one musical event ignores the barriers that separate jazz listeners from their classical counterparts, world-music lovers from devotees of the avant- garde. And the fifth annual edition of Pick-Staiger Concert Hall's Spring Festival, continuing into ...
Legendary Bluesman Buddy Guy Performs at Rialto Square Theatre
You know how fast tickets sold out during Buddy Guy's residency at his place earlier this year. So don't get caught sleeping for this performance at the Rialto Square Theatre in Joliet. We are warning you. Sure, it's a bigger arena, and you'll be guaranteed somewhere to sit (we think). But, it's still the Grammy Award-winning, ...
When is a Clarinet Trio Not a Trio?
Pop quiz: How many clarinetists are in the new Chicago Clarinet Quartet? Wrong. The answer is three. Which needs some explanation. “The problem was that the Chicago Clarinet Trio name was taken," chuckles reedist Jeff Chan, founder of the “quartet," which makes its debut Friday night at the Velvet Lounge. “So I ...
Chicago Composers Big Band, Directed by Thomas Matta at The Jazz Showcase on March 16-18
The Jazz Showcase Historic Dearborn Station 806 S. Plymouth Court Chicago, IL jazzshowcase.com Monday March 16 Tuesday March 17 Wednesday March 18 8:00 and 10:00 pm REEDS: John Wojciechowski, Nick Mazzarella, Chris Madsen, Greg Ward, Mark Colby, Dan Nicholson, Jerry DiMuzio. TRUMPETS: ...
Recent Recordings on Chicago Sessions
Recent recordings on Chicago Sessions Larry Gray: 1, 2, 3 ... Intelligent, ultra-sensitive musicmaking from one of Chicago's pre-eminent bassists. If guitarist John Moulder does much of the heavy lifting here, there's no questioning the deft interactions among him, bassist Gray and drummer Charles Heath. Steven Hashimoto's Mothra: Tradewind.
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